Join George, Ollie and Sarah as they continue to search for the people, stories and ideas that can help us to solve the climate crisis, and build a better future at the same time. In this episode, they hear from Joanna Haigh and Ajay Gambhir from the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London to learn about the science behind climate change and how we can mitigate the crisis.
Joanna Haigh was Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London, and co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change until early 2019. She has been working on atmospheric physics for over 40 years and is a renowned expert in the field. She has researched many impacts on the climate including radiative transfer in the atmosphere, climate modelling, radiative forcing of climate change and the influence of solar irradiance variability on climate.
Ajay Gambhir is a Senior Research Fellow, also at the at the Grantham Institute. His research looks at how society can transition to a low-carbon economy, considering the technologies and measures required to do so. He has advised the UK government and his research has a particular focus on the processes that drive down low-carbon technology costs, thereby making their deployment more cost-effective.
Links - Joanna Haigh https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.haigh - Ajay Gambhir https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.gambhir - UK Emissions Over Time http://www.emissions.leeds.ac.uk/chart1.html - Global CO2 and Other GHG Emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions - EPA Emissions by gas and sector https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data
Episode Image - Warming stripes by Climate Lab Book https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2018/warming-stripes/
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