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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

In this 2017 UCT Summer School Series, Day 2 ~ Dr Christopher Jack presents on “The Cape Town Forecast” – Understanding Climate Change in Cape Town, South Africa. Climate change caused by emissions of greenhouse gases is one of the major challenges facing society today. In one sense the science ...

This Oceans Action Event at COP 22, Marrakech covers solutions to Core Issues, i.e. Food Security, Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience – challenges are far more easily identified than solutions, with this being a time of ‘Action’, the first step to the solutions space is a recognition of the role the ...

COP 22 – In this 3rd presentation, Financing in Health, Rockefeller Commitment and Lancet Project (Monitoring), the Health Panel discuss the essence of Co-benefits that exist between Climate and Health – a proposition for enabling the health and climate community to come together and put the business case for more ...

COP 22 – In this 2nd presentation, Health Co-benefits of Climate Mitigation, the Health Panel discuss Urban Health – Air Pollution in cities (Dr Carlos Dora – WHO), HEAL working with health professionals pushing for addressing Climate, Air Pollution and Healthier Energy choices (Viioleta Gordeljevic – HEAL) and Air Pollution ...

COP 22 – In this presentation, the Health Panel discuss the importance of Health as a transformational argument on Climate Change and the need for compassion, engagement and organisation in addressing Health Risks and Climate Change, thereby gaining the Health co-benefits of low carbon development practice – speakers ; Dr ...

COP22 – Potential for Regional Power Interconnection and Networks ~ a Global Assessment. Electricity transmission is a key enabler of a clean energy system. Given the versatile and efficient nature of electricity for end‑user applications, electricity demand has been growing more rapidly than overall energy consumption. Decarbonisation is expected to ...