We are entering a critical period. The climate is changing fast and limiting temperature rise to 1.5C is looking increasingly impossible. At the same time, we are losing species faster than at any period in the past centuries. It is easy to despair and lose hope; and yet change is still possible. International agreements are critical to success, but it is local action across the globe that will bring about the most rapid change for climate and nature.
Andy Lester from A Rocha UK will summarise where we are at in terms of the climate/nature crisis and what is being done at a grassroots level to address the most extraordinary challenge of our time.
This event was organised by the South Region committee.
[Online] This session aims to support students in making the right choices for them when choosing both a university and a geography course.
Feeling anxious and depressed, travel writer Simon hit the road. Learn more about this ground-level portrait of a nation bouncing back from the toughest period in recent history.
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Kristine speaks of her personal experience working in Chile and Argentina to restore damaged ecosystems and bring back native species, and the moral imperative we all have to stand up for nature.
BAFTA award winner Bruce talks about his four-year journey among indigenous peoples across the world – from Borneo to India and the Amazon - exploring their wisdom and inner feeling of connections to nature.
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