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Climate change: Why haven't we solved it yet? University of East Anglia
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Why are we still grappling with agreeing on workable solutions to climate change? Why, despite international agreements, are we still behind on our targets? Why, in spite of the increasingly clear relationship between extreme weather events and climate change are we still resting on our laurels?
In this series, Aayushi Awasthy, a PhD student at the University of East Anglia, speaks to some of the leading voices in the climate debate to discover what obstacles remain and discuss how activism, technology, finance and politics can contribute to a solution.
www.uea.ac.uk/climate-of-change
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Is it an emergency? - Prof Corinne Le Quéré
Aayushi speaks to Prof Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia. She advises both the UK and French governments on climate change, and was recently named one of the world's most influential climate scientists by Reuters. They discuss a recent piece of Prof Le Quéré's research, which documented the drop in carbon emissions as a result of lockdown at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the control individuals have over their own emissions, how to tackle climate change from a range of perspectives, and the importance of sending a message to politicians and organisations to make change. Find out more at www.uea.ac.uk/climate-of-change
You can watch Prof Le Quéré's Ted Talk, 'Inside the mind of a climate scientist', on ted.com