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Day 3 of the Climate Risk Summit, focused on communicating climate risk. Liz Bentley of the Royal Meteorological Society kicks off emphasising the need to tailor across sectors and contexts ... #COP26Universities #COP26
... and the tension between needing to deliver a clear message, and the fact that oversimplifying can cause more problems than it solves.
Asks, "Who is best placed to communicate? Experts or communicators?" One ideal answer is climate experts who are good communicators. (Another answer is good collaborative teams, of course ...)
Excited for Day 2 of the #COP26Universities Climate Summit. First up, Kirstie Ebi, Professor of Global Health, University of Washington, on "melting humans" (that's my summary, not hers) ... 
... yesterday we heard the projection that we are headed to ten million deaths by heatwaves per year by the 2030s. chathamhouse.org/2021/09/climat…
Already about 30% of heat-related deaths are attributable to anthropogenic climate change. And of course it's unevenly distributed
Tipping points are large transitions to new system equilibriums. Antarctic sheet disintegration and the mass flooding of coastal cities, the destabilisation of the South American monsoon system, collapse of Amazon rainforest resilience, coral reef death ...
... the disintegration of the entire pattern of water flow throughout the oceans of the world. Rachel Warren, Nik Boers, Sebastian Rosier, Levke Caesar, at the #COP26Universities network Climate Risk Summit, exploring tipping points.
Nik Boers describes how comprehensive Earth system models can now be complemented and constrained by observation of statistical early warning signals, particularly the phenomenon of critical slowing down: variance and autocorrelation indicate a coming tipping point.
At the #COP26Universities Climate Risk Summit, enjoying the first panel on risks and attribution of extremes in a changing climate. digitalevents.uk/climaterisksum…
We have known for a very long time that one manifestation of climate change will be extreme weather events. What has changed is that we now see them happening. They are "in your face."
Two charts from IPCC WGI AR6, heatwaves and heavy precipitation. I am interested, from a climate science comms perspective, that the legend says "heavy precipitation" and Freddie Otto adds another word: "floods."
It’s just 2 months until #COP26 – arguably the most important global climate negotiations to date.
Not sure what COP is?
Don’t panic! We’ve got you covered.
Here’s a thread with some handy resources ⤵️
Not sure what COP is?
Don’t panic! We’ve got you covered.
Here’s a thread with some handy resources ⤵️
The best place to start is by watching the recording of our webinar ‘What is COP and why does it matter?’
A great introduction to the UNFCCC, COP, and role @UniversityLeeds can play in the run up to #COP26.
mymedia.leeds.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play…
A great introduction to the UNFCCC, COP, and role @UniversityLeeds can play in the run up to #COP26.
mymedia.leeds.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play…
@UniversityLeeds You can find out more about the role of universities on the road to #COP26 in this blog we wrote for
@ECIU_UK.
eciu.net/blog/2020/the-…
@ECIU_UK.
eciu.net/blog/2020/the-…
