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ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze

136 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago -

Interviews with environmental / climate change experts discussing the choices we collectively face in determining what future we will shape for ourselves, future generations, and all other life within the biosphere.

The podcast is produced by Nick Breeze - find out more at https://genn.cc + https://patreon.com/genncc

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Cayman Islands Youth Make case For climate survival with potential evacuation plan

February 28, 2024 21:15 - 23 minutes - 44 MB

In this episode I am speaking with three young people from the Cayman Islands about the existential climate threat they face. They are taking their case to the British Government to ask for assistance in what could eventually lead to an evacuation plan. The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory lying to the south of Cuba and the North East of Honduras. Currently an estimated 85% of the worlds hedge funds are located in these islands.  The irony is that a significant percentage of...

'Saving Ourselves' by Dana Fisher: A policy cascade only after millions die from climate shocks!

February 24, 2024 19:45 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MB

This episode with Dana R fisher is the unofficial part 2 of 3 looking at the sociological side of collective action, while we try to slow the sinking of the Titanic, to make homes on the lifeboats. The rub in all this is that Dana’s message is not dissimilar from Roger Hallam’s (unofficial part 1). She agrees that millions will likely die before the so-called Anthroshift kicks in and we get the cascade of structural policies we need to respond en masse to the crisis. The detail in all we d...

The AMOC Tipping Point (And what we need to know!) with Dr René van Westen

February 16, 2024 18:07 - 16 minutes - 31.2 MB

In this ClimateGenn Episode I speak with Dr René van Westen about the recent research he published with colleagues looking at what it would take to cause the Atlantic Meridonial Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to pass through it’s tipping point. Interpretations of this research have been published in media around the world and debated across social media. Here René gets a chance to clarify the potential for catastrophic impacts that would indiscriminately devastate Europe as well as many oth...

Dr Chris Kettle: Systems Under Stress, Trees, Forests, Food + Human and Planetary Health

February 10, 2024 20:11 - 27 minutes - 51.8 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Dr Chris Kettle. Chris is Principal Scientist within the International organization Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, one of the global CGIAR centers for Agricultural research for development.  Chris leads their work globally on restoration and the role of trees in transitioning food systems.  This is a critically important episode and Chris really dives into the complex interconnectivity between forestry, biodiversity, climate, food system...

Dickson Goodness: Shell, clean up your mess! Call for justice in the Niger Delta.

February 03, 2024 19:43 - 14 minutes - 26.1 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Nigerian Climate Activist Dickson Goodness about the ongoing struggle to pressure the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, to clean up it’s colossal toxic mess left behind after nearly seven decades of oil extraction in the Niger Delta. Beyond carbon emission, the damage done has destroyed ecosystems, decimated biodiversity, ruined livelihoods and caused misery and suffering for communities living in the region. PREORDER COPOUT - h...

Roger Hallam: Can Rolling Climate Dice End The Carbon Regime?

January 21, 2024 22:44 - 40 minutes - 75.5 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Roger Hallam, original cofounder of Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil and other socially focussed organisations. He also hosts the ‘Designing The Revolution’ podcast. Roger’s communication style is often confrontational and very direct. In this interview Roger discusses where he thinks we are now and the complex sociological processes at work that will determine the future. Moving into 2024 we are faced with the reality that the largest fossil fuel...

Dr Jennifer Francis- 2024 and beyond "Expect surprises, destruction, suffering..."

January 01, 2024 18:48 - 14 minutes - 26.7 MB

In this climategenn episode bulletin, I speak with Dr Jennifer Francis about her new work looking at Weather Whiplash Events that she and colleagues have been studying in the N Atlantic and Europe. We also discuss the outlook for 2024 as climate impacts worsen and world leaders from across the world are doubling down on expanding the root cause of the problem: fossil fuels. If you want to find out more about the failing COP process and why we urgently need to hold those delaying structur...

