Louise Kessler

Louise has been based at the Grantham Research Institute since Autumn 2013. Background Louise holds a Master’s degree from HEC Paris, as well as an MSc in Environmental and Energy … read more »


Nicholas Stern

Lord Stern has been Chair of the Grantham Research Institute since it was founded in 2008. He also holds the following positions: Chair of the Centre for Climate Change Economics … read more »


Agreeing to disagree on climate policy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Disagreements about the value of the utility discount rate—the rate at which our concern for the welfare of future people declines with their distance from us in time—are at the heart of the debate about the appropriate intensity of climate policy. read more »




Cameron Hepburn

Cameron works for the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment on the projects ‘Climate science and decision making’ and ‘Mitigation of climate change: carbon markets and technology’. … read more »


Simon Dietz

Since March 31 2011, Simon has been Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, along with Professor Samuel Fankhauser. Simon has worked at LSE since … read more »


Resource governance dynamics: The challenge of ‘new oil’ in Uganda

Resource governance norms have evolved at multiple scales to counter the potential negative socio-economic, environmental and institutional impacts of the extractive industries. Advocates of these ‘good governance’ initiatives have sought to mainstream transparency throughout the extractive industries value chain and implement pro-poor projects at the site level. However, these types of resource governance interventions often […]