Category Archives: University of Manchester

Upcoming Event: #Manchester University students call for divestment – Fri 13th Feb, 12 noon

Posted on February 8, 2015 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Press Release: As part of Global Divestment Day on the 13th of February, Manchester students in conjunction with local campaign groups will be demonstrating outside University Place at 12pm for divestment from the fossil fuel industry. Fossil Free are campaigning … Continue reading →

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Upcoming “Policy Week” events – of trade deals and arsenic

Posted on October 24, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Both as part of University of Manchester’s* Policy Week Manchester Policy Week: The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership: Cash Bonanza or Risky Deal? on Tuesday, 4 November 2014 from 19:00 to 21:00 & Manchester Policy Week: Poisoning the world’s poor: … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: “Beyond the Fracking Polemic” Tues 7th October, University of #Manchester

Posted on September 30, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Not organised by MCFly.  And no need to book –  you just turn up.

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Fuel Poverty Action activist barred from Labour Party Conference

Posted on September 18, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

There’s a Labour Party Conference coming to town, in case you didn’t know (or care).  On Monday 22nd September, from 12.45 to 2.15 there is a panel on Fuel Poverty.  A “Fuel Poverty Action” activist has been invited to be … Continue reading →

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#Shale Gas lecture in #Manchester – #fracking consequences etc. Prof Susan Christopherson

Posted on April 4, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Lecture by US academic Professor Susan Christopherson, at the University of Manchester on Weds 19th March, hosted by the Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy (CURE) in collaboration with Manchester Energy and Geography at SEED Seminar series

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Linking storms to #climate change a ‘distraction’, say #Manchester experts

Posted on March 23, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

From this press release… Connecting extreme weather to climate change distracts from the need to protect society from high-impact weather events which will continue to happen irrespective of human-induced climate change, say experts. Writing in the journal Weather, Climate and … Continue reading →

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#Mancheter academic & “the #climate challenges that my morning toast poses”

Posted on March 9, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A science journalist called Andy Extance has written a corking blog post called “The climate challenges that my morning toast poses.”  It’s hooked on work conducted by Dr Mirjam Roeder,  a research associate at the Tyndall Centre, and team mates. … Continue reading →

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Video: “Can development end poverty?” #narcisissm in #Manchester

Posted on January 3, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

(Ab)normal service will resume Monday. In the meantime, this is the Q and A session after the session at University of Manchester a couple of months back. My initial spiel- “From Toy Story 3 to Noam Chomsky” – can be … Continue reading →

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Video: “From Toy Story 3 to Noam #Chomsky” – #Manchester University students ranted at by #climate guy

Posted on December 12, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

A few weeks ago I was invited to participate in a debate in front of a bunch of second year Geography Students, on the theme of “Can Development End Poverty?” I spoke second…. There’s a Q and A session too, … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: #Manchester University “Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy” launch Nov 18th

Posted on November 7, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

I was going to call this post “A CURE for all our ills,” but you can get too tricksy about these things, and I have been reliably informed that puns don’t work in blog post titles… There’s a launch coming … Continue reading →

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