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Honeywell has the answer for Building Automation with respect to unplugging devices in commercial businesses. This saves thousands on the power bill but also importantly contributes to 37% of Global Co2 emissions. Can I still get my morning coffee? Check this one out!

Honeywell has the answer for Building Automation with respect to unplugging devices in commercial businesses. This saves thousands on the power bill but also importantly contributes to 37% of Global Co2 emissions. Can I still get my morning coffee? Check this one out!

On today's episode, financial journalist Govindraj Ethiraj talks to  Uday Bhaskar, Director General of the Hyderabad-based Pharmaceutical Exports Council of India or Pharmaxecil as well as Ashish Pherwani, Partner and Media and Entertainment Lead at Ernst & Young. SHOW NOTES(00:00) Stories Of The Day(01:10) Stock Markets continue to hit record highs on political continuity. S&P booster for India. (07:39) Moody's downgrades China(08:31) Global CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels set to hit  record high.(09:42) November sees highest pharmaceutical exports on surging demand from US, Europe.  (16:06) Digital powers music to a Rs 12,000 crore industry and growing, says EY report.For more of our coverage check out thecore.in--Support the Core Report--Join and Interact anonymously on our whatsapp channelSubscribe to our NewsletterFollow us on:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Linkedin | Youtube

Garret Ahearn, Fine Gael Senator; Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin TD for Donegal; Jennifer Whitmore, Social Democrats TD for Wicklow; Jane Matthews, Political Reporter with The Journal

Join Joachim Almdal from Green Innovation Group as he talks with Skage Hem, Geologist at Alumichem, about the complexity of cement production and its role in global CO2 emissions. Learn how to reduce emissions from cement production, what clients in the healthcare industry should do to reduce emissions, and how a system change and mindset shift are needed to address financing for CO2 emissions. Get valuable insights on how to make a green transition!Enjoy!

Today, we have Wynand Groenewald, the founder and CEO of Future Green Now. We had the opportunity to talk to him at the 2023 AHR expo we discussed some of the global trends around CO2 and a great conversation about what we are going to see in the coming future for natural refrigerants. About Wynand Groenewald Wynand Groenewald is the founder and CEO of Future Green Now. His passion is natural refrigeration. He wants to play as big a role as possible in promoting, training, designing, and implementing solutions for natural refrigeration systems so that the industry are enabled to move towards a more sustainable refrigeration base. His career has been dedicated to CO2 as a refrigerant since 2007. For the last 13 years, Wynand has been involved with multiple first-of-its-kind CO2 refrigeration solutions for the retail and industrial industry within South Africa and also Australia, the United States, and Asia.   Connect with Wynand  Linkedin: Wynand Groenewald Learn more about FGN - www.futuregreen.co.za ============================= All Access to Refrigeration Mentor Content: https://linktr.ee/refrigerationmentor ============================================================== Refrigeration Mentor Website: www.refrigerationmentor.com All Access to Refrigeration Mentor Content:  Learn More Upcoming Compressor Masterclass: Learn More Upcoming Supermarket Learning Program: Learn More Upcoming CO2 Learning Program: Learn More  Free System & Compressor Troubleshooting Guide Subscribe to the Refrigeration Mentors video newsletter and get your Free Compressor Guide

Dagens erhvervsoverblik: Den amerikanske finansminister frygter bombe under finansmarkederne, hvis likviditeten i statsobligationerne tørrer ud, Boligejere i de dyreste områder får skatte-rabat som kan vise sig at blive være et guldæg, Global CO2-afgift er næsten umuligt - alligevel tager PKA-topchef til Cop27 med det punkt på sin agenda. Dagens vært: Sofie Rud (soru@borsen.dk)

