Posted 10 Dec 2013 in Announcements
Judith Rees collected her DBE this week from Buckingham Palace, for her services to higher education. She collected her award alongside Bradley Wiggins, Anish Kapoor and PJ Harvey, among others. More information … read more »
Posted 22 Nov 2013 in Announcements
In late 2013, Stiftung Mercator, the Hertie School of Governance Berlin and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) hosted the second Dahrendorf Symposium in Berlin, entitled ‘Changing the European Debate: focus on climate change’. The symposium’s ultimate aim is to make academic research accessible to society. read more »
Posted 8 Nov 2013 in Announcements
Using a range of specially-created cocktails to represent different climate change themes as talking points, alongside games and exhibits, experts will be talking to members of the public on topics ranging from the role of CO2 as a greenhouse gas, to potential climate impacts in the UK and the use of ice-cores in reconstructing temperature records. read more »
Posted 30 Oct 2013 in Announcements
The prize was awarded to Lord Stern as “Few people have impacted the discussion of economics of carbon pollution more than English economist Nicholas Stern”. More information Nicholas Stern wins the … read more »
Posted 24 Oct 2013 in Announcements
Experts from the Grantham Research Institute at the LSE will be speaking at the London Climate Forum, one of the largest student-led conferences on climate change and sustainability. read more »
Posted 15 Oct 2013 in Announcements
Antony Millner, Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute, has been awarded the CESIfo Distinguished Affiliate prize. The Committee for the CESifo Prize grants this award to a young economist for the scientific … read more »
Posted 3 Oct 2013 in Announcements
Next Wednesday, 9th October, the Grantham Research Institute at the LSE will be joining forces with the Science Museum’s Dana Centre for a lively quiz night around the role of fracking in the UK. Tickets for the quiz are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. read more »
Posted 11 Sep 2013 in Announcements
A translation of observations of weather into observations of climate change at local scales is presented in a new paper by David Stainforth, Sandra Chapman and Nick Watkins. The paper shows … read more »
Posted 11 Sep 2013 in Announcements
David Stainforth discusses his climate change research paper, which shows how the distributions of daily temperatures have changed shape over the last half century. Such information is likely to be valuable in planning adaptation measures. read more »
Posted 2 Sep 2013 in Announcements
Jonathan Colmer, a PhD student at the Grantham Research on Climate Change and the Environment, received this award at the European Economic Association. read more »
