Bob Ward
Bob joined the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in November 2008, shortly after its launch.
He also holds the following positions:
- Chair of the London Climate Change Partnership.
- Policy and Communications Director for the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy;
Background
Bob joined the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from Risk Management Solutions, where he was Director of Public Policy.
He also worked at the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science, for eight years, until October 2006. His responsibilities there included leading the media relations team.
He has also worked as a freelance science writer and journalist.
Bob has a first degree in geology and an unfinished PhD thesis on palaeopiezometry.
He is a fellow of the Geological Society, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a fellow of the Energy Institute and a member of the American Geophysical Union. Bob is also a member of the board of the Association of British Science Writers and a member of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Public Relations Association.
Research articles
- Recommendations for improving the treatment of risk and uncertainty in economic estimates of climate impacts in the Sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report
1 Aug 2018. Thomas Stoerk, Gernot Wagner, Bob Ward - Comment on ‘Impact of Current Climate Proposals’
23 Feb 2016. Bob Ward - Climate change: The necessary, the possible and the desirable. Earth League climate statement on the implications for climate policy from the 5th IPCC Assessment.
14 Dec 2014. Bob Ward, Nicholas Stern - Communicating on climate change.
19 Jan 2013. Bob Ward - Discussion: Great expectations: the psychodynamics of ecological debt
19 Sep 2012. Bob Ward - Is it possible to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C?
22 Feb 2012. Bob Ward - Communicating climate change
19 Nov 2010. Bob Ward - Comment: ‘Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human-Caused Global Warming?’ by Robert M. Carter
19 Feb 2010. Bob Ward - How national science academies in developed countries can assist development in sub-Saharan Africa
27 Jan 2009. Bob Ward - . Adaptation to climate change: threats and opportunities for the insurance industry
19 Jan 2009. Bob Ward - Climate change, the public, and the media in the UK: a watershed moment
19 Jan 2009. Bob Ward - The Royal Society and the debate on climate change
19 Jul 2008. Bob Ward - The role of insurers in promoting adaptation to the impacts of climate change
19 Jan 2008. Bob Ward - Good and bad practice in the communication of uncertainties associated with the relationship between climate change and weather-related natural disasters
19 Jan 2008. Bob Ward
Working papers
- Comment on ‘Impact of Current Climate Proposals’ by Bjorn Lomborg
1 Dec 2015 - Comment: ‘Knock knock: where is the evidence for dangerous human-caused global warming?’ by Robert M. Carter
1 Sep 2010
Policy publications
- Submission to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Call for Evidence on the International Development Strategy
Policy publications, 25 Nov 2021 - Saving lives and livelihoods: the benefits of investments in climate change adaptation and resilience
Policy publications, 31 Mar 2021 - Delivering strong and sustainable growth in the UK: A special decade for innovation and investment
Policy publications, 4 Mar 2020 - Submission to the Environment Agency’s consultation on the Draft National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England
Policy publications, 17 Oct 2019 - Submission to the the inquiry on ‘The future of the oil and gas industry’ by the House of Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs
Policy publications, 3 Jul 2018 - Submission to the inquiry by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on ‘Heatwaves: Adapting to Climate Change’
Policy publications, 3 Jul 2018 - Consultation response: ‘Cost of Energy Review’
Policy publications, 8 Jan 2018 - Consultation response: ‘Clean Growth Strategy’
Policy publications, 4 Jan 2018 - Some key issues for reviews of the costs of low-carbon electricity generation in the UK
Policy publications, 20 Nov 2017 - Consultation response: ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’
Policy publications, 24 Apr 2017 - The use of evidence by the Cabinet Office: submitted to the ‘My Science Inquiry’ by the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology
Policy publications, 28 Feb 2017 - Submission to inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on ‘Leaving the EU: negotiation priorities for energy and climate change policy’
Policy publications, 24 Jan 2017 - Submission to the inquiry on ‘Brexit: environment and climate change’ by the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
Policy publications, 2 Nov 2016 - Letter to Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
Policy publications, 22 Apr 2016 - Letter to Congressman Lamar Smith in regard to the testimony given by Dr Bjorn Lomborg to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Policy publications, 6 Jan 2016 - Consultation response: ‘Reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape’
Policy publications, 23 Nov 2015 - Intended nationally determined contributions: what are the implications for greenhouse gas emissions in 2030?
Policy publications, 30 Oct 2015 - Tracking intended nationally determined contributions: what are the implications for greenhouse gas emissions in 2030?
Policy publications, 19 Aug 2015 - What will global annual emissions of greenhouse gases be in 2030, and will they be consistent with avoiding global warming of more than 2°C?
