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ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCan India avert 1bn future deaths with a climate cooling intervention plan? Dr Soumitra DasIn this episode Nick Breeze speaks with Dr Soumitra Das from the Healthy Climate Initiative. Soumitra sheds light on the life threatening challenges that face citizens in India and surrounding countries today. A major threat to life is when heat and humidity combine – known as wet bulb temperatures. This is when the body is unable to cool itself, leading to fatal heatstrokes within a few hours. Today 2% of India’s population are exposed to wet bulb extremes. In a country nearing 1.5 billion people, 2% equates to ~around 30 million people. On the current trajectory this figure is set to rise by midc...
2025-06-2430 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeChina's Leading, Europe's Building, America's Stalling: The Supergrid Race Defining the Century[Dr Alexander MacDonald]We've been lucky. The day could come where most of the world loses electricity at exactly the same time. So we have to modernise electricity centred around the supergrid that protects the flow of electricity because it is life-giving.[Nick Breeze]In this ClimateGen episode, I'm speaking with Dr Alexander McDonald, a former head of climate research at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, NOAA. Alexander outlines the need to urgently upgrade electrical energy generation in the US and around the world using supergrids. The vulnerability of existing grids was illustrated recently in Spain and...
2025-05-2926 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze7– How communities underpin economic and environmental resilience in Alentejo, Portugal – The Social PillarIn this episode Nick Breeze speaks with a range of producers hearing how critical it is to invest in communities, building house, schools, offering scholarships to children and transport links.Download the FREE ebook: https://sustentabilidade.vinhosdoalentejo.pt/uploads/ebook/into-the-heat.pdfWithout communities in this scarcely populated region, there would be no development of regenerative agriculture. Without the economic structure of business the land, degraded from decades past, would turn to desert and spread north. Supporting communities in Alentejo is literally holding back the Sahara.
2025-05-1410 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze5– How data-rich landscapes or ‘digital-twin’ can lead to better quality produce, boosting climate resilience– with Prof. Jason Box: A data-rich landscapeJason Box accepted the invitation to come Into The Heat with Nick Breeze and here he gives insights into what he saw. At the outset, Jason thought the efforts to survive in these conditions were ‘fighting gravity’. After 2 days, that view changed. Jason also offers great insights into the potential for using data rich landscapes to create digital twins that can help produce greater quality products resilience in anticipating future climate.Download the FREE ebook: https://sustentabilidade.vinhosdoalentejo.pt/uploads/ebook/into-the-heat.pdfProfessor Jason Box is an American glaciologist renowned for his pioneering research on t...
2025-05-1408 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze4– How does Southern Portuguese viticulture compare to extreme climates in China with author Janet WangIn this episode, Nick Breeze discusses with author and broadcaster Janet Wang, how interventions in landscapes and agriculture can have a positive impact, and how what may appear out of control, might just be a very happy ecosystem.Janet Z. Wang is a British-Chinese wine journalist, author, and TV pundit renowned for her expertise on Chinese wine and culture. She is the author of The Chinese Wine Renaissance: A Wine Lover’s Companion (Ebury Press, 2020), a comprehensive guide exploring the history, varieties, and cultural significance of wine in China, with a foreword by Oz Cl...
2025-05-1411 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze1– Into The Heat– Responding to extreme climate in Europe's most vulnerable wine regionWelcome to ‘Into The Heat’. Join me on a two week road trip across Alentejo in Southern Portugal, visiting the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP) certified wine producers. In this series we are going to discover:We are going to learn about how Europe’s most climate vulnerable wine region is learning, not just to cope with a hotter climate, but how to thrive in it– boosting biodiversity, creating job security, improving viticulture techniques that defy expectations and meet consumer expectations of elegance and incredible more-ish-ness.The video podcasts can be viewed here or on Youtube...
2025-05-1413 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSpike in Dolphin deaths along Galicia's (Spain) Atlantic coastWelcome to ClimateGenn and I am Nick Breeze. The following is an update from a post a year ago looking at the impacts on marine ecosystems with the 2024 data on dolphins that came in for the Galician coast in NW Spain.You can order COPOUT By Nick Breeze worldwide from all retailers.Doniños beach is a 2km (1.18mile) stretch of sweeping sandy shoreline, exposed to the wild roar of Galicia’s Atlantic waves. At this time of year it is shrouded in a fine sea mis...
2025-03-0307 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimate Change Committee Chair - Is the UK ready for extreme climate?In this interview we recorded at COP29, Professor Hugh Hunt speaks with UK Climate Change Committee Chair, Piers Forster.
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Piers clearly asserts that Carbon Capture and Storage technologies (CCS), that are forecast to remove emissions from so-called hard-to-abate sectors like aviation and steel, will not be enough to offset the damage causing carbon pollution.
Whether CCS is viable at any meaningful scale remains highly uncertain. At a time when global...
2025-02-0611 min
Borderless LeadershipHow Each of Us CAN Stop Global Warming I Ft. Nick Breeze – Climate Journalist - Part 3 IThe Mission of our Podcast “Mindful Leadership Beyond Borders” is to spark conversations with leaders who will then use a more enlightened approach to influence others and thus create a better world for all sentient beings.The Guru Coach "-Betska K-Burr of CLI" and “CEO- Adrianaa Services”- “Raj Vashisht” discussed: Segment Three:Title: “Nick Breeze – Climate Journalist: Part 3”Subtitle: “How Each of Us CAN Stop Global Warming”Listen to our interesting discussion to know more on the topic.How Each of Us CAN Stop Global Warming I Ft. Nick Breeze – Clim...
2025-01-2714 min
Borderless LeadershipHow Governments Have Failed their Citizens I Ft. Nick Breeze – Climate Journalist - Part 2 IThe Mission of our Podcast “Mindful Leadership Beyond Borders” is to spark conversations with leaders who will then use a more enlightened approach to influence others and thus create a better world for all sentient beings.The Guru Coach "-Betska K-Burr of CLI" and “CEO- Adrianaa Services”- “Raj Vashisht” discussed: Segment Two:Title: “Nick Breeze – Climate Journalist: Part 2”Subtitle: “How Governments Have Failed their Citizens”Listen to our interesting discussion to know more on the topic.How Governments Have Failed their Citizens I Ft. Nick Breeze – Climate Journalist - Part...