A quarter of humanity's carbon emissions come from industrial energy use – and a huge portion of that energy goes into creating heat for various . A quarter of humanity's carbon emissions come from industrial energy use – and a huge portion of that energy goes into creating heat for various processes. And right there lies a slam-dunk decarbonization opportunity that'll pay for itself incredibly quickly, reasons Oakland company Rondo Energy. "We're at a spectacular moment in history," Rondo CEO John O'Donnell told the Wharton Current podcast. "Where on a per unit of energy cost basis, wind and solar power are cheaper than fuels. Not just cheaper than conventional electricity, but cheaper than fuel for heat in most of the world – headed for all of the world." In other words, thanks to a huge crash in the price of renewable energy, there's no longer a "green premium" stopping most industrial heat consumers from decarbonizing and switching to clean solutions. The barrier, instead, is intermittency; you can buy renewable energy out of the grid at extremely low cost, right now – but only when the solar arrays are producing too much for the grid to use. You can't run your factory 24/7 that way unless you can store that energy up. And here's Rondo's play: this company is building "brick toasters" that store up cheap renewable energy as high-temperature heat, ready to be deployed throughout the day – and it says industrial clients will begin saving money compared to their old, dirty, fossil-fuel burning processes immediately. At the heart of it, this ain't rocket surgery; converting electricity into heat is something that happens at 100% efficiency every time you turn on your toaster or hairdryer, says O'Donnell. Rondo uses a simple toaster-style system to heat up "blast stoves," similar to the ones the steel industry already uses for cyclical heat storage. These stoves are full of plain ol' bricks, made out of plain ol' clay, sometimes with a bit of sand in there, but certainly nothing special in terms of materials. Nothing toxic, nothing that decays over time. These bricks will still be storing heat just as well in 40 or 50 years' time, when chemical batteries have gone through several generations of complex recycling. Rondo says it can pull that heat back out at an extraordinary 98% efficiency, resulting in a dirt-cheap industrial heat storage solution that costs "about one fifth the cost per unit of energy stored as any electrochemical battery," according to O'Donnell. "On the outside, it looks fairly boring. It's only possible today because of supercomputer computational fluid dynamics, and finite element analysis and AI system controls. We're building something that's very simple – but was very interesting and complicated to design." The first generation of Rondo brick toasters are optimized for low cost, super-fast deployment and scale, and are capable of holding heat up to 1,500 °C (2,732 °F), which O'Donnell says can cover approximately 80% of industrial heat requirements globally. Down the track, using more expensive heaters and brick materials chosen for the purpose, he says it's possible to hit 1,800 °C (3,272 °F) or so, which brings steelmaking into range, and would cover somewhere around 92% of industrial use cases. "The couple of years of science and investigation are behind us, and we are right now making the journey from the labs, through late-stage prototypes, to our first customer installations this year with a goal of being at very large scale next year in the year beyond," said O'Donnell. "And we're looking very hard at the project finance community and the pathways that enable scaling the fastest." Rondo's first customers, he says, have zero interest in being "green" or advertising their decision. They're in this for the bottom line, taking advantage of the arbitrage opportunity that intermittent clean energy presents. And right now, it's a hell of an arbitrage opportunity. "Today, electricity through a Rondo u...

Global CO2 emissions continue to rise despite the urgent need to decarbonize. What does this failure to tackle climate change mean for climate activism? Is radicalization the next step?

