Professor Mark Maslin (果冻影院) joins us to discuss climate action in 2020 and what a decisive political response to the climate emergency might look like.
Crucial climate negotiations loom in 2021. Despite the incredible disruption caused by COVID-19, the work of the climate policymakers, researchers and activists is not, in any way, on hold.听It is important to flag that this interview with one of 果冻影院's leading climatologists was recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020.听Nevertheless, this lively conversation听ranging from climate change to听green听capitalism听remains as pertinent today as ever.听
Mark Maslin FRGS, FRSA is a Professor of Climatology at 果冻影院. His areas of scientific expertise听include causes of past and future global climate change and its effects on the global carbon cycle, biodiversity, rainforests and human evolution. He also works on monitoring land carbon sinks using remote sensing and ecological models and international and national climate change policies. In addition to advisory positions with the Global Cool Foundation, the Sopria-Steria Group and the Cheltenham Science Festival Advisory Committee,听Mark听has written 8 books, and over 30 articles. His popular book 鈥淐limate Change: A Very Short Introduction鈥� by Oxford University Press is now in its third edition and has sold over 40,000 copies.听Mark听was also a co-author of the seminal Lancet report "Managing the health effects of climate change"听and the Lancet review paper on the health links between "Population, Development and Climate Change".Find听more information听on .听
This episode听was produced by the Global Governance Futures team with support from听Sofiya Shazal and Juan Jose Vilches-Narro (both MSc Global Governance and Ethics).
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