2025-01-2414 min
Borderless LeadershipCalifornia Wildfires I Danger Signal for Humankind I Ft. Nick Breeze – Climate Journalist- Part 1 IThe Mission of our Podcast “Mindful Leadership Beyond Borders” is to spark conversations with leaders who will then use a more enlightened approach to influence others and thus create a better world for all sentient beings.The Guru Coach "-Betska K-Burr of CLI" and “CEO- Adrianaa Services”- “Raj Vashisht” discussed: Segment One:Title: “Nick Breeze – Climate Journalist: Part 1”Subtitle: “California Wildfires – Danger Signal for Humankind”Listen to our interesting discussion to know more on the topic.California Wildfires I Danger Signal for Humankind I Ft. Nick Breeze – Climate Journalis...
2025-01-2113 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze~50% chance of vital ocean circulation halting this century | AMOC: critical component of Earth’s climateAs Gabriel says in the interview, if the AMOC collapses then we can expect much harsher weather in Europe (especially in UK & Ireland) as less heat is transported via the Atlantic circulation. Less heat means less moisture leading to less rain and more drought. In these conditions, food production is impossible and, with concurrent food crashes around the globe, famine is likely. What an AMOC collapse means for us all should be understood by citizens and policymakers alike. Averting it, if possible, a primary collective goal.
From Climate Genn host Nick Breeze:
Welcome to this...
2025-01-0925 min
The Morning BreezecastThe Morning Breeze Person of the Week: Nick in San LeandroNick in San Leandro is our Morning Breeze Person of the Week.
2024-12-1304 min
The Morning Breeze On DemandThe Morning Breeze - December 13, 2024Good morning! The Morning Breeze Brain Tease.More on the holiday snooping... Cort has a bone to pick with Carolyn.Nick is our Morning Breeze Person of the Week!Carolyn's neighbor was practicing guitar and hit 'most' of the notes...
2024-12-1321 min
The Mindset and Self-Mastery ShowLove and Faith Beyond Identity and Labels With Carl King“The journey to change often has to do with identity and untangling ourselves from the labels put on us by others.”
In this episode, Nick speaks with Carl King about the intricacies of change management coaching, the challenges of identity, and the journey of self-discovery. Carl shares his experiences living in an RV, the pressures of societal expectations, and the struggles he faced in separating his identity from that of a preacher.
What to listen for:
Leaving behind a long-held identity can be a painful but necessary process.
Finding freedom often requires confronting uncomfortable truths about oneself.
Incremental steps can lead...
2024-12-1240 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeShould we engineer the climate? Nick Breeze interviews Dr Heidi Sevestre and Herb SimmensIn this Climategenn episode we hear two committed voices non different sides of the climate engineering debate, make their cases as to why we should or should not research geoengineering with the intention of deployment to cool the Earth.
Dr Heidi Sevestre is an internationally renowned polar scientist making the case against climate engineering (also known as geoengineering) and Herb Simmens is the founder of an international group called the Healthy Planet Action Coalition (HPAC). Both interviews were recorded at COP29 and reflect entrenched positions on both sides of the debate. There are many more voices and...
2024-11-2636 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeLessons Europe Can Learn From Africa On Adaptation - Ina-Maria ShikongoCOP29 Baku series of interviews - also consider buying Nick's book, COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate. Available online worldwide in paperback ebook and audio formats.
Key Points from Ina-Maria Shikongo:
Reason for Attending COP29: Advocates for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and opposes Namibia’s plans for offshore oil drilling amidst the climate crisis.
Climate Impacts in Namibia: Namibia faces severe drought, hunger affecting over 50% of the population, and controversial plans to cull wildlife to feed communities.
Oil and Gas Exploration: Major players like Shell, Total Energies, and BW Energy are in...
2024-11-2213 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeNature Is Angry! A New Era Of Extreme Weather: UK Met Office Chief Meteorologist & Climate Risk Prof Join The Dots.In this ClimateGenn episode, Professor of Climate Risk at University of Newcastle, Hayley Fowler, and Professor Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist at the UK Met Office, explain how the mega storm events we are now seeing so frequently, are generated and why they are going to get more intense and more widespread.
This was recorded just after the incredible central European flooding in the 1st half of September. Since then the media has been filled with images of Hurricane Milton and now we see the area around Valencia in Spain is lying in ruins.
2024-11-0124 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeInterview with XR cofounder, Gail Bradbrook: "How do we live an honourable life?"In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Extinction Rebellion cofounder, Gail Bradbrook, about the role of activism today and the inner world of those taking action that can and does result in severe imprisonment, and in some countries, even death.
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Gail identifies her own position on taking risks and how, in her words, to "live an honourable life in these times.”
Climate activists in the UK today risk prison sentences that we might expect to be handed out to...
2024-09-3019 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeThe Heating Arctic impacts on countries like UK, Canada and Scandinavia are worsening - Interview with Dr Jennifer FrancisWelcome to a new series of ClimateGenn where we aim to speak with a range of global experts to be better able to understand the changes in the global climate system that are rapidly impacting the world in which we live. Although some like to use the term climate chaos - if we dive into the noise, more often than not, there are signals we can learn from.
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COP29 in Azerbaijan is now also on the horizon. The world’s largest climate conference is for another consecutive year being ho...
2024-09-1025 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeMassive Marine Ecosystem Crash Along Galicia’s Coast Due To Prolonged Atlantic HeatwaveIn this first published ClimateGenn episode for a couple of months, I want to thank subscribers for your patience. I have not been sitting idle but much more trying to digest the appalling consequences of climate heating that we are now experiencing.
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Everyday on social media, climate graphs and charts are posted with varying degrees of deep red and other markers of urgency. Yet, nothing happens except the posts become more shrill and the problem of climate disaster becomes more irreversible.
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2024-04-2218 min
The Drinks Business PodcastClimate Change (part 2) with Nick BreezeIn this episode of the drinks business podcast, Patrick Schmitt MW continues his conversation with Nick Breeze, a journalist who is both an expert on wine and climate change.Nick Breeze is a Brit who currently lives in Galicia, and is the author of the book COPOUT which covers the COP climate change conferences over the past decade. He recently returned from Dubai, where he attended December’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-03-2624 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeRoger Hallam: Can Rolling Climate Dice End The Carbon Regime?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 producers are expanding production around the world, demonstrating disregard for all the scientific warnings and broken-promises that litter the decades since the 1970’s, regardin...
