Nicholas Stern to be awarded Bernhard Harms Prize by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the ESRC Centre…
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Lord Stern’s response to US presidential election result
Commenting on the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute…
Adapting conservation projects to benefit communities and climate
Adapting forest restoration and conservation projects by engaging with local communities can help deliver social and environmental benefits, according to research in Madagascar by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). When projects are managed collaboratively they can increase the capacity of communities to adapt to climate change, enhance carbon storage and […]
Researcher wins FAERE Young Economist Best Paper Award
Misato Sato, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, at the Grantham Research Institute has received an award for the Young Economist Best Paper from the French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists … read more »
Bold climate action could deliver US$26 trillion in economic benefits through to 2030 says new report backed by Lord Stern
A new report released today (5 September 2018) by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate finds that we are significantly under-estimating the benefits of cleaner, climate-smart growth. The … read more »
Simon Dietz given European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of 40
The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) has inaugurated a new European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty. The first recipitient of the … read more »
Low carbon investment in cities creates big wins for governments, jobs and economies
Governments looking to boost jobs, economic productivity and public health should ensure infrastructure investment in cities is low carbon, according to a new study for the Coalition for Urban Transitions by experts at the University of Leeds. The research team assessed over 700 studies. They found that directing investments into low carbon projects in […]
Potential for Leeds to lead on low carbon investment
This week, the Environmental Audit Committee published a report on the state of investment in low carbon technology, outlining a 56% drop in investment in cash terms in 2017 compared to 2015. The Leeds Climate Commission is tackling this head on, by bringing together investors and projects at the launch of the Project Development and […]
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) awarded ESRC transition funding under new model
The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) at the London School of Economics & Political Science and University of Leeds, has been awarded a further five years of funding by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). CCCEP, which brings together some of the world’s leading researchers on climate change economics and policy, […]
New study seeks to improve collaboration processes
New studies being conducted by CCCEP researchers in Leeds seek to examine and ultimately improve the co-production of climate knowledge. The project, conducted by Dr Meaghan Daly and led by Prof Suraje Dessai, compares Regional Climate Outlook Forums in South Asia, southern Africa and the Mediterranean, looking at the way national, regional and international climate experts […]