The world must deliver urgently and strongly on the global agenda for climate and sustainability over the next 10 years, and avoid the huge risks resulting from delay, Nicholas Stern will say in a keynote speech today (28 October 2016) to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of his landmark review of the economics […]
Responding to the publication today of an article by David Rose in ‘The Mail on Sunday’, Bob Ward, policy and communications director of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, said: “This article is riddled with serious mistakes, inaccuracies and misleading statements, and creates a wholly false impression of the work of the […]
Welcoming the decision today by the European Parliament to ratify the Paris Agreement, Professor Lord Stern of Brentford, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment … read more »
Commenting on the announcement today by the UK Government that it will allow the construction of a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, Professor Sam Fankhauser, … read more »
Commenting on the publication today of the UK Government’s report on the National Flood Resilience Review, Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change … read more »
UK Government should improve economic growth by taking advantage of record low interest rates to borrow money to invest in sustainable infrastructure for energy, transport and cities, according to two new reports published today (12 August 2016). read more »
Commenting today on the publication both by the UK Government of the proposed Fifth Carbon Budget and by the Committee on Climate Change of its annual progress report, Lord Stern … read more »
Responding to a speech today by Amber Rudd, the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Lord Stern of Brentford, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate … read more »
Companies that fail to plan for business scenarios in a low-carbon economy risk decline or even bankruptcy, according to a submission to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures published … read more »
The proposed Fifth Carbon Budget, which will set a greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030, would not harm the UK’s competitiveness, and could even help deliver long-term economic growth, according … read more »
