Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. But these views are my own.
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Factbox: How a Biden presidency would transform the U.S. energy landscape
Should Joe Biden win November's U.S. presidential election, there could be a number of changes in energy policy.
Bob Ward
How a Biden presidency would transform the U.S. energy landscape
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UK 'could face 50,000 Covid cases and 200 deaths a day'
Britain could be facing 50,000 new Covid-19 cases a day within weeks if the current rate of infection is not halted, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser has warned. Sir Patrick Vallance told a televised briefing that the UK could see 200...
INSPIRE: Call for Proposals
INSPIRE issues calls for proposals to fund research on a broad range of topics aligned to the NGFS’s workstreams.
Xi's carbon neutrality vow to reshape China's five-year plan
Chinese leaders will discuss ambitious new measures to tackle climate change on Monday at a government plenum to finalise a new five-year national development plan, after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make the country "carbon neutral" by...
A Leaked Internal Report Reveals The Wall Street Journal Is Struggling With Aging Readers And Covering Race
The report, obtained by BuzzFeed News, was dated the same month that ongoing tensions between news and opinion sections at Rupert Murdoch’s broadsheet spilled into the public.
Piers Corbyn announces 'drink against the curfew' rally tonight
Piers Corbyn, 73, said there would be another 'drink against the curfew' tonight. He spoke as he arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday morning.
In the West, Lightning Grows as a Cause of Damaging Fires
In the West, wildfires caused by lightning have been growing bigger and occurring more frequently. With climate change, other parts of the country may feel the effects, too.
Cities are pledging to confront climate change, but are their actions working?
Some of the hardest tasks in cutting emissions involve activities such as urban planning and rebuilding transportation infrastructures, where cities are on the front lines.
Bob Ward
Cities are pledging to confront climate change, but are their actions working? brook.gs/3oh4hzu via @BrookingsInst
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Trump privately conceded '50-50' climate change role in California wildfires
During a Sept. 14 meeting near Sacramento, Trump publicly asserted that science doesn't know whether temperatures will continue rising.
Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record
Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say
Future weather extremes likely to break new records
Increasingly extreme weather is one of the most damaging and costly impacts from climate change.
Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle’s Climate Issues
The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world.
U.S. climate report moves ahead after complaints about delays
Government starts recruiting authors for National Climate Assessment
International Climate Politics after the US Presidential Election - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the United States Centre Taking place one...
“No One Should Be Shocked”
Michelle A. Williams, Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pleased to present “No One Should Be Shocked”: The US COVID-19 Response Failure and More With Ed Yong,…