Experts

Gunter Pauli talks about new Solar Panels designed in Sweden that continue to produce energy at night. See more information atgunterpauli.com/ and theblueeconomy.org/

The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Owen Gaffney, Future Earth, Stockholm Centre for Resilience, Research Community Providing Evidence for Climate Change, Biodiversity, Land System Use, etc.

COP 20, Lima, 2010 – Kaisa Kosonen of Greenpeace discusses timelines for Climate Change. When applying precautionary principles and given what we have already seen happening globally with climate, we need to bring Carbon Emissions down by 2015.

Rachel Kyte, the Vice President of the World Bank speaks about the journey that multinational banks are undertaking as regards the rights and expectations of third world people for sustainable development being undermined by Climate Change. A 2% rise in global temperatures will result in a 4-5% drop in growth ...

The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Segolene Neuville – Active Mobilities, Dr Zsusanna Jakab – The Adverse Impact of Climate Change on Human Health, Heat Wave deaths in Europe

Roger Godwin, Project and Environmental Research, discussing Bees and the pollination services for the fruit industry. South Africa as a microcosm of what is happening globally. The American Foulbrood disease is just one disease being found in hives. There are not enough hives and bees left to manage pollination needed. ...

Spiritual Dimension – Dr. Saleem Huq, IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change. Climate Change is a moral issue, rich people cause the pollution and poor people in both poor and rich countries are the ones who suffer.

Spiritual Dimension – Martin Kopp, Justice Advocacy Officer of the Lutheran World Federation, France – Mobilise their constituency, Interfaith One-Day Conference

Spiritual Dimension – Dr Chi-Ming Peng, Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan, Unite people and society with a common goal; our suffering from global warming will be carried by all of us; all stakeholders including individuals need to be more active.

Ocean Pollution – Russell Weston discusses False Bay Park, the dump site and its effect on the Wetland area, the water table and the surrounding farms. We need to find better ways to recycle and deal with waste production than dumping.