Policy publications, 4 May 2015 - Submission to the inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change on ‘ Fuelling the debate: Committee successes and future challenges ’
Policy publications, 20 Dec 2014 - Submission to inquiry on ‘Environmental risks of fracking’ by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
Policy publications, 20 Dec 2014 - Flood insurance and the Water Bill
Policy publications, 14 Nov 2013 - Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate
Policy publications, 1 Oct 2013 - The IPCC report-writing process
Policy publications, 23 Sep 2013 - The Climate Change Act
Policy publications, 1 Sep 2013 - Response to public consultation on ‘Securing the future availability and affordability of home insurance in areas of flood risk’
Policy publications, 1 Aug 2013 - A UK ‘dash’ for smart gas
Policy publications, 1 Mar 2013 - Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: is it possible to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C?
Policy publications, 1 Aug 2010
- United States starts the process of rejoining the Paris Agreement
21 Jan 2021 - The UK needs a ‘National Heat Risk Strategy’
31 Aug 2020 - Heatwave alert may be too late to prevent deaths
24 Jun 2020 - Australian climate change ‘sceptics’ mislead the public about bushfires
8 Jan 2020 - Climate change ‘sceptics’ abuse freedom of expression
4 Jan 2020 - Holiday heat headlines not focusing enough on climate crisis reality – experts (on www.theguardian.com)
27 Aug 2019 - Brazil cannot turn a blind eye to illegal burning in Amazon rainforest (on www.youtube.com)
23 Aug 2019 - More action please on climate change (on www.standard.co.uk)
23 Aug 2019 - Environment researcher expects other dams to face collapse as a result of climate change (on www.lbc.co.uk)
6 Aug 2019 - We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report (on www.theguardian.com)
4 Aug 2019 - Record UK heatwaves have ‘killed hundreds’ this year – and death toll could soar to 2,000 (on www.thesun.co.uk)
28 Jul 2019 - Britain pledges to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (on )
12 Jun 2019 - Urgent response needed from UK Government on net-zero emissions
3 May 2019 - A zero-emissions UK is a huge task. But the benefits will also be huge (on www.theguardian.com)
21 Apr 2019 - Cyclone Idai’s devastating impacts highlight the importance of overseas aid from rich to poor countries
22 Mar 2019 - The Heat: Climate change (on america.cgtn.com)
7 Mar 2019 - Why is the weather so warm and should we be concerned? (on www.itv.com)
26 Feb 2019 - UK experiences winter temperatures above 20C for first time (on www.theguardian.com)
25 Feb 2019 - Young Americans will no longer be silent on climate change
23 Feb 2019 - Fundamental flaw in Press watchdog’s complaints process helps newspapers to promote climate change denial
24 Jan 2019 - Another humiliation for British climate change deniers and their promoters in the media
9 Jan 2019 - A Nobel Prize for the creator of an economic model that underestimates the risks of climate change
2 Jan 2019 - American scientists and politicians attempt to overcome climate change denial
10 Dec 2018 - Is climate change denial in the ‘Daily Mail’ killing its readers?
10 Dec 2018 - The IPCC global warming report spares politicians the worst details (on www.theguardian.com)
8 Oct 2018 - Climate change sets the world on fire (on www.dw.com)
24 Aug 2018 - Planning regulations overlook heat – so developers build death traps (on www.theguardian.com)
15 Aug 2018 - British Prime Minister responds to letter about President Trump
13 Aug 2018 - Estimating deaths from heatwaves
10 Aug 2018 - We need to build homes that can withstand heatwaves (on www.standard.co.uk)
7 Aug 2018 - Trump golf course partially destroys Site of Special Scientific Interest
1 Aug 2018 - Hundreds are dying from ignorance of rising heatwave risks
25 Jul 2018 - ‘The Australian’ promotes Bjorn Lomborg’s lukewarmer propaganda
16 Jul 2018 - Another failure to tackle fake news about climate change
14 Jun 2018 - The Times, Fox News and Breitbart still promoting fake news about climate change
7 Jun 2018 - American climate change deniers all at sea
24 May 2018 - ‘The Mail on Sunday’ admits publishing more fake news about climate change
22 Apr 2018 - Why being right is not enough for climate researchers
20 Apr 2018 - President Trump’s fake news about climate change
30 Jan 2018 - Sunday Telegraph column full of unchecked errors on US winter temperatures
23 Jan 2018 - New projections confirm Clean Growth Strategy cannot currently achieve Carbon Budgets
4 Jan 2018 - Bogus ‘lukewarmer’ attack on ‘Blue Planet II’
15 Dec 2017 - BBC programme fooled again by climate change deniers
