Podcasts about Tyndall Centre

In this mini edition of Waterfall, Mike and Karen are joined by Dr. Alison Browne and Dr. Claire Hoolohan of The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to discuss the Ofwat-funded innovation project, ‘Enabling Smart Water Communities.' A forward-thinking initiative focusing on developing the links between integrated water management, community involvement, and household water usage. The full length edition of this episode was originally released on 16/8/2024.

We're ending Season 11 with a fabulous conversation with climate change communicator Dr Simon Torok. Simon is CEO and Director of Scientell, a science communication company that seeks to maximise the impact of scientific information. He distils technical information for non-scientific audiences to communicate the importance of science in our lives and its role in understanding the environment. Simon has a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication from the Australian National University, and completed a PhD in climate change science at the University of Melbourne. He has managed communication for CSIRO in Australia and for the Tyndall Centre in England. He was editor of the Helix and Scientriffic science magazines, and has published more than 200 newspaper, magazine and scientific journal articles. He has co-authored 20 popular science and climate change books, several of which have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Hungarian. You can follow Simon and learn more about his work here: https://www.scientell.com.au/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-torok-5570782/ https://x.com/Simon_Scientell

Mike and Karen are joined by Dr. Alison Browne and Dr. Claire Hoolohan of The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to discuss the Ofwat-funded innovation project, 'Enabling Smart Water Communities.' A forward-thinking initiative focusing on developing the links between integrated water management, community involvement, and household water usage.    Get in touch with the show with any of your questions or comments: podcast@ccwater.org.uk   Timestamps  0:00 - Introduction and hellos 0:51 - Tony V's update on his water habits and how he's utilised tips from 'Waterfall' 3:46 - Dr. Alison Browne and Dr. Claire Hoolohan join the podcast and explain the work of the Tyndall Centre 5:39 - So, what is a water smart community? 9:10 - Do any WSCs exist yet? 11:32 - What are some of the new innovations within WSC communities? 14:40 - The impact of social norms 17:15 - Are we asking the wrong questions about water use? 20:03 - Big learning points of the project so far  22:23 - The lack of research on this topic in some areas 23:00 - The personal water use of the guests 24:46 - Querying the value of measuring water practices - personal use vs. population level  32:11 - Final thoughts and farewells  Show notes Enabling Water Smart Communities

Our episode is about the Climate Ambassador Scheme. The Climate Ambassador Scheme provides nurseries, schools and colleges across England with free access to local experts who can help turn their climate and sustainability ambitions into action.Volunteer experts from across England are wanted to support the roll-out of the scheme, which, in the first two years, aims to support 2,500 education settings on their sustainability journey. Regional hubs have been set up so that experts can be matched with educational settings in their area. The East of England Climate Ambassador hub will be coordinated by UEA and led by the Tyndall Centre.Anyone interested in becoming a Climate Ambassador can sign up to the scheme now, to be provided with free training and support, and be matched to a local nursery, school or college that needs help building a climate action plan. All Climate Ambassadors will be supported by a national network of regional hubs, based at organisations with a strong commitment to sustainability and climate action.Today we will speak with Kit Marie Rackley, the Schools Climate Hub coordinator in the East of England to learn more about how to become a climate ambassador.Sign up here: https://www.stem.org.uk/climate-ambassadors/stem-ambassadorsMusic by Ben Sound

Global climate change scientist Professor Rachel Warren is internationally respected for her research but she could probably walk down any street in any country without people realising the scale and reach of her work. In this episode Rachel explains how an early interest in bird conservation marked the start of her awareness of the environment. While studying physics and the natural sciences at Cambridge University, the global scale of environmental problems and her growing appreciation of the need to conserve the atmosphere – the air that we breathe – drove her to join research projects examining harmful CFCs and acid rain.Jump forward to the present day and Rachel's research papers are trusted by world governments and the United Nations, and have been cited by fellow academics more than 27,000 times worldwide. Her work helps formulate international agreements and policies. Today she is focussed on quantifying the risks we would all avoid through climate change mitigation and the risks climate change poses to biodiversity and as a professor at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia (UEA), Rachel is encouraging the next generation of climate scientists to join her. She emphasises the opportunities the Tyndall Centre offers young scientists as they build networks within the research community and the advantages the UEA's long-standing commitment to the environment provides students and academics interested in this field.And for those of us not immersed in acadaemia, Rachel points out that any one of us can modify our behaviour by thinking about how much, where and how we travel, for example, how we use our gardens, and by reducing our own carbon footprint.Mentioned in this podcast:• Professor Rachel Warren's career biography• Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK• The Montreal Protocol• The Kyoto Protocol Other episodes mentioned in this podcastNick Molden (Episode 4)Laura Yeates and Leora Schlasko (Episode 3). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our episode will talk about 1.5C – what it means science wise, policy wise,  and communications wise. 1.5C has been one of the most recognised numbers when we talk about climate change. Where did this number come from? The goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is a key aspect of international efforts to address climate change. This target is central to the Paris Agreement.1.5C has actually been the rallying call of the alliance of small islands states (also called the AOSIS group), backed by scientific evidence from research by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. AOSIS argued that 1.5C would be the safe limit for their countries. In a 1.5C world, many of the deadliest effects of climate change are reduced, especially for small islands and low-lying nations threatened by rising sea levels and storms. In Paris at COP21, 106 countries supported the 1.5C limit, allowing it to be part of the Paris Agreement.But there has been a lot of discussion about 1.5C in the last months – especially with reports coming out that the global average temperature has breached the target. Last year, 2023, was the hottest year globally since records began in 1850, and 2024 might be warmer, because of periodic influencing by El Nino warming. So it perhaps seems improbable that 1.5C is an achievable target. What does it mean when we breach the 1.5C target?In this episode, we have Asher Minns, Executive Director of the Tyndall Centre and Manoj Joshi, Professor of Climate Dynamics at the School of Environmental Sciences at the UEA.Music by Ben Sound

This podcast mini-series on coastal resilience in the face of climate change is hosted by Josephine Anselin, PhD Student at the University of Cambridge and Policy Intern at CSaP. In this first episode, Josephine is joined by Prof Robert Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation and Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, to discuss what coastal resilience is, and how it can be measured. Learn more about the CoastalRes project discussed in this episode: https://coastalmonitoring.org/ccoresources/coastalres/ Podcast theme music by SoulProdMusic via pixabay.com

Our episode today is about shipping and its impact on climate change. In today's episode, we will talk about some of the work by colleagues from the Tyndall Centre at Manchester University including the International Maritime Organisation's - the IMO's in short - new shipping and climate strategy, technology like wind ships and electrification of ships, as well as the demand side of shipping.International shipping emits around 700 million tonnes of CO2 a year, equivalent to emissions from Germany. So the sector is a major contributor to climate change.The IMO  is the United Nations specialised agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships. Last year, the IMO set out a new strategy that “includes an enhanced common ambition to reach net-zero GHG emissions from international shipping by or around, i.e. close to, 2050.” Is this new strategy enough? And what solutions are there?Today we speak with Alice Larkin, Chris Jones, James Mason, and Simon Bullock from the University of Manchester – who all research shipping emissions.Alice is a Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy in Tyndall Manchester, where she has worked since 2003 on various aspects of decarbonising international aviation and later shipping.Chris is the knowledge exchange fellow for Tyndall Manchester, connecting research expertise in the group to industry, government and civil society stakeholders.James is a data scientist at Smart Green Shipping and visiting academic at Tyndall Manchester. He develops ship routing software that harnesses weather optimisation for ships using modern day sail technology.Simon is a research associate at Tyndall Manchester, focussing on shipping and climate change. Music by Ben Sound

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comPoliticians and activists alike have warned of a looming climate catastrophe for decades. “Biden urged to declare climate change a national emergency,” reported NBC last year. “Climate Changes Threatens Every Facet of U.S. Society, Federal Report Warns,” announced Scientific American.Cambridge University climate scientist Mike Hulme disagrees. “Declaring a climate emergency has a chilling effect on politics,” he tells Public. “It suggests there isn't time for normal, necessary democratic process.”Climate activists may dismiss Hulme as a “climate denier,” but he agrees the planet is warming due to human activities and specifically says we should prepare for more heat waves. Moreover, Hulme's credentials are undeniably impressive. He is a Professor at the University of Cambridge and founding Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Hulme has advised everyone from the United Nations to the UK Government and earned a personalized certificate from the Nobel Peace Prize committee for his work with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).Now, in his new book, Climate Change Isn't Everything, Hulme strongly denounces “climatism,” which he describes as the “unyielding belief that stopping climate change is the pre-eminent yardstick against which all policies must be measured.”

