Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change

Flood resilience requires more than concrete walls

Risk

Flood resilience requires more than concrete walls

Research shows ensuring businesses and communities know what local flood risks they face can boost resilience, writes Sara Mehryar at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

clock 26 January 2022 • 4 min read
Study: Financial institutions should respond to increasing threat from biodiversity loss

Biodiversity

Study: Financial institutions should respond to increasing threat from biodiversity loss

New report warns biodiversity degradation is set to have significant economic and financial implications

clock 08 October 2021 • 3 min read

Politics

Study: Climate change increasingly raised as a human rights issue in court cases

Global review of climate litigation highlights increasing instances of activists and governments using courts to force climate action from businesses and governments

clock 03 July 2020 • 3 min read

Taxation

Budget: Chancellor urged to unleash net zero infrastructure boom

New LSE study argues Budget should mark the beginning of massive and long-term investment in zero-carbon infrastructure, as reports suggest Treasury is still considering fuel duty hike

clock 04 March 2020 • 5 min read

BusinessGreen

Could Brexit Britain let EV manufacturing opportunites slip through its fingers?

Major new report urges policy-makers to embrace demand- and supply-side incentives to drive EV innovation and manufacturing in the UK, or risk trade frictions driving economic and environmental opportunities overseas

clock 13 February 2020 • 5 min read