Climate Change (Audio)

Nancy Skinner of UC Davis and California State Senator Fran Pavley offer fascinating insights into the complexities of passing successful legislation that moves California to the forefront of reducing its carbon impact on the world. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30302]

California Governor Jerry Brown addresses the University of California Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit on October 27, 2015. Brown said the solutions from the UC Climate Solutions Group could help shape talks among global leaders in Paris later this year. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30309]

Six participants from the UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit offer quick takes on defining the impacts of climate change, their interdisciplinary research addressing the problem and why the University of California is uniquely positioned to lead in these efforts. Featured speakers include Dan Kammen and Max Auffhammer of UC Berkeley, Rachael Nava of the UC Office of the President, Bill Collins of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,

Nancy Skinner of UC Davis and Teenie Matlock of UC Merced. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30311]

Leading experts from the California Energy Commission and the University of California describe what is being done in California and what can be done on state, national and global scales to slow the pace of climate change. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30288]

Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California, describes the steps the University of California has undertaken to reduce its carbon footprint to zero; Nobel Laureate Mario Molina describes international actions; and “Ram” Ramanathan, chief architect of the “Bending the Curve” report, lays out the Top Ten Scalable Solutions to combat global climate change. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30296]

Ellen Williams, Director, ARPA-E, U.S. Department of Energy provides an interesting look at the kinds of advanced projects supported by the US Department of Energy. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30304]

Pradeep K. Khosla, Chancellor of UC San Diego leads a lively discussion with fellow Chancellors from UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Riverside on the variety of actions from infrastructure to education that the campuses of the University of California system are taking to reach carbon neutrality by 2025. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30305]

Academic entrepreneurs share their experiences of taking ideas from lab to market in this wide-ranging discussion on spawning innovation featuring Jeff Lievense of Genomatica, Bernhard Palsson of UC San Diego, Paul Wright of UC Berkeley and Gavin McCormick of WattTime. Greg Horowitt, Co-Founder of T2 Venture Creation, moderates. Series: "The Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30306]

Closing Remarks: Sandra Brown, Vice Chancellor of Research (UC San Diego) Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30307]

Welcome and Introduction from Applied Research Working Group of the UC Global Climate Leadership Council: Sandra A. Brown, Vice Chancellor of Research, UC San Diego Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30308]