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Climate resilience in a changing world
Experts discuss strategies for resilience, sustainable planning, and innovative solutions to protect people and landscapes from environmental uncertainty.
Helping nature to become resilient to climate change
As conditions get rapidly warmer, Andy Lester explores how we can create a climate-resilient landscape.
Bound by water: linking Amazonian diversity and climate vulnerability
In this lecture, National Geographic Explorers Julia Tavares and Thiago Silva will explore how they are combining cutting-edge methods in plant morphology and functional ecology, environmental monitoring, drone remote sensing and 3D laser scanning (LiDAR) to address a central question: How are different Amazonian forests being affected by climate change?
Environmental justice and climate action: victims of the ‘war on woke’?
Professor Laura Pulido explores how the 'war on woke' promoted by dominant figures in the US Republican Party is harming climate action and environmental justice in the US and far beyond.
Climate change under political extremism
As far-right movements gain ground across Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Join experts for a discussion on sustaining climate action amid political shifts on both sides of the Atlantic.
The future of UK agriculture: balancing food security and environmental stewardship
Join our panel to discuss the challenges and opportunities in UK agriculture amid climate change and policy shifts.
Digital twins for climate resilience
The Society and Ordnance Survey are collaborating on a lunchtime webinar series focusing on digital twins. This session will be focussed on digital twins for climate resilience.
Ancient rainforests and shifting climates: the Falkland Islands’ hidden past
This talk by Dr Zoë Thomas explores the hidden past of the Falkland Islands, spanning millions of years to the present, from fossilized rainforests to today’s unique climate and ecology.
Our changing climate: why does 1°C matter?
Those who downplay the risks of climate change sometimes suggest that global warming is ‘just’ an increase of 1°C so the consequences cannot be large. This talk by Professor Ed Hawkins will highlight why 1°C matters.
Exploring the relationship between environment and people
Changes in the environment are a global phenomenon. However, some people and communities experience the complexities of climate change more than others. This lecture will bring stories from the Global South of small resource-dependent communities facing interconnected social, economic, and environmental challenges.
Warmth from below: where ice and ocean meet
As Arctic sea ice melts away, the ocean below is absorbing six times more solar radiation. This lecture will highlight the changing ocean processes melting ice and implications for our weather and climate.
COP 29: what just happened? An expert panel discussion
This expert panel discussion, hosted by the RGS-IBG Climate Change Research Group, looks back at the ins and outs of COP 29 in Baku.