Bill Gates has been interviewed on different occasions in the last couple of months making bold statements about planting trees and, more recently at COP28, how a temperature rise of 3ºC is not too bad. This segment with climate scientist, Professor Kevin Anderson from the Tyndall Centre at University of Manchester and also at the University of Uppsala, reflects on Bill Gates and people like him, asking why they get so much media coverage considering the accuracy of what they say. Please subscribe to the podcast for free or to get episodes early, become a member on Youtube or Patreon. Nick Breeze's book, ‘COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate' is available to preorder from Amazon and all bookshops: https://amzn.to/4a7HPAB

Many faith leaders have signified their commitments to climate action. For example, Pope Francis of the Catholic Church penned the Laudato Si, critiquing consumerism and irresponsible development and calls on people for swift and unified global action. The pope has also committed to net zero by 2050. The Church of England has also committed to net zero by 2030. Their plan includes reducing emissions from Cathedrals, churches, dioceses, and schools.Rowan Williamson, when he was the Archbishop of Canterbury, launched the second phase of the Tyndall Centre back in 2006, speaking to us about how climate change is a moral issue. According to World Vision, faith has great potential in addressing the climate emergency. According to Pew Research Center, 84% of the world's population or 8/10 people identify with a religious group. This is an opportunity for religions to transform their communities in different ways to help in climate action. For this episode we have Chris Walsh from the University of Manchester and Rachel Sowerby from the Church of England to talk to us more about the role of faith/religion in climate action.Chris has been at the Tyndall Centre in Manchester for 6 years working on a variety of projects, his work with churches began with the UK Climate Resilience Programme working as an embedded researcher in the Church of England Cathedrals and Church Buildings co-producing climate resilience guidance for churches across the country. He has also since worked with Salford Catholic diocese and the Guardians of Creation group to create a decarbonisation guide for places of worship. For him climate action is a key part of his faith, and a lot of his research interests and work stem from that.Rachel is an affiliate researcher with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research as part of her role as the Bishop's Environmental Research Officer for the Bishop of Norwich Graham Usher. Bishop Graham is the lead Bishop for the environment for the Church of England. Rachel holds an MSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia. Her areas of interest include behaviour change, carbon reduction and fuel poverty. She currently aids the environmental work of the Church including the pathway to Net Zero, biodiversity (particularly on Church land) and engaging with the wider public on climate related issues.Music by BenSound

Our episode is about biomass and why it is key for achieving net zero. Simply put, biomass energy is renewable energy that comes from plants and animals. Some biomass energy sources include crops like corn, soy beans, and sugar cane. According to the UK Parliament, bioenergy is currently the second largest source of renewable energy in the UK, generating 12.9% of the total UK electricity supply in 2021. How can biomass energy help us reach net zero and what about concerns about deforestation and land use?Our guest for this episode is Andrew Welfle of the Tyndall Centre at the University of Manchester.  Dr. Andrew Welfle is a Senior Research Fellow in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research within the Department of Engineering for Sustainability. Andrew has a background and interests in environmental, energy and engineering themes, and a strong track record undertaking sustainability, climate change and bioenergy research through developing modelling toolkits and analysis methodologies.Andrew is a Topic Representative within the current UK Supergen Bioenergy Hub research programme where he works with academics, NGOs, industry and government to promote the growth of a sustainable UK bioenergy sector. Andrew is also the Challenge Lead for Net Zero, part of the University of Manchester's Sustainable Futures Network. This role brings responsibility for co-ordinating researchers and research activity relevant to net-zero emissions objectives across the University of Manchester.­ Music by BenSound

Chris has more than 15 years of experience in researching climate policy and climate communications. Chris is also a contributing author for the IPCC Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report, serves as a Non-Executive Director of the award-winning environmental news organization DeSmog, is an Associate of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and holds the position of Research Associate in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. Chris's new book is titled Liberalism and the Challenge of Climate Change, which is the subject of the following podcast. Links _______________________ Tim Buckley: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/christopher-shaw-a5554214 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Teaser 0:32 - Chris's Story 9:21 - What is liberalism and why is it a challenge to climate change 16:36 - Previous movements have brought about change, why can't individuals bring about change to climate change action as well? 23:04 - Liberalism is complacent to catastrophe 28:12 - Are anti-liberal solutions to climate change a dog whistle for left-wing politics to thrive? 39:26 - What are some non-liberal solutions to climate change? 50:19 - Can the West give up liberalism in favor of mitigating climate change? 1:00:46 - Final takeaways Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X #liberalism #climatechange #freedom --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utopia-is-now/message

Our episode today is about citizen engagement in climate governance. More specifically, we will talk about climate assemblies, where representatives of the public come together and discuss issues. Citizen assemblies in the climate sphere are becoming more popular, especially in the UK and Europe. But how do they work and why are they important in the context of the climate crisis? Can we all join a citizen assembly?Our guest is Stephen Elstub of the Tyndall Centre at Newcastle University. Stephen joined the Department of Politics at Newcastle University in 2015 and is currently the Director of Research. His main research interests are in the theory and practice of democracy, democratic innovation, public opinion, political communication, civil society and citizen participation, all viewed through the lens of deliberative democracy. He has been involved in research on Climate Assembly UK, Scotland's Climate Assembly, and the Global Assembly on the Climate and Ecological Crisis.Music by BenSound

The live music industry is booming. With global growth in concerts and festivals, more and more of us are enjoying our favourite bands and artists live. The music industry now relies on touring for money – encouraging more and more bands to travel and fans to see them. This is causing emissions to soar just like the private jets. So what can be done? Jordan Dunbar discovers the problem isn't coming from who you might think and that this could be a climate opportunity rather than a problem. Guests: Ben Pol, Afrobeats star Prof Carly McLachlan, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research, University of Manchester Jordi Herreruela, Director of the Cruilla Barcelona Festival Luke Howells, Head of Sustainability for Coldplay and Glastonbury Festival Henry Stuart, Co-Founder and CEO of Visualise Producers: Osman Iqbal and Ben Cooper Reporter in Barcelona: Esperanza Escribano Researchers: Octavia Woodward and Isobel Gough Series producer: Simon Watts Editor: China Collins Sound engineers: Tom Brignell Production coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill

On this episode, Nate is joined by climate scientist Kevin Anderson to discuss the possible paths of averting severe climate outcomes and how this is interconnected with equity. As nations plan their climate goals and coordinate with each other, it's clear that extreme actions would be needed from everyone to meet the goal of keeping the global average temperature increase below 2ºC - if this is even possible. At the same time, there are wide disparities in the greenhouse gas emissions between the materially wealthiest and poorest within and across countries. How are past inequities already affecting people in presently climate impacted zones? How can concerned individuals begin incorporating changes and communicating with others in their own lives - and is it even worth it to do so? How can we attempt to balance the equity in standards of living and create rapid reductions in emissions, all while grappling with growing geopolitical tensions, declining energy availability, and the multitude of other converging risks in this impending poly-crisis. About Kevin Anderson: Kevin is professor of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester and visiting professor at the Universities of Uppsala (Sweden) and Bergen (Norway). Formerly he held the position of Zennström professor (in Uppsala) and was director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (UK). Kevin engages widely with governments, industry and civil society, and remains research active with publications in Climate policy, Nature and Science. He has a decade's industrial experience in the petrochemical industry, is a chartered engineer and fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/82-kevin-anderson To watch this video episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aQzdK1uGhWA     