2024-01-2140 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeLord Martin Rees - The public need to show politicians they care for them to actLord 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.
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2023-12-2735 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSpirituality, heat, climate and conflict - Rabbi Yonatan Neril at COP28In 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 highlight the gap between scientific reality and pol...
2023-12-1416 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeWhy The COP Fails - Fossil Fuel Treaty Chair, Tzeporah Berman digs inListen 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!
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2023-12-1313 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeWith Professor Kevin Anderson Discussing Remarks By Bill GatesBill 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.
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2023-12-0508 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeDr Kaitlin Naughten - Antarctic Ice sheet Loss Acceleration - British Antarctic SurveyIn 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.
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Although ending fossil fuels is still the main course to pursue, no amount of emissions reduction this century, can slow the melt of this region of Antarctica. We discuss the implications, such as abandoning coastal areas, as well...
2023-11-2421 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeUN University Report on Risk Tipping Points, 'Interconnected Disaster Risks' with Dr Jack O'ConnorIn 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.
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The report is available for download below, as well as a link to t...
2023-10-2524 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSummary Version: A Treaty To End Fossil Fuels - Tzeporah Berman Interview Summary with Nick BreezeA 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.
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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 which we can begin to switch off the fossil fuel supply that is the root cause of what is...
2023-07-2317 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeItalys Creeping Disaster - crossing the drought thresholdDiscussing 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 in the early months. That awareness came when somehow it was...
2023-03-1220 min
Shooting The Breeze Series 4Ep89: Born to Run with Nick LawrenceNick Lawrence is a professional photographer, after years of editing at a surf magazine he decided to hone in on his true passion of portraits and was able to combine it with another great love - pick-up hoops. Nick has been working on a portrait essay of pick-up basketball games over the last 4-5 years that he will publish and exhibit in ‘Backyard at The Alex’ the recently renovated local watering hole in Alexandria, Sydney. The exhibition details are listed below.Nick connected initially with co-host Jacinta at one of their favourite ‘runs’, a regular pick-up hoops gathering held at the Centr...
2022-10-2047 minShooting The BreezeEp89: Born to Run with Nick LawrenceNick Lawrence is a professional photographer, after years of editing at a surf magazine he decided to hone in on his true passion of portraits and was able to combine it with another great love - pick-up hoops. Nick has been working on a portrait essay of pick-up basketball games over the last 4-5 years that he will publish and exhibit in ‘Backyard at The Alex’ the recently renovated local watering hole in Alexandria, Sydney. The exhibition details are listed below.Nick connected initially with co-host Jacinta at one of their favourite ‘runs’, a regular pick-up hoops gathering held at the Centr...
2022-10-2047 min
Shooting The Breeze Series 4Ep89: Born to Run with Nick LawrenceNick Lawrence is a professional photographer, after years of editing at a surf magazine he decided to hone in on his true passion of portraits and was able to combine it with another great love - pick-up hoops. Nick has been working on a portrait essay of pick-up basketball games over the last 4-5 years that he will publish and exhibit in ‘Backyard at The Alex’ the recently renovated local watering hole in Alexandria, Sydney. The exhibition details are listed below.Nick connected initially with co-host Jacinta at one of their favourite ‘runs’, a regular pick-up hoops gathering held at the Centr...
2022-10-2047 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeEpisode 2 - DR Greg Jones, Climate Science And WineGet episodes early by supporting via Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc full transcript at https://Genn.cc
Nick Breeze, Dr Greg V Jones
In the second episode of the Alentejo climate and sustainability series, I'm speaking with winemaker and climate scientist Dr. Greg Jones, who has co-authored climate and wine research papers looking at the vulnerability of certain regions to climate change. One, in particular, that is relevant to this series titled 'Climate Change & Global Wine Quality', published in 2005 states, "Other regions currently with warmer growing seasons, i.e. southern Portugal may become too warm...
2022-07-2314 min
Audio Frequencies ShowAudio Frequencies Show - Episode #18 [Mixed by Lunar Breeze]Another banging deep house and soulful house music compilation.
**Lunar Breeze's Audio Frequencies episode #18**
1. Nick Newman - Hearts Connected (Original Mix)- Manual Deep
2. DP-6 - Lost at Sea (Original Mix) – DP-6 Records
3. Pablo Bolivar - Tubai (Original Mix) – Galaktika Records
4. DJ Romain, Sue Avenue - Reel Deep (Original Mix) – Nervous Records
5. Eric Ericksson - Yuki (Deeper Dub)- Swedish brandy
6. Deep FM, Baghira - Creamy Days feat. Baghira (Moti Brother Remix)- Royal Plastic
7. Anthony Mea - In the Sky (Original Mix)- Spring tube AC
8. Deeleegenz - Time...
2022-06-291h 00
The Talk Exchange PodcastS01 - Episode 25 - Shooting The BreezeS01 - In this episode, Nick and Francis are just shooting the breeze. Their main topic of discussion in this non-relationship episode is "Going back in Time". If you had a chance to go back in time, what would you do differently or change? Enjoy this TTE podcast episode. Cheers!
2022-06-1329 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSecretariat Susie Townend: Scotland’s Climate Assembly informs both people & policyPolitical elites in the UK have never looked more out of touch than they do today. Despite this, in Scotland, we see a Climate Citizens Assembly that is working with experts to come up with ideas for achieving a lower carbon, cleaner and fairer society.
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In this episode, I am speaking with the Secretariat of the Scottish Climate Assembly, Susie Townend, who has overseen the creation of the first report to the Scottish Parliament guided by experts but very...
2021-12-0120 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeDr Saleemul Huq | "Vulnerable Countries Left Glasgow with Tears In Their Eyes"In this ClimateGenn podcast episode, I am speaking to Dr Saleemul Huq about the true outcome of COP26 highlighting how the UK Presidency abandoned the world's most vulnerable nations in order to tow the line of the USA.
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Saleem also makes it clear that 1.1ºC, where we are today, is the new 1.5ºC - climate impacts are here and they are devastating lives and also taking lives. We must stop thinking about climate action in the future tense and start taking action in...
2021-11-2519 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeDr Paul Behrens New Book: Best of Times, Worst of Times | Choosing The Future We [don't] wantIn this episode, recorded in Glasgow, I speak to Dr Paul Behrens from Leiden University about how, regardless of what choices we make, humanity is now committed to passing through the eye of the metaphorical needle.
