COP 21 Prince Charles – The Restoration of Forests
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Charles, Prince of Wales, International Sustainability Unit, Restoration of Forests
Carbon Reduction – Richard Branson and Ted Turner
Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines and Ted Turner of CNN discuss Carbon Reduction. People need to take up the economic opportunities offered by investing in Clean Energy. USA is lagging behind while China is leaping ahead with their commitment to clean energy. They have started the Business War Room to encourage the business community to […]
COP 21 – Indonesian Peatland Ecosystem Restoration
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP21: Paris 2015: Riau Ecosystem Restoration, Indonesia
Jon Witlow – Panel and Discussion
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 18 – Jon Witlow – Panel and Discussion regarding the value of media exposes, level of political will to prosecute, profile of fishing vessels
COP 20 FSC & Landscape.org interviews on FSC certification & Peru crop faming at higher elevations
COP 20 LIMA Interview with FSC spokesperson on: Protection of forest bio-diversity, soil, waterways are checked controlled by certified organisations. Non compliance will result in the loss of FSC certification. Interview with spokesperson from Landscapes.org on impacts of growing potato crops at higher than normal elevations in Peru, due to the spread of insect and […]
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 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.
NASA Hydrology Satellite observations of terrestrial water cycle
Monitoring of the world’s water resources is challenging due to limited large scale observations, particularly a lack of observations of water beneath the land surface. NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission provides an unprecedented view of the regional net terrestrial water balance, with global coverage, over a now >10 year record. This event […]
Climate change in the face of denial
What a dichotomy Here you have an island that is slowly being sunk by sea level rise and persistent erosion. The populace of the island are stern or rather die hard Trump supporters and take his stance on climate change as gospel. Yet right before their very eyes they are witnessing the effects of climate […]