In common with many places in the world, the UK has been experiencing high temperatures over the last couple of years, and not a great deal of rain, reminding us of the need to adapt to the consequences of climate change. Our episode focuses on adaptation, and some of the reasons why policy and practice are lagging behind where we need them to be.The Adapt Lock-in project has been working to understand this gap better, looking at experience in three countries – the UK, the Netherlands and Germany. Our guests today have been working on this project over the last 3 years. Tim Rayner is a Research Fellow in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia. Part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, since 2006 he has participated in a range of European Union and national research council-funded projects covering climate change governance and policy, particularly from EU and UK perspectives.Meghan Alexander is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography of climate change at the University of Nottingham. In particular, her work focuses on climate adaptation and aspects of governance, policy and risk management, and the corresponding implications for societal resilience, well-being and social justice.The Adapt Lock-in project was supported by: the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek. It was funded under Open Research Area (Round 5) Grant Reference ES/S015264/1. Partners are University of East Anglia (UK); Open Universiteit, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany)Learn more on the project website: https://adaptlockin.eu/(Music by BenSound)

Parts of the world are currently experiencing record-breaking temperatures - this weekend, Death Valley in California reached 53.9 degrees centigrade, and Xinjiang in China recorded the country's hottest ever temperature at 52.2 degrees. But how much of the recent heat can be attributed to climate change? What can and should we do about it? And where does it leave the target of limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees, agreed in Paris in 2015 at the climate change summit Cop 21. Professor Sir Robert Watson, Director of Strategic Development for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, and former Chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, tells Today's Amol Rajan that current pledges from global governments aren't going far enough and suggests 'we're on a pathway of at least 2.5 degrees'.

Our episode is about plastic recycling, in time for International Plastic Free Day, which is was last May 25th. Did you know that if every person in the world stopped using one single-use piece of plastic for one day, we'd avoid over 7.6 BILLION plastic items on that single day according to the International Plastic Free Day organised by Free the Ocean? The plastic problem is enormous, but how can we better solve the plastic problem? “One Bin To Rule Them All” is a project that has been working to develop a framework for eliminating consumer choice and confusion in plastic waste management, through exploring the development of a targeted sorting system that prioritises separation based on the creation of economic value in plastic waste to sustain a plastic circular economy.Our guest today is Adeyemi Adelekan of the Tyndall Centre at the University of Manchester. Adeyemi is a Research Associate at the University of Manchester (UoM) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP). His research interest lies in exploring organizational behaviour and strategies within the context of sustainability transformation, specifically focusing on social enterprises, sustainable business models, circular economy and institutional work research. His current work is looking at business model innovation for the ‘One Bin to rule them all' project, which is an interdisciplinary circular economy study that aims to improve plastic recycling practices in the UK.Music by BenSound

Our episode today is about future flooding scenarios due to sea level rise. This year, we remember the 1953 North Sea flood on the night of 31 January/1 February 1953 that devastated Scotland, England, Belgium, and especially the Netherlands. In the UK, the east coast was particularly affected – especially Lincolnshire, Essex, Norfolk, and the mouth of the Thames area. The flood was caused by a storm combined with spring tides and severe gale force winds from the north.In the UK, 1600 km of coastline was badly affected destroying mile upon mile of sea walls and dikes and inundating 160,000 acres of land with seawater, rendering it unusable for a number of years for agricultural purposes. Livestock and domesticated animals were killed in the thousands and washed out to sea. Over 24,000 homes in the UK were seriously damaged. 40,000 people in the UK were left homeless and many people's livelihoods were ruined. Most shockingly over 300 people died in England – with about 50 deaths in Belgium, about 30 deaths in Scotland and nearly 2,000 deaths in the Netherlands in the area around Rotterdam.The flood caused a fundamental rethinking of coastal defenses including the commissioning of the Thames Barrier, and the introduction of weather prediction and storm surge warning systems – in modern parlance a “transformation”. Storms still threaten these coasts and the 5-6 December 2013 storm surge was in physical terms a more severe event than 1953. However, it was well forecast and with much better defences, damage was much smaller although significant problems still occurred, such as flooding at the port of Immingham. Importantly, no-one died. However, climate change and especially sea-level rise, is increasing the risk of flooding in the UK. The UK Climate Change Committee warned in 2021 that the most recent climate change risk assessment revealed 1.9 million people in England currently face a risk of greater flooding of any kind. Today's guests are Prof. Robert Nicholls and Prof. Ivan Haigh who will talk more about flood risks in the face of climate change. Professor Robert Nicholls is the Director of the Tyndall Centre and is a world-leading scientist and engineer who has studied coastal problems and solutions for 30 years, focusing on how increases in sea level caused by climate change result in coastal erosion and flooding, and how communities can adapt to these changes. He has studied the implications of sea-level rise in the UK and in many of the most sensitive regions of the world.(Royalty Free Music by Benjamin Tissot)

Happy New Pod! It's a new year, so its the perfect time to reassess where we are and what we are fighting for. Let's get back to basics: Carbon emissions, average temperatures and 1.5°C. Can we still keep a habitable planet?This week on the show we are delighted to have back on the podcast Professor Kevin Anderson. Kevin is a energy and climate scientist formerly of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change.  We discuss what is Net Zero and why it is hindering our ability to reduce emissions. Is 1.5°C warming still viable? And what would that mean for the planet? Kevin also talks us through what governments of the world need to do right now to keep the planet safe.   Links Climate Uncensored : Kevin's new climate science education project Shout outs Michael Gove MP : for focusing the country on the governments disastrous fossil fuel projects, including the Cumbria coal mine. Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò : For their excellent work on climate change and colonialism . We'd love you to come on the show!Everyone out there building and fighting for a better world in 2023Support the show

  'We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator' (António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General speaking at COP 27). Successive COPs have revealed a lack of will among the world's governments to make commitments that they'll actually stick by. So increasingly, people who aren't in government feel it's down to them to do something. Every institution and organization of any size, it seems, has an environmental policy, and it falls to HR, L&D and educators of all stripes to communicate these policies. Learning professionals are therefore heavily involved in the response to the climate emergency. In this episode, John discusses with a distinguished climate scientist exactly where we are with controlling climate change and how best learning professionals can contribute. Robert Nicholls is Professor and Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, based at the University of East Anglia. He has contributed extensively to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC). His particular focus is the implications of sea-level rise, especially on coastal areas. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and is the co-editor of six books. 0:00 - Intro 3:18 - The state of climate change 9:55 - Warming in coastal areas 14:02 - Effect of the energy crisis 23:50 - Confidence in engineering solutions 28:59 - Learning Departments' response 32:14 - Impact of grassroots activities 34:31 - What's improving? Follow Professor Robert Nicholls LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-nicholls-2a97706 Website (Personal): https://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/rjn.page Website (Tyndall Centre): https://tyndall.ac.uk/people/robert-nicholls/ Email: robert.nicholls@uea.ac.uk Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/ Download the white paper from Learning Pool written by John Helmer – The Spacing Effect: Harnessing the Power of Spaced Practice for Learning That Sticks https://learningpool.com/spacing-effect-harnessing-power-of-spaced-practice/