11 Nov 2017 - Reaction: Dieter Helm’s ‘least cost’ ideas for meeting the UK’s climate targets (on www.carbonbrief.org)
27 Oct 2017 - What impact does climate change really have on the powerful hurricanes Irma and Harvey that hit the Caribbean and the United States? (on )
11 Sep 2017 - Irma and Harvey lay the costs of climate change denial at Trump’s door (on www.theguardian.com)
10 Sep 2017 - Third anniversary of fake news story in ‘The Mail on Sunday’
1 Sep 2017 - Lucifer heatwave poses ‘major’ risk to parts of Europe (on news.sky.com)
6 Aug 2017 - Extreme heat poses risk to Europe (on news.sky.com)
5 Aug 2017 - Good chance Trump won’t end up withdrawing from Paris (on www.cnbc.com)
7 Jul 2017 - Trump to be odd man out amid climate talks at G20 summit (on )
3 Jul 2017 - Heatwaves are national emergencies and the public need to know (on www.theguardian.com)
21 Jun 2017 - Get ready for a ‘blow torch summer’ as Britain is on track for hottest year since records began (on www.dailystar.co.uk)
4 Jun 2017 - E.U. leader expresses ‘regret’ over Trump’s climate order, says ‘the world can count on Europe’ (on www.washingtonpost.com)
28 Mar 2017 - President Trump to Sweep Away Obama Climate Policies (on www.bbc.co.uk)
28 Mar 2017 - 2016 breaks record for hottest year ever (on www.independent.co.uk)
18 Jan 2017 - 2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame (on www.theguardian.com)
18 Jan 2017 - Emissions target (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
14 Dec 2016 - The people providing hope in a post-Trump world of climate denial
13 Dec 2016 - Outcome of COP22 caps a year of progress
19 Nov 2016 - What energy and climate change policies can we expect from President Trump?
11 Nov 2016 - Flooding: UK government plans for more extreme rainfall (on www.theguardian.com)
8 Sep 2016 - Ratification of Paris Agreement is bad news for Donald Trump
6 Sep 2016 - Ratification of the Paris Agreement by China and the United States – Newshour (on www.bbc.co.uk)
5 Sep 2016 - Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal (on www.theguardian.com)
3 Sep 2016 - Fears grow over danger of flooding around the UK as inquiry is shelved (on www.theguardian.com)
30 Jul 2016 - Britain’s energy dilemma: if not nuclear power, then what? (on www.theguardian.com)
30 Jul 2016 - Brexit May Make It Harder for U.K. to Tackle Climate Change (on www.bloomberg.com)
12 Jul 2016 - How will Brexit affect climate change policy?
1 Jul 2016 - Why an E.U. without Britain is bad news for the fight against climate change (on www.washingtonpost.com)
24 Jun 2016 - Letters: Cost of gas (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
22 May 2016 - Government forced to back down on plan to gag academics and scientists (on www.independent.co.uk)
19 Apr 2016 - Boaty McBoatface may not be name of new polar research vessel (on www.theguardian.com)
18 Apr 2016 - Britain’s scientists must not be gagged
17 Apr 2016 - 57 tube stations at high risk of flooding, says London Underground report
10 Apr 2016 - Clarification: China’s carbon dioxide emissions
10 Mar 2016 - Confusion reigns as UK scientists face government ‘gagging’ clause (on www.nature.com)
26 Feb 2016 - Planet is not overheating, says professor (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
23 Feb 2016 - Earth is NOT overheating despite global warming fears claims leading statistician (on www.express.co.uk)
23 Feb 2016 - Researchers: speak up now or risk being muzzled on government policy (on www.theguardian.com)
22 Feb 2016 - Why are some British newspapers still denying climate change? (on www.theguardian.com)
25 Jan 2016 - Letters: Better to cut CO2 than complain about Paris deal (on www.independent.co.uk)
11 Jan 2016 - These are the six urgent steps the government has to take now for the good of our environment (on www.independent.co.uk)
18 Dec 2015 - India looks to balance emissions reductions with bringing electricity to the poor (on www.australiaplus.com)
8 Dec 2015 - See for yourself where carbon emissions are coming from now and in the future (on qz.com)
8 Dec 2015 - COP21: Why a 2°C target, and will we reach it? (on www.france24.com)
2 Dec 2015 - Should we be aiming to keep global warming to 1.5C, not 2C? (on www.theguardian.com)
2 Dec 2015 - Polemic against Paris summit is based on bogus arguments (on www.ft.com)
1 Dec 2015 - India Defends Emissions Targets as Modi Heads to Paris for Talks (on www.bloomberg.com)
30 Nov 2015 - Climate change protests take place around the world on eve of summit (on www.washingtonpost.com)
30 Nov 2015 - On eve of Paris climate summit, Britain pulls the plug on renewables (on www.washingtonpost.com)
