I call international environmental law a ‘30% solution’—it’s not the most important factor in addressing problems like climate change. Politics, science, economics, and social attitudes all play crucial roles. Law can contribute, but it’s just… Read More »Climate Diplomacy Decoded: Inside the Art and Craft of Environmental Law with Dan Bodansky
As Gabriel says in the interview, if the AMOC collapses then we can expect much harsher weather in Europe (especially in UK & Ireland) as less heat is transported via the Atlantic circulation. Less heat… Read More »~50% chance of vital ocean circulation halting this century | AMOC: critical component of Earth’s climate
“Our land systems are at a breaking point,” says Johan Rockström, lead author of the planetary boundaries framework. “We stand at a precipice and must decide whether to step back and take transformative action or… Read More »New Report: Urgent Action Needed to Transform Global Land Use and Combat Degradation
I recorded this interview with Professor Kevin Anderson via Zoom from Baku in the last days of COP29. Kevin provides some critical insights into how the headlines we often see reported breakdown from a numerical… Read More »Prof. Kevin Anderson: COP failure crisis has led to large risks & dire consequences
In this Climategenn episode we hear two committed voices non different sides of the climate engineering debate, make their cases as to why we should or should not research geoengineering with the intention of deployment… Read More »Should we engineer the climate? Nick Breeze interviews Dr Heidi Sevestre and Herb Simmens
In this interview with the Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, gives her perspective on a range of critical issues – in part presenting a glass-half-full perspective, despite… Read More »Is the climate glass half full or half empty? IPCC Vice Chair Prof. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
In this interview with Dr Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre in the US, we discuss her teams new research into feedbacks from the melting Arctic Ice cap. We also discuss how destructive… Read More »The Heating Arctic impacting countries like UK, Canada, Scandinavia & Siberia – with Dr Jennifer Francis
Everyday on social media, climate graphs and charts are posted with varying degrees of deep red and other markers of urgency. Yet, nothing happens except the posts become more shrill and the problem of climate… Read More »Massive Marine Ecosystem Crash Along Galicia’s Coast Due To Prolonged Atlantic Heatwave
In this episode I am speaking with three young people from the Cayman Islands about the existential climate threat they face. They are taking their case to the British Government to ask for assistance in… Read More »Cayman Islands Youth Make case For climate survival with potential evacuation plan
This episode with Dana R fisher is the unofficial part 2 of 3 looking at the sociological side of collective action, while we try to slow the sinking of the Titanic, to make homes on… Read More »‘Saving Ourselves’ by Dana Fisher: A policy cascade only after millions die from climate shocks!
In this ClimateGenn Episode I speak with Dr René van Westen about the recent research he published with colleagues looking at what it would take to cause the Atlantic Meridonial Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to pass… Read More »The AMOC Tipping Point (And what we need to know!) with Dr René van Westen
In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Dr Chris Kettle. Chris is Principal Scientist within the International organization Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, one of the global CGIAR centers for Agricultural research for development. Links to additional work… Read More »Dr Chris Kettle: Systems Under Stress, Trees, Forests, Food + Human and Planetary Health
In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Roger Hallam, original cofounder of Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and other socially focussed organisations. He also hosts the ‘Designing The Revolution’ podcast. Roger’s communication style is often… Read More »Roger Hallam: Can Rolling Climate Dice End The Carbon Regime?
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In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with author and member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, Sally Weintrobe. We discuss underlying mental processes ranging from Narcissistic entitlement, to profound caring. These form the individual and… Read More »Sally Weintrobe: Climate Psychology and the struggle to care
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In this climateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Jack O’Connor, at the UN University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security. Jack is the author of the Interconnected Disaster Risks Report that is looking at… Read More »UN University Report on Risk Tipping Points, ‘Interconnected Disaster Risks’ with Dr Jack O’Connor
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