COP27 failed to deliver much in the way of progress but for shipping the next steps in the IMO is where we will determine the trajectory of what happens next. Fail to agree the detail and a complex, costly future awaits. There are positive signs that shipping is at least now having the right conversations, but is this too little too late? This week's edition of the Lloyd's List Podcast explores the impact of climate talks on shipping and what happens next. To help explain the significance of the developments we have drafted in a super-sized team of international experts to offer analysis this week including: Faïg Abbasov, shipping programme director at the non-governmental organisation Transport & Environment. Simon Bergulf, Director for Regulatory Affairs at A.P. Møller-Maersk Katharine Palmer, Shipping lead UN High-Level Champions for Climate Action Johannah Christensen, chief executive of the Global Maritime Forum Professor Alice Larkin, Head of the School of Engineering and a Professor in Climate Science & Energy Policy as part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Guy Platten, secretary general of the International Chamber of shipping Tristan Smith, associate professor in energy and transport at University College London

-Carbon Bombs: i progetti delle aziende fossili che ci porteranno dritti dritti verso l'inferno climatico se non li fermiamo.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2022/may/11/fossil-fuel-carbon-bombs-climate-breakdown-oil-gas -La notizia Che clima fa è sull'estate. Da stagione delle vacanze sta diventando la stagione pericolosa.https://grist.org/extreme-weather/summer-has-transformed-into-danger-season-scientists-warn/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/well/move/the-risk-of-exertional-heatstroke-to-young-athletes.html-In Italia un magazine di food se la prende con la carne, wow!https://www.dissapore.com/alimentazione/altro-che-siccita-il-problema-dellacqua-deriva-dalle-bistecche/ https://www.bioecogeo.com/no-non-servono-15mila-litri-acqua-un-chilo-carne/?fbclid=IwAR1ap-57q6T7XXdQ6shgZr3cxVqM6iLQj4KJoYakXLafRwV8Pmxh2wUKR6U https://www.facebook.com/sergiosaia/posts/pfbid029VqRf4EmB5oPJGyC2mdNzTpSqFjdwkiCgbD9NWncdFYVWkgY8Cx8e7Amx6dAPvewl -Chiudiamo con il tech e le aziende agricole… verticali!https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61954771 COVER - Climate bombs - TheGuardianNella lista delle cose che possiamo fare per il clima c'è sostenere il giornalismo ambientale d'inchiesta.The Guardian è la testata che al mondo prima delle altre e con più convinzione lotta per allontanare la crisi climatica. L'inchiesta di cui parlerò oggi è uscita da un mese ormai, l'ha tradotta Internazionale se volete leggerla in Italiano e si chiama the ‘carbon bombs' set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdownIntanto ve la inquadro, allora facciamo un passetto indietro, andiamo alla COP26, ne ho parlato nelle prime puntate di questo podcast. Alla fine i grandi del mondo, comprese le aziende, avevano preso una serie di “impegni” per essere più bravi e diminuire progressivamente i fossili. The Guardian ha fatto una grande inchiesta sulle oil company, in breve stanno investendo in questi immensi progetti di estrazione come se non ci fosse un domani, o meglio facendo in modo che un domani non ci sarà. Petrolio e gas sono investimenti caratterizzati da grande volatilità (cioè i prezzi vanno su e giù) ma anche molto molto profittevoli. BP's boss to describe the company as a “cash machine”.Ovviamente le multinazionali non spiegano chiaramente i loro progetti, anche se, questo lo dico fuori dell'articolo. Ho imparato che il modo migliore per seguire cosa fanno non sono le loro comunicazioni o siti web, ma i CS diretti al settore finanziario. Perché agli investitori sì che si vuole spiegare come intendono fare soldi.Loro le chiamano Carbon Bombs, sono quei progetti di petrolio o gas il cui effetto sia di rilasciare in atmosfera almeno 1 miliardo di t di CO2. 1 Giga tonnellataAh, sì. Wooow, un botto… e quindi?E quindi la domanda che dovete farvi è: quanta CO2 possiamo rilasciare in atmosfera prima del punto di non ritorno? Ovvero dell'apocalisse climatica? Fuori di articolo questo si chiama Carbon Budget. Semplicissimo: l'atmosfera è un contenitore che si riempie di gas, a partire da adesso, diciamo dal 2022, quando gli avremo emesso 120 miliardi di tonnellate di CO2. Con questa cifra abbiamo il 50% di possibilità. Cmq è il limite per non superare il famosissimo 1.5°C.Sapete quanti mega oil and gas megaprogetti The Guardian ha censito fra le multinazionali? 195. Recap per chi era distratta o distratto:Se i governi non regolano queste aziende (che spesso sono governative) noi rilasceremo più di 195 miliardi di CO2 senza considerare gli altri settori inquinanti. Sfondando di sicuro e rapidamente il 1.5° e quindi ben di più perché intanto le foreste bruciano, le mucche scorreggiano, etc etc etc…Adesso pensiamo a Russia e Medio Oriente che sono i cattivi di professione. E lo sono. Ma chi è che sta per investire le cifre più alte? E chi che usa più soldi pubblici per finanziarli? US.I cattivi, i maggiori emettitori di fossile, i colpevoli. Perché attenzione: la favoletta che il genere umano merita l'estinzione per una colpa condivisa lo è fino a un certo punto. Qui, le nazioni più responsabili se questi progetti andranno tutti in porto e noi speriamo di no. nell'ordine sono: USA, Arabia Saudita, Russia, Qatar, Iraq, Canada, Cina, BrasileUn altro aspetto che l'articolo fa notare è che durante la COP26 tanto si è parlato di carbone. Ma nessuno ha nominato petrolio e gas che fanno almeno il 60% delle fossili.Ora dai paesi vediamo quali sono queste aziende. Vi leggo le prime 10 fra cui non c'è Eni. Diciamo che in un film di fantascienza alla star trek questi sarebbero i cattivi che si apprestano a fare fuori un pianeta.Dalla più grande a scalare: Qatar Energy, Gazprom, SaudiAramco, Exxonmobil, Petrobras, Turkmengaz, TotalEnergies, Chevron, Shell e BP.C'è una frase del Prof Kevin Anderson, del Tyndall Centre of Climate Research, University of Manchester and Uppsala University, in Svezia. Lui dice che il livello pazzesco di estrazioni pianificate è tale che sta gente qua, lui dice: o non crede alla scienza del clima, oppure pensano di accumulare tanta ricchezza da poter proteggere se stessi e i loro figli in futuro.CLIMA - Luglio ti temo e non ti voglioL'estate è il periodo di vacanze, giochi, posti meravigliosi. Di bel tempo. Ma come facciamo ancora a dire frasi come: speriamo che non piova, che faccia bel tempo quando l'Italia si sta desertificando?E allora, in questa epoca matta, c'è pensa di rinominare l'estate: la Stagione Pericolosa. I rischi sono colpi di calore, siccità, blackout, incendi, infiltrazioni di acqua salata su campi agricoli e falde acquifere, grandinate violente.Kristy Dahl, a climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, ci spiega che le ondate di calore negli Stati Uniti fanno più morti degli eventi meteo estremi. Difficile da stimare ma parliamo di migliaia di decessi contro centinaia, una bella differenza.Nella puntata precedente spiegavo che i primi a rischio sono gli anziani e i poveri, ovvero con una casa fatta male e senza AC.Ora vi insegno un altro acronomi della lingua inglese che è EHS, ovvero Exertional heat illness, ovvero Malattia da Calore che è una forma grave di colpo di caloreE la sapete una cosa pazzesca? Nel 2015 una rivista medica ha detto che l'EHS è la terza causa di morte improvvisa fra gli atleti delle scuole superiori.Come abbiamo visto i rischi sono più di uno, in diversi settori e l'estate si fa sempre più lunga. Quello che dobbiamo fare è informare, come io cerco di fare, persone, scuole, aziende e amministrazioni di questi rischi perché preparino piani di prevenzione e riduzione del rischio.E queste sono cose che andrebbero fatte a livello governativo o europeoITALIA - Dissapore fa un articolo contro la carneDissapore.com pubblica questo articolo: “Altro che siccità, il problema dell'acqua deriva dalle bistecche”In cui fa un disamina dell'acqua dolce: quanta ne abbiamo sul pianeta, dove va a finire, come noi umani la usiamo e/o sprechiamo. Termina con la storia dei 15k litri d'acqua usati per fare 1 solo kg di carne. Se non la sapete ascoltate la puntata precedente.Ma la meta-notizia, per me che faccio comunicazione ambientale, è che questo sito Dissapore, che parla di cibo gourmet, e la migliore pizza napoletana a Milano, fusion e sapori, fa un articolo su questo argomento con questa posizione. Ha attirato la mia attenzione e penso sia un fatto positivo. Infatti la prossima tendenza del settore food show vi do un'idea, così, a gratis: è mangiare bene in modo sostenibile. Ma ne approfitto per fare una precisazione.Perché la storia dei 15.500 litri per avere 1 kg di carne bovina è stata messa in discussioneIl dato tanto citato di recente viene dal Water Footprint Network che ha considerato l'insieme dei diversi tipi di acque dolci:-green water, ovvero la pioggia- blue water, ovvero l'acqua dolce di superficie e di falda- gray water, l'acqua di fognaViene fuori che è quasi tutta acqua verde. Ma se la pioggia non è che viene consumata, dicono questi, ad es. Il giornalista Andrea Bertaglio, la pioggia cade lo stesso ed entra in ogni caso nel suo ciclo naturale. Dire che viene sprecata è sbagliato.Allora Bertaglio ha rifatto il calcolo: in Italia per produrre 1Kg di carne bovina e nelle migliori condizioni agronomiche di coltivazione di foraggi e mangimi, sono consumati effettivamente 790 litri. Tuttavia, anche quando il coltivatore dei foraggi non si distingue per efficienza, il consumo si attesta poco al di sopra di 5.000 litriInfine c'è chi fa notare un altro aspetto: uno dei problemi maggiori è che il consumo di carne crescente in occidente non solo alza la domanda, e porta paesi come il Brasile a deforestare l'amazzonia per fare spazio agli allevamenti e coltivazioni. Lì dove pioveva sulla foresta amazzonica che è talmente potente da generare un suo clima ora piove sugli allevamenti. Quindi quell'acqua piovana fa un altro giro con altre conseguenze. E anche se dovremmo ricalcolare il consumo di acqua cmq andiamo su valori più alti di altre forme di proteine. Io temo che abbiamo dedicato fin troppo tempo a questa discussione fra persone che sono d'accordo sul fatto che debba ridurre il consumo di carne, sotto i 200gr alla settimanaTECH/CURIOSITA' - Non ci saranno più i contadini di una voltaLa più grande vertical farm è a Bedford, UK. 10mila metri quadrati che produrranno milioni di piante senza terra, con le idroponiche.

