COP 20 LIMA UNEP Panel Speaker Keith Alverson on: UNEP Climate Change Adaptation Gap Report on pledges made by the 2 major GHG emitters USA & China. The emissions gap the key challenge that needs to be addressed in order to limit global temperatures rising above 2 deg. Celsius by 2050.
Dr. Anna Taylor, African Centre for Cities (ACC) and CSAG, University of Cape Town has been in a close partnership with the City of Cape Town municipal government, working as an embedded researcher to analyse and contribute to the further development of climate adaptation processes and adaptive pathways, both at a strategic city-wide level and […]
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Kirsty Lewis leads the Climate Security Team at the Met Office, Hadley Centre and is engaged in research about the effect of Climate Change of Global Food Security particularly for the most vulnerable
Spiritual Dimension – Dr Chi-Ming Peng, Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan, Unite people and society with a common goal; our suffering from global warming will be carried by all of us; all stakeholders including individuals need to be more active.
US Center Presenter from Shell Oil Company, US, speaks on Shell’s Global Adaptation process in terms of Climate Change risks, operational hazards and challenges at facilities around the world, at COP 20, Lima. In terms of Risk Assessment for the global group, we started by brainstorming in ‘think-tank’ sessions, how we might ‘inventorize’ the climate […]
The University of Earth presents the Urgent Action Series: COP21 and CMP11, Paris 2015: Coastal Ecosystems (Mangrove Swamps in Philippines) and their role in climate change mitigation and alleviating poverty
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21 Paris 2015: Discussion regarding commitments by USA and China to COP21 – May Boeve (350.org), Jane Drake Hamilton (Fresh Energy), Alden Meyer (Institute of Concerned Scientists), Keya Chatterjee (US Climate Action Network)
Demonstration by Canadian Youth at COP 20 concerning the lack of a coherent climate policy for Canada that would protect the rights of its citizens to a clean environment. Steven Harper’s government
Stewart Scott of the United Planet Faith and Science Initiative talks about a new level of realisation at COP 20 reflected in the recent NY Times article declaring that without an agreement the planet will soon become uninhabitable for humans. These negotiations are not between the Global North and the Global South but between those […]
Monitoring of the world’s water resources is challenging due to limited large scale observations, particularly a lack of observations of water beneath the land surface. NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission provides an unprecedented view of the regional net terrestrial water balance, with global coverage, over a now >10 year record. This event […]
COP 22 Exclusive – JT Reager from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains the abilities of NASA climate monitoring capabilities utilising satellites at COP 22. He covers almost every basic area of climate science and justifies their position on global warming. This is an extremely honest frank discussion. As a hydrologist he was able to provide […]
US Centre Young Scientists Panel discussion on: Climate change impacts on ocean acidification and deoxygenation on marine life, polar ice melts, massive algal bloom formations. Global collaboration on longterm satellite ocean observation and sea monitoring systems.
COP 17 DURBAN. Speaker on the moral collapse of Governments who only represent the interests of corporations. Candy Mostert on the commoditisation of everything (air, water carbon offsets etc.) in the so called Green Economy.