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COP 21 Dr Dirk Notz – Arctic Sea Ice

The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Dirk Notz, Arctic Sea Ice, Max Planck Institute of Meterology, Hamburg, 50% loss of thickness and size of summer ice, CO2 levels are linearly related to levels of Arctic Sea Ice,
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Lorenzo Perissinotto in the Field

Lorenzo Perissinotto, Professor of Marine Biology, Zoology and Entomology at Rhodes University, South Africa, in the field discussing species, in particular invertebrates, and their environment.
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COP 20 Korean Climate Change Impacts, Trends and Adaptation

Presenters from Korea Adaptation Centre for Climate Change (KACCC) speak on Korea’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation efforts, including International Cooperation for Adaptation, at COP 20, Lima, Peru. Currently the degree of climate change on the Korean Peninsula is greater than the global average, even with Korean Government’s strong commitment, the fight against climate change […]
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GLOBAL FORESTRY ISSUES AND DEFORESTATION EMISSION REDUCTIONS

In this Mother Channel interview at COP 22, with Christopher Martius (Principal Scientist Climate Change, CIFOR) – We work globally on forests and forestry issues, particularly in the Tropics and also on Climate Change problems related to forests and deforestation.   One of our research aspects is a comparative study on mechanisms to reduce emissions from […]
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Carbon Reduction – Al Gore

COP 20: Al Gore was optimistic about the agreements being reached. He spoke about the inadequacies of GDP at measuring the most important economic realities that we face, for example depletion of natural resources, the production of pollution and other negative externalities. In addition, positive externalities such as social inequality, healthcare, communication and networking are […]
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Prof Jan Glazewski – UCT

Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 9 – Prof Jan Glazewski – Environmental and Maritime Law – UCT SA – 31 countries and 200 participants at the symposium – very important step towards dealing with fish crime.

Solutions

It is already too late for any gradual transition – especially since action to save the world still depends on the whim of individual countries, organisations and industry. YET Minimum Immediate Actions to Curtail and Reduce Green House Gases: • Stop production of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel sources. • Stop methane produced from […]
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COP 22 Methane Emissions in Livestock ~ Managing Impacts

A Q&A Discussion Panel of experts from Uruguay, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Brazil, address the issues of mitigation impacts in livestock production systems and share how they are managing their measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems in terms of livestock emissions and to identify practical innovations for the collection and coordination of activity data […]
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Helen Zille – Sustainable Development

Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape speaks about Africa having leapfrogged the industrial revolution and headed straight for sustainable technology. Innovations coming out of Africa are excellent for combating the problems that have arisen from the Industrial Revolution in the rest of the world.