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Ted Manning | Systems Perspective on the Problematique – Can it Provide Understanding? | 30 Oct 2024 | CACOR Live

Topic: Systems Perspective on the Problematique  - Can it Provide Understanding? Speaker:  Ted Manning, Ruben Nelson, Andrew Welch Time: Oct 30, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89328223182?pwd=QTdYTXJsTmd6dTY1TitUVVozTmk1QT09 Meeting ID: 893 2822 3182 Passcode: 583497 Summary: CACOR presentations on the global problematique have often focused on global causes (e.g. overshoot, consumption trends) important […]

Paul Beckwith | Live Climate Change Updates from COP29 in Baku and much more…| 13 Nov 24 13:30 EST | CACOR Live

Speaker:  Paul Beckwith Topic:  Live Climate Change Updates from COP29 in Baku and much more… Time: 13 November 2024    Summary:  - COP29 negotiation updates - Live from Baku - US election realities and impacts on climate - acceleration momentum of solar, wind, battery storage… - recent extreme weather/climate disruptions: California fires, Spain flooding, Hurricanes Helene and […]

Dr. Ruth Waldick | Is ‘going local’ the solution? Navigating climate adaptation in small, rural communities | 20 Nov 2024 @ 13:30 ET | CACOR Live

Speaker: Dr. Ruth Waldick Topic: Is ‘going local’ the solution? Navigating climate adaptation in small, rural communities Time: Nov 20, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The literature is increasingly advocating for “bottom-up” and “community-led” climate adaptation. Yet, detailed analysis and evidence of this is sparse. This presentation takes a look at some […]

CACOR Live | Dr. Raymond Murphy | What is Undermining Climate Change Mitigation? | 27 Nov 2024 | 13:30 EST

Speaker: Dr. Raymond Murphy Topic: What is Undermining Climate Change Mitigation?  How Fossil-fuelled Practices Challenge Low-carbon Transitions Time: Nov 27, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Why are fossil fuels stuck at eighty per cent of global energy despite impressive rollouts of wind and solar energy and increased efficiencies?  This investigation documents that […]

CACOR Live | Dr. Charles Hall | Our Energy Future:  Can sustainables prevail?  What scares me! | 04 Dec 2024 | 13:30 EST

Speaker: Dr. Charles Hall Topic: Our Energy Future:  Can sustainables prevail?  What scares me! Time: December 04, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: PBS has produced a fine, six sessions, series on the future of energy in Oregon.  The sixth presentation is a summary of the previous five and contains several presentations by […]

CACOR Live | Dr. Ugo Bardi | Not Just Global Warming. Biochemical Effects of CO2 on Human Health and on the Ecosystem Stability |11 December 2024 at 13:30 ET

Speaker:  Ugo Bardi Subject:  Not Just Global Warming. Biochemical Effects of CO2 on Human Health and on the Ecosystem Stability Time: 11 December 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)   Summary: Nowadays, the increase of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is mainly discussed in relation to radiative forcing and the consequent global warming. However, […]

CACOR Live | Dr. Melissa Kenney| US Climate Adaptation with Equitable and Just Action: Insights from the 5th US National Climate Assessment |18 December 2024 at 13:30 ET

Speaker:  Dr. Melissa Kenney Subject:  US Climate Adaptation: Insights from the 5th US National Climate Assessment Time: 18 December 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Summary: Climate change is the warming of the Earth that occurs as a result of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) accumulating in the atmosphere and trapping heat. In all […]

CACOR Live | Danu Poyner | Shaping the Future with Curiosity and Care: What It Means to Be a Grokkist | 2025-Jan-08 15:00 EST

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Shaping the Future with Curiosity and Care: What It Means to Be a Grokkist Time: Jan 8, 2025 15:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada) – Danu is in Auckland, NZ Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87675344942?pwd=k0zOhhUXRybOs4MAU5Afk9h2rYcULF.1 Meeting ID: 876 7534 4942 Passcode: 151784 Presentation Summary In a world […]

Jake Brooks | Achieving reliability in a Net Zero Ontario electrical grid. | CACOR Live | Jan 22, 2025 at 13:30 EST

Speaker: Jake Brooks Topic: Achieving reliability in a Net Zero Ontario electrical grid. Time: Jan 22, 2025 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Although low carbon sources of bulk electricity are becoming increasingly straightforward and economic to source, ensuring grid reliability is more complex than simply supplying bulk power. Focused attention will be needed […]

Paul Beckwith | Using AI to Fight Climate Change, Propaganda, Fake News, and Election Tampering | CACOR LIve | Jan 29, 2025 13:30 Eastern

Using AI to Fight Climate Change, Propaganda, Fake News, and Election Tampering Speaker:  Paul Beckwith Date:  January 29, 2025. Administration: –  The CACOR Sponsor is David Dougherty. –  Please invite friends and colleagues. –  One brief question at a time please.   Others are waiting. –  DO NOT post these Zoom credentials on social media. –  Suggestions […]

Dr. William Rees | Our obsolescent brains: The climate, overshoot and economic growth | Feb 5, 2025 13:30 Eastern Time | CACOR Live

You are invited to a scheduled CACOR Live meeting. Topic: Our obsolescent brains: The climate, economics and overshoot Speaker:  William Rees, PhD, FRSC Time: Feb 5, 2025 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: sapiens evolved in simpler times when both the social and biophysical environments posed only modest challenges to the evolving central nervous system.  As a result, even modern techno-industrial (MTI) people are equipped with what are basically paleolithic brains with a […]

Darrin Qualman | Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) – Farmland, Biomass Demand, and Planetary Boundaries | Feb12, 2025 13:30 ET | CACOR Live

Topic: Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): Farmland, Biomass Demand, and Planetary Boundaries Speaker:  Darrin Qualman Time: Feb12, 2025 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)   Summary: To reach its 2050 net zero target, the global aviation sector proposes shifting the fuel source for the jet fleet from oil fields to farm fields.  Billions of tonnes of grain, straw, […]

Julie Segal | Financial Regulation is a Climate Solution | 19 Feb 2025 at 13:30 ET | CACOR Live

Speaker: Julie Segal Topic: Financial Regulation is a Climate Solution. Time: Feb 19, 2025 Summary: Banks, pension funds, and insurers make investment decisions which shape our economy and society. Rules which guide the financial sector - known as financial regulations - are an important part of a democracy to help align financial institutions with the […]

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