20 Nov 2015 - Dangerous climate change is avoidable with the right approach (on www.newscientist.com)
11 Nov 2015 - UK Government Failing to Lead on Climate Change Communication (on www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
22 Oct 2015 - Paris climate summit: UN negotiations ‘need redesign’ (on www.bbc.co.uk)
13 Oct 2015 - Flawed analysis of the impacts of climate change
30 Sep 2015 - The link between climate change, migration and refugees (on www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
14 Sep 2015 - Carbon pricing corrects a market failure (on www.ft.com)
26 Aug 2015 - EU calls for urgency in ‘seriously lagging’ Paris climate talks (on www.theguardian.com)
20 Aug 2015 - Warming will hurt the poor but boost the rich in the short term (on www.newscientist.com)
18 Aug 2015 - Australia’s climate goals ‘weak’, says former Obama adviser (on www.smh.com.au)
14 Aug 2015 - UN encourages other countries to announce emissions targets ahead of Paris conference (on www.abc.net.au)
13 Aug 2015 - Where to draw the line on renewable energy (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
29 Jul 2015 - A cost-effective balance between taxes on fossil fuel pollution and support for cleaner alternatives
29 Jul 2015 - Climate campaigners warn of ‘bonfire of green policies’ (on www.itv.com)
27 Jul 2015 - Does the solution to global warming lie beneath the North Sea? (on www.itv.com)
20 Jul 2015 - Climate change caused by multiple market failures (on www.ft.com)
30 Jun 2015 - Dutch court orders state to slash greenhouse emissions (on www.euractiv.com)
24 Jun 2015 - Dutch Court Orders State to Slash Greenhouse EmissionsDutch Court Orders State to Slash Greenhouse Emissions (on www.ndtv.com)
24 Jun 2015 - No more beer, chocolate or coffee: how climate change could ruin your weekend (on www.theguardian.com)
10 Jun 2015 - Global warming ‘pause’ didn’t happen, study finds (on www.theguardian.com)
4 Jun 2015 - Time for governments to price in the true cost of oil (on www.ft.com)
20 May 2015 - Climate change: New claims ‘murky’ global warming statistics are ‘GUESSED AT’ (on www.express.co.uk)
15 May 2015 - The key climate and clean energy problem of 2015: Doing a lot isn’t the same as doing enough (on www.washingtonpost.com)
8 May 2015 - Paris climate summit: Carbon pledges to fall short of warming goal, Stern warns (on www.smh.com.au)
6 May 2015 - Key climate change goal may be missed (on thehill.com)
6 May 2015 - UN says carbon plans ‘deeply inadequate’ (on www.skynews.com.au)
5 May 2015 - Paris 2015: Two degrees warming a ‘prescription for disaster’ says top climate scientist James Hansen (on www.smh.com.au)
5 May 2015 - Carbon plans deeply inadequate: climate study warns (on news.yahoo.com)
4 May 2015 - Réchauffement climatique: les engagements actuels ne suffiront pas (on fr.news.yahoo.com)
4 May 2015 - Britische Forscher: UN-Klimaschutzziele sind gefährdet (on de.nachrichten.yahoo.com)
4 May 2015 - Report: Global emissions goals still aren’t enough to prevent dangerous warming (on www.washingtonpost.com)
4 May 2015 - Emissions pledges ‘are not enough’ (on www.dailymail.co.uk)
4 May 2015 - Planned curbs in greenhouse gas emissions won’t prevent global warming ‘danger limit’ being reached, warns report (on www.independent.co.uk)
4 May 2015 - Current carbon pledges won’t stop dangerous global warming, says Lord Stern (on www.theguardian.com)
4 May 2015 - Man-made climate change to cause more English heat waves – scientists (on rt.com)
1 May 2015 - England faces major rise in record hot years due to climate change – scientists (on www.theguardian.com)
1 May 2015 - Scepticism over rising temperatures? Lord Lawson peddles a fake controversy (on www.theguardian.com)
27 Apr 2015 - Leading group of climate change deniers accused of creating ‘fake controversy’ over claims global temperature data may be inaccurate (on www.independent.co.uk)
26 Apr 2015 - US pledges emissions cuts of up to 28% ahead of global climate treaty (on www.theguardian.com)
31 Mar 2015 - US set to pledge emissions cuts of up to 28% ahead of global climate treaty (on www.theguardian.com)
31 Mar 2015 - Britain’s leading private university ‘becoming a mouthpiece for fossil-fuel industry’ (on www.independent.co.uk)
31 Mar 2015 - Ipso proves impotent at curbing the Mail’s climate misinformation (on www.theguardian.com)
27 Mar 2015 - Britain’s climate sceptics’ dishonest tactics need to stop (on www.newstatesman.com)
20 Mar 2015 - Arctic sea ice shrinks to lowest level on record (on www.ft.com)
20 Mar 2015 - Warm weather sees Arctic sea ice shrink to lowest levels (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
20 Mar 2015 - Arctic sea ice hits record low: US monitor (on timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
