New study finds China’s emissions likely to peak by 2025
China’s greenhouse gas emissions could peak more than five years earlier than expected, helping to avoid dangerous climate change, according to a new paper. read more »
News category: Press releases
Nicholas Stern calls for businesses, cities and young people to create “political tipping points” for climate change action
Business leaders, cities and young people should be placing more pressure on world leaders to create “political tipping points” for action on climate change, according to a new book by Nicholas Stern. read more »
Nicholas Stern calls for countries to raise ambition of intended emissions reductions to narrow gap with pathway for 2 degree limit
Countries should seek ways to increase the ambition of their national pledges for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, both before and after the crucial UN climate change summit in Paris in December, according to a paper published today read more »
Nicholas Stern warns against rigid separation of aid and climate finance
Governments should not create a rigid separation between their overseas aid for supporting development and their financial support to help developing countries tackle climate change, Nicholas Stern has warned in a new policy paper. read more »
Developing countries should receive at least US$400 billion a year from rich countries by 2050 to fight climate change
Developing countries should receive between US$400 billion and US$2 trillion per year from rich countries by 2050 to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new paper. read more »
New study concludes increases in energy costs are unlikely to have much effect on European businesses and trade
A large increase in energy prices in the European Union would have only a very small effect on exports by European industry and the balance of trade, according to a new academic paper published today (2 March 2015) read more »
Met Office slays myth that global warming has stopped
Responding to the publication today (26 January 2015) by the UK Met Office of figures showing that 2014 was jointly with 2010 the hottest year globally since records began in … read more »
World’s hottest year exposes myth that global warming has stopped
Responding to the publication today (16 January 2015) by the NASA Goddard institute for Space Studies and the National Climatic Data Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of … read more »
UK’s hottest year highlights Government’s failure to tell public about impacts of climate change
Response to the publication today (5 January 2015) by the UK Met Office of provisional figures showing that 2014 was the hottest year in the UK since records began in 1910, read more »
Nicholas Stern welcomes Lima climate change agreement
Nicholas Stern welcomes the agreement today (14 December 2014) at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru. read more »