What we can expect on the other side may well be in our gift to decide but with each strike of the clock, the forecasts for humanity get bleaker.
In his new book, ‘The Best of Times, The Worst of Times’, Paul presents realistic outcomes based on the best case and worst-case scenarios. As he says, the worst case does...
2021-11-2330 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCOP26 Wrap Up | Is the process for purpose? Sir David King & Professor Kevin AndersonIn this special podcast edition, I have combined the two interviews with Sir David King and Professor Kevin Anderson to create a wrap-up commentary on the COP that I think is insightful and multifaceted.
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Both interviewees come with a wealth of insight and experience and whether you agree or disagree with what they say, there is no doubt that both scientists force us to think deeply about the way forward from this crisis point in the human journey.
Both speakers also touch on...
2021-11-2226 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCOP26 Notes: Adaptation Panel with F4F Jakapita Kandanga, Prof Alice Hill, Prof Kevin Anderson, Prof Sir Kavid KingWelcome to the shortened edit of the Adaptation panel that I moderated during COP26 in Glasgow with Pooran Desai.
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On the panel we had Professor Alice Hill and Professor Sir David King, as well Namibian ‘Fridays 4 Future’ Activist Jakapita Kandanga, as well as Professor Kevin Anderson.
In this session we are focussed largely on the UK, USA and Namibia and delve into the complexity of social change, education, building resilience in our cities and how the global middle classes have...
2021-11-211h 21
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeProfessor Jason Box Addendum: How is Denmark doing on its climate pledges?After filming the Greenland interview on the Denamrk pavilion in the Blue Zone at COP26, we recorded this short segment on Jason's view on how Denmark, his adopted country, is doing on their climate pledges. Follow my work in more detail at https://genn.cc or support my work (and stay up to date on https://patron.com/genncc
2021-11-1708 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCOP26 NOTEBOOK | The Threat of Ice | Prof's Box, Bamber & HussIn this miniseries of podcasts, I am uploading a selection of the recordings that I took from COP26 starting with this one with 3 ice scientists, Professor Jonathan Bamber, Professor Jason Box, and Professor Matthias Huss.
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The Cryosphere pavilion in the blue zone at the COP provided the context I needed to be able to understand whether the word ‘Ambition’ truly correlated to the safety of the citizens that negotiators were tasked to defend.
It worth noting that we are now...
2021-11-1634 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeInside COP26Glasgow; is this the ambition needed to avert disaster? Nick Breeze with Prof's Kevin Anderson & Jonathan BamberIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am inside the COP attending talks and speaking mainly to scientists but also half listening to the pledges and commitments being made. What is striking is the sense of foreboding from people who have followed these negotiations for many years.
Contents:
00:00 Intro by Nick Breeze
01:00 John Kerry speaking to C40 mayors
01:23 Professor Richard Bamba (excerpt)
02:09 Kevin Anderson discussing ‘inside the cop’
The noise of the globetrotting political class presents an image of absolute urgency and seemingly sincere desire to do s...
2021-11-0419 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeProfessor Rupert Read | Denial On Trial & What To Do When The COP failsIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to professor Rupert Read on the eve of his trial that has since taken place resulting in a guilty verdict and a very modest fine handed down.
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Here we discuss the role of disinformation organisations like the Global Warming Policy Foundation who have spent the last decade denying the threat that climate change poses to ordinary people.
As we head to...
2021-10-2817 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeProfessor Kevin Anderson: “To hell in a hand cart”In the run-up to COP26 we face a new onslaught of mainstream media coverage of how this conference will decide the fate of humanity. The truth is that even the best outcome being sought by policymakers is far short of what the science tells us is needed to stabilise the global climate.
Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, where the accelerating decline of planetary systems was acknowledged and leaders expressed the need for change, nothing has been achieved to stop the catastrophic circumstances that we are facing today.
In this episode of Shaping The Future...
2021-10-0128 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSaleemul Huq | “We have crossed a climate threshold” | ADAPT NOWSupport channel on: https://patreon.com/genncc or visit: https://genn.cc
Dr Saleemul Huq is a highly respected climate scientist from Bangladesh who has worked for decades to progress the safety of the most vulnerable people up the climate policymaking agenda.
Traditionally the most vulnerable people have been from places like Saleem's own country, Bangladesh, but in this interview, he stresses that we have crossed a new threshold.
What we have been seeing in the US and Northern Europe clearly shows that the most vulnerable could be ourselves, our neighbors, or our...
2021-09-1013 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimate Famine In S. Madagascar | "...a crisis that should not happen!"Support this Podcast via Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc or visit main site at https://genn.cc
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In this special episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Menghestab Haile, Regional Director for the World Food Programme in Southern Africa, In particular, we are discussing the climate driven drought in southern Madagascar that has over 1 million people on the brink of starvation, including many children in a state of malnutrition.
The situation is a dire emergency and very much...
2021-09-0212 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeAlice Hill | Adaptation Critical To Our Global Climate Preparedness StrategyPlease visit https://genn.cc for more content or support my work via https://patreon.com/genncc
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Alice Hill who was Special Assistant to President Obama at the White House and Senior Director for Resilience Policy at the National Security Council, working on climate change and pandemic preparedness.
In her new book, ‘The Fight For Climate After COVID-19’, to be published on the 5th September, Alice makes the case for why it is imperative that we begin the necessary planning for adaptation for concurrent and...
2021-08-2435 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeHow Climate Change Intersects With Global Security | Dr Chad BriggsVisit: https://genn.cc for more information or https://patreon.com/genncc
Contents with Timestamps
Hybrid Warfare 01:35
Resilience targeting 4:35
Politics, economics and fossil fuel interests 5:30
Sources of disinformation are a national security threat 8:00
Cyber Aggression 9:00
Climate migrants and nationalist politics 10:30
Tackling societal breakdown due to climate resilience failure at source 12:40
Local knowledge versus models and remote assessments CUT
Dependency on fossil fuel supports regimes responsible for disinformation 14:40
Geoengineering, risk and attribution CUT
A UN Security Council Specifically for Climate Change 17:35
Opportunities for positive diplomatic solutions | Building trust in time 19:10
Planning a pragmatic route to the future...
