Cambridge researchers offer sneak peek of blueprint for green future as part of free week-long climate festival.
Cambridge researchers offer sneak peek of blueprint for green future as part of free week-long climate festival.
This Climate Change Festival offers us optimism in the midst of a global crisis
Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope
探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge kicks off its first global today (6 November), the first of eight days of free online climate-themed events for all ages.
Cambridge Zero, the 探花直播鈥檚 climate initiative, has partnered with the academic publishing powerhouse Cambridge 探花直播 Press to offer a week of live panel sessions, pre-recorded talks demonstrations, stories and games, led by leading thinkers from science, academia, policy and community groups from around the world.
探花直播Festival will start this afternoon with a preview of 鈥A Blueprint for a Green Future,鈥 Cambridge Zero鈥檚 report on the necessary policy changes needed build a sustainable future, which will be launched next week. 探花直播Director of Cambridge Zero, Dr Emily Shuckburgh, and some of the report鈥檚 authors will be how to ensure a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
探花直播Festival will also include live talks and panel sessions with leaders in the climate movement including scientist, TV personality and best-selling author Dr Emily Grossman; British environmentalist and writer Sir Jonathan Porritt; US Under Secretary for Science Paul M Dabbar and Australian Indigenous scholar and writer Tyson Yunkaporta. 听
探花直播Festival takes place at the time when the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) was due to take place in Glasgow, which has been postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic.
探花直播eight days of online events, both live and on-demand, will cover the five themes of COP26: Energy Transitions, Zero Carbon Transport, Finance, Adaptation & Resilience, and Nature, along with a sixth theme of Green Recovery. Each of the eight days also covers one of the UN鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
探花直播 of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Stephen J. Toope said: 鈥淭his Climate Change Festival offers us optimism in the midst of a global crisis. By sparking collaboration and dialogue between the academic and non-academic communities, it will help us focus on what we can all achieve together, and shine a light on some of the solutions already being implemented locally, nationally and internationally. Taking place at the time when COP26 would have happened, it is a testimony to our commitment to tackling the global climate crisis.鈥
Director of Cambridge Zero, Dr Emily Shuckburgh OBE said: 鈥淭his is the moment to reset our priorities and to re-evaluate our relationships with each other and with the world that sustains us. This Festival is a chance for us to share some of the exciting research and new initiatives underway at Cambridge Zero, and beyond, to show how we all can make a difference and live more sustainably.鈥
All sessions are with recordings made available to watch again on Cambridge Open Engage, the research and collaboration platform developed by Cambridge 探花直播 Press.
To learn more about the festival, view the programme and register for events, , or follow @CambridgeZero on , , and .
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