The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Micheal Gillenwater, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute: They do technical capacity building primarily in the developing world, for people that measure greenhouse gas emissions. Their key program is supporting the climate change process in training the inspection review teams for the ...
Read More »COP 21 19 Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini, Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica
This video sees Mr Luis Felipe talking to us about how Costa Rica looks after their livestock and different agricultural techniques that are used. Mr Luis tells us about how he addresses the three major issues of mitigation, irrigation and adaptation/productivity. Mr Luis ensures us that he wants to make ...
Read More »COP 21 US Centre 2015 Paris – Question Time – Collapse of Agriculture
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: UNFCC Int, Collapse of Agriculture, Question time for Heads of State Questions: Ecosystem management and the ecosystem adaptation, can you comment something on that, whether climate-smart is to heavy on the technology side? What disturbs us greatly at the ...
Read More »Roger Godwin Talks Agriculture in South Africa
This video is very informative and interesting. Mr Roger Godwin, a project and environmental researcher has an endlessly interesting pool of knowledge stored in his cranium. Mr Godwin talks to us initially about the rights farmers used to have to their mineral rights. Where agriculture used to be fairly ...
Read More »COP 21 – Demonstration of CO2 Build-up
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: A Demonstration of the seasonal build-up and dissipation of CO2 in the Northern Hemisphere during Winter and Summer. In Winter, the loss of leaves and crops leads to a massive build-up that then largely dissipates during Summer as new ...
Read More »Carbon Reduction – COP Panel Discussion
COP 20, Lima 2010, Discussion regarding the need for strong policy commitments so that investors and entrepreneurs can engage with climate development strategies and climate risk. This is not a situation that we can pay our way out of. We need a revolution not only in industry and manufacturing but ...
Read More »COP 21 – Delegate Interview – Francois Heindricks – Refrigerant Association France
This video sees the man from the refrigeration association Mr Francois Heindricks and he is telling us about how the refrigeration industry is moving towards cutting greenhouse gas emissions and he reminds us that the industry only counts for 2% of total greenhouse gas emissions. However it is a standard ...
Read More »COP 21 Panel Discussion – The Ocean and Global Warming
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: A Panel of Young Graduates discusses their interest in the Ocean and problems caused by Global Warming A deeper dive is taken into the problems of the Ocean’s and Global Warming. The panel is made of younger scientists. The ...
Read More »COP 21 – Dr. Anders Levermann, Potsdam Institute
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr. Anders Levermann Greenland: There have been a number of studies showing what the long-term sea level rise from Greenland will be, and it turns out that there is a threshold in the Greenland ice dynamics and the Greenland ice melting, ...
Read More »COP 21 – Dr. Susan Natali, Woods Hole Research Centre
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Susan Natali of Woods Hole Research Centre responds to questions about the impact of the higher global temperatures on Permafrost, the resultant melting, and bacterial activity will release additional Carbon Dioxide and Methane that has not been included ...
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