2021-08-1623 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCentre For Climate Repair Cambridge, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE | Flipping buildings from carbon source to sinkBack on Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc
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In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with the Director of the Centre for Climate Repair in Cambridge, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald about how buildings can be adapted for climate resilience and the potential for flipping them from carbon sources to carbon sinks.
With many of the world's largest future cities yet to be built and much of the existing infrastructure in developed countries being unfit for extreme...
2021-08-0317 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeArctic Briefing | Sir David King Interview | Climate Crisis Advisory GroupIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with former UK Government Chief Science Advisor, Sir David King. Sir David has recently set up the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) to respond with agility to the real-time climate crisis.
The first report is linked in the notes and focuses on the Arctic as a key regulator of global climate stability and more recently, chaotic disruption.
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Jet Stream Omega Event
Johanne Rockstrum: Arctic...
2021-07-3027 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeFacing The Future | Climate Psychology + Deep AdaptationIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Adrian Tait, co-founder of the Climate Psychology Alliance about his contribution to the new Deep Adaptation book.
Links to buy Deep Adaption: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Adaptation-Navigating-Realities-Climate/dp/1509546847
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This newly published volume edited by and contributed to by Jem Bendell and Rupert Read includes an updated...
2021-07-2724 min
Shoot The BreezeShoot! The Breeze Episode 57 with Nick QuantrillNick Quantrill - Shoot! 22nd February 1986
In this episode we take a look inside a Shoot! magazine from the 22nd February 1986 with author and crime writer, Nick Quantrill.
For more details on this podcast including an electronic copy of the magazine and other fascinating comments and links, please visit our website http://shootthebreezepod.co.uk/ where you can also donate for a chance to win some goodies including the original magazine from the show. Remember, 100% of all money donated goes to our charity partner, @WDCommFoodshare.
with @scotsfootycard, @simonweir and @tombrogan.
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2021-07-072h 06
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeMartin Bunzl | Thinking While Walking | Are we delusional about our perception of nature?In this episode, I speak to the philosopher, Martin Bunzl, about his new book, Thinking While Walking, Reflections on the Pacific Crest Trail.
As Martin traverses the 2650 mile trail from the Mexican-US border to the US-Canada border, questions emerge around our own relationship with what we call the natural world.
If humanity has curated the landscape for thousands of years, both for-profit and pleasure, what are the impasses and delusions that we are to face in solving the huge ecological and climate problems that currently block our road to the future?
These ideas...
2021-07-0636 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeMeasuring Impact; don't know? Don't care! Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold StandardIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Gold Standard CEO, Margaret Kim. Gold Standard sets the standard for climate positive implementation of a wide range of global-scale projects.
The global push to eradicate emissions means that activities and processes must be credible and effective if they are to build trust that we are on target to avert overshoot due to the billions of tonnes of human greenhouse gases emitted annually.
Margaret has enormous expertise in understanding the processes that solve these issues and also the reality of what it means if...
2021-07-0321 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimate As A Driver Of Conflict | General GhaziSupport this channel via https://genn.cc or https:patreon.com/genncc
This episode features an interview with former Pakistani Defence Minister General Ghazi. I recorded this at COP25 in Madrid and am replaying here because General Ghazi identifies with great clarity, a stage process that can lead a nation or region into conflict.
General Ghazi also outlines the critical role of the military as first responders, when climate extremes create society-wide suffering. The question is here, what more can we learn from experts in risk that can help us build societal resilience and promote...
2021-07-0114 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeThe Climate Coup | Mark AlizartView more at https://genn.cc
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In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with French philosopher Mark Alizart about his new book The Climate Coup.
The Climate Coup makes for fascinating reading as Mark identifies the forces of financial and self-interest who are either actively profiting or seeking to gain power from the misery and suffering that is a result of regional and global ecological and climate disasters. I
n identifying these Carbofascists, Mark suggests there are parallels between events such...
2021-06-2227 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeEcosia Search Engine Founder/CEO, Christian Kroll | Turning profits into treesIn this episode of Shaping The Future. Am speaking with Christian Kroll, founder, and CEO of Ecosia, the world’s largest not-for-profit search engine that actually uses profits to plant trees.
Christian has built a true 21st-century enterprise that sees profit in terms of how much carbon they can lock up while respecting privacy and paying taxes.
To paraphrase Christian: no one should be able to call themselves a billionaire until they absorb a billion tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere.
Every Ad clicked on the Ecosia search engine means that trees get pl...
2021-06-1822 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze‘Plastic – An Autobiography’ | Allison Cobb discusses facing existential threatsIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I speak with the author, Allison Cobb, about her new book titled ‘Plastic - An Autobiography’.
With poetic sensitivity, Allison explores the complexity of how plastic has become part of our lives and how this material, that can endure for generations, has been wilfully categorised as a ‘single use’ disposable product becoming as ubiquitous as food with a highly toxic indigestible after-life.
This autobiography is also personal, linking the horrendous WW2 invasion of Poland with her ancestors who also worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on the now infa...
2021-06-1518 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeRussian Arctic Methane Releases & Subsea Permafrost Degradation | Professor Örjan Gustafsson (Part 2)In this second episode of the methane miniseries, I speak to Professor Orjan Gustafsson from Stockholm University about his team's ongoing collaboration with the Russian research team, led by Professor Igor Semiletov, investigating the Siberian Arctic.
Orjan has published over 80 research papers jointly with his Russian colleagues on their findings in the Russian Arctic over the course of more than a decade. In this episode, he highlights why understanding this region is among one of the most important research areas in climate change today.
Despite the complexity of geopolitics that often infects peoples thinking in...
2021-05-2632 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeGlaciologist Dr Heidi Sevestre | Fight Hard For 1.5ºC | Have We Crossed Permafrost Threshold?In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Glaciologist, Dr Heidi Sevestre, about the changing state of the Arctic, the outlook for the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, of which Heidi herself is an advisor, and how thawing permafrost could be past the threshold of irreversibility.
Heidi combines the spirit of the modern polar explorer with the weight of important scientific work. She is also an excellent communicator and will be speaking at the ChangeNow climate summit later this month in the company of Sir David Attenborough and world-renowned scientist, Johan Rockström, w...
