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- [Mike Berners-Lee on the climate risks posed to the UK: "We Are Not Ready!"](https://genn.cc/mike-berners-lee-neb/): GENN Climate Podcast, Nick Breeze, interviews Mike Berners Lee about the ambitions of the National Emergency Briefing to mainstream climate action in the UK.
- [New RSPB & BTO Report: Climate Change Risks Wipe Out of 80% of UK's Seabirds by 2050](https://genn.cc/new-rspb-bto-report-climate-change-risks-wipe-out-of-80-of-uks-seabirds-by-2050/): INterview with lead authors of new report: Climate change & the UK’s birds: impacts, risks, and conservation responses (Mordue et al. 2026)- RSPB & BTO report.
- [Rafe Pomerance 1946 - 2026: The Man Who Rang the Alarm — And Never Stopped](https://genn.cc/rafe-pomerance-1946-2026/): Rafe Pomerance, who died on May 21, 2026 at age 79, spent nearly five decades trying to make the world take climate change seriously before it was too late. I last spoke with him at the Arctic Repair conference in Cambridge in summer 2025, where he told me his message was "absolutely the same" as
- [Roger Hallam: +3ºC Global heating Will Lead to 4 Billion Dead](https://genn.cc/roger-hallam-siocide-book/): Roger Hallam discusses his new book 'Suicide' & explores the political, legal, and societal implications of creating endless mass death by climate destruction.
- [New Genn Podcast: Prof. Chad Briggs on Cognitive Warfare and Climate Chaos](https://genn.cc/chad-briggs-cognitive-warfare/): In this Genn Climate Change Podcast episode, Nick Breeze discusses Cognitive warfare and how it connects to climate change delay & denial. Download the paper.
- [Antarctica's Warning Sign: Inside the Collapse of Hektoria Glacier](https://genn.cc/antarctica-glacier-collapse-naomi-ochwat/): The rapid collapse of the Hektoria Galcier in Antarctica alarmed scientists. Dr Naomi Ochwat tells us why this is a signal that could change the face of Earth.
- [Why Do Politicians Keep Pushing North Sea Drilling When It Won't Lower Your Bills? Intercview with Ed Matthew, E3G Think Tank](https://genn.cc/uk-fossil-fuels-e3g/): As the economic and ecological urgency to replace fossil fuel energy with clean renewable energy intensifies, oil and gas special interests double down on lies.
- [Last Resort: Could Geoengineering Save the AMOC from Collapse?](https://genn.cc/claudia-wieners-sai-amoc/): In this episode, I speak with Dr. Claudia Wieners, climate scientist at the University of Utrecht, to explore one of the most urgent & controversial questions
- [Have The UK Green's Abandoned Climate For Far-Left Populism?](https://genn.cc/have-the-uk-greens-abandoned-climate-for-far-left-populism/): Nick Breeze speaks to UK Peer, Baroness Natalie Bennett. Asked if UK Greens lurched to far-left policies Bennett says, "The policies haven’t changed at all.”
- [Why We Need A Climate Solvency Plan – Sir David King](https://genn.cc/why-we-need-a-climate-solvency-plan-sir-david-king/): The interview follows Sir David quoted in a Financial Times reporting on people in the East of England evacuating their homes from inundation of sea water.
- [New Research: Climate Change is Accelerating – It's Getting Hotter Faster!](https://genn.cc/new-research-climate-change-is-accelerating-its-getting-hotter-faster/): A new study published today in Geophysical Research Letters by Rahmstorf and Foster of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research presents the first statistically robust evidence that global warming has measurably accelerated since 2015. The Core Finding The warming rate over the past decade stands at approximately 0.35°C per decade — nearly double the 0.2°C per
- [El Niño 2026: The Strong Heat Spike That Could Break Global Temperature Records - Interview with Dr Jennifer Francis](https://genn.cc/el-nino-2026-jennifer-francis/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am discussing the forecast 2026 El Niño event with Dr Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre in the US.
- [Following the money: Is the Blair Institute's North Sea oil and gas pivot good for Britain?](https://genn.cc/blair-2/): The Tony Blair Institute, a firm with largescale funding connections to petrostates, serious about calling for new licenses and less taxes for fossil fuels?
- [Beyond the Threshold: Overshoot, Irreversibility and the Vanishing 1.5ºC Window](https://genn.cc/copernicus-2025-third-hottest-year/): New data shows world has passed 1.5ºC safe limit for warming outlined in the Paris Agreement. Overshoot leads to ice sheet collapse & species extinction.
- [2025 In Climate Review: AMOC, Overshoot & Emergency Briefings](https://genn.cc/2025-in-climate-review-amoc-overshoot/): Nick Breeze on AMOC, Arctic Repair, Overshoot & Emergency Briefing with David Spratt Research Director at Australias Breakthrough Centre For Climate Restoration
- [Climate Psychology: "A Blank And Pitiless Stare"– Confronting The Inhuman](https://genn.cc/a-blank-and-pitiless-stare-confronting-the-inhuman/): In-depth interview with author & Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA) cofounder, Paul Hoggett. Nick Breeze & Paul confront harsh truths on the nature of cruelty.
- [Celebrating Gerald Durrell's Centenary Year – Discussing new book, 'Myself & Other Animals' with Dr Lee Durrell](https://genn.cc/gerald-durrell-centenary/): Nick Breeze, grandson of Margo Durrell, speaks with Dr Lee Durrell about the life of author & conservationist, Gerald Durrell to commemorate Gerry's centenary.
- [Staring Down The Abyss: Extinction Rebellion's Clare Farrell is Determined– "We Are Being Governed By Absolute Idiots!"](https://genn.cc/clare-farrell-interview/): Nick Breeze & Extinction Rebellion founder & activist Clare Farrell discuss how she frames the climate crisis now & her strategy for designing impactful action.
- [Baroness Natalie Bennett – Now is the time to CHANGE EVERYTHING! [Book]](https://genn.cc/baroness-natalie-bennett-change-everything/): In this Climate.Genn Episode I am speaking with Baroness Natalie Bennett about her book ‘Change Everything’. Natalie makes a fascinating case as to why the centre of politics can no longer deal with the critical challenges we collectively face, from the economic to the social and environmental – we are living in a moment of
- [Facing Catastrophe on the Front Line with Climate Change in Tuvalu, with Faatupu Simeti](https://genn.cc/tuvalu-climate-change/): How is climate change from greenhouse gas emissions threatening the existence of the island state of Tuvalu? Faatupu Simeti gives Nick Breeze clear insight.
- [Weathering the Storm: Is Global Wine Production Sustainable in an Unstable Climate? – Andy Neather ](https://genn.cc/rooted-in-change-book/): In this climategenn episode, I am speaking with journalist-and-author, Andy Neather, about his new book: Rooted In Change – The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine, co authored with Master of Wine, Jane Masters. The authors set out to document the challenges facing all aspects of wine production from the vineyard to the glass. Order 'Rooted In
- [Professor Paul Behrens–Nature’s Warning: Why We Must Transform Food Systems—Now](https://genn.cc/professor-paul-behrens-food-systems/): Quotes from this interview by Paul Behrens: “All the research shows that we would save hundreds of billions in health costs every year if we were to sort our food system out and eat more plants.” “Dietary transitions are an absolute necessity. They are a non-negotiable for the food system transformation.” In this climategenn episode
- [The AMOC Tipping Point Warning System: Physics-Based Indicators for Europe’s Climate Future](https://genn.cc/the-amoc-tipping-point-warning/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Dr René van Westen about his recently published papers with colleagues that identify a physics based method for forecasting the very consequential AMOC Tipping Point. If or when the AMOC – full name, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation – collapses, it will lead to North western Europe plunging into
- [Roadkill: Why Cars Destroy Our Freedom—and How to Take It Back](https://genn.cc/roadkill/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Professor Dame Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay about their new book Road Kill – Unveiling the true cost of our toxic relationship with cars. Despite the motorcars association with freedom, it is become responsible for the degeneration of our town and city centres, enormous fossil fuel consumption,
- [A Practical Agenda – Managing Landscapes to Cut Emissions and Remove Methane](https://genn.cc/land-use-emissions/): As we approach COP30 with its focus on reducing emissions, I want to set out a clear view of how natural and man-made landscapes can deliver meaningful climate gains under two complementary principles: reduce emissions at source and remove potent greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. My work at Cambridge, particularly with the Centre for Landscape
- [Reimagining Buildings: A Secret Weapon for Net Zero](https://genn.cc/buildings-net-zero-shaun-fitzgerald/): 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 brimming with opportunities for impactful mitigation and even future removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The Carbon Footprint of Buildings In
- [From Despair to Collective Action: John D Liu on Community, Survival, and the Path Forward](https://genn.cc/john-d-liu-ecosystem-communities/): 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 talking about climate action. The more we talk, the more CO2 we generate, and while factories and machines are part
- [The Napkin Diagram: Understanding Climate Overshoot and Why SRM May Be Needed](https://genn.cc/the-napkin-diagram-hugh-hunt/): When introducing climate engineering, I often begin with something deceptively simple: the napkin diagram. The story is regarding an esteemed colleague John Sheppard, who sketched the original while talking through climate pathways over a meal. The power of the diagram lies in its clarity. Time runs along the horizontal axis, temperature on the vertical. Stretch
- [“We Can’t Be Sidelined Forever”: Why Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Must Move From Taboo to Testing](https://genn.cc/hugh-hunt-stratospheric-aerosol-injection/): 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 was clear: get serious about the mechanics of cooling a dangerously warming planet. Ten years on, I’m disappointed by how
- [A Decisive Decade: Cambridge’s Three-R Strategy for Climate Repair](https://genn.cc/shaun-fitzgerald-arctic-repair2025/): The climate conversation is shifting. Recent media coverage has been noticeably more open to serious research into climate repair and while this isn’t about the Centre for Climate Repair (CCR) per se, it reflects a broader recognition: on our current trajectory, emissions reductions alone will not keep global warming below 1.5°C. Net zero remains the
- [Guns, Tanks, and Heatwaves: Rethinking Security in the Age of Climate Change – Erin Sikorsky](https://genn.cc/erin-sikorsky-book/): In this Climate.Genn episode I am speaking with Erin Sikorsky, Director at The Center for Climate and Security and also the Security Director at the The International Military Council on Climate and Security. We are discussing issues that Erin covers in her new book, Climate Change on the Battlefield. With so much focus on national
- [John D. Liu discusses what transformational change in China over the last 75 years teaches us](https://genn.cc/john-d-liu-china/): John gives a whistle-stop tour of how China has achieved society-level wide transformational change over the course of the last 75 years. Do watch the full interview with John to learn more about his and colleagues work. Please do consider joining as a member to get episodes early, see members only edits and suppoort the
- ["The 8 Billionaires vs. The Planet: Time to Grab Pitchforks?” Professor Mark Maslin](https://genn.cc/the-8-billionaires-mark-maslin/): This ClimateGenn episode with Professor Mark Maslin from University College London in the UK, was recorded on the 2nd June following the World Meteorological Organisations report finding that the safe boundaries for climate warming are being crossed far earlier than scientists first thought. Mark moves beyond discussing the rate of warming to looking at who
- [“At the point of systemic collapse – what is the least worst outcome?” David Spratt](https://genn.cc/david-spratt-1-5-degrees/): In this climategenn episode I speak with climate policy analyst and Research Director at the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, David Spratt. He has recently published a report titled: Warming has reached 1.5°C. What does that mean for climate advocacy? https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/climateadvocacy2025 David offers his perspective on climate policy through the Australian lens as the
- [Special Episode – Should the UK ban geoengineering? UK debates outlawing climate interventions](https://genn.cc/uk-geoengineering-debate/): Geoengineering, also known as ‘climate intervention’ is being debated by the UK government on 23rd June 2025. This is a response to a petition signed by ~160k people calling for a ban on geoengineering in the UK. I have been conducting interviews on this topic for the last 15 years. In that time, the climate
- [Sea Ice Returns, But So Does Chaos: The AMOC Collapse Scenarios](https://genn.cc/amoc-collapse-scenarios/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with researcher, Rene van Weston. We discuss his recent paper looking at how the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) responds in three different carbon emissions scenarios. This work builds on his – and colleagues – previous research that looked at establishing the conditions for the AMOC to collapse. René
- [Zack Labe– Silencing The Science "This is terrifying… this is our future!"](https://genn.cc/zack-labe-silencing-science/): Zack is well known on social media for his engaging graphics that tell the climate change story. He also played a pivotal role at the US National Oceanic Atmospheric Association, or NOAA, in advancing climate modelling and forecasting through innovative AI and machine learning approaches. His forced departure, along with hundreds of other scientists due
- [[members preview] Dr Soumitra Das– Beyond Decarbonisation: India's Fight Against Killer Heat](https://genn.cc/dr-soumitra-das-cooling-plan-india/): "Millions of people are becoming climate refugees… just Google 'coast villages'—you’ll see empty homes." "Even after the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, emissions are still rising… 42 billion tonnes per year." "We're not suggesting deployment now—just readiness. The risk of doing nothing is greater." "Our rooftop albedo technology reduced indoor temperatures by up to 7°C—it's
- [China's Leading, Europe's Building, America's Stalling: The Supergrid Race That Will Define the Century](https://genn.cc/alexander-macdonald-supergrids/): In this ClimateGen episode, I'm speaking with Dr Alexander McDonald, a former head of climate research at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, NOAA. Alexander outlines the need to urgently upgrade electrical energy generation in the US and around the world using supergrids. The vulnerability of existing grids was illustrated recently in Spain and
- [2.5ºC–3ºC Is Not Viable: Dr. Mike MacCracken's Case for Solar Radiation Management](https://genn.cc/mike-maccracken/): In this ClinateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Mike MacCracken, a pioneering climate scientist whose research on atmospheric physics and global climate change has significantly advanced our understanding of human impacts on the climate system. His leadership roles at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the US Global Change Research Program established him as a
- [The Arctic: "There are bad outcomes and there are better outcomes ... no good outcome." Jennifer Francis](https://genn.cc/jennifer-francis-arctic-outcomes/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with professor Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Center. Jennifer is a leading expert on the changes going on in the Arctic region and as she says– these changes will impact everyone on Earth. The Arctic is a gigantic ecosystem worthy of our protection– and yet at
- [Tony Blair and the old(dirty) power generation](https://genn.cc/tony-blair-netzero/): Links Between Tony Blair, His Consulting Activities, and Fossil Fuel Interests Direct Financial and Advisory Links to Fossil Fuel Producers Tony Blair, since leaving office as UK Prime Minister, has developed substantial financial and advisory relationships with fossil fuel-producing companies and states: Middle Eastern Governments and Oil Firms: Blair has been in the pay of
- [Climate Diplomacy Decoded: Inside the Art and Craft of Environmental Law with Dan Bodansky](https://genn.cc/international-environmental-law/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with the Regent’s Professor at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Dan Bodansky, about the second edition of his book ‘The Art and Craft of International Law’. Dan is a recognised expert having worked on a range of negotiations across the decades including being part
- [A Climate of Truth: Why Lies Are Costing Us the Planet – Mike Berners-Lee](https://genn.cc/berners-lee-climate-of-truth/): In this Climategenn episode I am speaking with Mike Berners-Lee about his new book ‘Climate Of Truth’. Mike gives us his spiralling definition of the poly crisis that we are faced with today. [Order A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee: Cambridge University Press or Amazon] He cites examples of deceit in our society that
- [Wine industry leaders join the global ‘Race To Zero’ effort with Regenerative Viticulture Drive](https://genn.cc/wine-industry-leaders-join-the-global-race-to-zero-effort-with-regenerative-viticulture-drive/): An estimated 50-100 billion tonnes of carbon has been lost from our soils since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Wine industry luminaries are now looking to start putting it back by using regenerative farming techniques. NICK BREEZE talks to Miguel Torres and Julien Gervreau of Jackson Family Wines. Leadership in agriculture With an 8000
- [Sources of Water In A Drier World | Aquaseek | Marco Simonetti](https://genn.cc/aquaseek-tech/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Marco Simonetti, an engineer and Director of an innovative water sourcing company, called Aquaseek, based at Turin Polytechnic, in Northern Italy. Marco and his colleagues have been developing a natural polymer, derived from Algae, that draws water from moisture in the air. I ask Marco if it
- [Byronic Nomads - Francesco da Mosto discusses the fate of Venice](https://genn.cc/byronic-nomads-francesco-da-mosto-discusses-the-fate-of-venice/): In this interview we discuss Venice past and future, including Francesco’s childhood memories of an encroaching sea as the lagoon is continually dredged to allow access to the great container ships of industry. The entrance is now over ten times deeper than what it was when Venice was a great power, exposing the city to
- [Earth Day Special | Flipping Agriculture from Carbon Source to Sink](https://genn.cc/earth-day-special-flipping-agriculture-from-carbon-source-to-sink/): Julien Gervreau, Vice President of Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines, a company that has committed to the UN-backed pledge to Race To Zero emissions by 2050
- [The Damocles World: Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert on the Dangers of Solar Geoengineering](https://genn.cc/pierrehumbert-srm/): 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 an article in The Guardian on the 12th March 2025 titled: Here we delve deeper into Ray’s overt objections to
- [Highway to Hell: How BR319 Threatens the Amazon + Undermines Brazil’s COP30 Credibility – Monica Piccinini](https://genn.cc/mp-amazon/): In this Climategenn episode we are taking a closer look at conflicts of interest in Brazil, threatening the Amazon rainforest, an essential global ecosystem. As well as the indigenous communities that live within the forest regions and it also threatens all of us around the world. A common phrase we hear these days is: what
- [Can Enhanced Rock Weathering Supercharge Regenerative Farming and Fix the Climate? Prof. David Beerling](https://genn.cc/david-beerling-erw/): "As they're released in the soil, they capture carbon.. which eventually makes its way into rivers and the oceans where it's stored for thousands of years."
