Posted 28 Oct 2011 in Announcements
The Grantham Institute for Climate Change Annual Lecture 2011, at Imperial College, will be from Martin Wolf CBE, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, London, on … read more »
Posted 20 Oct 2011 in Announcements
Grantham’s Acting Co-Director, Sam Fankhauser, will be discussion ‘Sustainable economy in 2040: A roadmap for capital market’ as part of a roundtable discussion on the recent Forum for the Future/Aviva … read more »
Posted 1 Sep 2011 in Announcements
Lord Nicholas Stern of Brentford| has been appointed to the Advisory Group for the UK Green Investment Bank, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills announced on 31 August 2011.
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Posted 14 Jul 2011 in Announcements
Dr Simon Dietz of the Grantham Research Institute has contributed a section on ‘Revising the social cost of carbon’ in a new report on ‘Climate risks and carbon prices: revising the social cost of carbon’, published by the E3 Network read more »
Posted 4 Jul 2011 in Announcements
The event will discuss ‘Impact’ on Tuesday 5 July 2011 at Imperial College London. Science Question Time is an exciting new venture between the Biochemical Society, the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) and staff at Imperial College London. read more »
Posted 30 Jun 2011 in Announcements
The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, cited the work of the Institute in a major speech on 29 June 2011 on the economics of climate change read more »
Posted 28 Jun 2011 in Announcements
This exhibit, from 5-10 July, aims to explore how predictions are made and communicated, how and when probabilities can be deduced, and the role of computer models in these processes. It will involve interactive computer-based probability games and hands-on physical games to do so. Dr David Stainforth is leading its preparation. read more »
Posted 10 Jun 2011 in Announcements
Lord Nicholas Stern, Philipp Rode (Executive Director of LSE cities) and Dimitri Zenghelis have authored a chapter in this book, entitled ‘City Solutions to Global Problems’. read more »
Posted 2 Jun 2011 in Announcements
Staff, students and members of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment have contributed to this report, which provides an analysis of the UK’s natural environment in terms of the benefits it provides to society and continuing economic prosperity. read more »
Posted 16 May 2011 in Announcements
This Background Note focuses on how public finance and risk mitigation instruments can remove the barriers to private sector investment and thereby leverage significant amounts of private capital for climate change mitigation. Michael Jacobs|, Visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute, is co-author. read more »
