Energy Solutions (Video)

Juliann Allison, UC Riverside Public Policy, explores the environmental policy and politics associated with climate action.

Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30286]

William Collins, UC Berkeley Earth and Planetary Sciences, is an internationally recognized expert in climate modeling and climate change science. He was a Lead Author on the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for which the IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Here he explores pathways to reduce carbon in the atmosphere. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30285]

Recent, unprecedented collaboration among Mexico’s political parties led to an ambitious package of reforms affecting key sectors and issues, including energy, telecommunications, education and the justice system. In this second session of Mexico Moving Forward, panelists evaluate the state of the reforms, the challenges to their implementation and their long-term impacts on the country. Panelists include Ernesto Canales, Partner, Canales y Socios Abogados; Claudio X. Gonzalez, President and Co-Founder, Mexicanos Primero; Judith Mariscal, Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE); and Jeremy Martin, Director of Energy Program, at the Institute of the Americas. David Shirk, the director of the Justice in Mexico Project at the University of San Diego, moderates. Mexico Moving Forward is hosted by the Center for U.S-Mexican Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego.

Series: "Mexico Moving Forward" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30335]

The University of California, a national leader in sustainability, has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025, becoming the first major university to accomplish this achievement. Rachael Nava, Chief Operating Officer, UC Office of the President discusses that initiative. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30280]

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]

Walter Munk, Research Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, UC San Diego, discusses the nature of the effort to mitigate climate change. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30281]

A variety of leaders from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the City of San Diego, UC Office of the President and the United Nations describe the process that generated “Bending the Curve,” the seminal report on scalable actions to slow the pace of human-induced climate change. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30278]

Leading experts describe sociological dimensions of communicating urgency and affecting change in public awareness and action on climate change. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30292]

Leading experts describe challenges and opportunities for scalable actions to slow climate change from technical, socio-political and economic perspectives. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30284]

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]