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Banking on the stability of nature

Investment

Banking on the stability of nature

Nick Robins is professor in practice for sustainable finance at LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, and Dr Ma Jun is special advisor to the governor of the People’s Bank of China.

clock 11 October 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

Negative emissions under a net zero target: The controversies and pitfalls

Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute navigates the costs, opportunities, advantages and disadvantages of different carbon capture and negative emissions technologies

clock 05 February 2020 • 8 min read

Risk

Report: Climate adaptation policies in place in over 170 countries

Adaptation is growing in importance as impacts of climate emergency grow, researchers warn

clock 09 December 2019 • 1 min read

Policy

Zero-carbon goods and services must be at the heart of UK growth

The government can create opportunities for companies by strategically identifying where UK can be competitive across value chain, argues LSE Grantham Institute's Sam Unsworth

clock 29 October 2019 • 4 min read

Management

People over profits: Learning from the rise in climate change lawsuits

Companies are increasingly in the firing line for climate litigation, argues Rebecca Byrnes at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

clock 16 September 2019 • 5 min read

Risk

Insurers disclosing climate risk need to remember their customers

Extending climate risk disclosure to customers could yield benefits for both insurers and, argue LSE's Swenja Surminski and Sam Unsworth

clock 01 August 2019 • 9 min read

Policy

What is net zero?

What does 'net-zero' mean and what are the challenges - from technological to moral - to achieving it? Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute sets out some of the issues

clock 30 April 2019 • 7 min read

Climate change

Study: Delaying climate action will drive up cost of meeting 1.5C goal

UK academic paper argues cost-benefit analysis remains challenging, but delaying emissions reductions only drives up cost of meeting Paris goals

clock 27 September 2018 • 4 min read

Taxation

Polluter pays: How can governments build public support for carbon taxes?

Study co-authored by Lord Stern argues governments should focus on building public support for strong carbon pricing, rather than limiting themselves to economic arguments

clock 31 July 2018 • 6 min read

Legislation

Government hails Climate Change Act progress, as study calls for 'net zero' emissions goal

Researchers at LSE's Grantham Research Institute argue Climate Change Act 2008 should be strengthened, as Claire Perry hails UK's leadership and confirms plans to 'take forward' green finance reforms

clock 30 March 2018 • 6 min read