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
Survival of Ocean Life ~ The Human Impact Factor!
Mother Channel interviews Ms Natalya Gallo, a PhD student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and fellow of Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and Mr Dimitri Kalitschenko of Québec-Océan who speak about the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Water/Air Report and the survival of Ocean life. Natalya expanded on the report in terms of […]
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, […]