Investigative journalist, Rachel Donald, is behind the podcast "Planet Critical" and uses that platform to talk with influential people from all around the world. She says: "Essentially, it's our behaviour that's at the root of the problem. But so often this isn't addressed as the root. Our economic system claims tech will save us from ourselves—but imagine we do find a silver bullet, do we have the social cohesion in place to implement that solution or any?  Her guest on this episode of "Planet Critical" is Richard Heinberg. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Readings on climate-change impacts and insurance"; "Grants help Wisconsin nonprofits purchase electric vehicles"; "Global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 202"; "Global Energy Review: CO2 Emissions in 2021"; "Husband of environmentalist who set himself on fire urges others to seize climate action: ‘Choose to live'"; "‘Everybody's problem is drought': One in four children could live with water shortages in 2040, UN warns"; "Beach house collapses into the waves in North Carolina as sea levels rise"; "UK faces ‘record' heatwaves this summer – and it's not a cause for celebration"; "Chart: US solar installations could fall 50% or more under new tariffs"; "Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022"; "Thousands at risk as deluge batters Queensland"; "BIG – The Role of the State in the Modern Economy with Richard Denniss"; "Have Your Say on Victoria's 2035 Climate Target"; "Why Nobody Cares about Climate Change"; "‘We've had a decade of no leadership': Scientists back ALP on climate action plans"; "Vanuatu's push for legal protection from climate change wins crucial support". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Episode 37: In this episode, host Angie Gust talks about the benefits of Indian gooseberry or amla. It is one of the most important medicinal plants in the Indian traditional medicine of Ayurveda.  It helps with many health problems, including heart disease and endothelial dysfunction. When the endothelium is dysfunctional, it causes arterial stiffening which can affect lipid levels and also blood glucose, platelet function, and blood pressure. Turning to the environment, as if it were not already critical that we focus on clean energy, it is even more critical now. Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future organization says, “Political leaders can take the side of people or of money, greed and the fossil fuel industry.  We call on global leaders to stop financing Putin's whims, and end the import of oil, coal, and gas from Russia. We also call for the end of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Germany — once and for all.” References Adler, B. Mar 1, 2022. Greta Thunberg's climate activist group to launch protests against Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://news.yahoo.com/greta-thunbergs-climate-activist-group-to-launch-protests-over-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-204257333.html Al Jazeera Mar 4. 2022. Moscow's 'lone climate protester' https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/4/qa-with-moscows-protester-from-climate-change-to-ukraine-war Baliga MS, Dsouza JJ. Amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn), a wonder berry in the treatment and prevention of cancer. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2011 May;20(3):225-39. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32834473f4. PMID: 21317655. Bartoli, L. Mar 25, 2022. Fridays For Future Is Back: The March 25 Protests. Impakter. https://impakter.com/fridays-for-future-is-back-the-march-25th-protests/ Harrod, M. Mar 2014.  Enhance endothelial function and reduce arterial stiffness.  https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2014/3/enhance-endothelial-function-and-reduce-arterial-stiffness IEA. Mar 8, 2022. Global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021. https://www.iea.org/news/global-co2-emissions-rebounded-to-their-highest-level-in-history-in-2021 Liu, Z., Deng, Z., Davis, S.J. et al. Monitoring global carbon emissions in 2021. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00285-w Robinson, B. Mar 17, 2022. Oregon Is Turning Sewage into an Endless Supply of Green Energy. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/oregon-water-treatment-methane-green-energy/ Simon, M Mar 16, 2022. Why You (and the Planet) Really Need a Heat Pump. https://www.wired.com/story/why-you-the-planet-need-heat-pump/  

Global CO2 emissions have increased by 54% since 1990   LA will tow RVs   Million Dollar Vons Baby

Professor Michael Mann from Penn State University and the author of "The New Climate War" talks about how and why a rash of tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S. The interview with Professor Mann can be found here. Oysters could play a critical role in helping protect Bangladesh from rising sea levels - "COP26: Could oysters help to save Bangladesh from rising seas?" Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Liberals use deadly tornados to attack Republicans on climate change"; "Good citizen award? No thanks, young climate campaigners tell Welsh council"; "How Bangladesh's poor are paying the costs of climate damage"; "Australia's Booming Circular Economy"; "13 things we learned from the landmark IPCC climate report"; "Inside the race to scale up CO2 capture technology and hit net zero"; "Global CO2 emissions have almost returned to pre-pandemic levels"; "Projects selected for Phase 1 of the Direct air capture and greenhouse gas removal programme"; "Earth will hit 1.5°C climate limit within 20 years, says IPCC report"; "A ‘false solution'? How crypto mining became the oil industry's new hope"; "Coalition splashes $2.3bn on marginal seat projects including Queensland inland rail"; "Molasses-like material promises cheap, large-scale battery storage for wind and solar"; "Science Museum ‘must lay down conditions' to fossil fuel sponsors"; "How banks are using technology to fight climate change"; "Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential"; "Everything you need to know about Doug Ford's controversial plans for new highways in Ontario"; "NSW grants Vales Point coal plant further five-year exemption from emissions limit"; "Extreme heatwave conditions in the north-west, hot in the south-east as the storms start up again"; "Waterbirds in eastern Australia declining despite breeding boost from wet years, survey finds"; "Former Wallaby David Pocock announces run for ACT Senate seat at next federal election"; "How much indoor air pollution do we produce when we take a shower?"; "Study reveals new climate threat for fish"; "How measuring emissions in real-time can help cities achieve net-zero"; "Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier Is Close to Becoming Unhinged"; "Retiree renovates Colorado home to produce more energy than it uses"; "Hackers throw Indonesian palm oil seminar into chaos, fuelling blame game"; "Peat sales to gardeners in England and Wales to be banned by 2024"; "Warming temperatures threaten Greece's prized olive oil"; "Russia vetoes UN security council resolution linking climate crisis to international peace"; "Alan Kohler: Politicians are failing us on climate change. They must do this instead"; "The Great Danger of the Tiny Bark Beetle"; "Climate scientists: concept of net-zero is a dangerous trap"; "CSIRO research trip discovers ecological benefit to volcanic eruptions"; "PFAS ‘forever chemicals' constantly cycle through ground, air and water, study finds"; "Adani is poised to ship its first coal – is this failure for Australia's defining climate campaign?"; "The US is making plans to replace all of its lead water pipes from coast to coast"; "Coal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive' Environmental Catastrophe"; "Global Warming Can Set The Stage for Deadly Tornadoes"; "Inside Clean Energy: Unpacking California's Controversial New Rooftop Solar Proposal"; "Biden Promised to Stop Oil Drilling on Public Lands. Is His Failure to Do So a Betrayal or a Smart Political Move?"; "Warming Trends: A Potential Decline in Farmed Fish, Less Ice on Minnesota Lakes and a ‘Black Box' for the Planet". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Global CO2 emissions appeared to decline last year but figures today show that any reduction was short-lived. What elements of the energy transition have the strongest impact? What challenges lie ahead for companies to meet their 2030 targets?

