Posted 30 Jan 2018 in Commentary
President Trump again demonstrated that he is a major source of fake news about climate change. In an interview with Piers Morgan President Trump’s answers revealed the very deep level of his ignorance. read more »
Posted 23 Jan 2018 in Commentary
The Sunday Telegraph’ publish a column full of unchecked errors – showing how climate change deniers exploit weak editorial standards and mislead readers. read more »
Posted 19 Jan 2018 in Commentary
In December 2017, the Vice President of the European Commission announced that the Commission is considering loosening financial regulation for sustainable financial products with the aim of boosting green investment. … read more »
Posted 18 Jan 2018 in Press releases
Commenting on the publication of global temperature figures for 2017 Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research … read more »
Posted 17 Jan 2018 in Commentary
The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy included plans to use green mortgages to incentivise people to make their homes more energy efficient but what are green mortgages and what evidence is there that they work? read more »
Posted 11 Jan 2018 in Press releases
Responding to the publication of the Government’s Environment Plan today (11 January 2018) Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and … read more »
Posted 4 Jan 2018 in Commentary
The UK Government has this week released new projections which confirm that its Clean Growth Strategy cannot currently achieve the Fourth and Fifth Carbon Budgets through reductions in domestic annual emissions of greenhouse gases between 2023 and 2032. read more »
Posted 18 Dec 2017 in Commentary
The European Commission announced this week that the EU is considering lowering capital requirements for sustainable financial products. This means that in future, EU financial regulators would treat green investments … read more »
Posted 15 Dec 2017 in Commentary
Response to Matt Ridley’s column in ‘The Times’ in which he attacked David Attenborough’s ‘Blue Planet II’ programme on the BBC for highlighting scientific evidence about climate change.
Posted 13 Dec 2017 in Commentary
New research published in Nature Energy this month finds that plans for new dams could put electricity generation and supply at risk and highlights the importance of considering rainfall patterns when planning the location of new hydropower dams in Africa read more »