- [Spike in Dolphin deaths along Galicia's (Spain) Atlantic coast - Report](https://genn.cc/atlantic-climate-dolphins/): Welcome to ClimateGenn and I am Nick Breeze. The following is an update from a post a year ago looking at the impacts on marine ecosystems with the 2024 data on dolphins that came in for the Galician coast in NW Spain. Doniños beach is a 2km (1.18mile) stretch of sweeping sandy shoreline, exposed to
- [Movie: ‘The Researcher’–Gianluca Grimalda on why activism must be stubborn in the face of resistance](https://genn.cc/gianluca-grimalda-movie/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Dr Gianluca Grimalda, the researcher who shot into the limelight when he was sacked for refusing to fly back from Papua New Guinea. I met Gianluca at the Films For Future Festival in Zurich where his movie was getting an early screening. He represents a growing number of
- [UK Climate Change Committee Chair : Is the UK prepared for what is coming our way?](https://genn.cc/cccuk-piers-forster/): In this interview we recorded at COP29, Professor Hugh Hunt speaks with UK Climate Change Committee Chair, Piers Forster. Piers clearly asserts that Carbon Capture and Storage technologies (CCS), that are forecast to remove emissions from so-called hard-to-abate sectors like aviation and steel, will not be enough to offset the damage causing carbon pollution. Whether
- [Earth's Emergency Exit: John D. Liu on Why Ecosystem Restoration Can't Wait](https://genn.cc/john-d-liu-cop29/): Welcome to this ClimateGenn episode recorded during COP29 in Baku, a conference unashamedly hijacked by the fossil fuel industry. John D. Liu is a renowned ecologist, filmmaker, and environmental advocate. Liu's later career has been dedicated to large-scale ecosystem restoration, emphasising the profound impact of natural regeneration in combating climate change. His pioneering work with
- [2024 Marks a Critical Climate Threshold, Surpassing 1.5°C Above Pre-Industrial Levels](https://genn.cc/2024-1-5degrees/): The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year globally, marking the first time the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. C3S, implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on behalf of the European Commission, has been meticulously tracking climate indicators throughout the year. The
- [~50% chance of vital ocean circulation halting this century | AMOC: critical component of Earth’s climate ](https://genn.cc/amoc-collapse-gabriel-pontes/): 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 means less moisture leading to less rain and more drought. In these conditions, food production is impossible and, with concurrent
- [Groundbreaking Study Reveals Thawing Permafrost Beneath Arctic Lakes Accelerating Climate Change](https://genn.cc/groundbreaking-permafrost-study/): A groundbreaking study published in Nature Geoscience on January 3, 2025, has uncovered a significant and previously overlooked source of greenhouse gas emissions in the Arctic. Led by Nancy L. Freitas and her team, the research highlights the role of deep Arctic lake sediments in accelerating climate change, challenging existing assumptions about the permafrost carbon
- [Nurturing Nature's Carbon Cycle: The Case for Soil Carbon Stewardship](https://genn.cc/soil-carbon-stewardship/): Soil scientist, H Henry Janzen has published a research paper rethinking how we talk about carbon in the ground. Instead of "sequestration," which implies locking carbon away permanently, they're proposing a shift to "stewardship" - a more holistic approach that considers soil's dynamic, living nature. The term "sequestration" entered soil science vocabulary in the 1990s,
- [Just weeks after COP29, Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on Civil Society Sparks Global Condemnation](https://genn.cc/baku-bust/): Just two weeks after the COP29 UN Climate Summit concluded with a global call for unity and accountability, Azerbaijan has come under intense scrutiny for escalating its crackdown on civil society and media. The United States has issued a strong statement demanding the immediate release of several detained human rights advocates and journalists, signaling growing
- [Professor Rockström issues warnings on crossing land-based planetary boundaries](https://genn.cc/professor-rockstrom-cop16-riyadh/): Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) issues urgent warnings to stay within panetary boundaries by using this decade to get back on track to safe planetary health as new report by PIK released at COP26 Riyadh. (0:00 - 0:20)Scientifically, we can be very clear today in our communication to the world at
- [New Report: Urgent Action Needed to Transform Global Land Use and Combat Degradation](https://genn.cc/new-pik-report-cop16riyadh/): “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 continue on a path of irreversible environmental change.” A groundbreaking new report titled Stepping Back from the Precipice: Transforming Land
- [Prof. Kevin Anderson: COP failure crisis has led to large risks & dire consequences](https://genn.cc/kevin-anderson-cop29/): 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 standpoint. Although the COPs remain an important component of our overall global diplomatic approach to this complex existential problem, there
- [Is the climate glass half full or half empty? IPCC Vice Chair Prof. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz](https://genn.cc/ipcc-cop29/): 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 so many mounting challenges. This was recorded on Saturday 16th Nov at the midway point through COP29. Since the COP
- [Can Italy's businesses weather the storm? Mandatory climate insurance for all companies from jan 1st](https://genn.cc/italy-climate-insurance/): Starting January 1, 2025, Italy will introduce mandatory climate insurance for all businesses—a groundbreaking policy designed to shield its economy from the escalating costs of climate-related disasters. This initiative comes at a critical moment, as the frequency of hydrogeological (HG) events, including floods and landslides, rises sharply. While less extreme than major hurricanes or earthquakes,
- [Should we engineer the climate? Nick Breeze interviews Dr Heidi Sevestre and Herb Simmens](https://genn.cc/herb-heidi-cop29-geoengineering/): 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 to cool the Earth. Dr Heidi Sevestre is an internationally renowned polar scientist making the case against climate engineering (also
- [Norway's Ola Elvestuen MP - doubling down on fossil fuel production](https://genn.cc/norways-ola-elvestuen-mp/): Key Points from Ola Elvestuen's Statements: Global Climate Dynamics: Disparity between developing and developed nations complicates global climate negotiations. Fossil fuel production and emissions remain significant challenges globally. Carbon Capture and Transition: Advocates for transitioning away from unabated fossil fuels using tools like CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) and hydrogen. Questions profitability and scalability of
- [Lessons Europe Can Learn From Africa On Adaptation - Ina Maria-Shikongo](https://genn.cc/ina-maria-shikongo-cop29/): Interview summary: Reason for Attending COP29: Advocates for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and opposes Namibia’s plans for offshore oil drilling amidst the climate crisis. Climate Impacts in Namibia: Namibia faces severe drought, hunger affecting over 50% of the population, and controversial plans to cull wildlife to feed communities. Oil and Gas Exploration: Major players
- [UK Met Office Chief Meteorologist & Climate Impacts Expert Join Forces: Forecasting Extreme Storms To Save Lives](https://genn.cc/extreme-storms-paul-davies-hayley-fowler/): In this ClimateGenn episode, Professor Paul Davies and Professor Hayley Fowler discuss their collaboration to bridge the gap between meteorology and climatology. We describe weather very loosely as what we can see when we look outside the window, whereas climate is weather over a period of time. For too long these fields have been siloed
- ["Our politicians have failed us."](https://genn.cc/our-politicians-have-failed-us/): Activists including Greta Thunberg have been arrested protesting in Brussels against the EU subsidies that are supporting the fossil fuel industry. With so much global destruction now underway as a consequence of greenhouse gas emissions, activists are saying "no more". Paolo Destilo, UCJ spokesperson: ‘European leaders' continued support for the fossil fuel industry raises serious questions
- [October 5th: The People of Europe rise against fossil subsidies in Brussels](https://genn.cc/people-of-europe-against-fossil-subsidies/): European Civil Society Urges Immediate End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Open Letter to EU Leaders A coalition of more than 30 major climate and social justice organisations under the United for Climate Justice (UCJ) banner is demanding in an open letter that EU leaders put an end to fossil fuel subsidies by 2025. In
- [Record-breaking Heat Stress in Southeastern Europe During the Summer of 2024](https://genn.cc/record-breaking-heat-stress-during-2024/): The summer of 2024 brought some of the most extreme weather conditions Europe has ever seen, with record-breaking temperatures and highly uneven rainfall patterns depending on location. According to a preliminary analysis by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), summer in southeastern Europe was particularly intense, while other parts of the continent experienced much milder
- [New Report: Tech Industry’s Carbon Footprint escalating as climate impacts destroy lives](https://genn.cc/new-report-tech-industry-emissions/): As digital technologies rapidly advance and global demand for data and hardware surges, the carbon footprint of the tech sector is growing. This was revealed in a report co-authored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). Despite a collective industry commitment to embrace both digital growth and environmental sustainability, the
- [The First Planetary Health Check Report Issues Red Alert - Highlights interconnectedness](https://genn.cc/the-first-planetary-health-check-report/): Imagine you could give Earth a physical, complete with diagnostic tools, lab results, and a concerned doctor ready to offer advice. Well, the newly launched *Planetary Health Check* (PHC) is basically that – but for the entire planet, and the prognosis isn’t looking great. Spearheaded by Johan Rockström and the team at the Potsdam Institute
- [Amazon Fires: A Biodiversity and Climate Emergency](https://genn.cc/amazon-fires-emergency/): The Amazon rainforest is burning at an unprecedented scale, devastating biodiversity, Indigenous lands, and accelerating the global climate crisis. In Brazil alone, fires have already consumed 5.4 million hectares, with record-breaking blazes in Bolivia and Peru. In August, the Brazilian Amazon saw its highest number of fires in 20 years, transforming the region into the
- [Portugal’s Wildfires Set New Record for Carbon Emissions, Smoke Set to Spread Across Europe](https://genn.cc/portugals-wildfires-emissions/): Portugal is experiencing a brutal wildfire season, with blazes in the north of the country breaking records for carbon emissions this September. According to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), these fires have already released nearly 1.9 megatonnes of carbon, more than any other September in the past 22 years of their data collection. Since
- [Sally Weintrobe: Climate Psychology and the struggle to care](https://genn.cc/sally-weintrobe-climate-psychology/): 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 collective conflicts that society is wrestling with in responding to the climate and ecological crisis. Thanks to all members and
- [Lord Martin Rees - If Science Is To Save Us - "Im more worried about human stupidity than AI"](https://genn.cc/lord-martin-rees-if-science-is-to-save-us-im-more-worried-about-human-stupidity-than-ai/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with the UK’s Royal Astronomer, former President of the Royal Society, and member of the House of Lords, Lord Martin Rees. We discuss his recent book, ‘If science is to save us’, covering a number of topics from the application of science, the role of politics and how both
- [Professor Kevin Anderson - #COP28 A Big Success... Just Not For You!](https://genn.cc/kevin-anderson-cry-of-despair/): In this climategenn episode recorded from COp28 in Dubai at the midway point between the 2 weeks, I speak with Professor Kevin Anderson about how the COP has failed humanity but actually is succeeding very well for the people running this colossal festival of carbon in the desert. Kevin and I discuss unexpected voices arising
- [Roger Hallam: Can Rolling Climate Dice End The Carbon Regime?](https://genn.cc/roger-hallam-climate-dice/): 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 confrontational and very direct. In this interview he discusses where he thinks we are now and the complex sociological processes
- [Dr Chris Kettle: Systems Under Stress, Trees, Forests, Food + Human and Planetary Health](https://genn.cc/dr-chris-kettle-systems-stress/): 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 & resources related to Dr Chris Kettle: www.myfarmtrees.org www.diversityforrestoration.org You can also look at the institutional webites https://alliancebioversityciat.org/ And the
- [The AMOC Tipping Point (And what we need to know!) with Dr René van Westen](https://genn.cc/rene-van-westen-amoc/): 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 through it’s tipping point. Interpretations of this research have been published in media around the world and debated across social
- ['Saving Ourselves' by Dana Fisher: A policy cascade only after millions die from climate shocks!](https://genn.cc/dana-fisher-saving-ourselves/): 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 the lifeboats. The rub in all this is that Dana’s message is not dissimilar from Roger Hallam’s (unofficial part 1).
