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2023 Christ’s College Climate Seminars
Climate Change: practical politics for the 2020s
Venue: Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ's College (map)
The tenth Christ's College Climate Seminar Series was held in collaboration with the Centre for Science and Policy, Cambridge Zero, and Professor Charles Kennel, Director Emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego.
The 2023 Christ's College Climate Seminar Series focused on the big questions facing UK policy makers as they seek to accelerate action on climate change in the face of geopolitical challenges.
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Climate Seminar 1: Practical climate politics for the 2020s - prospects for the UK
19 January 2023: 5.30pm - 6.45pm followed by a reception
Chaired by Lord Simon McDonald, Master, Christ's College
Speakers
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Lord Deben, (John Gummer), Chairman of the UK's Climate Change Committee
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Professor Emily Shuckburgh, Director, Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge
A written summary of the lecture can be read here.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Climate Seminar 2: Practical climate politics for the 2020s - prospects for global capital markets
26 January 2023: 5.30pm - 6.45pm followed by a reception
Chaired by Lord Simon McDonald, Master, Christ's College
Speakers
- Dr Mohamed A El-Erian, President, Queens' College
- Professor Kamiar Mohaddes, Associate Professor in Economics & Policy, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
To read the event report, please click here.
To listen to the talk, please click on the link below:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Climate Seminar 3: Practical climate politics for the 2020s - Land use, biodiversity and food
2 February 2023: 5.30pm - 6.45pm followed by a reception
Chaired by Professor Dame Theresa Marteau, Director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ’s CollegeSpeakers
- Professor Andrew Balmford, Professor of Conservation Science, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- Professor Sarah Bridle, Chair in Food, Climate and Society, Department of Environment & Geography, University of York
To read the event report, please click here.
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Rob Doubleday (Executive Director of the Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge and Bye-Fellow of Christ’s College)
Simon McDonald (Lord McDonald of Salford, Master of Christ’s College)
Theresa Marteau (Director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ’s College)
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Practical climate politics for the 2020s - prospects for global capital markets
The second seminar in this series looked at how global markets are reacting to the challenges faced by climate change.
