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SNEAK PREVIEW! Cabot Conversations are coming!
We're very excited to announce that next week we'll be launching the first of ten fascinating conversations around climate change in the run-up to COP26. Every episode features two experts from different disciplines, from across the Cabot Institute for the Environment and beyond, plus an artist who will be creating a stunning piece of art as they interpret what you're listening to.
Hear surprising facts, stories, and advice for policymakers, about the emergency we're all facing whilst watching beautiful art, from paintings to poetry, dance to illustrations, created in real time. Watch the 30 minute versions with artists on YouTube and listen to the full hour conversation on all podcast services.
This video is the sneak preview of our first conversation launching next week on the Climate Emergency with ex-Met Office Chief Scientist Dame Professor Julia Slingo and climate scientist Dr Dann Mitchell. Release dates for the whole series are below:
- 24 August - Climate Emergency featuring Dame Julia Slingo, Dr Dann Mitchell and artist Chi Yien Snow
- 31 August – Power of People featuring Roger Griffiths MBE, Professor Rich Pancost and artist Con Sensus
- 7 September – Heatwaves and Health featuring Dr Eunice Lo, Professor Richard and artist Queenie Fleur Maidment-Otlet
- 14 September – Net Zero featuring Dr Valeska Ting, Professor Dale Southerton and artist Frances Daws
- 21 September – Earthquakes and the Environment featuring Dr Dan Haines, Professor and artist Parys Gardener
- 28 September – Water featuring Dr Ross Woods, Dr Gemma Coxon and artist Cai Burton
- 5 October – Ocean Floor featuring Dr Kate Hendry, Dr Laurence Publicover and artist Jyn-San Tsang
- 12 October – Ecosystem Services featuring Professor Jane Memmott, Dr Tommaso Jucker and artist Sophie Long
- 19 October – Resilient Cities featuring Professor Susan Parnell, Allan Macleod and artist Rizpah Amadasun
- 26 October – Climate Justice featuring Zakiya Mackenzie, Dr Alix Dietzel and artist Rtiiika
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‘The ball is slipping through our fingers’: Meet the Bristol Uni climate scientists who wrote landmark IPCC report
Bristol University’s leading climate scientists have sounded the alarm in the UN’s latest climate report, but there is still time to act, they say. Read the article in Epigram.
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‘It’s still in our hands, but only just’: Explainer special on Bristol and climate change
In this special edition of The Cable's weekly Bristol Briefing, climate scientists and local activists respond to the landmark IPCC report on climate change. Read the article.
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Regenerative agriculture: lessons learnt at Groundswell
Despite the importance of UK farmers for our national infrastructure, there is little understanding of the web of issues facing farmers today. Drawing from his recent experiences at Groundswell, Andrew Jones (University of Exeter) highlights some of the surprises he discovered during conversations with farmers, agronomists and charities. Read the blog.
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Stories of local everyday actions: Enhancing a key area of environmental communication
Caboteer Ed Atkins and independent Sustainable Cities consultant Ian Townsend discuss everyday actions that are already making a difference to the city’s environmental footprint. Read the blog.
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Eocene to Oligocene terrestrial Southern Hemisphere cooling caused by declining pCO2
This 5 minute video explains a new research paper published in Nature Geoscience that shows that the Eocene - Oligocene transition was driven by a decline in carbon dioxide. The paper was written by Caboteers Dr Vittoria Lauretano, Dr Alan Kennedy-Asser, Professor Paul Valdes, Professor Dan Lunt, Professor Rich Pancost & Dr David Naafs. Read the full paper.
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Cabot Institute for the Environment Annual Lecture
Wednesday 20 October, 6 pm to 7:30 pm
Online
What outcomes do we need to see at this year’s United Nations climate talks (COP26) that haven’t happened in previous years? Join us for the Cabot Institute for the Environment’s prestigious Annual Lecture where we will discover three different perspectives and what they think we should particularly be looking out for and paying attention to at this year’s event. Joining us will be:
- Mya-Rose Craig (Birdgirl), young birder, naturalist, environmentalist & writer
- Journalist Leo Hickman, Director and Editor of Carbon Brief;
- Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment and chair of the COP26 Universities Network.
- Cabot Institute Associate Director and University of Bristol lead on COP26, Professor Paul Bates CBE FRS, will be chairing the event.
This official pre-COP26 event is free to attend and open to all. Get your free ticket.
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Other events and podcasts
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YES TO NET ZERO - Youth Education, Skills and Training to Operationalise Net Zero
Wednesday 25 August, 11 am to 12 pm
Online
The COP26 Research Fellows cordially invite you to their Summer Discussion Series, this talk will be given by Professor Harriet Thew, University of Leeds. If you would like to attend or require more information, please contact c.rist@lse.ac.uk for details.
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Improving biodiversity in the UK Symposium: Post-pandemic priorities to tackle nature’s dangerous decline
Thursday 16 September, 9:30 am to 1 pm
Online
This timely symposium will provide an opportunity for all stakeholders engaged in improving biodiversity to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of biodiversity for our economies and well-being, discover strategies to reverse these trends and learn about the latest policy developments in biodiversity. Full details.
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How can nature create a sense of belonging?
Watch again with Bristol Festival of Ideas
Kerri ní Dochartaigh (author of Thin Places) and Anita Sethi (author of I Belong Here) explore how nature can help heal trauma. Encompassing issues of identity, nature, place, reclamation and belonging, both authors have written books of hope and beauty, of persistence and resistance. Watch again.
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What’s the link between climate justice and social justice?
Watch again with Bristol Festival of Ideas
Simmone Ahiaku, Huw James, Zoe Rasbash, Sarina Saddiq and Olivia Sweeney explore the narrative of loss and sacrifice within the climate justice movement and consider how we can shift the focus to the growth, beauty and value of a fair, regenerative society. Watch again.
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