20 Mar 2015 - Arctic sea ice extent hits record low for winter (on www.bbc.co.uk)
19 Mar 2015 - Arctic sea ice extent hits record low for winter maximum (on www.theguardian.com)
19 Mar 2015 - Climate leadership in question as IPCC chief resigns (on www.nature.com)
24 Feb 2015 - Pachauri Quits Climate Panel After Harassment Allegation (on www.bloomberg.com)
24 Feb 2015 - IPCC Chief Resigns after Sexual Harassment Accusations (on www.scientificamerican.com)
24 Feb 2015 - Rajendra Pachauri quits IPCC after sexual harassment complaint (on in.reuters.com)
24 Feb 2015 - IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri resigns (on )
24 Feb 2015 - Oil industry cannot accept possibility of a decline in demand (on www.ft.com)
19 Feb 2015 - As China gets richer, the world gets dirtier — and will have to choose more growth and being green (on www.independent.co.uk)
17 Feb 2015 - Brrrrr! It may have been cold last night – but why was 2014 the warmest year? (on www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk)
18 Jan 2015 - We must act now, say scientists as 2014 declared hottest year in century (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
17 Jan 2015 - WEATHER WARNING: Britain to be hit by SIX INCHES of snow as winter blast hits (on www.express.co.uk)
17 Jan 2015 - Global warming: 2014 was officially the hottest year on record (on www.canberratimes.com.au)
17 Jan 2015 - Scientists confirm 2014 was the hottest year in modern history (on www.theaustralian.com.au)
17 Jan 2015 - 2014 officially the hottest year on record (on www.itv.com)
16 Jan 2015 - 2014 was world’s hottest year on record (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
16 Jan 2015 - It’s official! 2014 really WAS the hottest year on record: World temperatures climbed to the highest they had been in 134 years (on www.dailymail.co.uk)
16 Jan 2015 - 2014 a été l’année la plus chaude jamais enregistrée sur le globe (on www.lalibre.be)
16 Jan 2015 - Hottest year fuels climate concerns (on www.lep.co.uk)
16 Jan 2015 - Bare 0,8 grader varmere på kloden siden 1880 (on www.dagbladet.no)
16 Jan 2015 - 2014, année la plus chaude jamais enregistrée sur le globe (on www.lefigaro.fr)
16 Jan 2015 - 2014 warmest year on record, say US researchers (on www.bbc.co.uk)
16 Jan 2015 - How can we square fossil fuel divestment with CCS potential? (on www.businessgreen.com)
8 Jan 2015 - Oil Plunge Seen Eroding Emissions Ambition: Carbon & Climate (on www.bloomberg.com)
8 Jan 2015 - (on www.heraldscotland.com)
6 Jan 2015 - Wonky weather! From -4C to 14C in just four days as Britain is set to be hotter than Athens by then end of the week – but there will also be harsh frosts and fierce gales (on www.dailymail.co.uk)
6 Jan 2015 - 2014 was warmest since records began 350 years ago, says Met Office (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
6 Jan 2015 - How 2014 was Britain’s warmest year on record (on www.express.co.uk)
6 Jan 2015 - The UK experienced its warmest year on record in 2014, but it was also one of the wettest (on metro.co.uk)
5 Jan 2015 - Climate change activists blame Government for ‘colossal failure’ to make global warming a national priority (on )
5 Jan 2015 - Official figures show 2014 was warmest year since records began (on www.itv.com)
5 Jan 2015 - 2014 was UK’s hottest year on record, says Met Office (on www.theguardian.com)
5 Jan 2015 - Met Office lists 2014 as UK’s warmest year (on timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
5 Jan 2015 - Climate challenges for Royal Dutch Shell (on www.ft.com)
19 Dec 2014 - The danger of ideology-based newspaper coverage of climate change (on www.newstatesman.com)
17 Dec 2014 - Believe it or not it’s been the HOTTEST year on record – but snow is on its way (on www.mirror.co.uk)
2 Dec 2014 - Climate death forecast ‘exaggerated’ (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
1 Dec 2014 - One year to save the planet from climate change disaster, Ed Davey warns (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
30 Nov 2014 - The US-China Climate Deal (on www.channelnewsasia.com)
21 Nov 2014 - Why Britain’s Tories are Earth’s best friends (on www.theage.com.au)
20 Nov 2014 - Scotland is facing its heaviest rainfall in a century (on www.express.co.uk)
17 Nov 2014 - 2014 on track to be one of the wettest years on record (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
16 Nov 2014 - Lord Lawson’s parallel world where global warming is not a concern (on www.newstatesman.com)
6 Nov 2014 - This year set to be hottest on record (on www.heraldscotland.com)
5 Nov 2014 - Drought and flood fears after warm 2014 (on www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