In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with professor Kevin Anderson from the Tyndall Centre at Manchester University. [Support this channel and access episodes early with additional content segments, articles, etc - https://patreon.com/genncc ] This is a longer interview with many, I believe, crucial points for consideration. We discuss our current usage of the available carbon budget for 1.5ºCelsius at just under 1% per month. Also the dangerous and foolish behaviour of UK Secretary of State for Energy, Kwasi Kwarteng, in trying to reclassify natural gas (methane), as a green gas in order to increase investment. Download the Phase-Out Paper being discussed: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/213256008/Tyndall_Production_Phaseout_Report_final_text_3_.pdf Kevin Anderson Quotes: “Practically and morally, we are obliged to help [poorer nations] leapfrog over their fossil fuel period.” “Every month we are using just under 1% of the carbon budget.” “Senior academics are the new climate skeptics in my view!” “Natural gas - Methane is a transition fuel… to 4ºC” “We all paint a picture that fits with our world view but as we reassess that world view repeatedly, eventually it doesn't sit with our world view.” “It is disturbing and interesting in the law that we will protect things that are causing incredible damage and we will prosecute things that are trying to stop that incredible damage being caused.” “Particularly academics, we are paid to be honest and direct about our research and we will sweeten the pill, hugely sweeten the pill in public and I think that is deeply arrogant, of often very decent people, fast we think the public can't deal with it” “The policymakers are simply not up to the job.” In March, Kevin and colleagues at the Tyndall Centre released a research paper titled: Phaseout Pathways for Fossil Fuel Production within Paris-compliant Carbon Budgets. I begin by asking Kevin to clarify the critical points of this paper as he can do this much more clearly than I can! Please do comment and send feedback. You can support this channel on Patreon to access interviews earlier and with extra content. You can also subscribe for free on Youtube, and all major podcast channels. Thank you.

Interested in starting a PhD at the Tyndall Centre? In this episode, hosts Charlotte Brown and James Mason interview three PhD researchers at Tyndall Manchester to shine some light on the PhD world. How do you apply for a PhD? What do you research? Why choose Tyndall? Have a listen to find out more! 

How does resilience look like for drought and water security? How do we put to this to work? How do we define resilience in different parts of the world?  This episode is a conversation among experts about what resilience means and how it looks like when we deal with drought and water security.This is part of a recorded seminar led by Tyndall Centre's Adaptation and Resilience theme.

Simon West spoke to Asher Minns of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Check out our COP26 news feed for daily, jargon free updates from the conference and the fringe. https://www.wordforest.org/cop26/

At first, the idea of harvesting, harnessing, even burning our beloved biomass may seem counterintuitive, at least from a carbon removal perspective. Why not just leave biomass be? Well, as we've heard so far this season, the carbon cycle is out of kilter. Even with our best efforts of restoration and enhancement, relying on forests and soils alone for the carbon removal we need may be too slow, too short, too unreliable. This is where biochar and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) come in. While different, both offer to do more with biomass, for the sake of carbon removal and more. Can these really achieve carbon neutrality, let alone removal? Is there enough biomass out there? Are these the scalable, permanent and reliable silver bullets we've been dreaming of?! In this episode, Tom and Emily teach each other a thing or two about how to get the best from your biomass, for carbon drawdown's sake. Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode: Dr Naomi Vaughan, Senior Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change ResearchPia Henrietta Moon, Co-founder & CEO at Carbo Culture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/ Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

Just a few days before COP26 opens in Glasgow, the World Meteorological Organisation reported record greenhouse gas levels, despite a fall in CO2 due to pandemic restrictions. The UN Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report also revealed that current country pledges will only take 7.5% off predicted greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, well below the 55% needed to limit global warming to 1.5C. Worse still, many large emission producers are not on track to meet their countries' pledges. Rachel Warren, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, tells us the 1.5C limit is still achievable if we work in tandem with nature. Research by Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), illustrates this. Her contribution to the WMO Greenhouse Bulletin revealed that New Zealand's indigenous forests play a bigger role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere than previously thought. Also on the programme, Abinash Mohanty, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, has been mapping climate vulnerability in India and explains why communities should be at the forefront of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. And particle physicist Claire Malone shares her insights on how we can help women thrive in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Picture: Aerial shot at the edge of Lake Carezza showing storm damaged forest, Dolomites, Italy. And, As the world slowly moves away from using fossil fuels for electricity, one tiny Scottish island has proved it's possible to rely almost entirely on renewables. The inner Hebridean isle of Eigg used to get its power from diesel generators. But in 2008 its residents launched the world's first electricity system powered by nature, and the Crowdscience team wants to know exactly how they did it, and whether such a model could work in other places with no national grid? Marnie discovers that the community is key to the success of this project, meeting the maintenance men who taught themselves to install equipment and solve any problems themselves, and hearing from residents who've changed their habits to use less juice. With the mainland more than an hour away by a once-daily ferry, this kind of resourcefulness is vital. Hydroelectric generators harness the power of running water and are complemented by wind turbines and solar panels on peoples roofs, meeting 95% of Eigg's energy needs. Now others are learning from this unique experiment and we meet the Malawians who were inspired after visiting Eigg. A solar grid in the village of Sitolo has provided power to thousands of people, and the people who designed it are planning others. Credit: Abstract Aerial Art/Getty Images