- [Cayman Islands Youth Make case For climate survival with potential evacuation plan](https://genn.cc/sustainable-cayman-uk-gov-appeal/): 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 what could eventually lead to an evacuation plan. The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory lying to the south
- [Massive Marine Ecosystem Crash Along Galicia’s Coast Due To Prolonged Atlantic Heatwave](https://genn.cc/massive-marine-ecosystem-crash-along-galicias-coast-due-to-prolonged-atlantic-heatwave/): 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 disaster becomes more irreversible. As someone who engages a lot with climate science and scientists, somehow I had fallen into
- [Geoengineering is necessary to refreeze the Arctic & stabilize the Northern Hemisphere’s weather system](https://genn.cc/geoengineering-as-a-necessity-for-refreezing-the-arctic/): Preserving the Arctic sea-ice is now an imperative that must be taken seriously by both the political and scientific research community. Professor Hugh Hunt presents a pathway forward for consideration. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly severe, the Arctic region has emerged as a focal point of concern due to its rapid warming
- [A critical role for landscapes in tackling the wider climate problem](https://genn.cc/a-critical-role-for-landscapes-in-tackling-the-wider-climate-problem/): As we move towards COP29 the urgency for making progress on nurturing landscapes as carbon sinks to help recycle the global atmospheric carbon burden. Progress, but at a glacial pace One of the most significant developments in recent COP negotiations was the reference to fossil fuels and an agreement that we must transition away from
- [Evaluating Climate Policy Measures Over Two Decades](https://genn.cc/evaluating-climate-policy-measures-over-two-decades/): An international research team has unveiled the first comprehensive global evaluation of 1,500 climate policy measures from 41 countries across six continents. Published in the prestigious journal Science, this unprecedented study provides a detailed impact analysis of the wide range of climate policy measures implemented over the last two decades. The findings reveal a sobering
- [The Imperative for Marine Cloud Brightening: A Call for $100 Million to Preserve Arctic Sea Ice](https://genn.cc/marine-cloud-brightening/): 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 the "canary in the coal mine" for climate change, a metaphor that aptly encapsulates its vulnerability and the broader implications
- [COP29 must acknowledge geoengineering as necessary to fight extreme climate impacts](https://genn.cc/cop29-must-acknowledge-geoengineering/): 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 must take this field of research more seriously. Is geoengineering really as crazy as opponents say? Currently we are going
- [Summer 2024 – Hottest on record globally and for Europe](https://genn.cc/summer-2024-hottest-on-record/): Below is a summary of the key-data from Copernicus released today showing the unprecedented global heating with additional data for Europe. The warming signals are unprecedented and should be at the front of policymakers decision making when it comes to a rapid phase out of fossil fuels. Global Temperatures August 2024 was the joint-warmest August
- [Future Sea-Level Rise Hangs on Emission Cuts Today, Study Shows](https://genn.cc/future-sea-level-rise-hangs-on-emission-cuts-today-study-shows/): The fate of our future coastlines might be determined by the actions we take today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A new study, including contributions from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), sheds light on how critical emission reductions are in preventing catastrophic sea-level rise caused by Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) melt. Published
- [Geoengineering and the Urgency for Climate Repair](https://genn.cc/geoengineering-and-the-urgency-for-climate-repair/): The conversation surrounding geoengineering has grown in urgency as scientists continue to forecast that global temperatures are on track to exceed 2°C, with many efforts falling short of holding temperatures below the 1.5°C target. As we push closer to these dangerous thresholds, it becomes essential to ask: Is geoengineering an inevitable part of our response
- [The Heating Arctic impacting countries like UK, Canada, Scandinavia & Siberia - with Dr Jennifer Francis](https://genn.cc/the-heating-arctic-jennifer-francis/): 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 climate impacts are starting to influence policymaking, albeit with resistance from misinformation campaigns. Finally, we discuss the rise of research
- [Greenhouse Gas Removal: a critical component to cool the Earth system](https://genn.cc/greenhouse-gas-removal/): 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 every credible scenario for staying within the 1.5ºC threshold outlined in the Paris Agreement also depends on large-scale greenhouse gas
- [Dr Joe Romm - Dodgy Offsets, Double Accounting + why solving climate is not a $2 a tonne problem.](https://genn.cc/joe-rommoffsets-pt1/): Dr Joe Romm was the acting assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewables in the US Department of Energy, back in the 1990’s and also the founder of the now ceased Climate Progress blog. Today Joe is a senior research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Centre for Science, Sustainability and Media. In part 1
- [Joe Romm | Pt 3 | Dodgy Offsets Undermine Paris Agreement](https://genn.cc/joe-romm-pt-3/): Part 3 Content Guide 1. With so many nations trying to defraud the Paris Agreement carbon accounting mechanism, will we ever achieve our goals? 2. Denmark, the oil company and Microsoft - blending the real with the fake offsets for cash. 3. UNFCCC Jargon: Authorised offsets, corresponding adjustments… agreed but not compulsory. 4. Where
- [“They’re making profits by killing people, it’s as simple as that!” Professor Saleemul Huq](https://genn.cc/saleemul-huq/): Recorded at COP23 - Bonn Fiji 2017 - Prof. Saleemul Huq died 28th October 2023.
- [Professor Saleemul Huq: “They are making profits by killing people… so tax them! Let’s put a Loss and Damage levy on them”](https://genn.cc/dr-saleemul-huq-cop23/): Professor Saleemul Huq is Director International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) at the Independent University, Bangladesh. In this short interview, Prof. Huq talks about his work and explains how those most vulnerable to the effects of manmade climate change are seeking recompense from the worlds greatest polluters. Nick Breeze: Can you tell me
- [Dr Kaitlin Naughten, British Antarctic Survey - Ice sheet Loss Acceleration Now Unstoppable](https://genn.cc/dr-kaitlin-naughten-west-antarctica/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Dr Kaitlin Naughten from British Antarctic Survey about her new research looking at the unavoidable sea-level rise from west Antarctica. Although ending fossil fuels is still the main course to pursue, no amount of emissions reduction this century, can slow the melt of this region of Antarctica. We
- [UN University Report on Risk Tipping Points, 'Interconnected Disaster Risks' with Dr Jack O'Connor](https://genn.cc/disaster-risk-report-un/): 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 tipping points impacting human security and the Earth System. These so-called Risk Tipping Points are showing signs of tipping and
- [Professor Kevin Anderson: Climate Failures And Phantasies](https://genn.cc/kevin-anderson-climate-policy-failure/): In this climategenn episode I am speaking with Professor Kevin Anderson from the Universities of Manchester and Uppsala about how journalists and experts have failed the public by an over dependence on reductionist thinking, as opposed to systems thinking, much needed to avert disaster. Instead of making the space for envisioning a better world, perpetrators
- [South American monsoon at critical destabilisation point posing risk to Amazon rainforest](https://genn.cc/south-american-monsoon-at-critical-destabilisation-point-posing-risk-to-amazon-rainforest/): The impacts of global warming, deforestation and intensified land use are pushing the South American monsoon towards a critical destabilization point, a new study published in the journal Science Advances shows. Once crossed, substantially less rainfall is to be expected in large parts of the South American continent. In turn, this would have major implications
- [Professor Terry Hughes - Can coral reefs recover from multiyear bleaching events?](https://genn.cc/terr-hughes-coral-bleaching/): In this Climategenn episode I am speaking with Professor Terry Hughes, Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) based at John Cook University in Australia. We discuss the rapidly changing coral reefs and the developing state of the global oceans and the condition of the Great Barrier Reef ahead of this years Austral summer bleaching
- [Archive: Dr Michael Mann discusses a range of issues in 2012 that remain top of the agenda even today](https://genn.cc/mike-mann-2012/): In this interview recorded in Vienna in 2012 with US scientist, Dr Michael Mann, he responds to questions on topics that are just as pertinent now as they were then. The only difference is that the scale of our challenges has grown enormously as we added another half a trillion tonnes of carbon to the
- [Cutting edge research shows 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries crossed - the shift to unsafe operating space for humanity](https://genn.cc/planetary-boundaries-crossed/): For the first time, an international team of scientists is able to provide a detailed outline of planetary resilience by mapping out all nine boundary processes that define a safe operating space for humanity. From global warming to the biosphere and deforestation, from pollutants & plastic to nitrogen cycles and freshwater: Six of nine planetary
- [Dr Euan Nisbet - Methane: Climate Termination Event - Wetlands are “turning on”](https://genn.cc/dr-euan-nisbet-methane-climate-termination/): In this interview with atmospheric scientist, Dr Euan Nisbet, we discuss how measurements of atmospheric methane are sending a signal that indicates large wetlands are “turning on” as a feedback to human induced climate heating. This effect is causing a climate Termination event. This is the name given to abrupt changes in the Earth’s climate
- [Stability inspection for West Antarctica shows: marine ice sheet is possibly on a path to tipping](https://genn.cc/west-antarctic-pathh-to-tipping-pik/): Antarctica’s vast ice masses seem far away, yet they store enough water to raise global sea levels by several meters. A team of experts from European research institutes has now provided the first systematic stability inspection of the ice sheet’s current state. Their diagnosis: While they found no indication of irreversible, self-reinforcing retreat of the ice sheet in West
- [Dr Natalia Shakhova - PT 2 Methane seeps and “mega-seeps” + moving from linear to exponential change](https://genn.cc/dr-natalia-shakhova-pt-2/): In this second part of the 3 part miniseries of interviews with Dr Natalia Shakhova, we discuss the nature of the seeps and how they have changed in the short period of 3-4 years.
