COP 21 – KATOS, Turkish NPO – 100% Renewable Energy
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Delegate from KATOS, Turkish NPO, Science, Culture and Art Association, 100% Renewable Energy
COP 21 – Coastal Ecosystems – Mangrove Swamps – Philippines
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
Gary Orr – Organised Crime
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 11 – Nondumiso Mfenyane of Management Centre for Fishing at the Maritime Safety Authority SA introduces Gary Orr of Compliance Operations Manager of Primary Industries, New Zealand. We are dealing with highly organised crime and we need pro-active, […]
COP 20 Azeb Girmai IofC-Ethiopia on Adaptation & Mitigation Actions
Ms. Azeb Girmai of Initiatives of Change (IofC) and LDC Watch in conjunction with other panel speakers, addressed the issues of lack of support and funding from developed countries for LDC’s (Least Developed Countries) and Africa in terms of adaptation and mitigation, as well as binding adaptation actions not being embedded in the COP negotiations. […]
UK ~ Climate Change “Worries” and Solving the Problem!
In an exclusive interview with Mother Channel, Professor Peter Wadhams leading Arctic scientist and Head of the Polar Ocean Physics at Cambridge University talks on some of the ‘Worries’ particular to the UK and ‘Urgent Actions’ required, at COP 22, Marrakech. Responding to a question on ‘How UK will be affected by global warming in […]
COP 21 Ari Huhtala – Climate & Development Knowledge Network
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Ari Huhtala, an economist from Finland Deputy CEO of the Climate & Development Knowledge Network, which helps developing countries to face the challenges of climate change while still undertaking development and poverty alleviation.
COP 21 Dr Chi-Ming Peng, Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan
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.
Roger Godwin – Project and Environmental Research
Ocean Pollution – Roger Godwin speaks out about dumping of toxins in our Oceans, how far the rubbish travels, and how some toxins, like plastic and oil, actually alter the evaporation and precipitation cycles in the world.
COP 21 – Dr Anders Levermann, Potsdam Institute
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Anders Levermann of the Potsdam Institute discusses the threshold for warming for Greenland, and the long-term risk of sea level rise from Antartica
Lorenzo Perissinotto on Wild Fish resources
Lorenzo Perissinotto, Professor of Marine Biology, Zoology and Entomology at Rhodes University, South Africa, briefly talks about fishing and aqua culture.
COP 22 Germanwatch on CCP Index – ‘Real Action’ Climate goals
By invitation from Germanwatch as a guest speaker, Ms Taonga Mbale (Dir. Environmental Affairs Dept. and National Focus Point for Climate Change, Malawi) comments on her countries climate change index to date, with Sönke Kreft (Team Leader: Intl. Climate Policy) and Christoph Bals (Political Dir: Policy) who elaborated on Germanwatch’s CCPI (Climate Change Performance Index) […]
CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA ~ USAID ROB BERTRAM
At COP 22 Agriculture Day – Science to Action presentation, Dr Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist at USAID Bureau for Food Security, speaks on Adapting to Climate Change in Africa : from Science to Farmers. Firstly, I would like to congratulate the Kingdom of Morocco in raising the profile “Agriculture” in the context of the global […]
COP 20 – Kaisa Kosonen – Discussing Timelines for Climate Change
COP 20, Lima, 2010 – Kaisa Kosonen of Greenpeace discusses timelines for Climate Change. When applying precautionary principles and given what we have already seen happening globally with climate, we need to bring Carbon Emissions down by 2015.