COP 20-Dr. Sergio D. Claure on Andes glaciers and Para-AGUA
COP 20 Lima Peru Presentation – Para-AGUA – Speaker Dr. Sergio D. Claure on: Mountain and glacier ice melt and Andes watershed impacts, this is a really important presentation as it shows the impacts that climate change is having on the Andes. He also covers the impacts that such dramatic alterations are having on the lives of millions of […]
COP 22 Interview with Theresa Anderson Action Aid Policy and Comms Officer Resiliance and Climate
COP 22 Interview with Theresa Anderson Action Aid Policy and Comms Officer Resilience and Climate Q & A
Luke Boshier – Sustainable Farming – Part 3
Luke Boshier discusses building methods with compacted soil and 3% cement – wattle and daub methods. The way the poorer people in the area build at the moment shows a victim mentality – they do not knead the clay properly or add mealie husks/grass to the mix so their houses collapse within a year. Tudor […]
Roger Godwin – Bees and Pollination
Roger Godwin, Project and Environmental Research, discussing Bees and the pollination services for the fruit industry. South Africa as a microcosm of what is happening globally. The American Foulbrood disease is just one disease being found in hives. There are not enough hives and bees left to manage pollination needed. The fruit industry in South […]
COP 21- Q&A Time – Green Funding, Natural Resources and Communities
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Regulatory Frameworks and Green Funding with regard to helping Communities develop and exploit their own Natural Resources
John Turner – Organic Growing Soil
Permaculture – John Turner – A good soil develops over many seasons. It is a living entity, a synergy of bacteria, fungi, algae, and roots not just the actual soil type. The roots bring solar energy into the soil. The prediction of climate change was that there would be uneven rainfall. We can see that […]
COP 20 Stuart Scott Money Operating System
COP 20 Lima. Stuart Scott presentation on the Money Operating System, Neo-classic Economics and the role Money has played in the destruction of the global environment.
COP 22 ~ Climate Change Effect on Deep Ocean Biodiversity realms
Dr Lisa Levin (Dir. Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) introduces a panel of specialists during a Group discussion on Climate Change in the Deep Half of the Planet, at COP 22, Marrakech 2016. The discussion centers around the largest habitat on Earth – Deep Ocean, more than >200m below […]
A Key Challenge and “Urgent” Need to Replenish the Arable Soils of Africa!
At this Science to Action Day at COP 22, Marrakech, Ms Charlotte Hebebrand, Director General – International Fertilizer Association (IFA), speaks on Climate-Smart Agriculture ~ What Role for Fertilisers? The presentation opened with a summary on the state of African soils by highlighting key issues, viz; 75% of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is degraded […]
COP 21 Brighter Green – Meat as a driver of Deforestation
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Executive Director of Brighter Green, Mia MacDonald, and Associate Wanqing Zhou presents a film narrated by Wen Bo of the Global Exploration Fund, on the increased demand for meat in China since the 1990s and the introduction of western fast foods into their economy. […]
Solar Panels – Gunter Pauli
Gunter Pauli talks about new Solar Panels designed in Sweden that continue to produce energy at night. See more information atgunterpauli.com/ and theblueeconomy.org/
COP 21 – Laurent Fabius – Four Categories at COP
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21: Paris 2015: Laurent Fabius, President COP21 – Introduction to the Conference – Question Time