Climate Change - What is to be done?
Climate change is the major threat we face during the 21st Century. Unless we take drastic action, it will disrupt food production and cause drought and starvation; it will undermine our housing and transport infrastructures; it will force large-scale migration and provoke warfare and civil unrest; it will devastate the ecosystems and habitats for many of the species with which we share this planet; it will leave an impoverished legacy for our descendants.
In face of this threat, what can our research offer? And how can we work with our local communities, with business and other organisations and with governments?
Scientists and engineers at the University of Bath are undertaking research on a wide range of green technologies. We need these green technologies, but we must also consider the social, economic and political trade-offs that are involved in addressing climate change.
This will be a major focus for the new Institute for Policy Research.
Panel Chair overview
Iain Stewart is Professor of Geosciences Communication at the University of Plymouth.
He is well-known as the presenter of several BBC TV series, including 'Earth – The Power of the Planet' (2007); 'Earth - The Climate Wars' (2008); 'How to Grow A Planet' (2012); and, most recently, the Horizon special 'The Truth About Meteors' (March 2013.
He is a Member of the Scientific Board of UNESCO’s International Geological Programme (IGCP).
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