This week our attention turns to COP26 that ended last weekend in Glasgow. Was there a gulf between the technical jargon used by the conference participants and wider the global climate crisis affecting many parts of the world?Listen to a discussion on the agreement reached and the implications for carbon markets. How far away are we from a global carbon price?Guests:Lambert Schneider, Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy at Germany's Institute for Applied EcologyAndrei Marcu, Executive Director of the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition.

*) Rebels say Ethiopia capital could fall within weeks Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa could fall within "months if not weeks", an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels has told AFP. The Tigray People's Liberation Front has claimed significant gains in recent days. Ethiopia's prime minister urged civilians to rise up and “bury”the Tigray forces in a post that Facebook has removed over incitement of violence. As fighting between rebels and Abiy Ahmed's government drags on, a joint UN-Ethiopia report reveals possible "crimes against humanity" by all sides. *) Pentagon finds no misconduct in Afghanistan drone strike A Pentagon review has concluded that the drone strike that killed Afghan children a few days before the US quit Afghanistan was not caused by misconduct or negligence. It did not recommend any disciplinary action. The review found breakdowns in communication and in the process of identifying the target of the bombing. It concluded the mistaken strike happened despite prudent measures to prevent civilian deaths. *) Global CO2 emissions for 2021 near record levels: report Global CO2 emissions, caused mainly by burning fossil fuels, are expected to be just shy of the record set in 2019. China's carbon pollution now accounts for nearly a third of global emissions, the Global Carbon Project reported. The report comes as the COP26 summit grapples for ways to beat back the threat of catastrophic warming. Emissions from gas and highly polluting coal will grow more in 2021 than they fell in 2020 during the pandemic-driven economic slowdown, the report said. *) International Criminal Court to probe abuses in Venezuela The International Criminal Court is opening a formal investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by Venezuelan security forces. It's the first time a country in Latin America is facing scrutiny for possible crimes against humanity from the court. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said he was aware of Venezuela's political “fault lines” and “geopolitical divisions" but that his job was to uphold law, not settle scores. And finally… *) South African author Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize South African author Damon Galgut has won the Booker Prize for "The Promise", a novel about a white family's failed commitment to give their Black maid her own home. It was Galgut's third nomination for the $68,175 English language literary award. Galgut, wrote his first novel at the age of 17 and has been nominated for the Booker Prize twice before.