5 Nov 2014 - Britain had one of warmest and wettest years on record (on www.theguardian.com)
4 Nov 2014 - Extreme weather ‘will cost lives and billions of pounds of damage’ (on www.independent.co.uk)
4 Nov 2014 - Clock Ticking To Stop Climate Change, Warns UN (on news.sky.com)
2 Nov 2014 - UN climate change report to warn of ‘severe, pervasive’ effects of global warming (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
1 Nov 2014 - Letter to The Times (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
1 Nov 2014 - Irreversible climate change would result from continued inaction (on www.scientificamerican.com)
29 Oct 2014 - IPCC lines up for a sixth climate audit as economic costs corrected (on www.smh.com.au)
20 Oct 2014 - Environment Secretary Liz Truss under fire over plan to scrap solar farm subsidies (on www.independent.co.uk)
19 Oct 2014 - Folgen der Erwärmung: Uno tilgt Hoffnung aus Klimareport (on www.spiegel.de)
18 Oct 2014 - IPCC corrects claim suggesting climate change would be good for the economy (on www.theguardian.com)
17 Oct 2014 - Owen Paterson’s controversial speech to climate change sceptics looks to be riddled with inaccuracies (on blogs.lse.ac.uk)
15 Oct 2014 - The Tory right is becoming desperate on climate change and energy (on www.newstatesman.com)
13 Oct 2014 - Record UK temperatures ‘evidence of global warming’ (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
4 Oct 2014 - Climate change blamed as records show 2014 is warmest year since records began (on www.itv.com)
3 Oct 2014 - Lord Lawson’s charity ‘blurring fact and comment on climate change’ (on www.theguardian.com)
30 Sep 2014 - Lord Lawson and his climate change sceptics broke charity bias rules (on www.independent.co.uk)
30 Sep 2014 - Climate change could be slower than forecast (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
26 Sep 2014 - Facts and Fictions About New Climate Change Report (on www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
26 Sep 2014 - The New Economy Report: Why the criticism doesn’t stack up (on www.businessgreen.com)
23 Sep 2014 - Combating climate change can be economically beneficial (on thehill.com)
22 Sep 2014 - The UN climate change summit is a vital chance for the world to avoid catastrophe (on www.theguardian.com)
20 Sep 2014 - Miliband is under pressure to back the government’s climate change plan (on www.newstatesman.com)
10 Sep 2014 - Warmest and wettest eight months for a century… and it’s not over yet (on www.express.co.uk)
4 Sep 2014 - Two secret funders of Nigel Lawson’s climate sceptic organisation revealed (on www.theguardian.com)
2 Sep 2014 - Global warming impacts ‘severe, widespread, and irreversible’, UN warns (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
27 Aug 2014 - January to July weather was warmest since records began, Met Office confirms (on www.telegraph.co.uk)
22 Aug 2014 - UK’s warmest period record sparks call for greater climate action (on www.theguardian.com)
22 Aug 2014 - 2014 is warmest year since records began – and third wettest (on www.independent.co.uk)
22 Aug 2014 - Global warming is here, except on the bank holiday (on www.thetimes.co.uk)
22 Aug 2014 - When climate change denial is promoted in mainstream news (on www.newstatesman.com)
20 Aug 2014 - White House report understates impact of climate change (on thehill.com)
7 Aug 2014 - MPs who reject science are undermining the public interest (on www.newstatesman.com)
30 Jul 2014 - Green hypocrisy at Northcliffe House (on www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
25 Jul 2014 - Climate adaptation must be backed by communication (on www.businessgreen.com)
23 Jul 2014 - George Osborne defeated in attempt to weaken UK carbon budget (on www.theguardian.com)
22 Jul 2014 - ‘Scary’ climate shifts not far off (on www.standard.co.uk)
22 Jul 2014 - Owen Paterson to give lecture to Nigel Lawson’s climate-sceptic thinktank (on www.theguardian.com)
18 Jul 2014 - Lawson’s climate-sceptic group hit by charity status row (on www.bbc.co.uk)
16 Jul 2014 - Watchdog must be tougher on climate sceptic ‘charity’ (on www.newscientist.com)
16 Jul 2014 - Will UK reshuffle boost science and environment? (on www.newscientist.com)
15 Jul 2014 - Correspondence between Bob Ward and Congressman Lamar Smith – Chair of House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
8 Jul 2014 - The trouble with climate change denial (on www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
4 Jul 2014 - How climate change may affect your bottom line (on www.mprnews.org)
3 Jul 2014 - UK Government Utterly Fails to Communicate About Climate Change (on www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
