Posted 1 May 2015 in In the news
Increased effects of climate change enable scientists to predict localised changes in weather, such as at least a 13-fold increase in record hot years in England read more »
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Senior Research Fellow, Dr Swenja Surminski, reflects on the third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan (14-18 March). More than 5,000 government officials, ministers … read more »
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Posted 27 Apr 2015 in In the news
Writing in The Guardian, Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director, criticises the Global Warming Policy Foundation, chaired by Lord Lawson, for creating fake controversy about evidence for rising global temperatures. read more »
Posted 27 Apr 2015 in Announcements
Nicholas Stern has been elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society (APS). The APS promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, … read more »
Posted 26 Apr 2015 in In the news
The UK’s most prominent climate change denial group is launching an inquiry into the integrity of global surface temperature records. read more »
Posted 22 Apr 2015 in In the news
Leading scientists and economists release statement to mark Earth Day in which they urge leaders to keep to commitments to avoid dangerous global warming. read more »
Posted 22 Apr 2015 in In the news
Experts have drawn up a 3-page summary of the action needed to be agreed on at the UN meeting in Paris this December, which is widely seen as the last chance for the world’s political leaders to agree on a binding treaty to prevent the global climate from slipping into a dangerously precarious state. read more »
Posted 20 Apr 2015 in In the news
If Britain’s top economists were in charge, what policies would they implement? Writing in The Financial Times, Nicholas Stern says he would make UK cities the most attractive, productive and cleanest in the world. read more »
Posted 18 Apr 2015 in In the news
Global temperatures continued to climb last month, with combined land and sea-surface temperatures setting fresh records amid prospects of more to come as El Nino conditions form in the Pacific, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. read more »
