The vision
Several years ago, my colleagues and I undertook a huge study looking at public attitudes to whole energy system change. It was the first study to ask publics to think …
Course: Tackling Environmental Challenges for a Sustainable Future
African energy futures: Renewables, investment and future shocks
As we have seen, renewable energy resources are plentiful in Africa. While these mainly supply off-grid and isolated systems, the prospect of grid-connected renewable energy generation could be a transformative …
Grids, mini-grids, stand-alone systems: Leapfrogging, resilience and reliability
With scattered rural populations and massive gaps in infrastructure, electrification has spread as a ‘patchwork’ in many African (and South and Southeast Asian) contexts, the global regions with the lowest …
Africa’s energy challenge
Africa is in flux. Since the early 2000s, much of the continent has seen rapid economic growth, improving social conditions, a growing middle class, and rising democratization. In this context, …
Summary and recap
Throughout this week, we have taken a tour of some of the most important and significant aspects of modern glaciology. We have learned about what glaciers and ice sheets are, …
The Future
The future for the world’s glaciers and ice sheets looks quite bleak. The changes that we have made to our atmosphere, in terms of the volume of greenhouse gases we …
The IPCC and the future state of glaciers
The IPCC is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and it was established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organisation. The objective of the …
What do we predict?
Attempting to work out what will happen to glaciers and ice sheets in the future is of great importance. This is because all ice on the planet currently accounts for …
The importance of energy
Everything we do relies on energy. Be it heating our homes, washing our clothes and bodies, travelling to school or work, everyday life relies on the services that energy provides; …
How do we make predictions?
Arguably, one of the most important tasks of a glaciologist in the modern world is to try and predict what might happen to glacier and ice sheets in the future. …
Energy for cooking in Tanzania
Approximately 90% of Tanzania’s population relies on solid fuels for cooking. This has an impact on both people and the environment. How does this reliance affect people, particularly women and …
Future development pathways
In this video, Dr Eleanor Jew discusses how we can develop without contributing to climate change and over-exploitation of our natural resources.
They are not NIMBY!
In this video, Dr Karen Parkhill discusses why the tern ‘NIMBY’ is problematic and why we shouldn’t dismiss local objections as ‘just nimbyism’. What do you think? Share your thoughts …
Welcome to Week 3
In this video, Dr Eleanor Jew introduces the subject for the third week of our MOOC, the environment and development.
Exploring Glaciers Using Drones
One of the most exciting technological advances in the study of glaciers in recent years is the application of drone-technology (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)). Drones are popular and widespread …
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