Posted 8 Jan 2020 in Commentary
Bob Ward asserts that the spread of misinformation about the causes of Australia’s current bushfires – which experts link explicitly to climate change – is a threat to lives and livelihoods. read more »
Posted 7 Jan 2020 in Press releases
Commenting on the publication today (Tuesday 7 January 2020) by Public Health England of ‘PHE heatwave mortality monitoring: Summer 2019’, Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research … read more »
Posted 4 Jan 2020 in Commentary
Climate change ‘sceptics’ in the UK were very vocal over the holiday period complaining that they do not receive enough attention from the media. They argued that freedom of expression … read more »
Posted 15 Dec 2019 in Press releases
Commenting on the outcome of the COP25 United Nations climate change summit in Madrid, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment … read more »
Posted 5 Nov 2019 in Press releases
Commenting on the announcement by the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, that the Trump Administration has initiated the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement, Bob … read more »
Posted 16 Oct 2019 in Commentary
Rebecca Byrnes and Swenja Surminski outline progress of actions taken under the Warsaw International Mechanisms on Loss and Damage – which is designed to help countries deal with the harm caused by climate change – and how to enhance its effectiveness, as the COP25 climate conference gears up to reviewing the mechanism in December. read more »
Posted 24 Sep 2019 in In the news
Alina Averchenkova talks to the Globalist show on Radio Monocle about a support initiative for the preservation of rainforests in developing countries announced at the Climate Action summit (22 minutes in). read more »
Posted 10 Sep 2019 in Commentary
Sam Fankhauser outlines the findings of a new review that reveals the UK’s significant contribution to social science research on climate change over the last 10 years – but also some important research gaps that must be filled so that global climate policy can be guided by the best available evidence. read more »
Posted 6 Sep 2019 in Press releases
In 2018, seven of the largest cities in the world experienced dangerous levels of long-term heat, including Delhi, Lahore and Manila People in seven of the world’s largest cities are … read more »
Posted 29 Aug 2019 in In the news
This article reflects on comments made by the government’s chief environment scientist on the UK’s net zero target. In the article Josh Burke refers to research by the Grantham Research Institute which shows how achieving net zero and maintaining economic growth are not mutually exclusive. read more »
