In this ClimateGenn Episode I speak with former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government and Chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Sir David King. The interview was initiated in response to David being… Read More »Why We Need A Climate Solvency Plan – Sir David King
With all that I’ve seen and reported on, it strikes me just how sharply the future turns on the choices we make—right now. John D Liu’s words reinforce it: we can’t afford to just keep… Read More »From Despair to Collective Action: John D Liu on Community, Survival, and the Path Forward
As the world grapples with the urgent need to address climate change, it has become increasingly clear that our built environment stands both as a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and as a sector… Read More »Reimagining Buildings: A Secret Weapon for Net Zero
A decade ago, I helped convene SRM Science 2015 in Cambridge to focus squarely on the science and engineering of solar radiation management. We brought ethics and governance into the room too, but the goal… Read More »“We Can’t Be Sidelined Forever”: Why Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Must Move From Taboo to Testing
In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert, who is the Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford about solar geoengineering. He and Professor Michael E. Mann from Pennsylvania University coauthored… Read More »The Damocles World: Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert on the Dangers of Solar Geoengineering
It is important to note from the outset that reducing emissions is, without question, critical. But it is equally vital to understand that it won’t be enough on its own. The simple truth is that… Read More »Greenhouse Gas Removal: a critical component to cool the Earth system
Carbon emission reductions are not happening fast enough and, even if they were, Professor Hugh Hunt argues they are now not enough to prevent dangerous climate impacts. Here he gives his reasons why future COP’s… Read More »COP29 must acknowledge geoengineering as necessary to fight extreme climate impacts
In this sequel to Professor Hunt’s previous article on preserving Arctic sea ice, he addresses the need for a large-scale research initiative to investigate marine cloud brightening (MBC). The Arctic is often referred to as… Read More »The Imperative for Marine Cloud Brightening: A Call for $100 Million to Preserve Arctic Sea Ice
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In this final Sustainability in Alentejo episode, I speak with João Barroso, manager of the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP). We discuss how the programme evolved from a need to respond to worsening climatic… Read More »Ep. 08: Creating a Sustainable Wine Region – João Barroso
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, Director of the Centre for Climate Repair in Cambridge, discusses new research to build resilient and scaleable kelp growing platforms, asking the key question: can kelp forests capture and store a… Read More »Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE – Can Kelp Forests Capture a billion tonnes of carbon?
In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak to Silver Lining Institute Executive Director, Kelly Wanser about the urgent need to invest billions of dollars into expanding our global coverage of climate modelling capacity. The worsening risks… Read More »… the situation is a little bit frightening! Kelly Wanser, Silver Lining Institute: climate modelling, interventions, and unlocking global south talent “quickly”
With the climate continuing to change and severe weather events becoming more frequent and more severe, there needs to be increased focus on addressing the root cause of these changes – emissions of greenhouse gases.… Read More »Addressing 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Delton Chen about his proposal for a Global Carbon Reward Coin. His proposal has been made famous by Kim Stanley Robinson in his much-quoted novel, Ministry… Read More »Dr Delton Chen | Ministry For A Living System Economy
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Paul Behrens about how the global food system is vulnerable to the domino effects that arise from conflict, climate impacts and other pressures. “The breakdown is… Read More »Food Security In A Vulnerable World
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Eden Project founder, Sir Tim Smit about the stories that need to be told to create the future we want o to have. Sir Tim sees the… Read More »Sir Tim Smit | Eden Projects for the future (come the revolution!)
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to professor Peter Wadhams from the University of Cambridge about his recent research for a book he is writing on the viability of greenhouse gas removal from the… Read More »Prof. Peter Wadhams | Can we remove billions of tonnes of CO2? And methane?
