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Facing ̽��ֱ��New Reality

plc32 — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:24:18 +0000

Climate action film "Facing ̽��ֱ��New Reality" featuring Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh is a finalist for the Smiley Charity Film Awards.

Cambridge Zero highlights ̽��ֱ�� efforts at Climate Week NYC

plc32 — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:29:51 +0000

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh took centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York to talk to global leaders of government, business and philanthropy about Cambridge’s efforts to tackle climate change.

At the opening ceremony of Climate Week NYC, Professor Shuckburgh offered a glimpse of optimism and urged everyone assembled to press on with implementing the urgent efforts needed this decade to tackle climate change.

"We have all the building blocks...we just simply haven't put them together, yet," she said.

Professor Shuckburgh appeared at Climate Week's main stage for one of the key discussions on the "New frontiers of Climate Action". Joining her were:

Helen Clarkson (Corpus Christi 1993) Chief Executive Officer of the Climate Group which organises Climate Week

Kate Brandt (Selwyn 2007) Chief Sustainability Officer of Google

Judith Weise Chief People & Sustainability Officer of Siemens AG

̽��ֱ��four women discussed the innovation and investment needed to achieve net zero. In particular, Professor Shuckburgh talked about what the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge is doing.

She mentioned Cambridge research on materials, batteries, photovoltaics, the Cambridge ecosystem for innovation, including Cambridge research on AI, aviation, the Centre for Landscape Regeneration and the ground-breaking work of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.

She also mentioned how Cambridge is making efforts to support a more just transition around the world with the support of the Mastercard Foundation Programme with African institutions and scholars.

"Green innovation is going to be absolutely essential to our future...[and] one of the things we've been talking a lot about in Cambridge is not just how we can ensure that we are benefiting the UK, but also how we can collaborate externally."

Climate Week NYC takes place in partnership with the United Nations General Assembly and is run in coordination with the United Nations and the City of New York. It is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together some 400 events and activities across the City of New York – in person, hybrid and online.

This year it centred around the UN General Assembly, the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit as well as hundreds of national government, business and climate group initiatives, making it a unique opportunity for Cambridge to communicate with the world.

On Wednesday evening, just hours after the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit concluded at the nearby headquarters of the United Nations, Professor Shuckburgh took part in Mission Possible: Creating a Better Planetary Future, an alumni event hosted by Cambridge in America at the Morgan Library in New York.

Professor Shuckburgh was joined by Professor of Planetary Computing Anil Madhavapeddy (Pembroke) and Fiona Macklin (St John’s 2012), Senior Adviser to Groundswell, a joint initiative between Bezos Earth Fund, Global Optimism and the Systems Change Lab.

̽��ֱ��panel focused on the technological and behavioural solutions available to build a sustainable future for the whole planet and was chaired by Professor Matthew Connelly, the new Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge.

“Our alumni network is one of Cambridge’s greatest pillars of support and with their help the ̽��ֱ�� is able to amplify its work, linking one of the world’s top research universities to peer institutions, policymakers and business leaders,” Professor Shuckburgh said.

Throughout the visit to New York, Professor Shuckburgh met with dozens of supporters, policymakers, business, industry and climate leaders in a packed schedule, with only brief moments to spare.

During a brief interlude between engagements, she managed to show up and support new initiative Climate Basecamp, which sponsored an "endangered flavors" ice cream stand at Union Square with TV screenwriter Chuck Tatham, whose hits include: Modern Family, Arrested Development and How I Met Your Mother.

While there she also shared a selfie and a chat with fellow climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe.

We have all the building blocks...we just simply haven't put them together, yet

Prof Emily Shuckburgh

Facing ̽��ֱ��New Reality - Climate Week NYC Opening Ceremony

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Cambridge Zero takes centre stage at Climate Week NYC

plc32 — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:39:31 +0000

Professor Shuckburgh (Trinity and Darwin) is at Climate Week NYC (17-24 September) to discuss how to address the challenges the world faces in keeping global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius. She was at the Opening Ceremony on Sunday 17 September alongside world government, business, science and policy leaders and appeared with top climate scientists in the opening video. You can view the Opening Ceremony and video live by registering for it here.

Professor Shuckburgh will be appearing on Climate Week NYC’s Hub Live on Tuesday 19 September with Helen Clarkson (Corpus Christi 1993) Chief Executive Officer of the Climate Group which organises Climate Week, with Kate Brandt (Selwyn 2007) Chief Sustainability Officer of Google and Judith Weise Chief People & Sustainability Officer of Siemens AG to discuss the innovation and investment needed to achieve net zero. You can register to view Tuesday’s panel online through this link: New frontiers of Climate Action.

“Now is the time for Cambridge and the rest of the world to turn ambition into action in the race to accelerate the pace of a just transition to a net zero world and New York will be buzzing with the kinds of people who can make that happen,” Professor Shuckburgh said.

This year it centres around the UN General Assembly, the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit as well as hundreds of national government, business and climate group initiatives, making it a unique opportunity for Cambridge to communicate with the world.

On Wednesday evening, just hours after the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit is concluded at the nearby headquarters of the United Nations, Professor Shuckburgh will lead a discussion for alumni in New York, hosted by Cambridge in America at the Morgan Library, about the technological and behavioural solutions available to build a sustainable future for the whole planet.

Professor Shuckburgh will be joined at the alumni event by Professor of Planetary Computing Anil Madhavapeddy (Pembroke) and Fiona Macklin (St John’s 2012), Senior Adviser to Groundswell, a joint initiative between Bezos Earth Fund, Global Optimism and the Systems Change Lab. ̽��ֱ��panel will be chaired by Professor Matthew Connelly, the new Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge.

Book online here to see Mission Possible: Creating a Better Planetary Future.

Throughout the visit to New York, Cambridge Zero will seek to respond to news and relevant climate announcements with the help of an assembled Cambridge Climate Media team of academics at the ̽��ֱ��.

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh takes centre stage at the world's biggest climate event of its kind in New York, talking to global leaders of government, business and philanthropy about Cambridge’s efforts to tackle climate change.

Now is the time for Cambridge and the rest of the world to turn ambition into action in the race to accelerate the pace of a just transition to a net zero world

Prof Emily Shuckburgh

Photograph of New York skyline - Credit Thomas Habr UnSplash

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