Lord Martin Rees - The public need to show politicians they care for them to act

December 27, 2023 14:12 - 35 minutes - 64.9 MB

Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal and former president of the Royal Society discusses his new book, If Science Is To Save Us. We discuss the myriad risks being faced by humanity at the global level and why wealthy countries like the UK must help poorer countries in the global south leapfrog fossil fuel energy.  Order ‘If Science Is To Save Us’ by Martin Rees here:  https://amzn.to/3tyx61O Order ‘COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate’ by ClimateGenn host, Nick Bre...

Spirituality, heat, climate and conflict - Rabbi Yonatan Neril at COP28

December 14, 2023 18:36 - 16 minutes - 31.4 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode recorded at COP28 in the UAE, I speak with Rabbi Yonatan Neril from Jerusalem about his interfaith work to unite all faiths for climate action. The Faith pavilion at COP28 aimed to broadcast clear messages to the 6.5 billion plus people around the world who identify with a faith.  Help support this channel by becoming a Youtube or Patron member. You can also buy my book COPOUT which takes you behind the scenes in the COP’s Bluezone, from Paris to the UAE, to high...

Why The COP Fails - Fossil Fuel Treaty Chair, Tzeporah Berman digs in

December 13, 2023 14:23 - 13 minutes - 24.6 MB

Listen to Tzepora Berman explain why over 30years of COPs, emissions continue to rise and the problem gets worse. Also why we need civil society to demand a plan for rapid decarbonisation right now! PreOrder 'COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate' by Nick Breeze - https://amzn.to/3NrXIIG Subscribe on Youtube and Patreon to get more content and earlier (note during COP28, episodes are being published in full due to time constraints and for wider reach. Thank you.

Professor Kevin Anderson - #COP28 A Big Success... Just Not For You!

December 10, 2023 08:29 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MB

In this climategenn episode recorded from COp28 in Dubai at the midway point between the 2 weeks, I speak with Professor Kevin Anderson about how the COP has failed humanity but actually is succeeding very well for the people running this colossal festival of carbon in the desert.   Link to Order my book COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate: https://amzn.to/487PMnI    We discuss unexpected voices arising here at COP28, from both the Global south and the Arctic Circle,...

With Professor Kevin Anderson Discussing Remarks By Bill Gates

December 05, 2023 18:31 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MB

Bill Gates has been interviewed on different occasions in the last couple of months making bold statements about planting trees and, more recently at COP28, how a temperature rise of 3ºC is not too bad. This segment with climate scientist, Professor Kevin Anderson from the Tyndall Centre at University of Manchester and also at the University of Uppsala, reflects on Bill Gates and people like him, asking why they get so much media coverage considering the accuracy of what they say. Please su...

Sally Weintrobe: Climate Psychology and the struggle to care

December 04, 2023 21:25 - 30 minutes - 57.5 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with author and member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, Sally Weintrobe. We discuss underlying mental processes ranging from Narcissistic entitlement, to profound caring. These form the individual and collective conflicts that society is wrestling with in responding to the climate and ecological crisis. Thanks to all members and subscribers for supporting this work. There is a great deal more interviews to record and to process and your support ...

Dr Kaitlin Naughten - Antarctic Ice sheet Loss Acceleration - British Antarctic Survey

November 24, 2023 18:09 - 21 minutes - 39.2 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Kaitlin Naughten from the British Antarctic Survey about her new research looking at the unavoidable sea-level rise from west Antarctica. [Subscribe to the ClimateGenn Podcast on Spotify via Patreon to get episodes early: https://patreon.com/genncc ] [Preorder COPOUT by Nick Breeze: https://copout.genn.cc ] Although ending fossil fuels is still the main course to pursue, no amount of emissions reduction this century, can slow the melt of ...

Professor Kevin Anderson - Climate Failures and Phantasies ahead of COP28

November 14, 2023 22:16 - 43 minutes - 81 MB

In this full climategenn episode I am speaking with Professor Kevin Anderson from the Universities of Manchester and Uppsala about how journalists and experts have failed the public by an over dependence on reductionist thinking, as opposed to systems thinking, much needed to avert disaster. [PREORDER: MY BOOK ‘COPOUT - HOW GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED THE PEOPLE ON CLIMATE’ (AD LIB BOOKS) IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER - https://copout.genn.cc ] Instead of making the space for envisioning a better ...

