In this panel presentation, speakers present on the Effects of Climate Change on Oceans focusing in particular on Africa in the global context, also in conjunction with the IPCC-AR5 Report at COP 22, Marrakech. Prof. Dr Hans-Otto Pörtner of Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven (AWI), Ocean biologist, Climate researcher and Co‐Chair ...
Read More »Transport Systems ~ Actions against Negative Effects!
Mother Channel interviews Ms. Maddy Churchhouse, final year undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh, and Hired Consultant at the Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Partnership with PPMC (Paris Process on Mobility and Climate) at COP 22, Marrakech. The PPMC joins Michelin Challenge Design in order to promote quick action in the ...
Read More »Developing Countries ~ Accelerating Climate Technology Transfer
AT COP 22, Marrakech, Mother Channel interviews Ms Karina Larsen, Knowledge and Communications Manager at Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTC-N) and Jaco du Toit, Manager: Corporate Engagement of WWF – SA. Ms Karina Larsen of Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTC-N) ~ the Centre promotes the accelerated transfer of environmentally ...
Read More »“Trauma of Natural Disasters” ~ Healing through the Arts
Director of Earth Saver’s and Founder of PETA, Ms Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, speaks on the catastrophic impacts of climate change where natural disasters are causing home abandonment, including armed conflict etc. resulting in millions of refugees living in desperate, difficult and degraded conditions in the Philippines, at COP 22 Expo in ...
Read More »Climate Change Impacted by Booming Global Population?
At this panel discussion, Stuart Scott, (Founder of United Planet Faith & Science Initiative) introduces the panel speakers on the subject of Global Population Growth and its effects on the planet’s Climate, held at COP 22, Marrakech. Scott poses a rhetorical question: ‘Population – How do we avoid catastrophic climate ...
Read More »UK ~ Climate Change “Worries” and Solving the Problem!
In an exclusive interview with Mother Channel, Professor Peter Wadhams leading Arctic scientist and Head of the Polar Ocean Physics at Cambridge University talks on some of the ‘Worries’ particular to the UK and ‘Urgent Actions’ required, at COP 22, Marrakech. Responding to a question on ‘How UK will be ...
Read More »Climate Injustice ~ Is Food a Major Player?
In this interview with Mother Channel at COP 22, Marrakech, Emily Rushton speaks on her passion, being inspired by personal experience and working on behalf of Ora Taiao: New Zealand Climate and Health Council towards addressing Climate Injustice. Moved by the climate injustice she saw in rural Asia, a registered ...
Read More »Our Environmental Dilemma – Past, Present, Future… (Part 2)
In this 2017 UCT Summer School Series, Dr Peter Ardington (BVSc SAVC) presents on “A Green Future for the World ~ Part 2.” This two-part presentation explores and analyses the environmentally negative influence of people from the emergence of our species, between 200,000 and 400,000 years ago, up to the ...
Read More »Our Environmental Dilemma – Past, Present and Future …
In this 2017 UCT Summer School Series, Dr Peter Ardington (BVSc SAVC) presents on “A Brown History of the World ~ Part 1”, where he discusses and presents on the history of mankind’s arrogance and sense of self-importance which has driven and is driving mankind’s care and more importantly lack ...
Read More »Oceans Action Event – No Ocean…. No Blue Zone !
This Oceans Action Event at COP 22, Marrakech, focuses on Core Issue Solutions, i.e. the 5-year Oceans and Climate Strategic Action Roadmap, Seychelles innovative initiatives and Blue bonds, as well as Science Solutions, i.e. Ocean Value Assessment, Roles of Science and Investors, Local Community involvement and Science to Action time. ...
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