Just a few days before COP26 opens in Glasgow, the World Meteorological Organisation reported record greenhouse gas levels, despite a fall in CO2 due to pandemic restrictions. The UN Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report also revealed that current country pledges will only take 7.5% off predicted greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, well below the 55% needed to limit global warming to 1.5C. Worse still, many large emission producers are not on track to meet their countries' pledges. Rachel Warren, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, tells us the 1.5C limit is still achievable if we work in tandem with nature. Research by Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), illustrates this. Her contribution to the WMO Greenhouse Bulletin revealed that New Zealand's indigenous forests play a bigger role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere than previously thought. Also on the programme, Abinash Mohanty, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, has been mapping climate vulnerability in India and explains why communities should be at the forefront of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. And particle physicist Claire Malone shares her insights on how we can help women thrive in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Picture: Aerial shot at the edge of Lake Carezza showing storm damaged forest, Dolomites, Italy, Credit: Abstract Aerial Art/Getty Images Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Samara Linton

Choir master and co-head of Choir!Choir!Choir! Nobu Adilman asks is there even a point doing a show right now? Plus, how choral singing can never end.  But first, they're throwing gravel at the Prime Minister, social media is tearing the moral, intellectual and cultural fabric of society, and the Tyndall Centre creates a blueprint for zero carbon concerts.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON - $3/MTH - EARLY ACCESS - PROCEEDS TO THE AFCLINKS:Windsor's Restrictions on Dancing at WeddingsTyndall Centre Manchester creates plans for zero carbon concertsSPONSORS:Effin' BirdsInvest with Tim ZieglerCrow's Theatre

Amster-, E-, Jean-Claude Van-. All splendid dams in their own right, but topics for another time. THIS week we set our babble sights on the massive concrete walls wot stall rivers so we can power our trouser presses. On the face of it, hydroelectric dams seem sensible: produce loads of reliable 'leccy from thing that isn't fossil fuels. But the problem about the faces of things is that they often distract from the armpits of things. And, as we discover, dams get awful armpitty when you look into them. Talking of the pits, Ol this week provides the worst and most embarrassing technical hitch of the 218 babbles so far. And apologises to Dave forever more. (Dam right he does, ed.) WATCH: splendid 15 minute video from the Tyndall Centre re the CO2-ness of dams, as mentioned frequently in this episode https://youtu.be/wnTh07WpOKY Sustainababble is your friendly environment podcast, out weekly. Theme music by the legendary Dicky Moore – @dickymoo. Sustainababble logo by the splendid Arthur Stovell at Design by Mondial. Ecoguff read out by Arabella. Love the babble? Bung us a few pennies at www.patreon.com/sustainababble. MERCH: sustainababble.teemill.com Available on iTunes, Spotify, Acast & all those types of things, or at sustainababble.fish. Visit us at @thebabblewagon and at Facebook.com/sustainababble. Email us at hello@sustainababble.fish.

This episode talks about the psychology of climate change. How do we change people's behaviours in line with sustainability? Do individual actions matter and if it does, what actions can we do in our everyday lives to contribute to a low-carbon future? What kind of messages should we use to encourage people to change their behaviours?We have two guests in this episode: Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh of University of Bath and Stuart Capstick of Cardiff University. They are also both leading the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST), a sister Centre of the Tyndall Centre.

In this episode we talk about the impacts of Brexit on climate and environment policies.  The UK has now formally left the EU and just before Christmas of 2020, the two sides struck a new trade and cooperation agreement.  What does all this mean for climate and environment policies in the UK and in the EU? Our guest is Professor Andy Jordan from the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia and the co-chair of Brexit&Environment - an ESRC funded knowledge network.

On Thursday, The UN Environmental Programme published a report called Making Peace With Nature. It attempts to synthesise vast amounts of scientific knowledge and communicate “how climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution can be tackled jointly within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals”. But it also offers clear and digestible messages that governments, institutions, businesses and individuals can act upon. Concluding BBC Inside Science’s month-long look at some of the challenges ahead of COP26 in Glasgow later this year, and its sister biodiversity meeting in China, Vic speaks with the report’s co-lead Prof Sir Robert Watson FRS and the Tyndall Centre’s Prof Rachel Warren, also a contributing author. Can all the ills of the natural world really be tackled at once? Game-shooting, for sport and food, has traditionally used the toxic metal lead for ammunition. In other parts of the world its use has been banned for the dangers to the human food chain and to the pollution in natural environments, and even deaths of wildfowl from poisoning. But not so in the UK. A year ago, as reported on Inside Science at the time, the shooting community announced a voluntary five year transition period to alternative shot materials. But researchers including profs Rhys Green and Debbie Pain from Cambridge University have discovered that a year on, little seems to have changed. Gathering game sold for food across the UK, they found that all but one bird in their sample of 180 contained lead shot. Meanwhile, up in the Himalayas, Smithsonian scientist Dr Sahas Barva was enjoying the scenery on a cold day off in 2014 when he saw and heard a tiny Goldcrest, thriving in temperatures of -10C. Wondering how such a tiny thing could keep its body insulated, he decided to investigate feathers, and utilizing the huge numbers of specimens in the Smithsonian’s collection he found some striking commonalities in the thermal properties and adaptations of birds everywhere. The higher up they live, the fluffier their coats. Presented by Victoria Gill Produced by Alex Mansfield Made in association with The Open University.

This is our third episode of an Outrage + Optimism investigative series on The Future of Transport. With 2020 barely in the rearview mirror, the pandemic rages on across the globe, new variants bringing concern and unified collective action to the forefront as a rapidly developed vaccine begins being administered as we speed into 2021. That same resolve needs to be applied to climate change and the sectors in most urgent need of decarbonisation. And this week, we dive into the future of sustainable shipping. We rarely ever think about the things we buy as being transported by sea, but shipping has been the backbone of global economies for thousands of years and today accounts for 90% of world trade. It is responsible for 2-3% of global emissions which if it were a country, would put it on a par with Germany - the world’s sixth biggest emitter. The challenge to decarbonise shipping is huge. With around 60,000 vessels currently in operation emissions are expected to be 50% higher in 2050 than in 2018. So how to turn this ship around? Our hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson speak to scientists, CEOs, politicians and pioneers committed to charting a course to a more sustainable shipping future. — Help us shape Season 3 of Outrage + Optimism by filling out our short listener survey!  – Thank you! Listen to the previous episodes of our miniseries here - The Future of Transport   This series is sponsored by NESTE Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram   —   Guests this week   Jutta Paulus, MEP, Greens/EFA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram   Erik Lewenhaupt, Head of Sustainability, Stena Line Twitter | Stena Line   Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO, Port of Antwerp LinkedIn | Twitter   Peter Hinchliffe, Former Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping Twitter   Louis-Noel Vivies, Managing Director, Energy Observer  Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Website   Diane Gilpin, CEO and founder, Smart Green Shipping Twitter | LinkedIn | Website   Simon Bullock, Researcher, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester  Twitter | Twitter (Tyndall Manchester)   James Mason, Researcher, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester  Twitter | Twitter (Tyndall Centre)   Nishan Degnarain, Chair, Ocean Finance Initiative, London School of Economics Twitter   Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Møller - Mærsk Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Søren’s LinkedIn   Jules Kortenhorst, CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute  Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Jules’ LinkedIn   —   Keep up with Christiana Figueres here: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook   —   Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn   —   Paul Dickinson is on LinkedIn! LinkedIn   —   Follow @GlobalOptimism on social media! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn   Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!