The Great Barrier Reef ahead of this summer - multi-year bleaching & the future- Prof. Terry Hughes

November 02, 2023 18:03 - 25 minutes - 47.1 MB

In this Climategenn episode I speak with Professor Terry Hughes, Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) based at John Cook University in Australia. Join via Patreon (https://patreon.com/genncc) or Youtube to get access to full episodes weeks early. Full episode contents: 1. The role of coral reefs 2. State of reefs in the worlds oceans 3. Is it "game over" for the oceans? 4. Can reefs bounce back from multiyear bleaching events? 5. Australian government: climate rhetoric v's a...

UN University Report on Risk Tipping Points, 'Interconnected Disaster Risks' with Dr Jack O'Connor

October 25, 2023 19:09 - 24 minutes - 46.5 MB

In this climateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Jack O’Connor, at the UN University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security. Jack is the author of the Interconnected Disaster Risks Report that is looking at tipping points impacting human security and the Earth System. These so-called Risk Tipping Points are showing signs of tipping and in this interview we discuss how humanity can respond. Join ClimateGenn to get full episodes early either on Youtube or on Patreon: https://patreon....

Dr Euan Nisbet - Methane: Wetlands are “turning on” - a feedback effect to human induced climate heating causing a Termination event.

October 17, 2023 18:53 - 17 minutes - 32.7 MB

Episode contents: 1. Comparisons between methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 2. Working out the methane budget. 3. Atmosphere getting richer in Carbon 13 isotope from fossil fuel industry. 4. Something happened in 2006 as Carbon 12 started to rise. 5. Rising methane from biological sources. 6. Regional increases are spiking. 7. Different types of biological sources. 8. Feedbacks switching on. 9. Wetlands are “turning on”. 10. Historic precedent: “huge rapid change” 11. E...

Is the COP process set up to fail? Joe Romm Interview PT3 - dodgy offsets, double accounting

September 17, 2023 19:58 - 23 minutes - 43.5 MB

In part 3 with Joe, we discuss how dodgy offsets and double accounting feed into COP28 and ask the question - is the COP process set-up to fail? A link to Joe’s in-depth paper on all of this is in the notes.To get full episodes much earlier, join via Youtube or Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc Link to Joe's paper on offsets: https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/0/896/files/2023/06/OffsetPaper7.0-6-27-23-FINAL2.pdf Part 3 Content Guide 1. With so many nations trying to ...

Dr Joe Romm Pt 2 - Double Accounting & Climate Colonialism

September 15, 2023 20:30 - 15 minutes - 28.9 MB

In Part 2,  with Dr Joe Romm, we discuss how offsetting impacts the NDC accounting systems that underpin the Paris Agreement and expose much less well off countries to yet another form of what Joe calls Climate Imperialism Become a member to get full episodes early: ⁠https://patreon.com/genncc⁠ Or on Youtube for video versions: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@NickBreeze/videos⁠ Link to Joe Romm's paper on offsets: https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/0/896/files/2023/06/OffsetPa...

Dr Joe Romm: Dodgy Offsets, Double Accounting plus why solving climate is not a $2 a tonne problem.

August 25, 2023 17:51 - 17 minutes - 33.3 MB

Contents - Part 1 (of 3): [Support this channel by joing via https://patreon.com/genncc or https://www.youtube.com/@NickBreeze/videos] Download Joes Paper here. 1 - A license to pollute 2 - Offsets relationship to “net zero” 3 - “Carbon neutral” claims = greenwash 4 - Pay to pollute 5 - 94% of offsets are worthless 6 - Quantifying deforestation is tricky 7 - 2 types of lawsuit 8 - Disputing claims of carbon neutrality 9 - Unregulated markets 10 - Solving the climate problem for a...

