Climate Change Briefing Podcast Hosted By Nick Breeze - ClimateGenn

All the main points from this interview with prof. Jason Box from the Geological Survey of Greenland. To get the full episode and also support this channel, you can join on https://youtu.be/9Ddb9pRqcDw or at https://patreon.com/genncc Content points - What are atmospheric river rapids? - what do these teach us about extreme deluge events around the world that we are seeing now? - What is driving i...

A 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. [Join now to get full episodes early: https://genn.cc or https://patreon.com/genncc ] In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proli...

Episode full contents: [For full episode interviews join via Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc or on Youtube: https://youtu.be/v9fEcRYVaf4 ] 1. Fossil fuel companies were never a partner is solving climate change. 2. The possible world that we see emerging around us. 3. How do we face the strength of the fossil fuel industry? 4. COP28 is symbolic of political failure. 5. Fossil fuel companies ar...

Full 25 min version: [members link: https://youtu.be/NSdk6BwsSQA or https://genn.cc/dr-alice-hill-insurance/ ] Welcome to the ClimateGenn podcast. This summary version is edited from the full interview. Included are the key points from the discussion and the full version can be accessed by all Youtube and Patreon members. Overview of topics covered: US politicians debate the causes of extreme weat...

Full versions on: https://genn.cc - https://patreon.com/genncc - https://www.youtube.com/@NickBreeze/membership Full 26 min members version Contents: Antarctica Sea Ice Decline Antarctic versus Arctic differences Greenland can change the global map Arctic methane release and potential warming Have we crossed a global threshold? Can we repair climate? Interventions - climate repair? Climate is only...

(Full Episode 27 mins - members: https://youtu.be/xZ7i5_m7udE or https://genn.cc/dr-chad-briggs-risk/ ) Contents: Military lens - military objectives requires enemies. A hammer in search of a nail. US Air Force - largest user of fuel in the world. Mitigation inevitably leads to less flight hours. Not an option. All military, governmental and even social responses have a technology bias. “Reducing...

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Dr Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Climate Research Center, in the US. 2023 has already seen record breaking temperatures in the atmosphere, land and oceans, with horrific impacts to human life, communities and ecology. [Visit https://genn.cc or https://patreon.com/genncc for additional content] Here we focus on three factors in...

Southern Europe is gripped by drought that could last indefinitely, representing a collapse in the sources of water that we have relied on for drinking water, industrial and agricultural purposes. In this episode we discuss the potential for using atmospheric moisture harvesting as a source for agricultural irrigation. Aquaseek have already piloted their technology in the desert in the USA and wit...

In they climate Genn episode I am speaking with Namibian Activist, Ina-Maria Shikongo (Twitter: @IMariashikongo ).  Ina Maria has been speaking out about the unlawful exploitation of the Okavango Delta in Africa, calling on the Canadian oil company, Recon Africa, to leave Namibia. Visit https://genn.cc for more information and become a member for exclusive unseen interview content via https://patr...

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with California Climate Tech CEO, Dr Ethan Cohen-Cole, about the impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank had on his business and the niche climate tech sector as a whole. Read more at https://genn.cc/capture6-svb/ - Support this channel via: https://patreon.com/genncc Far from a 2008 financial domino effect, Ethan says this is a case of ‘one particularl...

That was Professor James Hansen speaking during an interview I recorded in Vienna at the European Geophysical Union Conference, in 2012. In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with David Spratt, Research Director, Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Australia, about his recent article, ‘Reclaiming the Climate Emergency’ - the links to the article are in the notes. Join to get more...

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Jojo Mehta, Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International about the positive news that the European Parliament is proposing to include Ecocide in EU Law, an important development in the course to have this vital legislation enshrined in international law. [Support this channel and access episodes early by joining up on Patreon or Youtube ] For thos...

Discussing 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...

The UN Climate COP’s are not succeeding in solving the longterm problem of overshooting our Paris climate commitments. This episode focuses on the emerging voices that are defining the overshoot agenda. Full transcript at: https://genn.cc/2023-overshoot/ You can support this work on Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc

In this ClimateGenn episode, recorded on the last night of the extended COP in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, I am speaking with US COP veteran and legal expert, Professor Dan Bodansky from Arizona State University. [Support this channel on Patreon at https://patreon.com/genncc and also access additional content at https://genn.cc ] Dan has extensive experience working with the US negotiating team over t...

In this COP27 interview with Dr Saleemul Huq we discuss the arrival of Loss & Damage into the negotiations. We also discuss the need to urgently reduce emissions, first in the wealthy nations that have caused, and are causing, so much suffering and destruction, and then with assistance, across the Earth. Please support this work on https://Patreon.com/genncc and https://genn.cc Saleem has been...

Recorded in week 2 of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. See more climate change podcasts at https://genn.cc and support my work at https://patreon.com/genncc Professor Hayhoe is a Canadian climate scientist and communicator at the Nature Conservancy and Texas Tech University on the United States. I this episode we discuss the shifting momentum away from 1.5ºC as a boundary for climate heating, as w...

In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak with Professor Jason Box about his recent research that identifies the amount of Greenland’s ice sheet that is committed to melting in the coming decades. [Support my work on https://genn.cc/ or directly via https://patreon.com/genncc ] This so-called Zombie Ice is not included in the mainstream models, and when added to other sources such as glaciers and even...

In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Nathalie Hilmi at the Centre Scientifique in Monaco about the need to invest in research, restoration and regeneration of the world's oceans. [ Support my channel at https://genn.cc and directly on http://patreon.com/genncc ] By protecting and restoring ocean ecosystems we can start to create resilience in an area we know is in decline but yet we...

Recent activism in the UK has made worldwide headlines. By bringing cultural treasures into the discussion, it raises new anxieties, and questions about what is at stake. The visual impact of the soup hitting the van Gogh painting was viscerally shocking to many, including me. On reflection, it reminded me of when the painter Francis Bacon was asked what he would save in a burning house if the cho...

In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak with climate scientist & author Professor Bill McGuire about his recent book titled Hot House Earth. Bill discusses the necessity to discuss worse-case climate outcomes at a time when emissions are still rising and political leaders are looking the other way. [Visit https://genn.cc for more content & https://patreon.com/genncc ] We discuss the absence o...

In this final Sustainability in Alentejo episode, I speak with João Barroso, manager of the Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Programme (WASP).   [Visit https://genn.cc for more info or support this channel on https://patreon.com/genncc ]  We discuss how the programme evolved from a need to respond to worsening climatic conditions, into a solid certification programme to help communicate...

In this ClimateGenn Episode, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE, Director of the Centre for Climate Repair in Cambridge, discusses new research to build resilient and scaleable kelp growing platforms, asking the key question of whether kelp forests can capture and store a billion tonnes of carbon? [Visit https://genn.cc or support my work on patreon for more access: https://patreon.com/genncc As the Centre f...

In this episode, I am speaking with Luis Patrão, director of enology and viticulture at Coelheiros, a stunning 800 hectare, historic estate, north of Evora, in the centre of Alentejo. [Support this channel on https://patreon.com/genncc and find more info at https://genn.cc ] When I visited the estate, Luis gave me a guided tour to demonstrate how the 600+ hectare cork oak forest, 50 hectares of vi...

In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to Dr Levke Caesar about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, about what would happen if this vital piece of the climate system either slowed dramatically or even shut down altogether. [Visit https://genn.cc for more information on ClimateGenn and support this channel via https://patreon.com/genncc ] To date the models have been poor...