Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment

Join us as our new Institute Administrator. The post holder will be responsible for professional and proactive administrative support and office-based requests, including meeting support and event activity. They will also be the first point of contact for visitors and enquiries.

Josh Burke FRSA and Esin Serin issue comments in response to today’s King’s Speech. The speech outlined the new UK Government’s priorities for the forthcoming parliamentary session.

“We’re going to need a lot more investment in the run up to 2030 and 2050 in climate in general. The £7.3bn is obviously very welcome. It’s not going to be enough in order to reach net zero, but it’s a good start.” Policy Fellow Daisy Jameson is in the Big Issue discussing the National Wealth Fund, Labour’s replacement for their £28bn Green investment plan.

In this new commentary, Policy Analyst Lea Reitmeier reviews the regulatory and business environment for banks in Europe and explains why integrating environmental, social and governance risks into credit assessments is becoming more than a regulatory baseline.

Sustainable finance for a just transition in India: the role of investors Our new report focuses on the increasing role that institutional investors will play in advancing the just transition in India. It also outlines the just transition challenge and risk facing India, examples of building momentum for action, and the need to attract more international capital. https://lnkd.in/ea5gEs9W Authors: Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju Nick Robins Suranjali Tandon

🚨Job Alert🚨 CETEx (Centre for Economic Transition Expertise) are recruiting for a Policy Analyst to work on a major sustainable finance programme on the role of central banks and financial supervisors in the context of nature loss and deforestation.

Come to our seminar on July 17th co-hosted with Legal Voices for the Future to discuss the evolving landscape of human rights considerations within ESG-related regulation with a focus on climate change. The session will be led by Jon Tan 陈文聪, Associate (Environment & Climate Change) at Linklaters and include a fireside chat with Joana Setzer.

"Independent expert advisory bodies such as the UK’s Climate Change Committee play a key role in strengthening evidence-based policymaking and encouraging a long-term perspective in climate policy." In our new commentary Tiffanie Chan, Alina Averchenkova and Isabela Keuschnigg explore the impact of the Climate Change Committee and set out why the new UK Government must harness its expertise to advance evidence-based climate action.

Read our submission to the UN Special Rapporteur consultation on access to information on climate change and human rights. https://lnkd.in/ewdjVaj5 Authors: Ian Higham David Banisar Tiffanie Chan Catherine Higham

A week ago we launched our 2024 report on global trends in climate change litigation by Joana Setzer and Catherine Higham. The report provides a numerical analysis of how many climate change litigation cases were filed in 2023, where and by whom, and a qualitative assessment of trends and themes in the types of cases filed.