Professor Jason Box - Atmospheric River Rapids + why next year will be worse

July 30, 2023 23:15 - 18 minutes - 34.8 MB

All the main points from this interview with prof. Jason Box from the Geological Survey of Greenland. To get the full episode and also support this channel, you can join on https://youtu.be/9Ddb9pRqcDw or at https://patreon.com/genncc Content points - What are atmospheric river rapids? - what do these teach us about extreme deluge events around the world that we are seeing now? - What is driving it? - Why next year will be worse - What do we have to do?

Summary Version: A Treaty To End Fossil Fuels - Tzeporah Berman Interview Summary with Nick Breeze

July 23, 2023 20:29 - 17 minutes - 33.5 MB

A fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty is exactly what is needed to switch off the fossil fuel pipelines that are driving crazily hot temperatures, flash flooding, and droughts that directly threaten the global food production system. [Join now to get full episodes early: https://genn.cc or https://patreon.com/genncc ] In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Tzepora Berman. Tzepora and her colleagues are designing the framework by wh...

Dr Julia Steinberger - The Hour Before Dawn Is Always The Darkest

July 09, 2023 21:19 - 14 minutes - 26.6 MB

Episode full contents: [For full episode interviews join via Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc or on Youtube: https://youtu.be/v9fEcRYVaf4 ] 1. Fossil fuel companies were never a partner is solving climate change. 2. The possible world that we see emerging around us. 3. How do we face the strength of the fossil fuel industry? 4. COP28 is symbolic of political failure. 5. Fossil fuel companies are trying to take over key structural processes. 6. We must all use our collective agency...

Dr Alice Hill: The Insurance industry is the retreating canary in the CLIMATE coal mine

June 28, 2023 20:06 - 12 minutes - 23.6 MB

Full 25 min version: [members link: https://youtu.be/NSdk6BwsSQA or https://genn.cc/dr-alice-hill-insurance/ ] Welcome to the ClimateGenn podcast. This summary version is edited from the full interview. Included are the key points from the discussion and the full version can be accessed by all Youtube and Patreon members. Overview of topics covered: US politicians debate the causes of extreme weather, stymying effective longterm policy. “California is the 4th largest insurance market in the...

Sir David King - Antarctic Warming and the COP28 Nightmare [13 min summary version]

June 18, 2023 21:28 - 13 minutes - 24.5 MB

Full versions on: https://genn.cc - https://patreon.com/genncc - https://www.youtube.com/@NickBreeze/membership Full 26 min members version Contents: Antarctica Sea Ice Decline Antarctic versus Arctic differences Greenland can change the global map Arctic methane release and potential warming Have we crossed a global threshold? Can we repair climate? Interventions - climate repair? Climate is only one of our challenges We need new economic models UN COPs and broken promises Clima...

Dr Chad Briggs - Integrating disaster risk and national security with climate policy

June 11, 2023 21:19 - 13 minutes - 25.4 MB

(Full Episode 27 mins - members: https://youtu.be/xZ7i5_m7udE or https://genn.cc/dr-chad-briggs-risk/) Contents: Military lens - military objectives requires enemies. A hammer in search of a nail. US Air Force - largest user of fuel in the world. Mitigation inevitably leads to less flight hours. Not an option. All military, governmental and even social responses have a technology bias. “Reducing emissions” is unpalatable. In Washington, Trump era impacts on EPA, hangover into Biden Admini...

Dr Jennifer Francis - 2023’s symptoms of climate chaos, El Niño, Ocean Heatwaves, and Arctic Sea Ice lows

May 27, 2023 08:01 - 22 minutes - 42.3 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Climate Research Center, in the US. 2023 has already seen record breaking temperatures in the atmosphere, land and oceans, with horrific impacts to human life, communities and ecology. [Visit https://genn.cc or https://patreon.com/genncc for additional content] Here we focus on three factors in the climate system that drive these extremes and are still set to break more records, creatin...