In this episode, we are going to talk about post-COVID recovery. With a vaccine in sight,  many countries are starting planning on how to make their economies recover from COVID impacts. Studies have shown that during lockdown, carbon emissions have dropped. Can we sustain this? How can we rebuild economies in a greener way? Our guest for today is Professor Charlie Wilson from the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia.

In this episode produced by our colleagues from Tyndall Manchester, we celebrate Tyndall Centre's 20th anniversary. Get to know more about us, what we do, and why we do what we do. The episode is hosted by Charlotte Brown and James Mason with special guest Prof. Robert Nicholls.

This is Tyndall Centre's first episode for Tyndall Talks. We have Tyndall Executive Director Robert Nicholls in conversation with Prof. Bob Watson about the Future of International Assessments.In this first part of our two part series, we focus on three key points: first, we will talk about the basic components of the science-policy interface that these assessments are trying to inform and influence; second, the key criteria needed to produce an influential assessment; and third, where are we today with assessments and where do we need to go from here to make needed progress?

In November 2019 the band Massive Attack announced it was working with the Tyndall Centre in Manchester to devise a strategy for touring without emitting carbon dioxide. They join a host of acts including Coldplay, The 1975, Radiohead and Billie Eilish all of whom intend to tour in as green a way as possible in the future. Tom Heap speaks to Chris Jones of the Tyndall Centre to find out what the key components are to produce a 'green' gig and how this could provide a template for bands in the future. But what of the smaller bands for whom touring is their main source of income? This is the question he puts to Kate Stables of the band This is the Kit who talks about the difficulties of balancing her environmental conscience with her desire to play music to a live audience. He also speaks to musicians Fay Milton and Sam Lee from the organisation Music Declares Emergency about what a band can do and where their responsibilities start and finish. Murray Matravers from the band Easy Life explains how shooting a video on a plastic recycling site in Morocco brought these issue home to him, and Surrey-based artist Bruch talks about how the environment sits at the heart of every decision she makes as a musician. Also featured are BBC Introducing bands Brand New Friend, Roving Crows, Lucy Leave and October Drift. This is more than just a debate about who should and shouldn't play live. This is a discussion about the role music plays in our lives and how we can best experience it whilst acknowledging its impact on the planet. Producer: Toby Field

Reports from the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Madrid are saying that global warming is increasing and that we're not doing enough, fast enough, to change things. The World Meteorological Organisation's provisional State of the Climate 2019 report lists atmospheric carbon dioxide reaching record levels. Global mean temperatures for Jan-Oct 2019 were 1.1+/-0.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The Arctic ice extent minimum in Sept 2019 was the second lowest on satellite record. Tropical cyclone Idai was the strongest cyclone known to make landfall. These are all concerning statistics. According to the Global Carbon Emissions figures that have just been released, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is still increasing: the slightly good news is that the rate of increase has slowed. Adam Rutherford talks to climate expert at the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia, Corinne Le Le Quéré, to find out more. “Safe as houses" is a cliché built on the solidity of the buildings we put up. But at Bath University engineers are working in the opposite direction. They are asking just how strong does a building have to be - especially in an age of ever taller sky-scrapers, which inevitably sway, particularly when the wind picks up. It's not that there's any danger they'll fall down - but the movement can be unsettling to the occupants. So they've developed a virtual tower - a windowless cabin not much bigger than a caravan stuck on top of a set of hydraulic pistons with virtual reality screens to mimic window views that allow psychologists to monitor volunteers' experiences of living and working in high, flexible spaces. Our Sun is so much more than a giant ball of burning gas. Its core is a nuclear reactor which creates billions of looping and tangling magnetic fields. Its layers are puzzling variations of hot temperatures and its solar wind has some very peculiar properties. These are just some of the reasons NASA launched its Parker Solar Probe in August 2018 on a mission to get close (3.8 million miles) to our star’s surface and study its properties. The first scientific reports from the mission are out and solar expert Professor Lucie Green at UCL reveals what the car-sized, armour-plated craft has been finding out so far. She says "our Sun is more dynamic than expected and we might be getting clues to why the sun spins more slowly than theory predicts." Producer - Fiona Roberts

According to Madmen’s ad executive Don Draper, “what you call love was invented by guys like me… to sell nylons.” So how does advertising and gaming grab us by our emotions? Can we know when we’re being manipulated? And is there anything we can do about it? Presenter Shahidha Bari hosts a Free Thinking Festival debate at Sage Gateshead. Ad man Robert Heath worked on campaigns including the Marlboro Cowboy, Castrol GTX Liquid Engineering, and Heineken “Refreshes the Parts”. He is the author of The Hidden Power of Advertising and Seducing the Subconscious: The Psychology of Emotional Influence in Advertising. Claudia Hammond presents All in the Mind and Mind Changers on BBC Radio 4 and Health Check on BBC World Service. She is the author of Emotional Rollercoaster: A journey through the science of feelings and Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception and Mind over Money: the psychology of money and how to use it better. Darshana Jayemanne is Lecturer in Games and Art at Abertay University. He is investigating the role of emotion in young people's digital play (collaborating with the NSPCC) and how this can be used to raise awareness of climate change (along with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research). May Abdalla is co-director and founder of Anagram - a studio which won the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Storyscapes Award for Door Into The Dark - a blindfolded sensory experience about what it means to be lost. They are working on a VR experience about the Uncanny with the Freud Museum and an immersive documentary about imagined realities exploring schizophrenia and online gaming.

Welcome to the Extinction Rebellion Podcast! In this first episode, Jessica Townsend and Marijn Van de Geer from Extinction Rebellion (XR) will be answering the kind of questions new rebels ask when they first join XR. Some useful links to documents, articles, videos and people we refer to throughout this episode: -The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change https://www.ipcc.ch/ - How to get to zero net carbon emissions: . Victory Plan by Ezra Silk (co-founder and Policy Director, The Climate Mobilization) https://www.theclimatemobilization.org/victory-plan/ . The concept of climate mobilization in mainstream political conversation (Bill McKibben) . Other climate mobilization plans: Paul Gilding, Lester Brown and Michael Hoexter - The XR structure . Quick overview of the changes XR UK has undergone since its inception by one of the founders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDwRLKioIvE - Examples of civil disobedience: . Gandhi's defiance of British colonial rule laws (started March 1930) . The children in 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA . The suffragette movement - The science on climate breakdown and mass biodiversity loss: . The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/ . Recount: It’s Time to ‘Do the Math’ Again (David Spratt, 2015) and . Climate Reality Check: After Paris, Counting the Cost (David Spratt, 2016) . Naomi Klein 'This Changes everything' (2015) . 'Global warming will happen faster than we think' Yangyang Xu, Veerabhadran Ramanathan and David G. Victor https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07586-5 . 'Two degree is prescription for disaster (former NASA scientist James Hansen) https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/two-degree-global-warming-limit-is-called-a-prescription-for-disaster/ . '1.5C warming limit means fossil fuel phase out by 2030' (climate researcher Glenn Peters) https://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/12/07/scientists-1-5c-warming-limit-means-fossil-fuel-phase-out-by-2030/ . Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of Manchester, has written numerous articles which we quote from a lot, check them out here: https://tyndall.ac.uk/people/kevin-anderson . Dr. Katherine D. Marvel - NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies: https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/authors/kmarvel.html Producer - Dave Anderson Sound Editor - Dave Stitch Research - Jessica Townsend & Marijn van de Geer

Efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and tackle climate change in many developed economies are beginning to pay off, according to research led by Corinne Le Quere at the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia. The study suggests that policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency are helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies. The group of countries represents 28% of global emissions, and includes the UK, US, France and Germany. The research team analysed the various reasons behind changes in CO2 emissions in countries where they had declined significantly between 2005 and 2015. They show that the fall in CO2 emissions was mainly due to renewable energy replacing fossil fuels and to decreasing energy use. Methane is many times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. However, it breaks down much more quickly than CO2 and is found at much lower levels in the atmosphere. During much of the 20th century levels of methane, mostly from fossil fuel sources like coal and gas, increased in the atmosphere but, by the beginning of the 21st century, they had stabilised. Then, surprisingly, levels starting rising in 2007. That increase began to accelerate after 2014 and fast growth has continued. Studies suggest these increases are more likely to be mainly biological in origin. However, the exact cause remains unclear. Some researchers believe the spread of intense farming in Africa may be involved, in particular in tropical regions where conditions are becoming warmer and wetter because of climate change. Rising numbers of cattle – as well as wetter and warmer swamps – are producing more and more methane. This idea is now being studied in detail by a consortium led by Professor Euan Nisbet, at Royal Holloway, University of London. Another, more worrying source for the increase in methane could be that it’s not been broken down in the atmosphere as efficiently. Natural chemicals in the atmosphere, which help to break down methane, may be changing because of temperature rises, causing them to lose their ability to deal with the gas. The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute researching the biology underlying human health. This vital research is carried out by some of the best scientists in their field. However, many, many more people are involved behind the scenes. ‘Craft and Graft’ is a new exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute celebrating these ‘unsung heroes’, and opens on 1 March, focusing the spotlight on the technicians, engineers and support staff that are vital in supporting the scientists and their work by ensuring the glassware is washed, the equipment runs smoothly and the cells are all looked after and categorised correctly. Hannah Fisher was granted special access behind the scenes to meet some of the people who inspired the exhibition. Producer: Fiona Roberts

Kevin Anderson is the Zennström Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University in Sweden. He is also professor of energy and climate change at the University of Manchester and the deputy director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. He also has a background as an engineer primarily within the oil industry, which is not that common among climate scientists. Kevin is also one of the world's leading researchers on carbon budgets, which very simply explained is the calculation of how much carbon dioxide we globally still can release into the atmosphere before we reach a two degrees temperature rise compared to pre-industrial time. It can´t be emphasized enough that the amount of carbon dioxide that we still can release is very small! And needs to be divided fairly between all countries. Important to highlight is also the fact that we can´t rely on negative emissions technology, that does not yet exist, to save us in the future. The Paris climate agreement state that we need to do our very best to stay below a two degrees rise, but we have already past one degree temperature rise and the situation is severe. We need to act immediately, rapidly, extensively and fair if we are going to have the slightest chance to meet the Paris agreement. In this episode you will hear us discuss both how the world so far has chosen to fail when it comes to preventing climate change, but also what we still can and need to do to have a chance to meet the Paris agreement and a prosperous world. The importance of good examples, strong leadership and that we should talk more about our actions with others are brought up as well. Warmly welcome to listen to a very interesting and important talk with climate scientist Kevin Anderson. TakeActionTalks is a Swedish podcast focusing on questions concerning climate change and sustainability. The aim of the podcast is to close the gap between science and public and inspire and engage towards a quicker transformation to a sustainable world. In short it is about talks that lead to action and, equally important, talks about our actions that can inspire to more action. This is the first episode in English but keep your eyes open for possibly more to come and please share if you like it. Signature tune: Claes Bonde

Professor Kevin Anderson is an important – and outspoken – voice on how our emissions today are locking in dangerous levels of climate change and how we need immediate and strong action now, individually and collectively, if we are to bequeath our children a safe and secure future. He is the Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research holds a joint chair in Energy and Climate Change at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester and in Climate Change Leadership at the Univeristy of Uppsala in Sweden. Kevin engages with all tiers of government, within the UK, Sweden and the wider EU. In this podcast, Kevin presents a stark vision of a world on the brink of catastrophic climate change—and argues that there is now no way to address this challenge without radical economic and social change. With a strong focus on the need for institutional change, Kevin draws attention to the urgent need to transform our energy infrastructure from a high- to zero-carbon over the coming decades. He weighs up various different policies to achieve this–and expresses strong concerns about overreliance on new technologies to deal with climate change (largely technologies that would remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere). The post Episode 17: Professor Kevin Anderson| Climate Change Warning appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.

The Unforgiving Math of Staying Under 2 Degrees  This show was broadcast on Mon 16th January 2017“In the landmark Paris accord, 195 countries from around the world agreed that they would collectively keep average global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees, and that they would pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. But what does science have to say on actually keeping those goals? And how fast, and by how much, will we have to cut our emissions to get there?” “Professor Kevin Anderson, deputy director of the influential Tyndall Centre, is a climate scientist who looks at exactly this question. And the math he comes away with, isn’t pretty. We look at the small timeframe we have to make the Paris declarations a reality, and why it won’t be as straightforward as perhaps some of us have been led to believe.” – interview courtesy of The Elephant Podcast  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Kevin Anderson is the Zennström Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala university. He is also professor of energy and climate change at the University of Manchester and the deputy director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. He is one of Britain's most recognized and acclaimed climate scientist and has extensive experience in communicating climate science to policy makers, industry, civil society and media. In this episode Kevin talks about carbon budgets as a way of telling us what we need to do in order to reduce our emissions, flying at the expense of future generations and our immoral lifestyle at the expense of the poor, suffering the consequences of climate change. In Sweden, Kevin Anderson has made the headlines for taking the train between Uppsala and the Uk. He explains why he stopped flying 12 years ago and the impact of setting an example, to practice what you preach.

In the Paris accord, 195 countries agreed that they would collectively keep average global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees. But what does science have to say on actually keeping that goal? And how fast, and by how much, will we have to cut our emissions to get there? Professor Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre is a climate scientist who looks at exactly this question. And the math he comes away with, isn't pretty.

What they won't tell you about the climate catastrophe.Could it be that even the greenies are greenwashing us?  Professor Kevin Anderson thinks so. Kevin is a top British scientist from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (UK) and believes that climate scientists and governments are deluded, and deluding us with targets of 2% increases and collegial agreements in prepration for the Paris chat.   Instead, Kevin speaks to the impending catastrophe awaiting us and calls on the us, the high energy users, to rapidly, if not immediately, reduce our consumption, thereby reducing the need for energy supply.This isn't the first time you've heard this viewpoint, but it is time to hear it again.With thanks to the excellent Alex Smith from Radio Ecoshock, for allowing us to replay his broadcast.

Calorie restriction Careful restriction of the number of calories eaten, without causing malnutrition, extends the lifespan of numerous organisms – from worms to mice – but whether it works in monkeys is controversial. Building on results from a long-running primate experiment, a team at the University of Wisconsin show a reduction in mortality, in response to caloric restriction. So there seem to be some benefits, but Tracey Logan asks if this can be applied to humans? And would we want to live longer on a tightly controlled diet?Dating the Moon New work by planetary scientists from France, Germany and the USA, has given the most accurate date yet for the birth of the moon. The Moon is believed to have formed out of debris from a massive collision with another Mars-sized planet. The date of this event has always been controversial as radioactive decay readings have produced wildly different results. But this clock uses a different approach, and rules out an early-forming moon. The later the moon formed, the less time for life to evolve.Mars Yard In 2016 Europe launches a mission to mars. ESA's robotic rover will land on Mars in 2019, and in the meantime, needs to practice. To test it, scientists have recreated the surface of Mars, with 300 tonnes of sand. Reporter Sue Nelson went to Stevenage to play in the sandpit, for science.IPCC This week sees the most recent report from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. And the message is the same: the climate is changing as we continue to add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Should we concentrate on adapting to climate change, rather than stopping it? Professor of Coastal Engineering at Southampton University, Robert Nicholls and Dr Rachel Warren of the UEA's Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research discuss adaptation plans.Producer: Fiona Roberts

Kevin Anderson is the Research Director of Tyndall-Manchester's Energy and Climate Change programme and manager of the Tyndall Centre's energy pathways to global decarbonisation programme. I interviewed him on October 23rd 2012.