30 Jun 2014 - Busting the myths around emission reduction costs (on www.businessgreen.com)
26 Jun 2014 - Common sense prevails as BBC upholds Today programme climate complaint (on www.theguardian.com)
26 Jun 2014 - New insurance scheme boosts Africa’s battle against climate change
2 Jun 2014 - It’s time to challenge Ukip over its climate change denial (on www.newstatesman.com)
2 Jun 2014 - Errors in estimates of the aggregate economic impacts of climate change – Part III
8 May 2014 - Bjorn Lomborg’s Upside-Down Economics of Climate Change
23 Apr 2014 - A wakeup call on the impacts of climate change
23 Apr 2014 - Errors in estimates of the aggregate economic impacts of climate change – Part II
15 Apr 2014 - Errors in estimates of the aggregate economic impacts of climate change
2 Apr 2014 - Letters: Climate change: it’s worse than we thought
22 Mar 2014 - Dismissal of claims is unsurprising
13 Mar 2014 - BBC impartiality between scientific facts and ‘sceptic’ fictions
24 Feb 2014 - UK floods making climate sceptics hot under the collar
14 Feb 2014 - The costs of the UK storms and floods in context
13 Feb 2014 - Arctic sea ice has not been recovering
2 Feb 2014 - Blog on Select Committee Hearing
30 Jan 2014 - IPCC hearing brings UK closer to US polarisation on climate change
27 Jan 2014 - Owen Paterson has failed to factor climate change into flood insurance
10 Jan 2014 - Global warming
19 Nov 2013 - High fuel bills and global warming
9 Nov 2013 - Making the case for CCL+
6 Nov 2013 - A better planet?
22 Oct 2013 - Lord Ridley’s flawed article in ‘The Spectator’
18 Oct 2013 - UK energy policy
1 Oct 2013 - Humiliating mistakes by ‘The Mail on Sunday’
18 Sep 2013 - Backbench assault on climate laws reflects UK policy uncertainty
16 Sep 2013 - David Cameron must heed the experts, not the sceptics, on climate change
24 Aug 2013 - Fracking — will it cut our fuel bills?
23 Aug 2013 - FT does readers a disservice with flawed climate analysis
8 Aug 2013 - By giving a platform to climate change sceptics, the BBC is misleading the publicBob Ward, New Statesman,
24 Jul 2013 - Climate change will hurt the poorest the most
24 Jul 2013 - The Corruption of the Public Debate on Climate Change
12 Jul 2013 - Jeremy Grantham wins Lifetime Achievement Award
4 Jul 2013 - Climate change study is grim reading, Bangkok Post,
13 Jun 2013 - Europe’s economic crisis has nothing to do with green policy, The Vancouver Sun,
25 May 2013 - Climate change
22 May 2013 - Spectator reveals worrying insight into direction of Tory policy on climate
10 May 2013 - Ukip’s energy and climate policies under the spotlight
4 Mar 2013 - Bob Ward to join LSE climate week panel event
28 Feb 2013 - How Fleet Street is still misleading the public over climate change, New Statesman,
27 Feb 2013 - Correspondence between Bob Ward and Peter Lilley
22 Feb 2013 - Boris Johnson’s climate change “scepticism” is an embarrassment to London’s scientists, New Statesman,
23 Jan 2013 - Shambolic media coverage of the Met Office’s new short-term forecast
14 Jan 2013 - Meteorology needs bold leadership to build public trust in climate research
8 Jan 2013 - What a heatwave in Australia tells us about climate change and the extreme
8 Jan 2013 - Desperate shenanigans as climate change ‘sceptics’ try to misrepresent IPCC report
14 Dec 2012 - A Long Day for the UK at the United Nations Climate Change Summit
6 Dec 2012 - Why is the Government’s financial support for fossil fuel companies being overlooked?
30 Nov 2012 - Re: US energy policy is thriving despite a quiet campaign yesterday
6 Nov 2012 - Recycling the myth that global warming ‘stopped in the mid-1990s’
18 Oct 2012 - Rapid Responses
8 Oct 2012 - UK government cuts to science funding threaten the British Antarctic Survey
3 Oct 2012 - A case of bad economics and fundamentally flawed science
25 Sep 2012 - The Australian Echo Chamber of Climate Change Denial
10 Sep 2012 - Is the United States leading by example on climate change?