Sources of Water In A Drier World | Aquaseek | Marco Simonetti (Intro with Al Gore speaking at COP21)

May 10, 2023 11:04 - 14 minutes - 27.4 MB

Southern Europe is gripped by drought that could last indefinitely, representing a collapse in the sources of water that we have relied on for drinking water, industrial and agricultural purposes. In this episode we discuss the potential for using atmospheric moisture harvesting as a source for agricultural irrigation. Aquaseek have already piloted their technology in the desert in the USA and with vineyard irrigation in southern Italy. How scaleable is this technology and can we really rely...

Leave Africa Alone - Solidarity With The Voices Of The Voiceless – Ina-Maria Shikongo

April 29, 2023 09:12 - 29 minutes - 55 MB

In they climate Genn episode I am speaking with Namibian Activist, Ina-Maria Shikongo (Twitter: @IMariashikongo).  Ina Maria has been speaking out about the unlawful exploitation of the Okavango Delta in Africa, calling on the Canadian oil company, Recon Africa, to leave Namibia. Visit https://genn.cc for more information and become a member for exclusive unseen interview content via https://patreon.com/genncc) This conversation highlights the plight of countries like Namibia in Africa and...

Capture6 - Scaling Carbon Removal - Interview with Dr Ethan Cohen Cole CEO.

April 17, 2023 21:08 - 26 minutes - 50 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with California Climate Tech CEO, Dr Ethan Cohen-Cole, about the impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank had on his business and the niche climate tech sector as a whole. Read more at https://genn.cc/capture6-svb/ - Support this channel via: https://patreon.com/genncc Far from a 2008 financial domino effect, Ethan says this is a case of ‘one particularly mismanaged institution’, highlighting an unforeseen upside. In any conversation of this kin...

David Spratt: [Articulating And] Reclaiming the Climate Emergency

April 10, 2023 20:17 - 22 minutes - 41.5 MB

That was Professor James Hansen speaking during an interview I recorded in Vienna at the European Geophysical Union Conference, in 2012. In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with David Spratt, Research Director, Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Australia, about his recent article, ‘Reclaiming the Climate Emergency’ - the links to the article are in the notes. Join to get more content: https://genn.cc - https://patreon.com/genncc We discuss the origins, treatment and w...

Jojo Mehta, Ecocide: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PROPOSES INCLUDING “ECOCIDE” IN EU LAW

April 02, 2023 04:10 - 18 minutes - 35.4 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Jojo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International about the positive news that the European Parliament is proposing to include Ecocide in EU Law, an important development in the course to have this vital legislation enshrined in international law. [Support this channel and access episodes early by joining up on Patreon or Youtube] For those that are not familiar with Ecocide it has this simple definition: Ecocide means unlawful or w...

Italys Creeping Disaster - crossing the drought threshold

March 12, 2023 08:36 - 20 minutes - 39.2 MB

Discussing the critical drought situation in Europe with a focus on Italy. Visit https://genn.cc for more information. View more in the water series by backing this channel on Patreon or by becoming a Youtube member.  Quote by Dr Francesco Avanzi: “Droughts are often called the creeping disaster because at the very beginning, you don't realise that it's coming up. And when you realise that it's often too late. And in that the dynamic is somehow similar to how the COVID pandemic played out ...

2023 - The Dawning Era Of Overshoot & Intervention (Climate Engineering)

January 01, 2023 10:06 - 15 minutes - 28 MB

The UN Climate COP’s are not succeeding in solving the longterm problem of overshooting our Paris climate commitments. This episode focuses on the emerging voices that are defining the overshoot agenda. Full transcript at: https://genn.cc/2023-overshoot/ You can support this work on Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc

Prof. Dan Bodansky - The Rise The Mega-COP's and the gap between expectation and reality

November 25, 2022 22:13 - 24 minutes - 45.1 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode, recorded on the last night of the extended COP in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, I am speaking with US COP veteran and legal expert, Professor Dan Bodansky from Arizona State University. [Support this channel on Patreon at https://patreon.com/genncc and also access additional content at https://genn.cc ] Dan has extensive experience working with the US negotiating team over the years and shares his insights as to what motivates negotiators and how the nature pot the C...