- [Dr Joe Romm Pt 2 - Double Accounting & Climate Colonialism](https://genn.cc/joe-romm-pt2-double-accounting/): In Part 2 with Dr Joe Romm, we discuss how offsetting impacts the NDC accounting systems that underpin the Paris Agreement
- [Leading Issues: UK's shaky progress on heat pump installations and China’s clean energy transformation.](https://genn.cc/heat-pumps-renewables-china/): Dr Shaun Fitzgerald spoke with Colin Murray from the BBC about two leading climate issues; the rate of installation of heat pumps in the UK, and the scale of the impact that China currently has in the global effort to transform their society from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy systems. The UK’s flagship government
- [Removing Carbon Dioxide Removal At Scale - balancing urgency with caution](https://genn.cc/cdr-caution-urgency/): Greenhouse gas concentrations are racing up with impacts touching the lives of many people and ecosystems in both the southern and northern hemisphere. How does the Centre for Climate Repair characterise the challenge with regard to ocean based large scale carbon dioxide removal? The challenge that we have in terms of the levels of greenhouse
- [A Treaty To End Fossil Fuels: Interview with Tzeporah Berman](https://genn.cc/fossil-fuel-treaty-tzeporah-berman/): A fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty is exactly what is needed to switch off the fossil fuel pipelines that are driving crazily hot temperatures, flash flooding, and droughts that directly threaten the global food production system. Exposure to climate impacts is spreading and every day more of us move into harms way. In this ClimateGenn episode
- [Interview with Professor Jason Box - Atmospheric river Rapids (& the Global Deluge)](https://genn.cc/jason-box-atmosriver-rapids/): In this ClimateGenn episode with Professor Jason Box we discuss how high resolution tools reveal that the Greenland ice sheet is tipping from a regime of winter snowfall to extreme deluges of rain. Jason calls these ‘Atmospheric River Rapids’. These intense downpours add mechanisms that accelerate the break up of the ice sheet and are
- [Interview with Dr Julia Steinberger - Facing the fossil fuel industry and ending The Energy Charter Treaty](https://genn.cc/julia-steinberger-ect/): Episode full contents: 1. Fossil fuel companies were never a partner is solving climate change.2. The possible world that we see emerging around us.3. How do we face the strength of the fossil fuel industry?4. COP28 is symbolic of political failure.5. Fossil fuel companies are trying to take over key structural processes.6. We must all
- [Dr Shaun Fitzgerald: Can we achieve large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal?](https://genn.cc/shaun-fitzgerald-co2-removal/): With dangerously high concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as CO2, methane and nitrous oxide, it is now absolutely critical that we stop producing and consuming fossil fuels and decarbonise society as much as we possibly can. So far very little mitigation has taken place and even if we achieve it, many scientists
- [Dr Natalia Shakhova - Is a sudden burst of methane feasible?](https://genn.cc/dr-natalia-shakhova-esas-pt1/): In this 9 minute section of the the Nice, France interview with Dr Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov, we discuss the potential for large-scale methane release from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, characterised as a “sudden burst”. Many scientists have attacked this work for exaggerating the risk and Shakhova addresses these researchers by highlighting all
- [Dr Alice Hill - Insurance, the retreating canary in the climate coal mine ](https://genn.cc/dr-alice-hill-insurance/): In this Climate Genn, episode former Obama Whitehouse advisor and Climate Adaptation Expert, Dr Alice Hill, delivers a chilling assessment of the risks homeowners are facing across the United States. Contents - full 24 min version: US politicians debate the causes of extreme weather, stymying effective longterm policy. “California is the 4th largest insurance market
- [Sir David King - Antarctic Sea Ice, Global Thresholds and the "Nightmare" #COP28 Presidency](https://genn.cc/sir-david-king-antarctica-cop28/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with former UK Chief scientist and chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Sir David King. Sir David explains what is going on with the Antarctic sea ice and how this connects to the wider global climate system. We also discuss the differences between Arctic and antarctic sea ice
- [Dr Chad Briggs - Integrating disaster risk and national security with climate policy](https://genn.cc/dr-chad-briggs-risk/): Chad briggs, quotes: “The Biden administration has already approved more oil and gas extraction permits than the Trump administration had during their first two years.” “There is a really a disconnect between what is said at the Cop meetings, what is understood by the American public, and the policies that the American public sees.” Content
- [“..colossal risks with the future of civilization” First study quantifying Earth System Boundaries](https://genn.cc/colossal-risks-future-of-civilization/): Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature shows. Developed by an international science commission engaging more than 40 researchers from across the globe, the scientists deliver the first quantification of safe and just Earth system boundaries on a global and local level for several
- [Archive: Professor James Hansen - EGU, Vienna, 2012 Unedited Interview](https://genn.cc/james-hansen-egu-unedited/): This interview was recorded at the European Geophysical Union (EGU) conference in 2012. It is reproduced here because many of the answers remain highly relevant today, even if they are not actionable. Hansen is famous for testifying to congress in 1988 that we need to reduce fossil fuel burning. Ignored for decades, he stepped down
- [Archive: Dr Natalia Shakhova (& Igor Semiletov) Vienna Interview 2012 UNCUT 42mins](https://genn.cc/dr-natalia-shakhova-igor-semiletov-vienna-interview-2012-uncut-42mins/): In this ‘Water+ Tier members-only series’ I will be publishing a set of interviews on methane that have not been seen before. This is the first, which comprises over 40 minutes of uncut footage from the 2012 interview, recorded in Vienna at the EGU conference. In the next instalment I will upload the previously unpublished
- [Archive: Michael E Mann, Michael Ghil, James E Hansen - Discussing Earth System Sensitivity](https://genn.cc/mann-ghil-hansen-press-conference/): A rare opportunity to see 3 world-renowned climate scientists discussing Earth System Sensitivity. This press conference was recorded at the European Geophysical Union (EGU) conference in Vienna in 2012. Despite over a decade of time passing, the warnings issued here are just as fresh today as they were then. The only difference is that the
- [Dr Jennifer Francis - 2023’s symptoms of climate chaos, El Niño, Ocean Heatwaves, and Arctic Sea Ice lows](https://genn.cc/jennifer-francis-2023/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, in the US. 2023 has already seen record breaking temperatures in the atmosphere, land and oceans, with horrific impacts to human life, communities and ecology. Here we focus on three factors in the climate system
- ["Leave Africa Alone" - Solidarity With The Voices Of The Voiceless: Ina-Maria Shikongo](https://genn.cc/ina-maria-shikongo/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Namibian Activist, Ina-Maria Shikongo (Twitter: @IMariaShikongo). Ina-Maria has been speaking out about the unlawful exploitation of the Okavango Delta in Africa, calling on the Canadian oil company, Recon Africa, to leave Namibia. This conversation highlights the plight of countries like Namibia in Africa and beyond, where consumption
- [Capture6 CEO, Ethan Cohen-Cole, talks: SVB bank, climate tech & being bullish on gigaton’s of CO2 removal](https://genn.cc/capture6-svb/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with California Climate Tech CEO, Dr Ethan Cohen-Cole, about the impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank had on his business and the niche climate tech sector as a whole. Far from a 2008 financial domino effect, Ethan says this is a case of ‘one particularly mismanaged institution’,
- [David Spratt: [Articulating &] Reclaiming the Climate Emergency](https://genn.cc/david-spratt-climate-emergency/): That was Professor James Hansen speaking during an interview I recorded in Vienna at the European Geophysical Union Conference, in 2012. In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with David Spratt, Research Director, Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Australia, about his recent article, ‘Reclaiming the Climate Emergency’ - the links to the article are
- [European Parliament Proposes Including “ECOCIDE” In EU Law](https://genn.cc/ecocide-eu-law/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Jojo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International about the positive news that the European Parliament is proposing to include Ecocide in EU Law, an important development in the course to have this vital legislation enshrined in international law. For those that are not familiar with Ecocide
- [Italy's Drought - A Creeping Disaster](https://genn.cc/italys-drought-a-creeping-disaster/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Hydrologist, Dr Francesco Avanzi, at the CIMA institute in Liguria Italy, about the worsening multiyear drought that Italy is experiencing. [Film version & transcript below] Italy is not alone. The Graz University of Technology recently analysed ground water data across Europe and concluded that Europe is lacking
- [Cambridge Climate Lecture Series 2023 - Lecture 1 with Prof. Kevin Anderson](https://genn.cc/ccls-kevin-anderson-2023/): I am pleased to share the high resolution recording of the 1st 2023 Cambridge Climate Lecture Series talk given by climate and energy policy expert, Professor Kevin Anderson, titled, ‘From iniquity to integrity … there’s no hiding from carbon budgets’. The series continues on March 2nd with Labour MP for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner, discussing climate
- [2023 - The Dawning Era Of 'Overshoot' & 'Intervention' (Climate Engineering)](https://genn.cc/2023-overshoot/): The UN Climate COP’s are not succeeding in solving the longterm problem of overshooting our Paris climate commitments. This episode focuses on the emerging voices that are defining the overshoot agenda. View here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/5gm2jmNbhVU Transcript / Article text Almost as soon as I arrived in Egypt for the second week of COP27, the
- [But what is 'Overshoot?' - Rafe Pomerance](https://genn.cc/what-is-overshoot-rafe-pomerance/): Rafe Pomerance, American Environmentalist & Chairman of Arctic 21, gives his view of the term 'Overshoot' which is now entering the climate discourse in a much greater way than it was here at Trinity College, Cambridge when I was recording back in 2018. [Transcript of clip] Overshoot, well what does it mean? The IPCC report
- [What can be done if—and when—global warming exceeds the Paris Agreement](https://genn.cc/overshoot-panel/): Panel discussion with the Overshoot Commission post-COP27 as part of the Paris Peace Forum. This discussion is available in the public domain but is embedded here as part of the post-COP27 narrative discussion and reference.
- [Greenhouse Gas Removal Expert Panel at COP27](https://genn.cc/greenhouse-gas-removal-expert-panel-at-cop27/): This panel is discussing Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) from a number of expert perspectives. I am uploading here for Patreon subscriber content as it is part of my own reference material that maybe of interest to people interested in GGR. This is a very controversial subject in terms of how it interacts with policy for
- [Dr Saleemul Huq - The Long Game of Loss And Damage - COP27](https://genn.cc/dr-saleemul-huq-cop27/): In this COP27 interview with Dr Saleemul Huq we discuss the arrival of Loss & Damage into the negotiations. We also discuss the need to urgently reduce emissions, first in the wealthy nations that have caused, and are causing, so much suffering and destruction, and then with assistance, across the Earth. Please support this work
- [Professor Dan Bodansky - The Rise Of Mega COP's + the gap between expectation and Reality](https://genn.cc/professor-dan-bodansky-cop27/): In this ClimateGenn episode, recorded on the last night of the extended COP in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, I am speaking with US COP veteran and legal expert, Professor Dan Bodansky from Arizona State University. Dan has extensive experience working with the US negotiating team over the years and shares his insights as to what
- [Pt 4 - Ocean Restoration Q&A - why the oceans? Research in infancy - COP27](https://genn.cc/pt-4-ocean-restoration-qa-cop27/): In the final segment of the Oceans press conference Shaun Fitzgerald & Brad Ack answer two key questions relating to ocean carbon sink restoration and regeneration: Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE I'll just address the question regarding, for example, Direct Air Capture. If you're going to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, you've got one
- [PT 3 - Ulfath Ibrahim - working with Blue carbon ecosystems in the Maldives to remove carbon](https://genn.cc/pt-3-ulfath-ibrahim-cop27/): I come from the Maldives, so 99% of the Maldivian territory is ocean. And like many Island communities, we have a very strong connection with our ocean. The Maldives already experience the effects of the climate crisis. It is not by choice that we are positioned at the frontlines of this battle. However, we are
- [PT 2 Brad Ack - Executive Director, Ocean Visions - removing carbon at scale](https://genn.cc/pt-2-brad-ack-cop27/): Ocean visions is a collaborative partnership of research and scientific institutions, with practitioners and marine managers that looks for solutions to critical problems facing the ocean. And there's no problem more critical and dangerous than the impacts caused by too much carbon in the atmosphere. The 2 trillion tonnes of CO2 that we've put into
- [Ocean Carbon Sink Restoration for Greenhouse Gas Removal - Press Conference COP27 PT1](https://genn.cc/cop27-shaun-fitzgerald/): With mitigation so far not showing signs of denting the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, and Earth's sensitivity to the current levels being greater than previously anticipated, attention is shifting towards safe methods for carbon drawdown that include stimulating the earth’s natural sinks like the oceans. In this session at COP27, four speakers from different
- [Rabbi Yonatan Neril - Religion as a global force](https://genn.cc/rabbi-yonatan-neril-religeon-as-a-global-force/): Nick Breeze Rabbi Yonatan, I want to talk to you about the interfaith constituency. Can you talk a little bit about its size and how different parts of it interact with each other? Rabbi Yonatan Neril 85% of people in the world identify with a religion, according to a Pew study. So that's
- [Overshoot Commission Presentation at COP27 - going beyond the boundaries](https://genn.cc/overshoot-commission-cop27/): This presentation was given at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, by the newly formed Overshoot Commission, set-up by Pascal Lamy, President of the Paris Peace Forum. The Overshoot Commission is tasked with looking at what options humanity has in a world where the scientific boundaries for a safe climate are breached. At the presentation
- [At #COP27 with Professor Katharine Hayhoe- The shifting sands of climate policy](https://genn.cc/khayhoe-cop27/): Recorded in week 2 of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Professor Hayhoe is a Canadian climate scientist and communicator at the Nature Conservancy and Texas Tech University in the United States. In this episode, recorded at COP27, we discuss the shifting momentum away from 1.5ºC as a boundary for climate heating, as well as
- [Greenland: Zombie Ice or One Foot In The Grave - Professor Jason Box](https://genn.cc/jbox-zombie-ice/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak with Professor Jason Box about his recent research that identifies the amount of Greenland’s ice sheet that is committed to melting in the coming decades. This so-called Zombie Ice is not included in the mainstream models, and when added to other sources such as glaciers and even the Sleeping