2021-05-1617 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeArctic Methane Releases In Siberia | Professor Igor Semiletov PT 1This can also be seen as a video edit with previously unseen footage from the last voyage in late 2020: https://youtu.be/lGgcUSJbAqE
The transcript will also be posted on https://genn.cc and https://climateseries.com/climate-change-podcast
This is part 1 in series of three posts on methane releases from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf recorded in 2021. This is the first in a miniseries discussing the ongoing work in the Russian Arctic talking to Dr Igor Semiletov, one of the lead scientists who has been studying the region for over twenty years.
Old dee...
2021-05-1314 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeStriving for an equitable pathway to the future | Saffran MihnarIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with the Director of Development and Communications at EarthLanka, Saffran Mihnar. Saffran is an advocate for climate solutions focused on communication, campaigning, and policy negotiations.
In this discussion, we discuss the struggles ahead for any journey towards zero or even net emissions.
The UN Conference of the Parties (or COP) process is over a quarter of a century old and has achieved little by way of reducing global emissions but as a regular participant, Saffran offers a voice that speaks to people like me as...
2021-05-0520 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeDr Wolfgang Knorr | Net Zero Is A TrapIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am talking to DR Wolfgang Knorr - a climate scientist with over 25 years working for many agencies and laboratories around the world.
Currently, Wolfgang is a Senior Research Scientist at Lund University measuring CO2 fluxes from terrestrial vegetation and human activities among other things.
This conversation is to discuss the concerns that he and his colleagues have about the use or misuse of the term Net Zero and their concern that collectively we are setting ourselves up for failure in tackling the climate crisis.
The...
2021-04-2821 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeEarth Day Special | Flipping Agriculture from Carbon Source to SinkWelcome to Shaping The Future - in this special Earth Day Episode I am discussing the exciting prospect of how we can turn the global agricultural large-scale carbon source into a potential carbon sink.
This would mean bringing back our soils that have lost an estimated 50 billion tonnes of carbon since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Agriculture accounts for over 20% of our global carbon footprint so this is a big subject.
I am speaking to Julien Gervreau, Vice President of Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines, a company that has committed to the UN-backed pledge...
2021-04-2227 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeTipping Points In Antarctica’s Pine Island GlacierWelcome to Shaping The Future. In this episode, I am speaking with Dr Sebastian Rosier about his work studying the tipping points in Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier.
Antarctica is of course absolutely huge and the Pine Island Glacier is just one part of it. If Pine Island collapsed into the ocean it would raise sea-levels by several metres which would be catastrophic for many coastal areas around the world.
Sebastian discusses his view of whether we have crossed this tipping point that is part of this complex system being impacted by the billions of to...
2021-04-2022 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeProfessor David Keith | Hacking The ClimateThis was recorded as a collaboration between my podcast Shaping The Future, Cambridge Zero and the Cambridge Festival. Below is more information. Includes excerpt with Dr Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury, on his thoughts on geoengineering research.
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Professor David Keith speaks about why solar geoengineering must be researched...
2021-04-0438 min
Shoot The BreezeShoot! The Breeze Episode 43 with Nick BarnesNick Barnes : Match 3rd February 1990
In this episode we take a look inside a Match magazine from 3rd February 1990 with broadcast journalist, Sunderland commentator and Exeter City fan Nick Barnes (@Tweed_Barnesy).
For more details on this podcast including an electronic copy of the magazine and other fascinating comments and links, please visit our website http://shootthebreezepod.co.uk/ where you can also donate for a chance to win some goodies including the original magazine from the show. Remember, 100% of all money donated goes to our charity partner, @WDCommFoodshare.
with @scotsfootycard, @simonweir and @tombrogan.
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2021-03-032h 25
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeRupert Read discusses Philosophy Public Lecture Series 2021: Bad News is Good News? The Upside of DownIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to philosopher, author and climate activist Professor Rupert Read. Rupert has organised the ‘Philosophy Public Lecture Series 2021: Bad News is Good News? The Upside of Down’
The series seeks to ask if there is any silver lining from the tragedy of Covid and what can be learned in the context of living through ecological break-down.
Here we discuss some of the underlying themes and also what exactly is meant by the term ‘transformational adaptation’.
Other participants include the author of The Great Derangement, Amitav G...
2021-01-2916 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeAntarctic Ice Melt: A Recipe For Global Catastrophe Unless We Act Now | Professor James RenwickIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to climate scientist Professor James Renwick, about the scale of the risks posed by the melting of the East and West Antarctic ice sheets due to human emissions from our relentless burning of fossil fuels.
Sea-level rise is the most obvious impact that will destroy cities around the world but there are also other less obvious impacts on agriculture and population displacement that can also lead to conflict if we choose to continue to do nothing.
James is based at Victoria University in New Zealand...
2021-01-2816 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeCOVID & Climate | mental Health Crisis Among The Most Vulnerable Needs Us To Cooperate | Saima WazedWelcome to Shaping Te Future - in this episode, I am talking with Saima Wazed who is one of the 25 experts advising the World Health Organisation’s panel on mental health and she is also the founder of the Not For Profit Shuchona Foundation.
Recently Saima has also taken up the role of the Thematic Ambassador for the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), which represents 48 countries and 1.2 billion people, who are on the frontlines of climate change.
There is a widespread tendency among many of us to view the climate crisis as a future issue. Many pe...
2021-01-2417 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeDecoding NOAA’s Arctic Report Card With Contributing Climate Scientist, Dr Zack LabeIn this special inserted episode of Shaping The Future, we are discussing the 15th National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (or NOAA) Arctic Report Card that was published this week giving a detailed overview of how climate is changing the Arctic.
Zack helps to break down the complexity of this annual report and highlights some of the major impacts that climate change is bringing to the polar Arctic region.
With melting sea ice, extreme wildfires and the expanding population of Bowhead whales, the Arctic is a region changing before our eyes and one that has direct implications...
2020-12-1019 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeDr Jennifer Francis - Abrupt cooling in the Arctic?In this episode of Shaping The Future, we discuss the abrupt cooling of the Arctic in the late summer months that is preventing the widely anticipated further collapse of summer sea ice, whilst intensifying heatwaves at lower latitudes.
This new hypothesis was recently published by Professor Jennifer Francis from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre in Falmouth, Massachusetts and Dr Woo from Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, in Shanghai.
It is not often anyone ever mentions negative feedback mechanisms when it comes to sea ice but this is...
2020-12-0809 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeWill Biden’s climate plans bear fruit? - Dan Lashof, World Resources Institute US DirectorIn this episode of Shaping The Future, we are discussing the incoming Biden administration’s agenda on climate change and whether they can achieve it.