The Long Game on Loss And Damage With Dr Saleemul Huq

November 17, 2022 18:37 - 16 minutes - 30.8 MB

In this COP27 interview with Dr Saleemul Huq we discuss the arrival of Loss & Damage into the negotiations. We also discuss the need to urgently reduce emissions, first in the wealthy nations that have caused, and are causing, so much suffering and destruction, and then with assistance, across the Earth. Please support this work on https://Patreon.com/genncc and https://genn.cc Saleem has been involved in the negotiations here since day 1 so is well placed to discuss the function and dysfu...

At COP27 with Professor Katharine Hayhoe Asking, Are These The Shifting Sands of Climate Policy?

November 16, 2022 16:36 - 15 minutes - 29.4 MB

Recorded in week 2 of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. See more climate change podcasts at https://genn.cc and support my work at https://patreon.com/genncc Professor Hayhoe is a Canadian climate scientist and communicator at the Nature Conservancy and Texas Tech University on the United States. I this episode we discuss the shifting momentum away from 1.5ºC as a boundary for climate heating, as well as the new arrival of Loss & Damage into the negotiations. Are the public becoming too c...

Greenland: Zombie Ice or One Foot In The Grave - Professor Jason Box

November 14, 2022 05:49 - 12 minutes - 23.8 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak with Professor Jason Box about his recent research that identifies the amount of Greenland’s ice sheet that is committed to melting in the coming decades. [Support my work on https://genn.cc/ or directly via https://patreon.com/genncc ] This so-called Zombie Ice is not included in the mainstream models, and when added to other sources such as glaciers and even the Sleeping Giant, Antarctica, then sea level rises will far exceed current forecasts. You c...

Dr Nathalie Hilmi - “We to Protect, Restore and Regenerate the Ocean Ecosystem”

November 04, 2022 20:51 - 17 minutes - 32 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Nathalie Hilmi at the Centre Scientifique in Monaco about the need to invest in research, restoration and regeneration of the world's oceans. [ Support my channel at https://genn.cc and directly on http://patreon.com/genncc ] By protecting and restoring ocean ecosystems we can start to create resilience in an area we know is in decline but yet we know so little about. We have much of the technology and we have the intelligence but we stil...

Dr Nathalie Hilmi - “We Need to Protect, Restore and Regenerate the Ocean Ecosystem”

November 04, 2022 20:51 - 17 minutes - 32 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Nathalie Hilmi at the Centre Scientifique in Monaco about the need to invest in research, restoration and regeneration of the world's oceans. [ Support my channel at https://genn.cc and directly on http://patreon.com/genncc ] By protecting and restoring ocean ecosystems we can start to create resilience in an area we know is in decline but yet we know so little about. We have much of the technology and we have the intelligence but we stil...

Action And Activism - Is it time to mobilise the moderate masses?

October 16, 2022 20:18 - 42 minutes - 78 MB

Recent activism in the UK has made worldwide headlines. By bringing cultural treasures into the discussion, it raises new anxieties, and questions about what is at stake. The visual impact of the soup hitting the van Gogh painting was viscerally shocking to many, including me. On reflection, it reminded me of when the painter Francis Bacon was asked what he would save in a burning house if the choice was between a Rembrandt self-portrait and a cat. Without hesitation Bacon said the cat, emp...

Bill McGuire's Hot House Earth [Book] - Reflections on our current trajectory

October 08, 2022 17:55 - 22 minutes - 41.3 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak with climate scientist & author Professor Bill McGuire about his recent book titled Hot House Earth. Bill discusses the necessity to discuss worse-case climate outcomes at a time when emissions are still rising and political leaders are looking the other way. [Visit https://genn.cc for more content & https://patreon.com/genncc ] We discuss the absence of global leadership in the fight to hold temperature rise to within the boundaries that humanity has t...

