Briefing papers and notes

Grantham Briefings and Discussion Papers analyse climate change and environmental research linked to work at Imperial, setting it in the context of national and international policy and the future research agenda.

The potential for enhanced soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: January 2024

How do UK citizens perceive the co-benefits of climate action?

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Health
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: October 2023

Systems thinking for the transition to zero pollution

Topics: Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: May 2023

Are urban areas hotspots for pollution from pet parasiticides?

Topics: Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2023

The interactions between biodiversity and climate change and the actions required to tackle both issues simultaneously and synergistically

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: October 2022

New strategies for sustainable fisheries management: A case study of Atlantic salmon

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences, Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2022

Research pathways for net zero transport

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation, Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: October 2021

The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: current evidence and implications for policy and practice

Topics: Health
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: May 2021

Paying for UK Net Zero: principles for a cost-effective and fair transition

Topics: Economics and Finance
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2021

A guide to building climate-financial scenarios for financial institutions

Topics: Economics and Finance
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: January 2021

Tools to encourage low-carbon travel

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: October 2020

The contribution of coastal blue carbon ecosystems to climate change mitigation and adaptation

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: December 2020

What role can forests play in tackling climate change?

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: July 2020

The Arctic and the UK: climate, research and engagement

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: June 2020

What ancient climates tell us about high carbon dioxide concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: May 2020

A net-zero emissions economic recovery from COVID-19

Topics: Economics and Finance, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Health
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: April 2020

Paying for net-zero – The fiscal framework for the UK’s transition to low-carbon energy

Topics: Mitigation, Economics and Finance
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2020

Sustainable mini-grid systems in refugee camps: A case study of Rwanda

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Health, Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2020

Climate sensitivity: What is it, and why is it important?

Topics: Climate Science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: February 2020

Drivers in solar deployment in India: A state-level analysis

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2019

Climate change and the human-made water cycle: Implications for the UK water sector

Topics: Resources and Pollution, Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: October 2019

Using futures analysis to develop resilient climate change mitigation strategies

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper, Collaborative publications
Publication date: November 2019

Integrating green and blue spaces into our cities: Making it happen

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Health, Resources and Pollution, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: July 2019

The Antarctic Peninsula under a 1.5°C global warming scenario - what change is it locked into?

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences, Climate Science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2019

The challenges of implementing global policy: the ecosystem approach and forests

Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2019

Co-benefits of climate change mitigation in the UK: What issues are the UK public concerned about and how can action on climate change help to address them?

Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2019

Experiences and lessons in managing water from Cape Town

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Health, Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: February 2019

Greenhouse gas removal technologies: A focus on the commercial opportunity

Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: February 2019

Redesigning Regulation: Powering from the future

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2018

BECCS deployment: a reality check

Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: December 2018

Consultation response: Environmental principles and governance after EU exit

Topics: General
Type: Evidence & submission papers
Publication date: August 2018

Keeping global warming to 1.5°C - Challenges and opportunities for the UK

Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: November 2018

Multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems: biocides and climate change

Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: November 2018

Towards a just and equitable low-carbon energy transition

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2018

The role of nuclear electricity in a low-carbon world

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2018

Climate change, low-carbon transitions and security

Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2018

Aviation biofuels: strategically important, technically achievable, tough to deliver

Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: November 2017

Adaptation of freshwater species to climate change

Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: November 2017

Supporting rural electrification in developing countries

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2017

Solar-thermal and hybrid photovoltaic-thermal systems for renewable heating

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: May 2017

Climate change impacts on the water resources of the Ganges basin - Grantham Briefing Note 6

Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2017

Novel policy tools to assess the environmental impacts of air pollutants - Grantham Briefing note 5

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2017

Expect the unexpected: The disruptive power of low-carbon technology‌

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: February 2017

Industry Engagement Innovation Lab

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2017

Community Renewables Innovation Lab

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2017

Energy Efficiency Innovation Lab

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2017

Reshaping Regulation: Powering from the future

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: October 2017

Strategic narratives in climate change roundtable report

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, General
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: 2017

Evaluating the EU Emissions Trading System - Take it or leave it? An assessment of the data after ten years - Grantham Briefing Paper 21

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: October 2016

Satellite observations to support monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions

Topics: Earth systems science, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2016

What is meant by ‘balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases’ to limit global temperature rise? - Grantham Briefing note 3

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2016

The ocean plastic pollution challenge: towards solutions in the UK - Grantham Briefing Paper 19

Topics: Earth systems science, Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: July 2016

Towards a unifying narrative for climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 18

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2016

The cost of capital and how it affects climate change mitigation investment - Grantham Briefing Paper 15

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: January 2016

Global energy governance reform and China's participation - Final report

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: 2016

Ocean heat uptake and the global surface temperature record - Grantham Briefing Paper 14

Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2015

Using Game Theory to Address Modern Resource Management Problems - Grantham Briefing note 2

Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2015

Sea Level Change- Grantham Briefing note 1

Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: July 2015

Biosphere feedbacks and climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 12

Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: July 2015

Bridging the gap: improving the economic and policy framework for carbon capture and storage in the European Union

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: June 2015

Climate change priorities for the next UK government

Topics: Mitigation, Impacts and adaptation, General
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: March 2015

Monitoring the climate system from space - Grantham Briefing Paper 9

Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: February 2013

Negative emissions technologies - Grantham Briefing Paper 8

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: 2012

Reducing CO2 emissions from heavy industry: a review of technologies and considerations for policy makers - Grantham Briefing Paper 7

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: February 2012