13 Aug 2012 - Why is Boris Johnson promoting climate change “sceptics”?
1 Aug 2012 - The BBC is sacrificing objectivity for impartiality on climate change
6 Jul 2012 - Climate confusion
6 Jul 2012 - Leaders not plugged in to climate change reality (registration required)
2 Jul 2012 - Shale gas: how does the hype stack up against robust analysis of the evidence?
1 May 2012 - More Evidence That the World’s Biggest Newspaper Website is Misleading its Readers About Climate Change
10 Apr 2012 - Another researcher falls victim to the echo chamber of climate change denial
2 Apr 2012 - How the UK’s feeble system of media regulation fails the public interest on climate change
16 Mar 2012 - News Corporation, the Murdochs and climate change
5 Mar 2012 - Leaked files expose Heartland Institute’s secrets
16 Feb 2012 - Anthropogenic global warming ‘stopped’ in 1997…and in 1996, 1995, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978 and 1972
3 Feb 2012 - Why academic researchers should scrutinise the lobbying of climate change ‘sceptics’
29 Dec 2011 - Is Accuracy Being Frozen Out of the BBC’s Climate Change Coverage?
8 Dec 2011 - Scientists frustrated in climate change debate
3 Dec 2011 - Why the house journal of the sceptics is full of hot air
2 Dec 2011 - Hot air
23 Oct 2011 - An echo chamber of climate change denial
4 Aug 2011 - Climate pragmatism or climate illusion?
3 Aug 2011 - BBC coverage of climate change should be accurate as well as impartial
19 Jul 2011 - A media relations mistake and inaccurate reporting about climate change
15 Jul 2011 - Shhh! The story that ‘sceptics’ don’t want you to read
8 Jul 2011 - The IPCC’s review process
7 Jul 2011 - Bob Ward to be a panellist at ‘Science Question Time’
4 Jul 2011 - “Michael Gove wants the national curriculum to include the laws of thermodynamics but not “contemporary” subjects such as climate change”
27 Jun 2011 - Putting the examination system to the test
27 Jun 2011 - America’s climate choice: Put up or shut up
17 May 2011 - British election results show climate change denial is not a vote winner
11 May 2011 - Why science is a vote winner
6 May 2011 - The most error-ridden web page about climate change? A look at the evidence
3 May 2011 - Lord Lawson’s appeal to unreason
11 Apr 2011 - Lord Lawson’s incredible complacency on climate change
10 Apr 2011 - Cold comfort for ‘sceptics’ in Antarctic research
29 Mar 2011 - Inflation erodes UK science budget
29 Mar 2011 - Climategate controversy continues
18 Mar 2011 - Why the BBC’s ‘impartial’ stance on climate science is irresponsible
3 Mar 2011 - Sceptical confusion about the carbon cycle
21 Feb 2011 - Has the impact of ‘Climategate’ worn off?
14 Feb 2011 - More investment needed in UK’s research base
5 Feb 2011 - Why have UK media ignored climate change announcements?
13 Jan 2011 - Warming world
2 Jan 2011 - UK science allocation: more gloom
20 Dec 2010 - UK research spend: cuts could reach 17 per cent
28 Oct 2010 - Not so jolly hockey stick
7 Oct 2010 - Sceptics’ publishing record on climate change
2 Oct 2010 - Transparency is needed in climate change research
29 Sep 2010 - Joint Critique of Bjørn Lomborg’s Pronouncements on Climate Change
2 Sep 2010 - Still wary of Bjørn Lomborg’s pronouncements on climate change
2 Sep 2010 - Royal Society and climate change
1 Jun 2010 - How climate scientists can repair their reputation
29 May 2010 - We need to protect blue-sky research
17 May 2010 - Climate sceptics guilty of double standards in condemnation over data
5 Mar 2010 - Climate change data must be presented clearly
29 Jan 2010 - Copenhagen summit: We should not just keep calm and carry on, argues Bob Ward from LSE
11 Dec 2009 - Ian Plimer’s uncritical coverage in the hacked emails row is frustrating
8 Dec 2009 - Climate change denial is the new article of faith for the far right
2 Dec 2009 - People power is crucial to making Copenhagen a success
10 Sep 2009 - Why ExxonMobil must be taken to task over climate denial funding
1 Jul 2009