COP 21 Kirsty Lewis – Met Office, Hadley Centre
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
COP 21 Disappearing Phyto-plankton Communities
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21: Paris 2015: Modelling of Disappearing Phyto-plankton Communities in the Global Ocean
Maneka Sanjay Ghandi – The Impact of Female Hormones in Meat
Maneka Sanjay Ghandi, Union Minister and Environmentalist, India – discusses the use of female hormones in meat production and its impacts on the environment, other animals and the human body
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
COP 20 Lack Of Political Will
Saleem Huq speaks about the lack of political will by Governments to take action on Climate Change mitigation measures.
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 […]
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
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
COP 16 – Aviation CO2 Emissions & Mitigation Measures
COP 16 CANCUN. Paul Steele Exec-Director of ATAG Air Transport Action Group speaks on global Aviation Industry CO2 emissions and outlines Industry measures being undertaken to mitigate global emissions.
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
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