Dan Lashof is the US Director of the World Resources Institute based in Washington and has a long history spanning decades working in environmental policy.
In this interview, Dan discusses the need for an integrated action plan that tackles the pandemic, racial inequality, and the economy, with environmental policy being a key driver of change.
He also outlines the damage caused by the outgoing Republican administration across over 100 environmental safeguards, while stressing that the challenge go...
2020-12-0215 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeThe Vatican’s head of Ecology, Father Josh, ‘Pandemic is a warning to humans’In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to the Vatican’s head of ecology, Father Josh, who also happens to be coordinating the COVID-19 response within the Holy City.
In May 2020 Pope Francis declared a year of Laudato Si, building on the work of his encyclical on climate change in order to inspire exponential change across all walks of life, including all forms of Christianity, other faiths, and like-minded people around the world.
Through many advisors that make up the Pontifical academy of sciences among other advisers, church leaders are informed on cl...
2020-11-2718 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeTurning Oil Green | Wall Street Energy Analyst Dan Dicker Discusses His New BookIn this episode of Shaping The Future I am talking to Wall Street energy analyst Dan Dicker about his new book, Turning Oil Green- A market based path to renewables.
Dan’s book gives us a lot of fascinating insights into how the oil markets work and how we should use the existing infrastructure of the markets and this toxic industry to literally turn oil green.
Like many of the complexities around the climate crisis, pathways to progress often appear counter-intuitive at the outset. What I found revelatory in Dan’s perspective is that collapsing the...
2020-11-1919 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSkyseed | What can fiction teach us about climate catastrophe? Interview with author, Prof. Bill McGuireIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I’m discussing the risks posed by Geoengineering in the context of averting worst-case climate change, with author Professor Bill McGuire.
Bill's new book, Skyseed, is his first full length foray into writing fiction, from a distinguished career as Emeritus Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at University College London as well as being one of Britain's leading volcanologists.
Skyseed presents the reader with a narrative of when humanity’s failure to address the climate crisis coupled with the political failure to say no to dangerous engineering interventions are gambled...
2020-11-0914 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeLaptev Sea Not Refreezing & Other Arctic Climate Notes With Dr. Zack LabeWelcome to Shaping The Future. In this episode I am speaking with Dr Zack Labe at Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science about the perilous heat trends reshaping the Arctic.
Zack is very well known on social media for bringing the climate data to life, in a series of visualisations and charts that depict extremes, such as we have seen recently in the Laptev Sea where the start of the sea ice formation is yet to begin.
In this discussion also we talk about improving the general publics’ overall literacy on climate change and...
2020-11-0419 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimate Psychology Podcast | US Election, COVID19 and Climate & Ecological Breakdown |CPA’s Adrian Tait discussesIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Adrian Tait, a founding member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, (the CPA).
Adrian discusses how the linkages between events such as the US election and COVID-19 are compounding the anxiety that many people feel about the climate and ecological crisis.
In particular, he discusses Through The Door, a CPA initiative that has been utilised to help create a space where people who share anxieties about climate and ecology can come together. These groups are self-sustaining and may well offer the foundations of psychological resilience...
2020-11-0219 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeRabbi Yonatan Neril | New Book EcoBible | Spiritual Beings In A physical WorldWelcome to Shaping The Future - In this episode, I am speaking to Rabbi Yonatan Neril in Jerusalem about his newly co-authored Eco-Bible, a book that reaches back through more than 2000 years of religious texts.
At a time when religion in the US is being politicised and views are expressed about Gods will in consuming the Earth, Eco Bible uses 450 identified texts that clearly demonstrate the role religious teachings have had in promoting stewardship of the Earth.
It has been my experience on numerous occasions of climate reporting that these underlying teachings exist across the...
2020-10-2915 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeFood & Climate Change Without The Hot Air - Prof Sarah Bridle discussesWelcome to Shaping The Future - in this episode, I am speaking with scientist and author, Professor Sarah Bridle, about her recently published book, ‘Food & Climate Change Without The Hot Air’ - Sarah’s book provides an invaluable perspective on the reality-versus-perception of the impact on climate change that our diet actually has.
Sarah not only gives examples of how misleading, ideals about food buying, preparation and consumption can be, she also explains how the UK government (and I suspect many others) could implement policies that would please local food producers, whilst bolstering public support and reducing climat...
2020-10-2517 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeHow We Can Use Meteorology as a tool for a safer future and save vulnerable lives in the face of climate changeWelcome to Shaping The Future - in this episode, I am talking with meteorologist Scott Duncan, about how weather data is used to inform both the public and the organisations we rely on to insure us against the worst of life’s low-probability high-impact events..
We also discuss the recent Storm Alex that struck parts of western and southern Europe, in the context of frequency & extremity, as well as how the findings of meteorology can be used to alert those people who are in the path of future storms.
It can be easy to exist in...
2020-10-2015 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeICOS: a system that spots collapsing carbon sinks & is a vital tool for our futureWelcome to Shaping The Future and in this episode, I am talking to the Secretary-General of ICOS - The Integrated Carbon Observation System, Dr. habil. Werner L. Kutsch.
ICOS is a network of ocean and ground-based carbon monitoring stations that is giving us a wide spread of open-source scientific data, expanding our understanding of our changing environment.
Werner talks about how ICOS data can explain the collapse of a carbon sink from summer drought, as much as it can lead us towards cleaner air in cities and resilience to the climate impacts coming our way.
2020-10-1517 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeThe Climate App | A new innovation for the people, by the peopleDoing our bit to avert the very worst of climate change means going beyond nodding along in agreement with those who are sounding the alarm about the dangers we all face from pumping hundreds of billions of tonnes of carbon pollution into the atmosphere.
It means we individually and collectively have to make drastic changes in our lives to reduce carbon emissions to beyond zero.
How many of us cast our guilt into the recesses and shadows of the mind as we book that next flight, or order one more juicy beef steak that we...
2020-10-0816 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeProfessor Peter Wadhams | Climate Vaccines, Carbon Removal & COVID-19 Go ExponentialWelcome to Shaping The Future - this interview is with author and Cambridge polar ice scientist Professor Peter Wadhams.
WE discuss the common exponential factors that exist between the COVID-19 pandemic and in the positive feedbacks of the changing climate system.
