A translation of observations of weather into observations of climate change at local scales is presented in a new paper by David Stainforth, Sandra Chapman and Nick Watkins. The paper shows … read more »

Video abstract of new paper on mapping climate change

Posted 11 Sep 2013 in Announcements

David Stainforth discusses his climate change research paper, which shows how the distributions of daily temperatures have changed shape over the last half century. Such information is likely to be valuable in planning adaptation measures. read more »

Book Review: ‘The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters’

Posted 10 Sep 2013 in Commentary

Since the turn of the millennium, more than one million people have been killed and 2.3 billion others have been directly affected by natural disasters around the world. Economic Impacts … read more »

Swedish pension funds urged to dump fossil fuel holdings (on www.ft.com)

Posted 8 Sep 2013 in In the news

Financial Times (registration is required)

‘Baseless economics’: Lord Stern on David Cameron’s claims that a UK fracking boom can bring down price of gas (on www.independent.co.uk)

Posted 3 Sep 2013 in In the news

The Independent