Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment

Our research gained a lot of attention in 2024, back in October a GRI study found that high levels of air pollution have led to significant increases in vet visits for both cats and dogs. Findings showed that reducing pollution levels to meet World Health Organisation recommendations could result in 80,000 fewer vet visits a year.

We had a GRI team in Baku at #COP29. Watch our post-COP webinar to hear the panels thoughts on the negotiations, and whether enough progress was made at the conference.

Continuing our look back at 2024 . . Pallavi Sethi explored Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch’s climate scepticism and her voting record on climate issues. She explains that rather than casting doubt on the urgency of reaching net zero, Badenoch should be prioritising scientific evidence.

The TPI Centre is hiring for two part-time research assistants for the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) and Banking teams. For more details and how to apply, please head to https://lnkd.in/eqAzwHrw #graduate #jobsearch #hiring 

As we reach the end of the year, we’ll be reflecting on some of our favourite GRI stories from 2024. Starting with our Global Trends in Climate Litigation report. The report included an overview of the latest climate litigation and insights into recent cases. https://lnkd.in/e9eC5xAE

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The gap in adaptation finance to support developing countries dealing with climate change impacts poses particular challenges for highly-vulnerable Small Island Developing States – some of which may turn to environmentally-damaging alternatives such as deep-sea mining to plug the gap say Lea Reitmeier and Denyse S. D. https://lnkd.in/eQSRcfjT

Successive UK governments have failed to grasp the urgent need to adapt to the risks posed by a changing climate. In this commentary Daisy Jameson Dr Candice Howarth and Anna Beswick set out what needs to change and how this can be facilitated in the 2025 Spending Review. https://lnkd.in/eCkcBaHb

The recording of the webinar titled "Navigating Corporate Climate Frameworks: Climate Action 100+ and TPI #ManagementQuality" is now available at https://lnkd.in/eumVfXms With special thanks to David Russell, Chair of TPI, Carlota Garcia-Manas, MSc at Royal London Asset Management and Chris van der Merwe at Brunel Pension Partnership Limited for sharing their valuable insights. And to Shafaq Ashraf and Robert Ingham at the TPI Centre, the academic partner of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) , for presenting the latest TPI #ManagementQuality assessments as well as unique features of both frameworks. For more info about the latest MQ assessments that doubled to 2,000 companies in 24 sectors, visit here: https://lnkd.in/eGMjJJrJ #ClimateFinance #TransitionFinance #SustainableFinance #ClimateChange Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment

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