WE also discuss the urgent need for carbon drawdown or greenhouse gas removal as it also known, to tackle the excess burden of 1 trillion tonnes of pollution that humanity has pumped into the biosphere.
Professor Wadhams is a leading authority on polar ice climate and is currently guest lecturing in Turin Polytechnic...
2020-09-2420 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSir Jonathan Porritt discusses his new climate change book, Hope In HellWelcome to Shaping The Future - this week I am speaking with long-term environmental campaigner and author, Sir Jonathon Porritt, about his new book ‘Hope In Hell’. I urge anyone looking for a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted subject of climate change, to read this excellent piece of work.
The book covers the science, policy, policy obstructions, as well as current and future challenges and the impact on the human psyche that we see emerging as a result.
In this interview, Sir Jonathon discusses the limits of the Paris Agreement and its roadmap of unbinding incr...
2020-09-1723 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeUniversity Of Cambridge’s Hugh Hunt On Geoengineering The Arctic: ‘crazy ideas have potential’“Surely if you are going to be intervening with some risk in something where the risk is greater if you don’t intervene then let’s research the intervention!”
Welcome to this episode of Shaping The Future - From Pandemic to Climate Change. In this episode, I am speaking with Cambridge University’s Dr Hugh Hunt who is also working as part of the Centre For Climate Repair In Cambridge looking at ways to repair the climate.
Hugh makes the point that the risks of Geoengineering are less than the impacts from climate tipping points that we ar...
2020-09-0920 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeExtinction Rebellion Cofounder Gail Bradbrook | It's Time For Autumn RebellionIn this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Gail Bradbrook, environmental activist and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, as the Autumn rebellion gains momentum in major cities across the UK. Gail talks about the XR demands for this rebellion and the power of activism for the individual and how that can lead to systemic change at the societal level. We finish discussing the potential for a global citizens assembly to be held in parallel during next years UN climate conference, COP26, that will be hosted in November in the UK.
Thanks for listening, this podcast is available on all...
2020-09-0217 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimate Scientist & Author Peter Kalmus speaks outIn this episode, I interview NASA climate scientist and author, Peter Kalmus, about the extreme fires in California and Hurricane Laura that struck Louisiana.
Peter talks about the underlying drivers of these frightening impacts that stem from our collective addiction to burning fossil fuels. He also talks very personally about his conscious decision to speak out about how terrified he is with regard to the worsening climate breakdown.
Thanks for listening.
2020-08-2941 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeHow Big data is a vital resilience tool in responding to in creased frequency & intensity of climate impactsWelcome to Shaping The Future - In this episode, I am talking to Kontur CEO Arben Kane about How Big data is a vital resilience tool in responding to increased frequency and intensity of climate impacts.
Kontur was born out of a research project at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the US and is still evolving new perspectives for viewing information that can enhance how we live on Earth at a time when the viability of life itself is being called into question from Climate Change.
Arben and his team have been involved...
2020-08-2221 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimate Psychologist Dr. Renée Lertzman - Principals for attuned thinking in a time of crisisWelcome to Shaping The Future - from pandemic to climate change and in this episode I am speaking with Dr. Renée Lertzman, a pioneer in bridging the gap between human psychology and the environmental and climate crisis.
Renée talks here about how climate professionals can become better leaders and show guidance by becoming attuned to those whom we engage with.
Renée also offers a set of principals developed as a tool-set for psychological survival at a period in time when uncertainty about the future can lead to existential anxiety.
Of cou...
2020-08-1429 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeRupert Read discusses new book- Extinction Rebellion: Insights From The InsideWelcome to Shaping The Future - from pandemic to climate change (More info on the podcast series: Cambridge Climate Lecture Series website here)
In this episode, I am speaking with Philosopher and prominent Extinction Rebellion spokesperson, Dr Rupert Read, about his new booked titled, ‘Extinction rebellion: Insights from the inside’.
This is a collection of works, including essays, interviews, and internal XR memos, reflecting Rupert’s thoughts on what has been and what next for XR.
We discuss key concepts in the book including, how critical this time we are in right now is, an...
2020-08-0225 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeWarm Holes & Cold Blobs in the North Atlantic due to climate changeWelcome to Shaping the Future. In this episode, I am talking to Paul Keil who is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology about the mysterious cold blob in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
This cold blob appears conspicuously on global temperature anomaly charts located south of Greenland.
It is currently the focus of a lot of research looking at the mechanisms that contribute to climate change and how these are being impacted by the billions of tonnes of CO2 we add annually to the atmosphere.
I have also added links...
2020-07-2316 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeClimate computing with Met Office Chief, Prof. Penny EndersbyIn this interview, I am speaking to Professor Penny Endersby, the Chief Executive Officer of the UK’s Met Office who is in charge of one of the most important climate change modelling computers in the world.
Penny takes us inside the climate model and reflects on the hard truths that the data outputs are telling us.
It is worth listening to Penny talk us through the Earth system simulator the UK has developed to navigate us through what is currently an undecided and uncertain future.
Quotes:
"...we can say, ‘this thin...
2020-07-1020 min
Audio Frequencies ShowAudio Frequencies - Episode #07(Throw Backs) [Mixed by Lunar Breeze]> Deep and Soulful House Music......." Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music." George Eliot
Lunar Breeze's Audio Frequencies episode #7(Throw Backs)
10. Alison Crockett - Crossroads (DJ Spinna Mix)
11. Franck Roger feat. Chris Wonder - If I
12. Nick Holder - Summer Daze
13. Donna Allen - He Is The Joy (Rocco Underground Mix)
14. Stephanie Mills - Free (The Layabouts Vocal Mix)
15. MR O Feat. Mxo - Mama Africa (Nativeroots Remix)
16. Agoria feat. Scalde - Dust [Rocco Vision Mix]
17. Mzee - Mahuwelele (Manoo Remix)
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2020-06-2155 min
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeProfessor Jason Box - Greenland and the climate systemProf. Jason Box: "It's not too hyperbolic to talk about Mad Max!"
Welcome to Shaping The Future Podcast. In this episode, I am speaking to Professor Jason Box at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. We are discussing how the colossal Greenland ice sheet is changing as the Earth warms and what impact this will have on the global climate system.
So much of Jason’s work bridges the void between climate science in obscure corners of the planet, and the risks posed by pollution from industry, as well as how we in wealthier co...
2020-06-1232 min