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.

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


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


General Election 2024: climate change priorities for the next UK government

Topics: General
Type: Discussion papers
Publication date: June 2024


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


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


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



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



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



Satellite observations to support monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions

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



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



Solar influences on climate - Grantham Briefing Paper 5

Topics: Earth systems science
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: March 2011


Low carbon residential heating - Grantham Briefing Paper 6

Topics: Mitigation
Type: Briefing paper
Publication date: September 2011


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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