- [UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Opening #COP27- "We must answer the planet’s distress signal with... ambitious, credible climate action."](https://genn.cc/un-secretary-general-cop27/): Transcript of UN Secretary-General, Opening words: As COP27 gets underway, our planet is sending a distress signal. The latest State of the Global Climate report is a chronicle of climate chaos. As the World Meteorological Organization shows so clearly, change is happening with catastrophic speed -- devastating lives and livelihoods on every continent. The last
- [Dr Nathalie Hilmi - “We Need To Protect, Restore and Regenerate the Ocean Ecosystem”](https://genn.cc/nathalie-hilmi-ocean-ecosystems/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Nathalie Hilmi at the Centre Scientifique in Monaco about the need to invest in research, restoration and regeneration of the world's oceans. By protecting and restoring ocean ecosystems we can start to create resilience in an area we know is in decline but yet know so
- [Action And Activism - Is it time to mobilise the moderate masses?](https://genn.cc/moderate-flank/): Recent activism in the UK has made worldwide headlines. By bringing cultural treasures into the discussion, it raises new anxieties, and questions about what is at stake. The visual impact of the soup hitting the van Gogh painting was viscerally shocking to many, including me. On reflection, it reminded me of when the painter Francis
- [Ep 1: Sustainability & Wine in Alentejo - introduction](https://genn.cc/alentejo-wine-episode1/): SPEAKERS João Barroso - WASP, João Roquette - Esporão, Iain Richardson - Mouchão, Nick Breeze, Dr Greg V Jones, Professor Kimberly Nicholas, Luis Patrão - Coelheiros, Mafalda Vasquez - Grous, Helena Ferreira - Adega de Borba Listen on all major podcast channels: Watch series on Youtube: Episode 1. Introduction - Transcript Nick Breeze This
- [Bill McGuire's Hot House Earth [Book] - Reflections on our current trajectory](https://genn.cc/bill-mcguires-hot-house-earth-book-reflections-on-our-current-trajectory/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with climate scientist & author Professor Bill McGuire about his recent book titled Hot House Earth. Bill discusses the necessity to discuss worse case climate outcomes at a time when emissions are still rising and political leaders are looking the other way. We discuss the absence of global leadership
- [James Lovelock: Reflections on Gaia on the eve of his 100th birthday](https://genn.cc/james-lovelock-gaia/): This interview was recorded with Jim in 2019 prior to his 100th birthday. Segments of the interview were used as part of the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series that also featured Professor Chris Rapley and Professor Tim Lenton, both longtime acquaintances of Jim's. We recorded the interview at Jim's home in Dorset where his wife Sandy
- [… the situation is a little bit frightening! Kelly Wanser, Silver Lining Institute: climate modelling, interventions, and unlocking global south talent “quickly”](https://genn.cc/kelly-wanser-silver-lining/): 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 we face mean climate interventions to cool the planet are back in discussion in the corridors of power. We discuss
- [Ep. 08: Creating a Sustainable Wine Region - João Barroso](https://genn.cc/ep-08-joao-barroso-wasp/): 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 conditions, into a solid certification programme to help communicate the measured results of producers who take sustainability seriously. João also
- [Can we save the European Alps snow cover? Matthias Huss, ETH Zurich](https://genn.cc/swiss-alps-huss/): The Cryosphere Pavilion was one of the most interesting pavilions I came across at this COP, simply taking in the presentations of a group of superb scientists who are telling us very clearly that we cannot fail on getting emissions down and sticking firmly to the Paris Agreement, despite it being against the odds. Connecting
- [Addressing 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment](https://genn.cc/shaun-fitz-built-environment/): 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. The built environment is associated with at least 40% of annual carbon emissions, and there are significant opportunities to reduce
- [Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE - Can Kelp Forests Capture a billion tonnes of carbon?](https://genn.cc/ccrc-kelp-carbon/): 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 billion tonnes of carbon? ClimateGenn Can give us a definition and an overview of what an offshore kelp platform is,
- [Ep. 07: Regenerative, Resilient, Balanced - Luis Patrão at Herdade de Coelheiros](https://genn.cc/ep-07-alentejo/): In this episode, I am speaking with Luis Patrão, director of enology and viticulture at Coelheiros, a stunning 800 hectare, historic estate, north of Evora, in the centre of Alentejo. When I visited the estate, Luis gave me a guided tour to demonstrate how the 600+ hectare cork oak forest, 50 hectares of vines, and
- [The AMOC - Is a shut down faster than models forecast? Dr Levke Caeser.](https://genn.cc/amoc-shutdown-risk/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to Dr Levke Caesar about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, about what would happen if this vital piece of the climate system either slowed dramatically or even shut down altogether. Although climate models indicate this as low-risk, to date the models have been poor anticipators of
- [EP. 06: Prof. Kimberly Nicholas, "Working with Nature" - Sustainability In Alentejo Series](https://genn.cc/ep-6-kim-nicholas/): In this interview with climate and wine scientist, Professor Kimberly Nicholas, we discuss the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to scale up mitigation and adaptation in the wine industry and beyond to avoid catastrophic impacts of climate heating. Kimberly is originally from Sonoma in California’s wine country and is currently based in
- [Ep 5: Alentejo Wine Series Herdade do Esporão, João Roquette - Leaders in Sustainability](https://genn.cc/ep-5-alentejo-wine-series-herdade-do-esporao-joão-roquette-leaders-in-sustainability/): In this episode of Sustainability in Alentejo Wine Series, I am speaking with João Roquette, CEO and Chairman of the Esporão group about the company’s transformation to organic and resilient production. Esporão is one of the most famous brand names in Portuguese wine and especially in Alentejo. João has played a leading role driving the
- [Ep. 4 - Adega De Borba, Sustainability = Survivability of Communities, Helena Ferreira](https://genn.cc/ep-4-adega-de-borba-sustainability-survivability-of-communities-helena-ferreira/): During my trip across Alentejo, it was a pleasure to visit the cooperative Adega de Borba. Winemaking in and around Borba has a long pedigree and is even mentioned in ‘Murray’s handbook to Travels in Portugal’, published in 1864, with reference to ‘A considerable quantity of wine is produced at Borba..’ And so it is
- [Maladaptation | Dr Lisa Schipper | The Perils of Bad Climate Adaptation](https://genn.cc/maladaptation-lisa-schipper/): In this ClimateGenn episode, we are discussing the risk of maladaptation that can seriously undermine our efforts to tackle the climate challenges we know are coming towards us. Dr Lisa Schipper is an Environmental Social Science Research Fellow at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford whose work focuses on adaptation to climate change
- [Considering catastrophe: high-impact, low-probability climate scenarios "dangerously underexplored"](https://genn.cc/catastrophe/): Researchers call for a new "Climate Endgame" agenda and say far too little work has gone into understanding the mechanisms by which rising temperatures might pose a "catastrophic" risk to society and humanity: For instance, if temperature rises are worse than many predict or cause cascades of events we have yet to consider, or indeed
- [Ep 3: Herdade de Mouchão, Biodiversity, Terroir, A Scorching Climate & Struggle for Sustainability](https://genn.cc/ep-3-herdade-de-mouchão-biodiversity-terroir-a-scorching-climate-struggle-for-sustainability/): In this Alentejo Wines episode, I am speaking to Iain Richardson, from the wine estate, Mouchão. Mouchão is a great example of an integrated estate in Alentejo where different flora and fauna are interwoven to create the whole. The Sobreiro, or cork oak trees, are an integral part of the history of this region and
- [Lieutenant General Norman Seip - Is US Congress A Global Climate Security Threat?](https://genn.cc/lieutenant-general-norman-seip-is-us-congress-a-global-climate-security-threat/): In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Lieutenant General Norman Seip, the President of the American Security Project, about the urgency for the US Senate to stop playing dice with the global climate and vote through policy that will steer America back on course to being a nation worthy of respect. Ever since President George
- [Ep 2 - Dr Gregory V Jones - Wines And Climate Science](https://genn.cc/episode-2-dr-gregory-v-jones-wines-and-climate-science/): SPEAKERS Nick Breeze, Dr Greg V Jones Nick Breeze In the second episode of the Alentejo climate and sustainability series, I'm speaking with winemaker and climate scientist Dr. Greg Jones, who has co authored climate and wine research papers looking at the vulnerability of certain regions to climate change. One in particular that is
- [Exposing London's Dirty Business - Fossil Free London](https://genn.cc/exposing-londons-dirty-business-fossil-free-london/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak with Fossil Free London activist Nuri Syed Corser about their focussed activism targeting the biggest polluters operating in the UK’s capital. At a time when the UK is reeling from extreme heatwaves, the government are holding back on renewable energy projects and backing fossil fuel investments that will please
- [Why are climate scientists getting arrested? Dr Stuart Capstick discusses the upside & downside of direct action.](https://genn.cc/why-are-so-many-scientists-prepared-to-break-the-law-dr-stuart-capstick/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to climate psychologist and Deputy Director and theme lead for the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformation (CAST Centre) Dr Stuart Capstick from Cardiff University about why scientists who research aspects of climate change are deciding to protest in public, and in some cases getting arrested. We discuss
- [Increase in western Europe heatwaves linked to changes in jet stream](https://genn.cc/european-heatwaves-jetstream/): Heatwaves over Europe have increased three to four times faster than in the rest of the northern mid-latitudes like the US or Canada, a new study finds. An international team of scientists looked at observational data from the past 40 years and showed, for the first time, that this rapid increase is linked to changes
- [Sunny Morgan: Cancel the debt... take your knee off the neck of the Global South!](https://genn.cc/debtforclimate-g7/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Sunny Morgan in South Africa about the Debt for Climate Campaign that is calling for the global north to cancel the debts of the global south, which are both crippling the economies in developing nations and financing huge fossil fuel projects that we desperately need to get
- [Dr John Cobb | Campaign for a Living Earth Movement](https://genn.cc/dr-john-cobb-campaign-for-a-living-earth-movement/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with the theologian, environmentalist and philosopher, and author of over 50 books, Dr. John B Cobb, about his efforts to bring into being a Living Earth Movement. The Living Earth Movement asks us all to look at how we can reshape humanity to act as part of the
- [Jason Box on how “mitigation matters”](https://genn.cc/jason-box-on-how-mitigation-matters/): Published: 22 December 2015Box has been studying the Greenland ice-sheet extensively for years and has accurate data on how global warming is creating changes that, left unchecked, will affect both weather patterns in the UK and Iceland, as well as sea-level rises around the world. In the following excerpts from the conversation with Box, we
- [Kevin Anderson | Worst of both worlds: less carbon budget, dire impacts](https://genn.cc/kevin-anderson-worst-of-both-worlds-less-carbon-budget-dire-impacts/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with professor Kevin Anderson from the Tyndall Centre at Manchester University. 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
- [No. 1 Climate vulnerable wine region, Alentejo, focuses on true sustainability](https://genn.cc/wines-of-alentejo-strike-a-sustainability-chord-in-london/): On Tuesday 24th May the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP) accompanied by 8 wine producers, came to London to present both the work they have been doing in establishing a rigorous sustainability certification scheme and the certified wines that they are entering into the market. In the interest of disclosure, I must make it clear that
- [Sir David King on Heatwaves, Action, & Activism: "No one will escape.."](https://genn.cc/sir-david-king-on-heatwaves-action-activism-no-one-will-escape/): The current heatwave in India and Pakistan sets the scene for this ClimateGenn episode, speaking with Climate Crisis Advisory Group Chair, Professor Sir David King about their new report on what we must do to have the best chance of averting climate and ecological collapse. Sir David makes it very clear that nobody will escape
- [Problems Monetising Soil Carbon With Offsets | Professor Kevin Anderson](https://genn.cc/problems-monetising-soil-carbon-with-offsets-professor-kevin-anderson/): Transcript: Nick Breeze There's a lot of talk in different agriculture and even viticultural organizations about the desire to start monetizing the storage of soil carbon. Can you say what you know about the complexities there are around carbon in soils being measured in terms of storage? Prof. Kevin Anderson I work on energy most
- [Dr Delton Chen | Ministry For A Living System Economy](https://genn.cc/dr-delton-chen-ministry-for-a-living-system-economy/): 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 For The Future. In this interview Delton gives a broad brush overview of how the parallel economy to mitigate carbon
- [Fungi-based meat alternatives to help save Earth’s forests](https://genn.cc/fungi-based-meat/): Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein – a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks – by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now published in Nature finds. The market-ready meat alternative is very similar in taste and texture, but is a biotech product which – by
- [McGovern Leads Calls on President Biden to Pardon Environmental Lawyer Steven Donziger](https://genn.cc/pardon-steven-donziger/): Donziger helped win a $9.5 billion judgment against Oil Giant Chevron for deliberately discharging billion of gallons of toxic waste into the Amazon; Members Say “Intimidation Tactics” by Corporations and Courts Could Chill Future Attempts to Hold Corporate Polluters Accountable **Full Text of Letter Here (PDF)** WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern, alongside House Natural
- [Food Security In A Vulnerable World](https://genn.cc/food-security-in-a-vulnerable-world/): 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 this: 70% of all land is habitable (non-Antarctica icy expanses etc). 50% of total habitable land is used for agriculture
- [Glaciologist Jason Box Answers Kim Stanley Robinson's ice sheet engineering idea](https://genn.cc/glaciologist-jason-box-answers-ice-sheet-engineering-idea/): In this short sequence from Glasgow during COP26, author, activist and philosopher Professor Rupert Read asks Professor Jason Box what he thinks of Kim Stanley Robinson's idea for stopping the loss of the world's largest ice sheets. The idea first was aired in Stan's book 'Ministry For The Future' but he wrote about it again
- [Stemming The Rise Of Ecofascism with Sam Moore & Alex Roberts](https://genn.cc/stemming-the-rise-of-ecofascism-with-sam-moore-alex-roberts/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to authors, podcasters, and activists, Sam Moore and Alex Roberts whose recently published book, The Rise Of Ecofascism, explores the characteristics of past, present, and potentially future ‘ecofascism’. The risks posed to society from extreme politics on the right and the left has been rising in recent years.