Did you miss the live reveal of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE hosted by WIRED Brand Labs and moderated by Wired Editor Megan Greenwell? Fear not! We hit the record button and captured it in its full unedited glory for you to listen to now. In 2015, XPRIZE launched the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a competition to jumpstart the carbontech economy and tackle global warming. Last Monday, April 19th the winners were revealed in an online event hosted by the Wired Brand Lab. Megan Greenwell sat down with the winners and took questions from the audience listening live. CARBONCURE is a Canadian based company which extracts the CO2 generated in the production of concrete and recycles it back into the product. They started off small but now operate in many countries around the globe.UCLA CARBONBUILT came out of a UCLA lab where they designed a system to take CO2 and create a stronger concrete which is less reliant on Portland cement, a material responsible for 7% of Global CO2 emissions.Both won the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE and took home a cheque for $7.5M each. Although this is the end of the competition it is only the start of the journey for these companies.Links: www.carboncure.com www.carbonbuilt.com http://carbon.xprize.orghttp://xprize.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stopping global emissions is not enough. We have to also find ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and sequester it.One of the biggest contributors to global emissions is the production of concrete. Imagine if concrete production could be turned from a carbon emitting process into a carbon sink... That is one idea the Global CO2 initiative is looking into. They have come up with a new way to make concrete that uses CO2 as an ingredient. It is an exciting idea, so I reached out to the Director of the Global CO2 Initiative Prof Volker Sick to come on the podcast to talk about this idea.We had a fascinating conversation, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy it too.If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to leave me a voice message over on my SpeakPipe page, head on over to the Climate 21 Podcast Forum, or just send it to me as a direct message on Twitter/LinkedIn. Audio messages will get played (unless you specifically ask me not to).And if you want to know more about any of SAP's Sustainability solutions, head on over to www.sap.com/sustainability and if you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover the show. Thanks.And remember, stay healthy, stay safe, stay sane!Music credit - Intro and Outro music for this podcast was composed, played and produced by my daughter Luna Juniper

Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Billboard's Micah Singleton about Jack Dorsey’s Square, Inc. buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal. Verge senior editor Tom Warren joins the show to discuss the announcement of Microsoft's Mesh mixed reality platform and the various updates to Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more. Further reading: Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine backed by independent FDA committee Long COVID patients say they feel better after getting vaccinated  Vaccine centers embrace stickers and selfie stations  Countries are polluting like it’s 2019 again: Global CO2 emissions came roaring back as pandemic-induced restrictions loosened Jack Dorsey’s Square, Inc. is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal NFTs, explained Microsoft Mesh feels like the virtual future of Microsoft Teams meetings  Microsoft Teams will soon let you pretend to be a news reporter during meetings Microsoft’s new Intelligent Speakers deliver its promised meeting room of the future Microsoft Teams is getting end-to-end encryption support Microsoft’s new Outlook calendar board view looks a lot like Trello Microsoft Edge gets a speedy startup feature and vertical tabs Microsoft’s Windows 10 UI overhaul continues with new system icons Google Workspace picks up new features designed for remote work Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Plus review: built for business A folding iPhone could be coming in 2023 Apple not switching to USB-C iPhones in the near future, according to Ming-Chi Kuo iPhone 13 might finally bring a smaller notch and faster screens Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options Epic Games is buying Fall Guys creator Mediatonic OpenHaystack is a new open-source tool that lets you create DIY AirTags on Apple’s Find My network Exclusive: this is the Sonos Roam, coming in April for $169 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s awfully hard to find any upside in a global pandemic that’s sickened nearly 115 million people and killed more than 2.5 million. But throughout 2020, there was some good news buried in the bad concerning that other great infirmity: the sickly state of the earthly climate. When economies are booming and people are moving, greenhouse gasses soar.

The International Energy Agency says global CO2 levels are rising after a fall in 2020. Timothy Goodson is one of the report's lead authors and explains why we're seeing this trend, after reductions caused by the pandemic last year. Also in the programme, videoconferencing platform Zoom expects sales to rise by more than 40% this year, after a bumper 2020 as the firm benefited from coronavirus lockdowns. We consider whether video calls are here to stay with Karin Moser, professor of organisational behaviour at LSBU business school in London. The Women in Work index produced by PWC indicates that women's jobs have been disproportionately hit by events of the past year. Larice Stielow is one of the report's authors, and shares a concern that progress made in improving female representation across workplaces is in danger of being reversed. Plus, a Nike vice president has resigned after ties to her son's limited edition trainer resale business were revealed. We hear about the lucrative market from Tahsin Sabir, who is a collector. (Picture: A power station chimney. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

So, this episode is as raw as it gets. We talk over each other. I Mislabeled this episode in my computer, as "marko is here", he's not even in this recording. Dick Portillo is a savage. We still haven't gone to Juicy-o. I hope someone enjoy's this dumpster fire, if not our other episodes area little more put together. Global CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere were 415 PPM at the time of recording. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/Americandualism/message

In this episode, we discuss the Kaya decomposition - splitting CO2 emissions into CO2/energy, Energy/GDP, GDP/person, and population. We'll talk about its usefulness and limitations in tracking what drives carbon emissions.

