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COP 21 – Dr Susan Natali, Woods Hole Research Centre

The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Susan Natali of Woods Hole Research Centre responds to questions about the impact of the higher global temperatures on Permafrost, the resultant melting and bacterial activity will release additional Carbon Dioxide and Methane that has not been included in previous budgets
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COP 21 – Demonstration of CO2 Build-up

The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: A Demonstration of the seasonal build-up and dissipation of CO2 in the Northern Hemisphere during Winter and Summer.  In Winter, the loss of leaves and crops leads to a massive build-up that then largely dissipates during Summer as new growth takes CO2 out of […]
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Rachel Kyte – Multinational Banks

Rachel Kyte, the Vice President of the World Bank speaks about the journey that multinational banks are undertaking as regards the rights and expectations of third world people for sustainable development being undermined by Climate Change. A 2% rise in global temperatures will result in a 4-5% drop in growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ben Margolis – Carbon and Poverty Reduction

Ben Margolis of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty group emphasises the urgency of COP 21 as poor people, in particular, are already dying due to climate change. The richest countries need to take historic emissions into account in their decisions. The impact of cutting out fossil fuels entirely, however attractive this might be, […]
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Chris Kasten – WWF SA Sustainable Seafood Initiative

Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 3 – Chris Kasten from World Wildlife Fund and the Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative – Green List is fish that is produced in a sustainable and responsible manner, Orange List are fish sources that are cause for […]
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Critical Issues

In April of 2016, daily 24 hour broadcasts began on www.motherchannel.com A sub program of the Mother Channel is the Environmental News Network (ENN) which presents current developments relating to the global environment. Recently, two peer reviewed reports presented by our ENN researchers brought about the sobering realisation, that if we did not take immediate […]
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COP 20 – Critical Levels of Methane Emissions

COP 20 Lima. John Nissen & Paul Beckwith speak on the global underestimation of the scale of Methane emissions & its contribution to Global Warming. The IPCC has not included Methane emissions in its current reports. Methane is a vastly more damaging than CO2 & even after decaying for 100 years its still 20 times […]
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Dr. Ilissa Ocko – How Climate Change is Impacting Africa

Ms Ilissa Ocko, Climate Scientist at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in New York gives insights into how Climate Change is currently impacting Africa and what the future holds, at COP 22, Marrakech. Scientists have identified and observed climate change impacts on every continent and in every ocean and referring to the 2014 IPCC AR5 Working […]
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WCC- Spiritual Leadership for Faith Communities ~ Out of Climate Disaster

In this Mother Channel interview at COP 22, with Archbishop Seraphim Kikkotis and Professor Randolph Haluza-DeLay who discuss the vision, objectives and contribution of the World Council of Churches (WCC) on Spiritual Leadership for communities Out of Climate Disaster. In terms of Global Climate issues, we have been very disappointed over the last 20 years, […]
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COP 21 World Bio-energy Association – Renewable Energy

The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: We cannot reduce our carbon energy system in the next 5-10 years due to the infrastructure already in place and additional infrastructure being constructed now. We are installing 30-40 GW per year and can increase this to 100 GW in due course