- [David Spratt: Existential Risk Management](https://genn.cc/david-spratt-existential-risk-management/): In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Research Director of the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Melbourne, David Spratt, about assessing climate risk and why incremental tweaks to reduce emissions are failing us. https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/ http://www.climatecodered.org/
- [Inevitable food crisis due to Ukraine creates a drive for demand-side action:](https://genn.cc/inevitable-food-crisis-due-to-ukraine-creates-a-drive-for-demand-side-action/): fewer animal products, less waste, and greening EU agricultural policy Food Crisis on horizon: The global food system is impacted by the war in Ukraine, adding to the direct humanitarian and security crisis caused by the Russian aggression. Ukraine and Russia are major producers of grains and fertilizers, yet their exports are at risk of
- [Dr James Hansen at EGU 2012 | A decade on and fresh as hell](https://genn.cc/dr-james-hansen-at-egu-2012-a-decade-on-and-fresh-as-hell/): In this ClimateGenn special episode, I am publishing my first interview with Dr Jim Hansen who was at the time Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. This was recorded in 2012 at the European Geophysical Union, the annual conference that takes place every year in Vienna. In recent weeks I have exchanged emails
- [Tipping Point: Amazon rainforest turning to savanna](https://genn.cc/tipping-point-amazon-rainforest-turning-to-savanna/): The Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience, which is the ability to recover from perturbations like droughts.This is revealed by applying a novel statistical analysis to high-resolution satellite data of biomass.While the Amazon is considered to be a tipping element in the Earth system, the scientists cannot tell when a potential transition from rainforest to
- [Sir Tim Smit | Eden Projects for the future (come the revolution!)](https://genn.cc/sir-tim-smit-eden-projects-for-the-future-come-the-revolution/): 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 now as a moment of the great revolution that is emerging from what he calls the new green enlightenment. With
- [Minnie Go | Rethinking Community Resilience](https://genn.cc/minnie-go-rethinking-community-resilience/): In this episode of ClimateGenn I am speaking with Dr Minnie Go about her recent book ‘Rethinking Community Resilience’ looking in detail at how the city of New Orleans emerged from the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Minnie’s work looks at how the dynamics between civic groups and governing bodies can determine very different outcomes. Distrust
- [Dr Paul Behrens | Population, Consumption & Climate Change](https://genn.cc/dr-paul-behrens-population-consumption-climate-change/): In this episode of ClimateGenn I am speaking to Dr Paul Behrens about the complexity of population, consumption and climate change. In his book, ‘The Best of Times, The Worst of Times’ Paul addresses population, presenting both a pessimistic potential outcome and also a more hopeful outcome based on a set of choices that we,
- [Professor Katharine Hayhoe: [Who Is] Saving Us[?] - ClimateGenn Podcast](https://genn.cc/professor-katharine-hayhoe-who-is-saving-us-climategenn-podcast/): Please do subscribe and be sure to comment or send me your feedback by email. You can also support this series via https://patreon.com/genncc. In this Climate Genn episode, I am speaking to Professor Katharine Hayhoe about how her recent book ‘Saving Us’ addresses issues relating to personal agency. 2022 has advanced out of the gate
- [MEER | Mirrors For earth’s Energy Rebalancing with Dr Ye Tao at Harvard University](https://genn.cc/meer-mirrors-for-earths-energy-rebalancing-with-dr-ye-tao-at-harvard-university/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak to Dr Ye Tao at Harvard University who is head of the Mirrors for Earth Energy Rebalancing (MEER). Please follow or get in touch at https://genn.cc or join/support via Patreon - https://patreon.com/genncc Addressing climate threats With global agriculture across the world at high risk from rising temperatures and associated
- [Dr Tero Mustonen | Cascading Arctic Changes will create a new planet soon](https://genn.cc/dr-tero-mustonen-cascading-arctic-changes-will-create-a-new-planet-soon/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Tero Mustonen who is based within the Arctic Circle about the enormous changes happening there today and that are going to cascade across the globe impacting every one of us. Indigenous Peoples Inside The Arctic Tero works with indigenous peoples inside the Arctic Circle and beyond,
- [Author Tom Rosenstiel Discusses New Political Climate Thriller: The Days To Come](https://genn.cc/author-tom-rosenstiel-discusses-new-political-climate-thriller-the-days-to-come/): In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with author Tom Rosenstiel about his new political thriller, The Days To Come. Visit: https://genn.cc to view the series or https://patreon.com/genncc to support my work. Tom has switched hats from journalist to fiction writer, possessing a depth of insight into how both disciplines interact with the public and
- [Prof. Peter Wadhams | Can we remove billions of tonnes of CO2? And methane?](https://genn.cc/prof-peter-wadhams-can-we-remove-billions-of-tonnes-of-co2-and-methane/): 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 atmosphere. Subscribe at https://Patreon.com/genncc Some of these are also referred to as negative emissions technologies, or ‘nets’ and are widely
- [Professor Jason Box | Greenland today and [not for] tomorrow #COP26Glasgow](https://genn.cc/professor-jason-box-greenland-today-not-for-tomorrow-cop26glasgow/): Greenland is beyond its threshold of viability and is highly responsive to anthropogenic warming. Here Professor Jason Box gives an in-depth explanation of the processes that are not currently in climate models that are leading us towards a 'Faster Than Forecast' impacts from the collapse of the ice sheet. Watch Jason Box present his Greenland
- [UN Secretary-General | 'We Stand On The Edge Of The Abyss'](https://genn.cc/un-secretary-general-we-stand-on-the-edge-of-the-abyss/): UN Secretary General states the dire climate situation we face sounding more like climate activist than politician.
- [How Scotland's Climate Assembly informs policymaking & citizens alike](https://genn.cc/how-scotlands-climate-assembly-informs-policymaking-citizens-alike/): Political elites in the UK have never looked more out of touch than they do today. Despite this, in Scotland, we see a Climate Citizens Assembly that is working with experts to come up with ideas for achieving a lower carbon, cleaner and fairer society. Secretariat Susie Townend In this episode, I am speaking with
- [Dr Saleemul Huq Interview | “Vulnerable countries left Glasgow with tears in their eyes!”](https://genn.cc/dr-saleemul-huq-interview-vulnerable-countries-left-glasgow-with-tears-in-their-eyes/): In this episode, Dr Saleemul Huq declares COP26 “the most dishonest outcome that a COP presidency is responsible for. I hold the UK responsible for that dismal outcome.” Nick Breeze: In the wake of Glasgow there are many different voices, some more positive and others decrying the lost opportunity to make progress on a range
- [Wrapping up COP26 with Professor Kevin Anderson](https://genn.cc/wrapping-up-cop26-with-professor-kevin-anderson/): "...the very weak pointers that are in there are completely out of sync with the scale of the challenge that we are committed to!" Please support my work on https://patreon.com/genncc
- [Policy Gaps & Climate Repair | Sir David King & Professor Chip Fletcher](https://genn.cc/policy-gaps-climate-repair-sir-david-king-professor-chip-fletcher/): How do we remove 30bn tonnes of CO2+CH4 per year? In this conversation, Honolulu’s Climate Commission Chair, Professor Chip Fletcher speaks to Professor Sir David King about the growing emissions gap, the double accounting of carbon pledges, the urgent need for massive and safe annual greenhouse gas removal starting as soon as we can be
- [Sir David King | COP26 Update](https://genn.cc/sir-david-king-cop26-update/): Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) Chair, Professor Sir David King responds to questions about COP26 as the process shows signs of heavy criticism for unambitious progress, unfulfilled pledges and a growing concern from the public. Visit: https://genn.cc & https://patreon.com/genncc
- [Professor Jonathan Bamber | 2m sea-level rise leads to the breakdown of civilisation](https://genn.cc/professor-jonathan-bamber-2m-sea-level-rise-leads-to-the-breakdown-of-civilisation/): Professor Jonathan Bamber is a physicist with expertise in analysing Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. Support my work: https://patreon.com/genncc or visit https://genn.cc for more info. In this interview, he discusses their vulnerability under different warming scenarios that are tied to the emissions that humans will potentially emit. The scenarios ale have embedded uncertainties that could
- [Near term threats & societal risk as the Earth changes state | Dr Paul Behrens](https://genn.cc/near-term-threats-societal-risk-as-the-earth-changes-state-dr-paul-behrens/): Dr Paul Behrens has just published his book, ‘Best of Times, Worst of Times’ looking at different outcomes based on the choices humanity makes today. The sobering aspect is that even if we make the right choices we have now locked suffering into the adaptation process. Paul’s book is on my desk waiting to be
- [Professor Katharine Hayhoe | This affects all of us #cop26glasgow](https://genn.cc/professor-katharine-hayhoe-this-affects-all-of-us-cop26glasgow/): A quick meet-up with prof. Katharine Hayhoe - here we gauge the mood of the COP, the mood on the streets, and whether the COP is full of little more than hot air or not. Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc Twitter: @NickgBreeze + @ClimateGenn Instagram: @ClimateGenn and @NickGBreeze
- [Hope, Anger & Finding A Better Future | Prof. Jason Box talks to Prof. Rupert Read](https://genn.cc/hope-anger-finding-a-better-future-prof-jason-box-talks-to-prof-rupert-read/): This COP26 in Glasgow is the story of split perspectives, a greenwashing COP hell-bent on establishing a narrative of just-in-time, saviour pledges that we all sit back and hope come to pass, and another one that is based on ripping the blindfold away that has been concealing the truth of protracted failure. The result is
- [COP26 rocked or hit the rocks + where do we go next?](https://genn.cc/cop26-rocked-or-hit-the-rocks-where-do-we-go-next/): “COP26, STOP YOUR BULLSHIT!” Was the final cry from Namibian activist Ina-Maria Shokongo speaking on the Friday’s 4 Future peoples march in George Square, Glasgow on November 5th, 2021. A week ahead of the outcome, Shokongo, who had traveled from the frontlines of climate impacts, colonial oil drilling exploitation, and government corruption, called the COP26
- [ADAPT NOW! COP26Glasgow](https://genn.cc/adapt-now-cop26glasgow/): Hello, my name is Nick Breeze, I am a climate journalist/interviewer and have been covering the COPs since Paris. I post all my interviews on my own site GENN.cc as well as other places. It is a great pleasure to be here with you this morning. Why are we here? Pooran contacted me after watching
- [Responses to COP26 Glasgow](https://genn.cc/responses-to-cop26-glasgow/): In the last couple of weeks we have endured the usual pomp and circumstance of the UNFCCC COP meetings with world leaders and billionaires flying in to share their pearls of wisdom. The trouble is that emissions are still going up. The largest polluters are consuming what remains of the carbon budgets that tell us
- [Repairing the climate and the natural world | what does it mean?](https://genn.cc/repairing-the-climate-and-the-natural-world-what-does-it-mean/): Speaking to Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE and Dr Hugh Hunt about climate repair. Please support my work: https://patreon.com/genncc
- [Namibian climate activist Ina Maria Shikongo](https://genn.cc/namibian-climate-activist-ina-maria-shikongo/): Incredible speech at the Climate March in Glasgow Nov 2021 during #COP26 View more at Support my work at https://patreon.com/genncc
- [Vanessa Nakate | F4f | Glasgow COP26](https://genn.cc/vanessa-nakate-f4f-glasgow-cop26/): Wonderful activist Vanessa Nakate from Uganda speaks in Glasgow today about the need for action and climate justice. It is great to see the youth voices of Africa making moves to not only help shape the future of Africa but also bring the descendants of former oppressors onboard. There is a big 'mia culpa' moment
- [Inside COP26Glasgow; is this the ambition needed to avert disaster?](https://genn.cc/inside-cop26glasgow-is-this-the-ambition-needed-to-avert-disaster/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am inside the COP attending talks and speaking mainly to scientists but also half-listening to the pledges and commitments being made. What is striking is the sense of foreboding from people who have followed these negotiations for many years. Contents: 00:00 Intro by Nick Breeze 01:00 John
- [Professor Rupert Read | Denial On Trial and What To Do When The COP fails.](https://genn.cc/professor-rupert-read-denial-on-trial-and-what-to-do-when-the-cop-fails/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to professor Rupert Read on the eve of his trial that has since taken place resulting in a guilty verdict and a very modest fine handed down. Here we discuss the role of disinformation organisations like the Global Warming Policy Foundation who have spent the last
- [The Ripple Factor: Economic losses from weather extremes can amplify each other across the world](https://genn.cc/the-ripple-factor-economic-losses-from-weather-extremes-can-amplify-each-other-across-the-world/): Weather extremes can cause economic ripples along our supply chains. If they occur at roughly the same time the ripples start interacting and can amplify even if they occur at completely different places around the world, a new study shows. The resulting economic losses are greater than the sum of the initial events, the researchers
- [Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro accused of crimes against humanity at International Criminal Court (ICC)](https://genn.cc/bolsanaro-icc/): Complementing existing ICC complaints, the Communication adds a new international dimensionSubmitting party “AllRise” relies on existing legal framework to aim at setting a precedent ending impunity for environmental destruction Oct. 12, 2021 – AllRise accuses President Jair Bolsonaro of crimes against humanity in submissions filed before the Prosecution Office of the International Criminal Court in the Hague today.
