Mitigation | Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment

Methane and global climate goals

Topics: Mitigation, Resources and Pollution

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: October 2024

Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

Topics: Mitigation, Resources and Pollution

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: October 2024

Phasing out 'unabated fossil fuels': the importance of defining 'abatement'

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation, Resources and Pollution

Type: Working papers

Publication date: September 2025, first published October 2024.

Pledges and policies: are we on track to meet climate goals?

Topics: Climate Science, Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: November 2025, first published November 2024.

Environmental Audit Committee call for evidence: airport expansion and climate and nature targets

Topics: Health, Mitigation, Resources and Pollution

Type: Evidence & submission papers

Publication date: May 2025

DESNZ consultation response: assessing the effects of Scope 3 emissions from offshore oil and gas projects

Topics: Climate Science, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, General, Resources and Pollution

Type: Evidence & submission papers

Publication date: January 2025

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

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

Drivers in solar deployment in India: A state-level analysis

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: December 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

9 things you can do about climate change

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation, Health

Type: Infographic

Publication date: June 2019

Help tackle climate change, one meal at a time

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation, Health

Type: Infographic

Publication date: June 2019

The UK’s contribution to a Paris-consistent global emissions reduction pathway

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation

Type: Evidence & submission papers

Publication date: May 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

Co-benefits of climate change mitigation in the UK: What issues are the UK public concerned about and how can action on climate change help to address them?

Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: March 2019

BECCS deployment: a reality check

Topics: Mitigation, Energy and Low-Carbon Futures

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: December 2018

Characteristics of storage technologies

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation

Type: Infographic

Publication date: December 2018

Energy storage technologies by sector

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation

Type: Infographic

Publication date: December 2018

Redesigning Regulation: Powering from the future

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: December 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

Aviation biofuels: strategically important, technically achievable, tough to deliver

Topics: Impacts and adaptation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: November 2017

Is it better for the climate to drive an electric vehicle?

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation

Type: Infographic

Publication date: December 2017

Next-generation climate mitigation technologies

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation

Type: Infographic

Publication date: November 2017

Community Renewables Innovation Lab

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: December 2017

Industry Engagement 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

The changing costs of technology and the optimal investment timing in the power sector

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: June 2017

Society-led low carbon transformation

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Infographic

Publication date: June 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

The UK post-Brexit: a leader in climate change diplomacy?

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Discussion papers

Publication date: April 2017

Carbon pricing in the UK post-Brexit: tax or trade?

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Discussion papers

Publication date: April 2017

Interconnectors, the EU Internal Electricity Market and Brexit

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Discussion papers

Publication date: April 2017

Satellite observations to support monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions

Topics: Earth systems science, Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: March 2016

Expect the unexpected: The disruptive power of low-carbon technology‌

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: February 2017

Evaluating the EU Emissions Trading System - Take it or leave it? An assessment of the data after ten years - Grantham Briefing Paper 21

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: October 2016

What is meant by ‘balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases’ to limit global temperature rise? - Grantham Briefing note 3

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: September 2016

Global energy governance reform and China's participation - Final report

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: 2016

Electrical energy storage for mitigating climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 20

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: July 2016

Which energy storage technology can meet my needs?

Topics: Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation

Type: Infographic

Publication date: 2016

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

Response to the ECC inquiry on Fuelling the debate

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Evidence & submission papers

Publication date: December 2014

Response to EAC inquiry on the Environmental risks of fracking

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Evidence & submission papers

Publication date: December 2014

Solar power for CO2 mitigation - Grantham Briefing Paper 11

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: January 2014

Halving Global CO2 by 2050: Technologies and Costs

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: September 2013

Solar energy for heat and electricity - Grantham Briefing Paper 1

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: June 2009

Road transport technology and climate change mitigation - Grantham Briefing Paper 2

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: October 2010

Carbon capture technology: future fossil fuel use and mitigating climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 3

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: November 2010

Carbon dioxide storage - Grantham Briefing Paper 4

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: December 2010

Low carbon residential heating - Grantham Briefing Paper 6

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: September 2011

Reducing CO2 emissions from heavy industry: a review of technologies and considerations for policy makers - Grantham Briefing Paper 7

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: February 2012

Negative emissions technologies - Grantham Briefing Paper 8

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: 2012

Shale gas and climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 10

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: October 2013

The cost of capital and how it affects climate change mitigation investment - Grantham Briefing Paper 15

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: January 2016

Land use futures in Europe - Grantham Briefing Paper 17

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: March 2016

Towards a unifying narrative for climate change - Grantham Briefing Paper 18

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: April 2016

An assessment of China's 2020 carbon intensity target - Grantham Report 1

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: 2011

The UK’s progress towards its carbon budgets - Analytical Note GA1

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: 2011

China's energy technologies to 2050 - Grantham Report 2

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: 2012

Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in the global building sector to 2050 - Grantham Report 3

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: 2011

An assessment of India's 2020 carbon intensity target - Grantham Report 4

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: 2011

India's CO2 emissions pathways to 2050 - Grantham Report 5

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: 2013

Attitudes and Barriers to Deployment of CCS from Industrial Sources in the UK - Grantham Report 6

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: 2014

Global energy governance reform - Grantham Discussion Paper 3

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Discussion papers

Publication date: 2012

Global Energy Governance Reform and China's Participation

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: 2014

Redrawing the Energy-Climate Map

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: 2013

A UK 'dash' for smart gas - Briefing note

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: 2013

Rio+20: where it should lead

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: 2012

The consequences of delayed action on climate change

Topics: Impacts and adaptation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: 2008

Response to the EAC inquiry into the Government’s plans for delivering the carbon budgets under the Climate Change Act.

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Evidence & submission papers

Publication date: 2011

A Systematic Review of Current Technology and Cost for Industrial Carbon Capture - Grantham Report 7

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: January 2015

Accelerating innovation in building retrofit for a net zero future

Topics: Energy and Low-Carbon Futures, General, Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation

Type: Briefing paper

Publication date: September 2025

Delivering for climate and health: insights from UK decision-makers

Topics: Health, Impacts and adaptation, Mitigation, Resources and Pollution

Type: Institute reports and analytical notes

Publication date: October 2025

The UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators (GGR-D) Programme

Topics: Mitigation

Type: Collaborative publications

Publication date: December 2025