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.
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Fusion before 2050: a net zero future powered by fusion? New possibilities for realising nuclear fusion before 2050
Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2024
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How can action to tackle climate change improve people’s health and save the NHS money?
Topics: Economics and Finance, Health, Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: July 2024
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General Election 2024: climate change priorities for the next UK government
Topics: General
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: June 2024
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The truth about climate action in the UK: dispelling common myths to underline the importance of acting on net zero
Topics: Climate Science, Earth and Life Sciences, Economics and Finance, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, General, Health, Resources and Pollution
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: June 2024
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What do the UK public think about the co-benefits that climate action can bring?
Topics: Economics and Finance, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, General, Health, Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2024
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The potential for enhanced soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: January 2024
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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
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Systems thinking for the transition to zero pollution
Topics: Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: May 2023
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Are urban areas hotspots for pollution from pet parasiticides?
Topics: Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Paying for UK Net Zero: principles for a cost-effective and fair transition
Topics: Economics and Finance
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2021
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A guide to building climate-financial scenarios for financial institutions
Topics: Economics and Finance
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: January 2021
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Tools to encourage low-carbon travel
Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: October 2020
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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
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What role can forests play in tackling climate change?
Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: July 2020
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The Arctic and the UK: climate, research and engagement
Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: June 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Climate sensitivity: What is it, and why is it important?
Topics: Climate Science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: February 2020
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Drivers in solar deployment in India: A state-level analysis
Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The challenges of implementing global policy: the ecosystem approach and forests
Topics: Earth and Life Sciences
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2019
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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
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Experiences and lessons in managing water from Cape Town
Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Health, Resources and Pollution
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: February 2019
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Greenhouse gas removal technologies: A focus on the commercial opportunity
Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: February 2019
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Redesigning Regulation: Powering from the future
Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2018
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BECCS deployment: a reality check
Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: December 2018
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Consultation response: Environmental principles and governance after EU exit
Topics: General
Type: Evidence & submission papers
Publication date: August 2018
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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
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Multiple stressors in freshwater ecosystems: biocides and climate change
Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: November 2018
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Towards a just and equitable low-carbon energy transition
Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2018
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The role of nuclear electricity in a low-carbon world
Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2018
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Climate change, low-carbon transitions and security
Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2018
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Aviation biofuels: strategically important, technically achievable, tough to deliver
Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: November 2017
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Adaptation of freshwater species to climate change
Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: November 2017
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Supporting rural electrification in developing countries
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2017
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Solar-thermal and hybrid photovoltaic-thermal systems for renewable heating
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: May 2017
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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
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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
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Expect the unexpected: The disruptive power of low-carbon technology
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: February 2017
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Industry Engagement Innovation Lab
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2017
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Community Renewables Innovation Lab
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2017
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Energy Efficiency Innovation Lab
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: December 2017
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Reshaping Regulation: Powering from the future
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: October 2017
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Strategic narratives in climate change roundtable report
Topics: Impacts and adaptation, General
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: 2017
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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
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Satellite observations to support monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions
Topics: Earth systems science, Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2016
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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
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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
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Towards a unifying narrative for climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 18
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: April 2016
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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
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Global energy governance reform and China's participation - Final report
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: 2016
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Ocean heat uptake and the global surface temperature record - Grantham Briefing Paper 14
Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2015
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Using Game Theory to Address Modern Resource Management Problems - Grantham Briefing note 2
Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2015
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Sea Level Change- Grantham Briefing note 1
Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: July 2015
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Biosphere feedbacks and climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 12
Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: July 2015
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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
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Climate change priorities for the next UK government
Topics: Mitigation, Impacts and adaptation, General
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: March 2015
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Monitoring the climate system from space - Grantham Briefing Paper 9
Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: February 2013
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Negative emissions technologies - Grantham Briefing Paper 8
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: 2012
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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
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Solar influences on climate - Grantham Briefing Paper 5
Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2011
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Low carbon residential heating - Grantham Briefing Paper 6
Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2011
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Climate Science Explained: A Climate Leadership Programme briefing
Topics: Earth systems science, General
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: 2011
The consequences of delayed action on climate change
Topics: Impacts and adaptation
Type: Collaborative publications
Publication date: 2008
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