Toddi Steelman, Vice President and Vice Provost for Climate at Duke University, outlines the Duke Climate Committment, a campus-wide approach to pushing climate into Duke's research, education and external engagement. 20-25 presentation plus Q&A
TRANSCRIPT FOR DUKE CLIMATE COMMITMENT WEBINAR OCT 15
BCCN Podcast #8 featuring John Shoptaw (English) reading from his new book Near-Earth Object, bringing poetry and a poet’s view of our world to climate change both personal and global.
BCCN Podcast #7 with world-class climate scientist Zeke Hausfather (Stripe, Berkeley Earth) on why 2023 was “off the charts HOT.” Hausfather discusses the various possibilities — underwater volcanoes, El Nino, shipping emissions…and long-term climate change — that made the latter half of 2023 such a record-smashing event.
BCCN Podcast #6 with UC Berkeley’s Danielle Rivers, Assistant Professor in the College of Environmental Design. Rivera has recently published a prize-winning paper from her research on post-disaster recovery in the Rio Grande Valley from 2008’s Hurricane Dolly.
BCCN Podcast #5 with Berkeley’s Peidong Yang (Chemistry). The lab led by Peidong Yang is working to develop liquid sunlight — a way to capture Co2 from the air and store it as chemical bonds. Their research seeks to mimic the natural photosynthesis process used by plants and use this “artificial” photosynthesis to capture and store carbon.
BCCN Podcast #4 with UC Berkeley’s Ted Grantham talking about his new big UCOP Climate Action Grant to address critical fresh water management issues linked to a warmer climate in California.
BCCN Podcast #3 with Berkeley’s Ron Cohen (Chemistry). The BEACON network of 50+ air sensors in the East Bay is proving that the increase in EVs is producing a reduction in Co2.
BCCN Podcast #2 featuring Dan Kammen talking about his team’s new big UCOP Climate Action grant to help cities and communities to deal with climate change.
BCCN Podcast #1 featuring David Sedlak and his new book “Water for All – Global Solutions for a Changing Climate”