- [Professor Kevin Anderson: “To hell in a hand cart”](https://genn.cc/professor-kevin-anderson-to-hell-in-a-hand-cart/): In the run-up to COP26, we face a new onslaught of mainstream media coverage of how this conference will decide the fate of humanity. The truth is that even the best outcome being sought by policymakers is far short of what the science tells us is needed to stabilise the global climate. Since the Rio
- [Dr Saleemul Huq | “We have crossed a climate threshold” | ADAPT NOW!](https://genn.cc/dr-saleemul-huq-we-have-crossed-a-climate-threshold-adapt-now/): Dr Saleemul Huq is a highly respected climate scientist from Bangladesh who has worked for decades to progress the safety of the most vulnerable people up the climate policymaking agenda. Traditionally the most vulnerable people have been from places like Saleem's own country, Bangladesh, but in this interview, he stresses that we have crossed a
- [Climate Famine In Southern Madagascar](https://genn.cc/climate-famine-in-southern-madagascar/): “…a crisis that should not happen!” Menghestab Haile, Regional Director, World Food Programme In this special episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Regional Director for the World Food Programme in Southern Africa, Menghestab Haile In particular, we are discussing the climate-driven drought in southern Madagascar that has over 1 million people
- [Alice Hill | Adaptation Critical To Our Global Climate Preparedness Strategy](https://genn.cc/alice-hill-adaptation-critical-to-our-global-climate-preparedness-strategy/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Alice Hill who was Special Assistant to President Obama at the White House and Senior Director for Resilience Policy at the National Security Council, working on climate change and pandemic preparedness. In her new book, ‘The Fight For Climate After COVID-19’, to be published
- [We need a UN Security Council on Climate Change](https://genn.cc/we-need-a-un-security-council-on-climate-change/): 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 true for all of us in wealthier nations right up until today when greenhouse gas emissions are at 50 billion
- [Building Infrastructure Challenges | Getting Beyond Net Zero](https://genn.cc/building-infrastructure-challenges-getting-beyond-net-zero/): Challenge for society Globally, buildings are responsible for approximately 30% of all energy use. Some of that energy is going to be provided by electricity that comes from wind turbines which do not have any emissions associated with it. The lion share of it, however, is not coming from renewable sources and, more importantly, in
- [Are accelerating impacts at risk of outpacing action?](https://genn.cc/are-accelerating-impacts-at-risk-of-outpacing-action/): With feedbacks from thawing permafrost and other sources on the rise, Sir David King discusses how close are we to the point where these sources of greenhouse gases outpace our own efforts to reduce atmospheric concentrations? Absolutely! Not exactly every year. We will have ups and downs due to variability in the climate system. We
- [How Climate Change Intersects With Global Security | Dr Chad Briggs](https://genn.cc/how-climate-change-intersects-with-global-security-dr-chad-briggs/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to Global Security expert, Dr Chad Briggs at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Contents with Timestamps Hybrid Warfare 01:35Resilience targeting 4:35Politics, economics and fossil fuel interests 5:30Sources of disinformation are a national security threat 8:00Cyber Aggression 9:00Climate migrants and nationalist politics 10:30Tackling societal breakdown due
- [Centre For Climate Repair, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE | Flipping buildings from carbon source to sink](https://genn.cc/centre-for-climate-repair-dr-shaun-fitzgerald-obe-flipping-buildings-from-carbon-source-to-sink/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with the Director of the Centre for Climate Repair in Cambridge, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald about how buildings can be adapted for climate resilience and the potential for flipping them from carbon sources to carbon sinks. Your feedback is most appreciated. Please do subscribe to Shaping
- [Is AMOC, a major Atlantic ocean current system approaching a critical threshold?](https://genn.cc/is-amoc-a-major-atlantic-ocean-current-system-approaching-a-critical-threshold/): The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the Gulf stream belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century. This is shown in a new study published in Nature Climate Change. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, transports warm water masses from the tropics northward at the ocean surface
- [Geoengineering: Mann, Hansen, Hunt, Rees, et al express views](https://genn.cc/geoengineering-mann-hansen-hunt-rees/): This was recorded in 2014 as a promo film for a geoengineering conference. Given that very little significant experimentation has ever taken place, this remains theoretical. Even now in 2021 these issues are concerning many people. I have reposted this here because I think the points made on all side are still as valid. Nothing
- [Dr. Shakhova: Is a massive burst feasible as the permafrost degrades?](https://genn.cc/dr-shakhova-is-a-massive-burst-feasible-as-the-permafrost-degrades/): Recorded in Nice, France in April 2017, this is a segment from a much longer interview that has not been released. The question is posed as to whether a large release of methane on a scale over a billion tonnes could be released from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf region. In the context of the
- [Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1.5°C](https://genn.cc/few-realistic-scenarios-left-to-limit-global-warming-to-1-5c/): Of the over 400 climate scenarios assessed in the 1.5°C report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), only around 50 scenarios avoid significantly overshooting 1.5°C. Of those only around 20 make realistic assumptions on mitigation options, for instance the rate and scale of carbon removal from the atmosphere or extent of tree planting,
- [Parts of Greenland may be on the verge of tipping: new early-warning signals detected](https://genn.cc/pik-greenland-tipping-point-crossed/): Scientists have detected new early-warning signals indicating that the central-western part of the Greenland Ice Sheet may undergo a critical transition relatively soon. Because of rising temperatures, a new study by researchers from Germany and Norway shows, the destabilization of the ice sheet has begun and the process of melting may escalate already at limited warming levels.
- [The global effort to create the world’s first Fusion reactor reaches 75% readiness at French laboratory](https://genn.cc/iter-fusion/): After a decade of design and fabrication, General Atomics is ready to ship the first module of the Central Solenoid, the world's most powerful magnet. It will become a central component of ITER, a machine that replicates the fusion power of the Sun. ITER is being built in southern France by 35 partner countries. ITER's
- [Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) at scale is complex but necessary](https://genn.cc/greenhouse-gas-removal-ggr-at-scale-is-complex-but-necessary/): The level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is too high; we are currently at over 500ppm CO2e. Worse still, global emissions continue apace. This is in part due to the inertia in our societies and the resulting lack of pace of a transition away from fossil fuels for our energy. However, it is also
- [Sir David King Interview | Arctic Briefing | Climate Crisis Advisory Group](https://genn.cc/sir-david-king-interview-arctic-briefing-climate-crisis-advisory-group/): 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 agility to the real-time climate crisis. The first report is linked below and focuses on the Arctic as a key
- [Facing The Future | Climate Psychology + Deep Adaptation](https://genn.cc/facing-the-future-climate-psychology-deep-adaptation/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Adrian Tait, co-founder of the Climate Psychology Alliance about his contribution to the new Deep Adaptation book. This newly published volume edited by and contributed to by Jem Bendell and Rupert Read includes an updated version of the original Deep Adaptation paper as well
- [Martin Bunzl | Thinking While Walking | Are we delusional about our perception of nature?](https://genn.cc/martin-bunzl-thinking-while-walking-are-we-delusional-about-our-perception-of-nature/): In this episode, I speak to the philosopher, Martin Bunzl, about his new book, Thinking While Walking, Reflections on the Pacific Crest Trail. Martin is professor of philosphy emeritus at Rutgers University in the US. As Martin traverses the 2650 mile trail from the Mexican-US border to the US-Canada border, questions emerge around our own
- [Measuring Impact; don't know? Don't care! Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold Standard](https://genn.cc/measuring-impact-dont-know-dont-care-margaret-kim-ceo-gold-standard/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Gold Standard CEO, Margaret Kim. Gold Standard sets the standard for climate positive implementation of a wide range of global-scale projects. Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro by Nick Breeze 01:30 Ensuring carbon reduction project manage negative environmental risks 03:30 Establishing public trust in the fight
- [[Preventing Human Chaos] General Ghazi | Climate As A Driver Of Conflict](https://genn.cc/preventing-human-chaos-general-ghazi-climate-as-a-driver-of-conflict/): 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 lead a nation or region into conflict. General Ghazi also outlines the critical role of the military as first responders,
- [The Climate Coup | Mark Alizart](https://genn.cc/mark-alizart-the-climate-coup/): In this episode of Shaping The Future I am speaking with French philosopher Mark Alizart about his new book The Climate Coup. The Climate Coup makes for fascinating reading as Mark identifies the forces of financial and self interest who are either actively profiting or seeking to gain power from the misery and suffering that
- [Ecosia Search Engine Founder/CEO, Christian Kroll | Turning profits into trees](https://genn.cc/ecosia-search-engine-founder-ceo-christian-kroll-turning-profits-into-trees/): ‘If you are in the 21st Century, I think you should only be allowed to call yourself a billionaire if you have actually absorbed a billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere!’
- ['Plastic - An Autobiography' - Allison Cobb's poetic journey into the personal & ecological crisis](https://genn.cc/plastic-an-autobiography-allison-cobb/): In this episode of Shaping The Future I speak with author, Allison Cobb, about her new book titled ‘Plastic - An Autobiography’. With poetic sensitivity, Allison explores the complexity of how plastic has become part of our lives and how this material, that can endure for generations, has been wilfully categorised as a ‘single use’
- [Tipping points can destabilize each other, leading to climate domino collapse effects](https://genn.cc/tipping-points-can-destabilize-each-other-leading-to-climate-domino-collapse-effects/): Under global warming, tipping elements in the Earth system can destabilize each other and eventually lead to climate domino collapse effects. The ice sheets on Greenland and West Antarctica are potential starting points for tipping cascades, a novel network analysis reveals. The Atlantic overturning circulation would then act as a transmitter, and eventually elements like
- [Russian Arctic Methane Releases & Subsea Permafrost Degradation | Professor Örjan Gustafsson (Part 2)](https://genn.cc/russian-arctic-methane-releases-subsea-permafrost-degradation-professor-orjan-gustafsson-part-2/): In this second episode of the methane miniseries, I speak to Professor Orjan Gustafsson from Stockholm University about his team's ongoing collaboration with the Russian research team, led by Professor Igor Semiletov, investigating the Siberian Arctic. Orjan has published over 80 research papers jointly with his Russian colleagues on their findings in the Russian Arctic
- [Heidi Sevestre | Arctic Permafrost threshold](https://genn.cc/heidi-sevestre-arctic-permafrost-threshold/): In this episode of Shaping The Future I am speaking with Glaciologist, Dr Heidi Sevestre, about the changing state of the Arctic, the outlook for the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, of which Heidi herself is an advisor, and how thawing permafrost could be past the threshold of irreversibility. Heidi combines the spirit of
- [Destabilised subsea permafrost & methane release risk | Igor Semiletov](https://genn.cc/destabilised-subsea-permafrost-methane-release-risk-igor-semiletov/): This is the first in a miniseries discussing the ongoing work in the Russian Arctic talking to Dr Igor Semiletov, one of the lead scientists who has been studying the region for over twenty years. Old deep thermogenic pool In assessing whether the potential for increased climate warming is a significant risk, scientists look at
- [Striving for equitable pathways to the future | Saffran Mihnar](https://genn.cc/striving-for-an-equitable-pathway-to-the-future-saffran-mihnar/): In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with the Director of Development and Communications at EarthLanka, Saffran Mihnar. Saffran is an advocate for climate solutions
- [Net Zero Is A Trap | Dr Wolfgang Knorr](https://genn.cc/net-zero-is-a-trap-professor-wolfgang-knorr/): Is net zero potentially worse than the threat of climate itself? Knorr thinks it could be.
- [Tipping Points In Antarctica | Dr Sebastian Rosier](https://genn.cc/tipping-points-in-antarcticas-pine-island-glacier-dr-sebastian-rosier/): Discussing whether the Pine Island Glacier has crossed the tipping points that will lead to multi-metre sea-level rise.
- [Professor David Keith | Climate Hacking](https://genn.cc/professor-david-keith-climate-hacking/): Professor Keith makes the case for solar geoengineering research as a just way to approach the climate emergency
- [Rupert Read | Bad News is Good News? The Upside of Down](https://genn.cc/rupert-read-philosophy-lecture-series-2021-bad-news-is-good-news-the-upside-of-down/): Philosophy Lecture Series 2021: Author/Philosopher Rupert Read discusses why philosophy in a climate crisis matters. Also, watch the lectures here.
- [Antarctic Ice Melt | Professor James Renwick](https://genn.cc/antarctic-melt-a-recipe-for-global-catastrophe-professor-james-renwick/): We need global coordination to prevent Antarctic catastrophe
- [Saima Wazed | COVID & Climate | Global Mental Health Crisis](https://genn.cc/saima-wazed-covid-climate-mental-health-crisis-among-the-most-vulnerable/): WHO adviser, Saima Wazed, discusses the need for greater support for worlds most vulnerable people.
- [Dr Zack Labe | Decoding NOAA’s Arctic Report Card](https://genn.cc/dr-zack-labe-decoding-noaas-arctic-report-card-with-contributing-climate-scientist/): Zack helps to break down the complexity of this annual report & highlights some of the major impacts that climate change is bringing to the polar Arctic region.
- [Professor Jennifer Francis | Abrupt cooling in the Arctic?](https://genn.cc/professor-jennifer-francis-abrupt-cooling-in-the-arctic/): Is there a new Arctic climate feedback mechanism? Jennifer Francis thinks there is.
- [WRI US Director Dan Lashof | Will Biden’s climate policy work?](https://genn.cc/wri-us-director-dan-lashof-will-bidens-climate-plans-bear-fruit/): WRI Director Dan Lashof discusses President Biden's climate change policy agenda.
- [Father Josh | ‘Pandemic is a warning to humans’](https://genn.cc/father-josh-the-vaticans-head-of-ecology-pandemic-is-a-warning-to-humans/): The Vatican’s Head of Ecology Father Josh reminds us that we must learn from the pandemic in order to reform our relationship with nature and live within planetary constraints.
- [Turning Oil Green | Dan Dicker on a rapid move to renewables](https://genn.cc/turning-oil-green-dan-dickers-using-the-markets-to-transition-to-renewables/): Turning oil green proposes a market approach to a clean energy transition
- [Prof. Bill McGuire's book Skyseed | Fiction and climate catastrophe?](https://genn.cc/prof-bill-mcguires-book-skyseed-fiction-and-climate-catastrophe/): Solar geoengineering goes wrong in this epic book by scientist Bill McGuire
- [Dr Zack Labe | Laptev Sea Not Refreezing & Other Arctic Climate Notes](https://genn.cc/dr-zack-labe-laptev-sea-not-refreezing-other-arctic-climate-notes/): Zack Labe discusses the Arctic region of the Laptev Sea
- [CPA’s Adrian Tait | Climate Psychology Podcast | Ecological Breakdown](https://genn.cc/cpas-adrian-tait-climate-psychology-podcast-ecological-breakdown/): Adrian Tait, founder of the CPA discusses climate breakdown.
- [Rabbi Yonatan Neril | New Book Eco Bible | Spiritual Beings In A Physical World](https://genn.cc/rabbi-yonatan-neril-new-book-eco-bible-spiritual-beings-in-a-physical-world/): Rabbi Yonatan Neril discusses his new book EcoBible.
- [Prof Sarah Bridle | Food & Climate Change Without The Hot Air](https://genn.cc/prof-sarah-bridle-food-climate-change-without-the-hot-air/): Professor Sarah Bridle discusses her new book on food and emissions
- [Scott Duncan | Meteorology as a tool for a safer future in the face of climate change](https://genn.cc/scott-duncan-meteorology-as-a-tool-for-a-safer-future-in-the-face-of-climate-change/): Meteorologist Scott Duncan: how weather data is used to inform the public & organisations we rely on against the worst of life’s low-probability high-impact events
- [ICOS: a system that spots collapsing carbon sinks | a vital tool for our future](https://genn.cc/icos-a-system-that-spots-collapsing-carbon-sinks-a-vital-tool-for-our-future/): Secretary-General of ICOS - The Integrated Carbon Observation System, Dr. Habil. Werner L. Kutsch.
- [The Climate App | New innovation for the people, by the people](https://genn.cc/the-climate-app-new-innovation-for-the-people-by-the-people/): Measuring our carbon footprint with the climate app.
- [Professor Peter Wadhams | Carbon Removal & COVID-19 Go Exponential](https://genn.cc/professor-peter-wadhams-carbon-removal-covid-19-go-exponential/): Sir Peter Wadhams talks to Nick Breeze about CDR and climate impacts we can't cope with.
