The knotty problem of allocating greenhouse gas emission quotas across countries was, until the Paris Agreement, the primary barrier to concerted action on reducing climate change. Digging deeper, however, two … read more »
Professor Dieter Helm’s much awaited Review on the Cost of Energy was published on 25 October. Predictably, it was greeted in parts of the press with headlines like “excessive green … read more »
Major polluters and governments could be held to account by “climate justice” court cases, said Jeff Sachs, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, at a lecture hosted by the Grantham … read more »
Energy bills are at the top of the political agenda in the UK. In the short term, increasing energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption will reduce energy bills – but … read more »
Simon Pirani, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, gave a seminar at the Grantham Research Institute this week. Here he answers questions about the history of fossil fuel consumption, why consumption keeps rising when we need to reduce energy use, and how we could overhaul the systems which keep consumption high. read more »
The UK government wants to encourage companies to disclosure climate risks but are voluntary guidelines enough asks Grantham Research Institute Policy Analyst, Sini Matikainen. read more »
Yesterday was the third anniversary of one of the most inaccurate and misleading articles about climate change impacts on the Arctic that has ever been published by a UK newspaper. … read more »
The future of the UK’s trade with the EU and beyond is currently uncertain. What is certain is that the UK will need to secure trade deals to guarantee its … read more »
While President Trump’s stance on climate change is somewhat confused, it is no surprise that during his presidency he has pushed back environmental regulations and standards which he suggests place … read more »
In his speech last week, President Trump claimed that the Paris Agreement on climate change “disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers…and taxpayers … read more »
