Nicholas Stern will urge world leaders to strongly expand investment in infrastructure but ensure that it is all sustainable, in a speech in New York today (22 April 2016) at … read more »
In response to the announcement today (19 April 2016) that the UK Government intends university research grants to be exempt from a new ‘anti-lobbying’ clause, Bob Ward, the policy and … read more »
The UK Government should announce an exemption for researchers in universities and research institutes from a draconian new rule that prevents Government grants from being used to influence policy, according … read more »
The UK is in urgent need of a national flood risk management strategy and devastating floods, such as those experienced in the north of England this winter, should not come … read more »
Commenting on the publication today (16 March 2016) of Budget 2016, Professor Sam Fankhauser, Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School … read more »
China’s annual carbon dioxide emissions will likely peak before 2025, and may have peaked in 2014, according to a new paper published today (7 March 2016) by the Grantham Research Institute. read more »
Nicholas Stern has called on researchers to improve radically the models used to estimate the costs of acting on climate change in an article published in the journal ‘Nature’ today (24 February 2016).
Responding to the announcement today (12 December 2015) that Christiana Figueres will step down from her role as executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), Nicholas Stern, Chair … read more »
The Flood Re insurance scheme will fail to reduce flood risk and the number of London households eligible for the scheme could increase by up to 75% during its lifespan, … read more »
Countries, including members of the G20, should strengthen the credibility of their pledges to limit or reduce annual emissions of greenhouse gases in order to build confidence in the Paris … read more »
