Topic: Paul Beckwith | COP26: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Time: Dec 8, 2021 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Summary:
Paul Beckwith will give a synopsis of his involvement in the recent Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. He will then open the floor to questions and discussion.
Biography:
Paul Beckwith, a well-known climate system scientist/physicist/engineer and educator, recently returned from his latest road trip to create a series of videos pertaining to the climate and biodiversity crises. Paul went from Ottawa, Ontario, to Alberta. In addition, he took a carbon dioxide monitor with him to measure CO2 levels in enclosed spaces.
Paul is a respected creator of entertaining and comprehensible videos, usually pertaining to climate system science, abrupt climate change, meteorology, oceanography, and Earth Sciences. He occasionally teaches at the University of Ottawa in the Laboratory for Paleoclimatology and has taught at Carleton University. He is often asked by concerned citizens and government officials to speak at conferences and events. In addition to participating in numerous panel discussions, Paul has often been interviewed on various radio and podcast programs, and has participated as a guest and panelist at three UN Conferences of the Parties, including COP25 in Madrid, Spain, in December 2019.
In addition to his own YouTube channel, he is a panelist on the Climate Emergency Forum and is a member of the Facing Future team.
Paul has been committed to raising public awareness about the climate crisis for over twenty years. Prior to the Kyoto Protocol, he collected petition signatures, which he presented to a Canadian representative, Elizabeth May. Paul is actively involved in local climate events since the Kyoto Protocol.
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