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Tag Archives: Kevin Anderson
Interview with Professor Kevin Anderson on the IPCC, @ExtinctionR, Greta Thunberg, hope and much else
Professor Kevin Anderson has spoken out on the IPCC’s 1.5 degree report, the deafening silence of most academics on the climate emergency, Greta Thunberg and much else. With his typical robustness, Kevin argues that there is much to be done, … Continue reading
Upcoming Event: Kevin Anderson speaking, 23 January. #Manchester
There is a free event (you have to book – here) on Tuesday 23 January 2018 at the Friends Meeting House. The speaker is Professor Kevin Anderson, who will presumably be familiar to all readers of Manchester Climate Monthly. Kevin … Continue reading
Event Report: Kevin Anderson on informed hope Trumping despair…
The tl:dr. Professor Kevin Anderson, one of the most plain-spoken and photogenic* climate scientists on the planet still isn’t willing to say that we are definitely doomed. Graphs and well-aimed barbs at policy-makers and climate scientists ensued…. [* he’s a bloke, … Continue reading
Not #Manchester; Reality Check on Paris – “This Changes Nothing”
Clive Spash got monstered a few years back in Australia, for simply telling the truth. Some (Labor) politicians did not like this. Well, he’s clearly not learnt his lesson, because he’s telling the truth again. For a Manchester take on … Continue reading
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Video: Kevin Anderson on Paris, honesty and hope #COP21
Professor Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre Manchester kindly agreed to a further interview. In this first part we discuss the outcomes of the recent UN climate conference in Paris, the reality of fossil fuel subsidies and the signal the … Continue reading
#Manchester Professor (Kevin Anderson) on#climate deal in Paris
Professor Kevin Anderson has a typically blunt article in the latest edition of the journal “Nature” – here is a the beginning of it; The climate agreement delivered earlier this month in Paris is a genuine triumph of international diplomacy. … Continue reading
“2 degrees” = dangerous #climate change. Interview with author
“The Two Degrees Dangerous Limit for Climate Change: Public understanding and decision making” is a (very) new book by academic Chris Shaw. Here he responds to a series of questions about the two degree limit, the recent Paris conference, and … Continue reading
