How to Avert a Climate Catastrophe

Three experts join Jacqueline McGlade to discuss whether we still have a chance to avoid a climate catastrophe.

A lecture by Jacqueline McGlade, Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment; Professor Vicky Pope, Met Office and UCL; Dr Damien Short, University of London; Professor Geoffrey Beattie, Edge Hill University
30 September 2019 5PM BST


After the UN Climate Action Summit in September, our Environment Professor will be talking to three experts about whether we still have a meaningful chance of averting a climate catastrophe, and how we can get there. The Extinction Rebellion protests pushed climate up the news agenda early in 2019, but what has happened since then, and what is happening globally? Professor Vicky Pope will discuss the challenges of climate modelling and reduction of emissions; Dr Damien Short will talk about why we need to legislate against Ecocide; and Professor Geoffrey Beattie will discuss the psychology that stops us from taking action.

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