Ep. 08: Creating a Sustainable Wine Region - João Barroso

October 04, 2022 19:26 - 31 minutes - 57.9 MB

In this final Sustainability in Alentejo episode, I speak with João Barroso, manager of the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP).   [Visit https://genn.cc for more info or support this channel on https://patreon.com/genncc]  We discuss how the programme evolved from a need to respond to worsening climatic conditions, into a solid certification programme to help communicate the measured results of producers who take sustainability seriously.  João also discusses how the program...

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE - Can Kelp Forests Capture a billion tonnes of carbon?

September 23, 2022 16:07 - 18 minutes - 35 MB

In this ClimateGenn Episode, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, Director of the Centre for Climate Repair in Cambridge, discusses new research to build resilient and scaleable kelp growing platforms, asking the key question of whether kelp forests can capture and store a billion tonnes of carbon? [Visit https://genn.cc or support my work on patreon for more access: https://patreon.com/genncc As the Centre for Climate Repair forges ahead with its 3 R’s strategy of reducing emissions, removing carbon ...

Ep. 07: Regenerative, Resilient, Balanced - Luis Patrão at Herdade de Coelheiros

September 21, 2022 10:47 - 15 minutes - 28.4 MB

In this episode, I am speaking with Luis Patrão, director of enology and viticulture at Coelheiros, a stunning 800 hectare, historic estate, north of Evora, in the centre of Alentejo. [Support this channel on https://patreon.com/genncc and find more info at https://genn.cc ] When I visited the estate, Luis gave me a guided tour to demonstrate how the 600+ hectare cork oak forest, 50 hectares of vines, and the 40 hectare walnut orchard are being transformed into a regenerated resilient, and...

The AMOC – Is a shut down faster than models forecast? Dr Levke Caeser.

September 17, 2022 07:57 - 28 minutes - 52.3 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to Dr Levke Caesar about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, about what would happen if this vital piece of the climate system either slowed dramatically or even shut down altogether. [Visit https://genn.cc for more information on ClimateGenn and support this channel via https://patreon.com/genncc ] To date the models have been poor anticipators of the speed of localised climate changes. Levke gives an insightful and sincere ...

EP. 06: Prof. Kimberly Nicholas, “Working with Nature” – Sustainability In Alentejo Series

September 12, 2022 09:46 - 19 minutes - 37 MB

In this interview with climate and wine scientist, Professor Kimberly Nicholas, we discuss the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to scale up mitigation and adaptation in the wine industry and beyond to avoid catastrophic impacts of climate heating. [Visit: https://genn.cc/alentejo for more information on this wine and Climate change series. Support my work via Patreon.] Kimberly is originally from Sonoma in California’s wine country and is currently based in Sweden at the Universi...

Ep 5: Alentejo Wine Series Herdade do Esporão, João Roquette - Leaders in Sustainability

August 28, 2022 17:37 - 17 minutes - 31.7 MB

In this episode of Sustainability in Alentejo Wine Series, I am speaking with João Roquette, CEO and Chairman of the Esporão group about the company’s transformation to organic and resilient production. Esporão is one of the most famous brand names in Portuguese wine and especially in Alentejo. João has played a leading role driving the company’s move towards organic viticulture. During my visit I saw huge amounts of effort going into researching indigenous varieties for adaptability to th...

… the situation is a little bit frightening! Kelly Wanser, Silver Lining Institute: climate modelling, interventions, and unlocking global south talent “quickly”

August 25, 2022 16:43 - 38 minutes - 71.3 MB

In this ClimateGenn episode I speak to Silver Lining Institute Executive Director, Kelly Wanser about the urgent need to invest billions of dollars into expanding our global coverage of climate modelling capacity. [Support this channel on https://patreon.com/genncc] The worsening risks we face mean climate interventions to cool the planet are back in discussion in the corridors of power. We discuss the hold ups and the necessity for research that could give all of us a clear idea as to whe...

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