The Coda community identified the Climate Emergency as the greatest threat to global health and we have good reason to be alarmed for both our patients and our children. There is good scientific evidence that the climate crisis could be catastrophic. The global healthcare community comprises over 60 million people and together we can make a difference. Global CO2 emissions continue to rise resulting in more energy trapped in our atmosphere and putting us on the verge of a tipping point. We must act now. We are all used to practising with a time imperative in healthcare, we know that “Time is muscle” for the heart and that “Time is brain” for stoke – In the case of the Climate Emergency… “”Time is Planet”! Part of the problem for governments is that Power, Wealth and Influence skew the discussions around the climate emergency and in some ways the Fossil Fuel Industry has employed similar tactics to those taken by the Tobacco Industry lobbyists. Lobbyists have tried to promote ‘Gas’ as a safer transition fuel as we move from ‘Coal-fire’ energy, but Gas too is a potential super-pollutant and completely unnecessary. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Ian Riley talks with Alex about the cement sector and the active decarbonisation projects that are already underway. With the industry owning a serious emissions number, there are no shortage of detractors - but it is also a sector that is pursuing a wide range of product & operational decarbonisation projects. Energy efficiency, potential alternative fuels, cementitious additives and next gen technologies like CCUS are all up for discussion. Find out about some of the hottest projects - but also the reality of the policy impediments and opportunities that need resolving. If you'd like to hear more about cement-specific decarbonisation, sign up for the WCA's own series of interviews and webinars: www.worldcementassociation.orgTo sign up for updates on the work we do at Decarb Connect - go to www.decarbconnect.com Many thanks to Janno Media for their support with the Decarb Connect Podcast: www.jannomedia.com 

Global CO2 emissions have decreased dramatically as countries around the world have gone into forced movement restrictions, amid fears of the global pandemic. Yet the change is not sustainable, since it has not been underpinned by structural reform. To get some insight into what infrastructure and attitude changes we need to see in order to really make a dent in the climate crisis, we speak to Corinne Le Quéré, Professor of Climate Change Science, at the University of East Anglia.

Global CO2 emissions have decreased dramatically as countries around the world have gone into forced movement restrictions, amid fears of the global pandemic. Yet the change is not sustainable, since it has not been underpinned by structural reform. To get some insight into what infrastructure and attitude changes we need to see in order to really make a dent in the climate crisis, we speak to Corinne Le Quéré, Professor of Climate Change Science, at the University of East Anglia.

Join George, Ollie and Sarah as they continue to search for the people, stories and ideas that can help us to solve the climate crisis, and build a better future at the same time. In this episode, they hear from Joanna Haigh and Ajay Gambhir from the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London to learn about the science behind climate change and how we can mitigate the crisis. Joanna Haigh was Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London, and co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change until early 2019. She has been working on atmospheric physics for over 40 years and is a renowned expert in the field. She has researched many impacts on the climate including radiative transfer in the atmosphere, climate modelling, radiative forcing of climate change and the influence of solar irradiance variability on climate. Ajay Gambhir is a Senior Research Fellow, also at the at the Grantham Institute. His research looks at how society can transition to a low-carbon economy, considering the technologies and measures required to do so. He has advised the UK government and his research has a particular focus on the processes that drive down low-carbon technology costs, thereby making their deployment more cost-effective. Links - Joanna Haigh https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.haigh - Ajay Gambhir https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.gambhir - UK Emissions Over Time http://www.emissions.leeds.ac.uk/chart1.html - Global CO2 and Other GHG Emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions - EPA Emissions by gas and sector https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data Episode Image - Warming stripes by Climate Lab Book https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2018/warming-stripes/ Music - Grayse (intro) by Nathan Cheetham - https://soundcloud.com/nathancheetham/grayse-intro-1 - Dramatic SFX by brian1967 https://www.pond5.com/artist/BrianAGrafProductions SFX - Rain and Thunder by parademics https://freesound.org/people/parademics/sounds/204340/ - Fire forest inferno by dynamicell https://freesound.org/people/Dynamicell/sounds/17548/ - Howling wind by inchadney https://freesound.org/people/inchadney/sounds/157204/ - Rain and thunder atmo by parademics https://freesound.org/people/parademics/sounds/204340/ - Plastic creak by dheming https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/274977/ - Black Sea Waves by Black_River__Phonogram https://freesound.org/people/parademics/sounds/204340/ - Cassette tape deck open close rewind clicks by kyles https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/450524 - Fast reverse vortex by earclash05 https://freesound.org/people/earlcash05/sounds/280222/ - Pop Sound by Deraj https://freesound.org/people/deraj/sounds/202230/

Sarah was joined by Eamon Ryan, Leader of the Green Party, Louise O'Reilly, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Health, Michelle Mulherin, Fine Gael Senator, Lorraine Clifford-Lee, Fianna Fáil Senator and Daniel McConnell, Political Editor with The Irish Examiner.