- [Sir Jonathan Porritt discusses new book, 'Hope In Hell'](https://genn.cc/sir-jonathan-porritt-discusses-new-book-hope-in-hell/): Environmental veteran Sir Jonathon Porritt discusses his new book, Hope In Hell on Shaping The Future with Nick Breeze
- [Dr Hugh Hunt | Arctic Geoengineering: ‘crazy ideas have potential’](https://genn.cc/cambridges-hugh-hunt-geoengineering-the-arctic-crazy-ideas-have-potential/): Dr Hugh Hunt says we shouldn't write off crazy ideas that may help humanity survive climate impacts
- [Extinction Rebellion Cofounder Gail Bradbrook](https://genn.cc/extinction-rebellion-cofounder-gail-bradbrook/): Dr Gail Bradbrook discusses the need for activism in a time of climate emergency
- [Peter Kalmus | Climate scientist speaking out](https://genn.cc/peter-kalmus-climate-scientist-speaking-out/): Climate change despair with author and scientist Dr Peter Kalmus
- [Arben Kane | Climate Data applications that save lives](https://genn.cc/arben-kane-climate-data-applications-that-save-lives/): Satellite technology expert discusses how they use data to save lives
- [Climate Psychologist Dr Renée Lertzman | Attuned thinking in a time of crisis](https://genn.cc/climate-psychologist-dr-renee-lertzman-principals-for-attuned-thinking-in-a-time-of-crisis/): Attuned thinking in a time of crisis with Climate Psychologist Dr Renee Lertzman
- [Professor Rupert Read | Extinction Rebellion: Insights From The Inside](https://genn.cc/professor-rupert-read-extinction-rebellion-insights-from-the-inside/): Professor Rupert Read, author and philosopher discusses his new book about XR.
- [Warm Holes & Cold Blobs in the North Atlantic due to climate change](https://genn.cc/warm-holes-cold-blobs-in-the-north-atlantic-due-to-climate-change/): Climate scientist discusses new findings from climate models on how the AMOC is interacting with the North Atlantic Gyre and what this means for regional climate changes
- [Met Office Chief, Professor Penny Endersby | Climate Models](https://genn.cc/met-office-chief-professor-penny-endersby/): UK Met Office Chief Exec Professor Penny Endersby discusses climate modelling ambitions and limits
- [Professor Jason Box | Greenland and The Climate System](https://genn.cc/professor-jason-box-greenland-and-the-climate-system/): Discussing the collapse of the Greenland Ice sheet with Professor Jason Box.
- [Professor Kevin Anderson | Climate Action Failure](https://genn.cc/professor-kevin-anderson-climate-action-failure/): Professor Kevin Anderson discusses the failure of climate policy.
- [Professor Katharine Hayhoe | Low-balling climate change](https://genn.cc/katharine-hayhoe-low-balling-climate-change/): Climate scientists discusses the impacts of the pandemic on the climate crisis
- [COP25 UN climate talks: 'in moral terms… it’s evil!'](https://genn.cc/cop25-un-climate-talks-in-moral-terms-its-evil/): 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 have provided the opportunity for petrol states and developed countries to excise the red lines of developing countries from the text
- [Dr. Peter Carter: summarising the lack of "climate emergency" at #COP25](https://genn.cc/dr-peter-carter-summarising-the-lack-of-climate-emergency-at-cop25/): 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 happening to lessen them at least? Absolutely nothing! “Nothing is going to come out of this COP with regards to
- [The Journey To COP26 - Glasgow - Starts Now](https://genn.cc/the-journey-to-cop26-glasgow-starts-now/): 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 must bring to bear its accumulated powers in diplomacy, persuasion, purpose, and determination, to recreate trust in the Paris accord,
- [Climate Scientist William Moomaw Warning For Politicians and humanity](https://genn.cc/climate-scientist-william-moomaw-warning-for-politicians-and-humanity/): 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:
- [Professor Dan Daffoley - IUCN Deoxygenation of Oceans](https://genn.cc/professor-dan-daffoley-iucn-deoxygenation-of-oceans/): 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 ocean and if the oceans go, it is widely accepted that we go too. "We are now seeing increasingly low
- [Greta Thunberg Press Conference at the UN: I will share my platform](https://genn.cc/greta-thunberg-press-conference-at-the-un-i-will-share-my-platform/): 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. This press conference took place on the morning of 9th December 2019 and includes personal statements from representatives of indigenous
- [Is the COP process working? World Resources Institute decarbonisation specialist, Kelly Levin](https://genn.cc/is-the-cop-process-working-world-resources-institute-decarbonisation-specialist-kelly-levin/): 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 cannot afford any growth in emissions right now. For our best chance to avoid the worst climate impacts we need
- [THE WMO Report shows this is the decade climate change was baked in](https://genn.cc/the-wmo-report-shows-this-is-the-decade-climate-change-was-baked-in/): 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 that current emissions would be removed from the atmosphere by negative emission technologies, and that we’d somehow restore the climate
- [Youth strikers march for climate justice](https://genn.cc/youth-strikers-march-for-climate-justice/): 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 New York and Stockholm among the many other locations. The impacts of climate change not only threaten our collective future
- [Fridays4Future: bolder than holding signs](https://genn.cc/fridays4future-bolder-than-holding-signs/): 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 2015 when the Paris Agreement was celebrated, I witnessed many indigenous peoples crying as they realised that no firm commitment
- [Satellite data presentation: Copernicus Climate Change Service](https://genn.cc/satellite-data-presentation-copernicus-climate-change-service/): 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 and SMEs (DG GROW) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) – which implements C3S on behalf of
- [The British 'green is great' COP out](https://genn.cc/the-british-green-is-great-cop-out/): 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 - or COP24, as the branding goes - opened with an emotion-grabbing call on world leaders by Sir David Attenborough.
- [They who shall inherit the Earth...](https://genn.cc/they-who-shall-inherit-the-earth/): The generation who will have to live with the failures of COP24 are still not allowed into the negotiating room. The Conference of the Parties 24 (COP24) climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland, are well underway. Major themes recur each year at these talks, such as equity among people and social justice. One theme that has
- [Dr Saleemul Huq Interview: climate litigation looms](https://genn.cc/dr-saleemul-huq-interview-climate-litigation-looms/): 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 increased frequency of extreme weather events in the last few years, do you feel concerned about where we are heading?
- [Schellnhuber: 'It’s nonlinearity - stupid!'](https://genn.cc/schellnhuber-its-nonlinearity-stupid/): 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 we are today, how do you feel society has responded to the threat of climate disruption? John Schellnhuber (JS): It
- [The weather we rely on for agriculture is only going to get worse](https://genn.cc/the-weather-we-rely-on-for-agriculture-is-only-going-to-get-worse/): The jet stream is responsible for what kind of weather we experience and its behaviour is changing. Dr Jennifer Francis, a research professor at Rutgers University's Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, explains how a combination of factors are going to drastically impact agricultural systems in Europe and Eurasia. It is easy to look at the fires
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- [Professor Kevin Anderson & Dr Hugh Hunt discuss responses to climate change at #COP23](https://genn.cc/professor-kevin-anderson-dr-hugh-hunt-discuss-responses-to-climate-change-at-cop23/): Dr Hugh Hunt is a Reader in Engineering Dynamics at the University of Cambridge and a cofounder of the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series. Professor Kevin Anderson is Deputy Director of the Tyndal Centre for Climate Change and a visiting Professor at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. Kevin is a consistently outspoken voice on how
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- [Climate Geoengineering and its Governance COP22, UNFCCC](https://genn.cc/climate-geoengineering-and-its-governance-cop22-unfccc/): Filmed at COP22 in Marrakesh, Morocco, this press conference features experts in the fields of engineering and climate governance research. This conversation explores the difficulties in discussing the complex subject of geoengineering, whilst also challenging the status quo to speak up and invest in the vital research required in order to protect humanity from the
- [Professor Peter Wadhams: A Farewell To Ice](https://genn.cc/professor-peter-wadhams-a-farewell-to-ice/): Polar researcher Professor Peter Wadhams has been visiting the Arctic and Antarctic regions for over 40 years and was known by former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, as "The Ice Man". Now, here at COP22, irrespective of the changes in the political landscape, Professor Wadhams brings his message of urgency and action, stating that we
- [Secretary Of State John Kerry at COP22: Time Is Not On Our Side](https://genn.cc/secretary-of-state-john-kerry-at-cop22-time-is-not-on-our-side/): AS we arrived in Marrakech for the first COP in the wake of the Paris Agreement, the news of the election of President Donald Trump rips through the mood of enthusiasm of attendees. The realisation that an enemy of the climate movement was about to take over The Whitehouse turned the atmosphere towards emptiness and
- [Barack Obama admits Paris Accord targets 'not enough to avoid catastrophe'](https://genn.cc/barack-obama-admits-paris-accord-targets-not-enough-to-avoid-catastrophe/): Barack Obama now argues “we are speeding our car towards the cliff at a very fast rate”. Adrian Bridge, CEO of the 326yr old port company hosting the former US president adds “what we need to do is stop talking and start doing!” So what next? Wine production in Europe has fallen to 50-year lows
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- [1.5ºC - A New Boundary For Global Warming?](https://genn.cc/1-5oc-a-new-boundary-for-global-warming/): Featuring:Caroline Lucas, British Member of ParliamentSaleemul Huq, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED)Kevin Anderson, Deputy Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change & Professor at University of Manchester, UKJason Box, professor in glaciology at the Geological Survey of Denmark and GreenlandMichael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York CityShannon Phllips, Minister for the
- [Naomi Klein on the role of civil society and the need to pressure our leaders](https://genn.cc/naomi-klein-on-the-role-of-civil-society-and-the-need-to-pressure-our-leaders/): Activist and author, Naomi Klein, is speaking here at a side event during the COP21 in Paris (Dec ’15), about some key issues that are defining the challenges of our age: Climate science must be taken seriously by policymakers and investors when making decisions on behalf of, or that affect civil society.An event like the
- [Christiana Figueres: a very important strategic moment to begin to bring down fossil fuel subsidies](https://genn.cc/christiana-figueres-a-very-important-strategic-moment-to-begin-to-bring-down-fossil-fuel-subsidies/): Transcript: One myth we are dispelling is that we have to choose between development and carbon emissions and that myth I think we are increasingly dispelling. The myth we are dispelling is that it is only with this type of subsidy that the poor can be benefitted. That is a myth. Unfortunately, it has been
- [Climate Justice? Let them eat cake! Professor Kevin Anderson & Dr Hugh Hunt](https://genn.cc/climate-justice-let-them-eat-cake-professor-kevin-anderson-dr-hugh-hunt/): Our current carbon pollution rate is taking us towards a planet that is on average 4ºC warmer than today with regional variations far exceeding this and changes to the natural world that will be so profound that it is fair to say, this will not be the same planet. Cognitive dissonance As Dr. Hunt points
- [1.5ºC boundary for global heating exposes the chasm between rhetoric & reality, here's why:](https://genn.cc/1-5oc-boundary-for-global-heating-exposes-the-chasm-between-rhetoric-reality-heres-why/): As the backslapping of the main protagonists of the COP21 summit joined in the celebrations, many others turned their attention to the details of how the agreement is going to play out in the real world. We can rest assured because, as ever, the devil is in the detail. Carbon Budgets The ‘carbon budget’ relates
- [COP21 Paris Accord failed humanity, impacted communities respond](https://genn.cc/cop21-paris-accord-failed-humanity-impacted-communities-respond/): The atmosphere within the COP21 meeting was one of business instead of saving Mother Earth. World leaders were in deep negotiations not over climate policy, they were in negotiations about commercialization of nature. The result is a Paris Accord that is based on a carbon market that allows developed countries to continue to emit dangerously
- [Sir David King | ICE-ARC | Ice, Climate, Economic - Arctic Research on Change](https://genn.cc/sir-david-king-ice-arc-ice-climate-economic-arctic-research-on-change/): Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government, Sir David King, presents at COP21 as part of the EU funded ICE, Climate, Economics - Arctic Research on Change presentation at the EU Pavilion at COP21 in Paris.
- [US Secretary of State Speaking At COP21 - Briefing to media](https://genn.cc/us-secretary-of-state-speaking-at-cop21-briefing-to-media/): Full transcript: SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, Todd, extraordinarily for those more than generous words. I really, really appreciate them. I might have loved it if you found a less menacing notion than a ballistic missile. (Laughter.) But I appreciate it. At least it gets the job done. Ambassador Hartley, really nice to have you here,
- [Leading scientists assess the latest draft agreement at COP21](https://genn.cc/leading-scientists-assess-the-latest-draft-agreement-at-cop21/): Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) The formulation we have right now, limiting warming between 1.5°C and 2°C, isin line with the IPCC and the latest science. The rest of the text does not sufficiently operationalize the long-term goal, although the current language leaves room for that to happen. 1.5°C warming would be safe for small island states and least developed countries, but
- [Interview: Caroline Lucas at The French National Assembly, Paris, COP21](https://genn.cc/interview-caroline-lucas-at-the-french-national-assembly-paris-cop21/): Nick Breeze: Every climate scientist I interview at this COP is saying they do not believe we can keep temperatures below 2ºC when policymakers are still building power stations and engines that burn fossil fuel. Is there a huge disconnect between the politics and the reality of what is going on in the climate? Caroline
- [COP21 Update - Major Economies Declare Support for 1.5°C](https://genn.cc/cop21-update-major-economies-declare-support-for-1-5c/): Published: 03 December 2015Recognizing this change of position, now 108 countries have clearly voiced support for the 1.5°C target, including the first major developed economies. The move echoes rapidly growing support voiced by states and global civil society for the calls of the CVF’s Manila-Paris Declaration on long-term temperature and mitigation goals. On 1 December,
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