Reducing emissions seems like the most obvious policy and yet it has met so much resistance, even as far back as the Rio Earth Summit nearly 30 years ago. This unwillingness to act has been… Read More »We need a UN Security Council on Climate Change
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with former UK Government Chief Science Advisor, Sir David King. Sir David has recently set up the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) to respond with… Read More »Sir David King Interview | Arctic Briefing | Climate Crisis Advisory Group
This episode features an interview with former Pakistani Defence Minister General Ghazi. I recorded this at COP25 in Madrid and am replaying here because General Ghazi identifies with great clarity, a stage process that can… Read More »[Preventing Human Chaos] General Ghazi | Climate As A Driver Of Conflict
UN Secretary General states the dire climate situation we face sounding more like climate activist than politician.
The UK is readying itself for the presidency of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), to be held in Glasgow in November 2020. In the wake of the failure of COP25, a British presidency… Read More »The Journey To COP26 – Glasgow – Starts Now
The negotiators at this year’s COP25 in Madrid achieved nothing, despite warnings from many voices about the acceleration of the climate crisis. The UN climate negotiations in Madrid, COP25, have amounted to precious little. The extended talks… Read More »COP25 UN climate talks: ‘in moral terms… it’s evil!’
IPCC expert reviewer, Dr Peter Carter, is the Director of the Climate Emergency Institute based in Canada. Carter said: “What is happening to prevent these forest fires, droughts, severe storms, powerful hurricanes, floods? What is… Read More »Dr. Peter Carter: summarising the lack of “climate emergency” at #COP25
Greta Thunberg presented a panel of climate scientists at the COP. Here is an excerpt from esteemed scientists Professor William Moomaw: Watch the full session with all speakers here:
Leonie Bremer, 22, explains from COP25 how Fridays4Future is moving beyond holding signs to increase the pressure on every government on climate change. There’s a newly established dynamic at the UN climate negotiations. Back in… Read More »Fridays4Future: bolder than holding signs
The oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface and are a major source of oxygen and carbon sink. This new study confirms that they are also in rapid decline as deoxygenation also means a dead… Read More »Professor Dan Daffoley – IUCN Deoxygenation of Oceans
Nick Breeze: There has been a drop in the rate of the rise of emissions. Should we interpret this as good news? Kelly Levin: The bottom line is that this is bad news because we… Read More »Is the COP process working? World Resources Institute decarbonisation specialist, Kelly Levin
The youth movement has become a key voice at COP25 as countries negotiate action. Thousands of youth strikers took to the streets around the world last week, from here in Madrid to parallel demonstrations in… Read More »Youth strikers march for climate justice
Greta Thunberg has announced at COP25 in Madrid that she realises she has a platform but that she will share it with the world’s most vulnerable people for whom climate change is a reality today.… Read More »Greta Thunberg Press Conference at the UN: I will share my platform
The World Meteorological Organisation has delivered a sobering report on the state of global climate at COP25 in Madrid. Policymakers have for years relied on a get-out clause in the climate change forecasting that implied… Read More »THE WMO Report shows this is the decade climate change was baked in
It was hard to miss the British Pavilion at COP24 this year – but the truth of the ‘Green Is Great’ slogan was as shallow as the printers’ ink. The Conference of the Parties 24… Read More »The British ‘green is great’ COP out
Nick Breeze interviews professor John Schellnhuber, who set up the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in 1991 to study climate. Nick Breeze (NB): Thinking back to the beginning of the Potsdam Institute, and where… Read More »Schellnhuber: ‘It’s nonlinearity – stupid!’
Dr Saleemul Huq explains we must stay below 1.5ºC – and why loss and damage compensation, and litigation, are the next big agenda items at COP24. Nick Breeze (NB): When we are talking about the… Read More »Dr Saleemul Huq Interview: climate litigation looms
The European Commission’s Copernicus programme also attended this year’s COP in Katowice, Poland, and organised a number of activities at the EU Pavilion. Organised jointly by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship… Read More »Satellite data presentation: Copernicus Climate Change Service