This video is in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates. You can check out the Gates Annual Letter here: https://b-gat.es/2GxIwba Concrete is responsible for 8% of humanity’s carbon emissions because making its key ingredient - cement - chemically releases CO2, and because we burn fossil fuels to make it happen. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube members. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Portland cement - the most common type of cement used worldwide, made with limestone Limestone - a hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate (which is also in shells & eggs) Cement - a powder used in construction that’s made by grinding clinker with other minerals and mixing with water to form a paste that sticks to sand, gravel or crushed stone to make concrete Concrete - a building material made by mixing cement with water to form a paste that gains body through fillers like sand and gravel Clinker - an intermediate marble-sized product in cement production created by sintering limestone with clay and other things Sinter - to turn a powdery solid into a single mass by heating it without liquefaction Mortar - another building material (used to adhere bricks or stones together) made by mixing cement with water and sand Calcination - the process of heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, so it thermally decomposes (like limestone into lime & CO2) Process emissions - the name for the CO2 that comes from limestone when it thermally decomposes ___________________________________________ Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: Support us on Patreon: And visit our website: https://www.minuteearth.com/ Say hello on Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 And Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And download our videos on itunes:  https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer & Narrator: Alex Reich (@alexhreich) Video Illustrator: Adam Thompson Video Director: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg) With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Kate Yoshida, Ever Salazar, Peter Reich, Arcadi Garcia Rius Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: ___________________________________________ References: Andrew, R. M. 2018. Global CO2 emissions from cement production. Earth System Science Data, 10(1), 195. https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/10/195/2018/essd-10-195-2018.pdf Benhelal, E., et al. 2013. Global strategies and potentials to curb CO2 emissions in cement industry. Journal of cleaner production, 51, 142-161. http://www.academia.edu/download/39977040/1-s2.0-S0959652612006129-main.pdf Beyond Zero Emissions.  August 2017. Zero Carbon Industry Plan: Rethinking Cement. Available for download at http://bze.org.au Davis, S.J., et al. 2018. Net-zero emissions energy systems. Science, 360(6396), eaas9793. https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt16109441/qt16109441.pdf Lehne, J., & Preston., F. June 2018. Making Concrete Change: Innovation in Low-carbon Cement and Concrete. Chatham House Report. http://bit.ly/2Vlb3oC Timperley, J. September 13 2018. Q&A: Why cement emissions matter for climate change. https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-cement-emissions-matter-for-climate-change World Bank. 2019. World Development Indicators: Urban population. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL

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Global CO2 concentrations have risen from approximately 270 to 400 ppm over the past 150 years with no signs of slowing, and at the current rate, the planet is expected to warm by roughly five degrees Celsius by the end of the century. This will lead to a number of detrimental effects on the environment and human society, not the least of which is a major impact on our current system of agriculture. At the root of this system is the process of photosynthesis, which is the best understood process in all of plant biology, but has always functioned outside of human influence…at least until now. Donald Richard Ort is a professor at the University of Illinois whose area of expertise lies in the area of photosynthesis and the ability to reengineer it to be adapted for global climate change and to improve its efficiency in agricultural situations. This will be no easy task, considering the fact that CO2 concentration and temperature play competing for roles in a plant's ability to photosynthesize and survive.  Professor Ort joins the podcast for an informative and compelling discussion on a variety of topics, ranging from mechanistic computer models used to predict how to optimize photosynthesis under certain conditions, artificial photosynthesis via biomimicry, why breeders have selected for upright leaf angles in grasses over the past several decades, the modulation of chlorophyll concentration in leaves, and SoyFACE, a research facility at University of Illinois where CO2 concentration and temperature are being raised in a controlled environment to learn more about and prepare for what's coming in the near future.   Tune in for the full conversation, and stay up to date on the latest research at soyface.illinois.edu.