The COP26 and COP27 Presidencies, together with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, extended the mandate of the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance (IHLEG) in July 2022, to ...

Nearly 60% of Bangladesh’s population is exposed to high flood risk, a higher proportion of the population than in any other country in the world other than the Netherlands, and around 45% are exposed ...

The heatwave in June 2026 led to 24 million lost hours of working and a £1.15 billion hit to the UK economy, according to new research published today (23 July 2026) by the Grantham Research Institute ...

This short research briefing presents the results of a rapid analysis of a nationally-representative survey of nearly 2,000 working adults across the UK that sought to find out how the heatwave in ...

Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £117.9 billion annually according to a new report published today by Mental Health Foundation and the London School of Economics and Political ...

This article reports on reaction from environmental experts to comments made by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice that it is “absolute garbage” to claim that human activity is the main cause of ...

A new Global School of Sustainability at LSE will advance global efforts to shape a brighter future for all that is sustainable, resilient, hopeful, prosperous and inclusive. Launching in 2025, it ...

Climate misinformation refers to the spread of inaccurate information about climate change that can arise from human error, while climate disinformation is driven by a deliberate intent to spread ...

The first version of this article implied that Professor Gwythian Prins was falsely asserting that he is one of our emeritus professors. This was incorrect and LSE apologises to Professor Prins for ...

Training AI models requires vast computational resources, with computing power usage increasing tenfold between 2018 and 2022. With fossil fuels still providing over 60% of total global electricity ...

Many of the climate change impacts that the UK faces have the potential to create serious socioeconomic consequences. This report and accompanying policy brief provide improved estimates of the likely ...

Signed in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the foundational treaty that has provided a basis for international climate negotiations since it was established ...