Comment Latest News SDG 13 Climate Action An uncomfortable cosiness: The Oslo REDD+ Exchange by Rob Hardie REDD+ is an effort (led by the UN’s Environment Programme) to curb the level of carbon emissions caused by deforestation. Grantham Scholar Rob Hardie attended 2016’s REDD+ Exchange in Oslo, and here he offers his personal take on the challenges of turning policy into meaningful change. An uncomfortable cosiness? At […] Read More
Latest News Policy Research SDG 13 Climate Action Training Climate policy expert from IPCC Professor Terry Callaghan shares insights Professor Terry Callaghan, a climate change policy expert, shares insights with the Grantham Centre. Terry Callaghan spoke to staff and […] Read More
Latest News Research SDG 13 Climate Action Space mission BIOMASS to ‘weigh’ Earth’s forests moves closer to launch BIOMASS, a pioneering mission to measure the Earth’s forests from space led by Grantham supervisor Shaun Quegan, moves closer to […] Read More
Comment Latest News SDG 13 Climate Action Training Calculating individual contributions to climate change by Anton Eriksson While there is consensus about the causes of climate change, it’s difficult to work out what individuals can do to […] Read More
Comment Latest News SDG 13 Climate Action SDG 2 Zero Hunger What does a sustainable diet look like? By Carolyn Auma Diets need to change if we are to live more sustainably. But exactly what is a sustainable diet? Grantham Scholar […] Read More
Comment Latest News SDG 15 Life On Land Training The paradox of valuing nature by Matthew Hethcoat Is the only way to stop the biodiversity crisis to put a value on nature? Some argue it is. However, […] Read More
Latest News Publications Research SDG 13 Climate Action Philippines affected by more extreme tropical cyclones says Grantham Scholar Tropical cyclones in the Philippines are more extreme and cause greater amounts of devastation, a new study from Grantham Scholar […] Read More
Comment SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy Steering energy demand in the right direction by Katie Sumner Grantham Scholar Katie Sumner, led a discussion on the problems energy demand poses for renewable energy. Here, she asks whether […] Read More
Comment Latest News Policy SDG 15 Life On Land Training How should we value ecosystem services? By Niall Bradshaw For this week’s Journal Club, Professor Duncan Cameron considered the difficulties of measuring the value of ecosystems. Here, his PhD […] Read More
Comment Latest News Policy SDG 13 Climate Action Training How the Paris Agreement was made: overcoming the tragedy of the commons by Rob Hardie Grantham Scholar Rob Hardie was an official observer at COP21. Here Rob sets out how Ostrom’s theories about overcoming the […] Read More