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Identifying and Mitigating Climate Change Risks - Panel Discussion

The Royal Institution via YouTube

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Explore the complexities of climate change in this 50-minute panel discussion from The Royal Institution. Learn how to identify climate change indicators, assess risks to various aspects of life, and discover mitigation strategies employed across different sectors. Gain insights from experts in environmental agencies, risk economics, and climate science as they discuss global warming, greenhouse gases, carbon budgets, and emergency management. Understand the economics driving climate action and the challenges in implementing change. Discover how to stay optimistic and inspired while making informed choices to address this global crisis.

Syllabus

Introduction
Global warming
Factors that influence climate
El Nino
Greenhouse Gases
Carbon Budget
Introduction to Incident Emergency Management
How we learn from experience
Active response
Review
Game
Extreme Events
Optimism
We can make a choice
Stay inspired
Final speaker
Economics of Climate Change
What are we doing about it
Why is the pace of change slow
The economics of climate change

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The Royal Institution

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