Climate related talks of interest
Description: A list of climate related talks which include climate and any of the following: climate change; environment; biodiversity; greenhouse gas removal; carbon; net zero; energy; water; economics; history
Talks:

Tuesday 14 January 2025

Book Launch: Life Writing and the Southern Hemisphere
Date: 14 January 2025, 17:30 - 19:15
Speaker s: Professor Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford), Dr Katherine Collins (University of Oxford), Dr Charne Lavery (University of Pretoria), Dr Tinashe Mushakavanhu (St Anne’s College, Oxford), Professor Elizabeth Leane (College of Arts, Law and Education), Dr Joanna Price (Liverpool John Moores University), Dr Elizabeth Lewis Williams (University of East Anglia)
Venue: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium,
Venue Details: Accessibility information available here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college#panel1
Organisers: Dr Eleri Anona Watson (University of Oxford), Oxford Centre for Life Writing
Host: Oxford Centre for Life Writing

Monday 20 January 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 January 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Net Zero from a Planetary Perspective
Date: 22 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Prof Myles Allen (School of Geography and the Environment), Alexis McGivern (Net Zero Standards Manager, Oxford Net Zero)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Net Zero
Hosts: OxEARTH, ZERO Institute, Oxford Net Zero

Monday 27 January 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 27 January 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 January 2025

Getting Net Zero Right: The Role of International Law
Date: 29 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Professor Lavanya Rajamani (Faculty of Law), Ewan White (Faculty of Law)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Net Zero
Hosts: OxEARTH, ZERO Institute, Oxford Net Zero

Friday 31 January 2025

Nature, health and wellbeing: evidence and action.
Date: 31 January 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Ben Wheeler (University of Exeter)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 3 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 3 February 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Zero Carbon Energy Systems – the Heavy Lifting for Net Zero
Date: 5 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Professor Nick Eyre (Environmental Change Institute), Dr Radhika Khosla (ZERO Institute)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Net Zero
Hosts: OxEARTH, ZERO Institute, Oxford Net Zero

Friday 7 February 2025

The Amazon Forest Climate Solution
Date: 7 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Daniel Nepstad (Earth Innovation Institute)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 10 February 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 February 2025

Net Zero from Scientific Concept to Policy and Practice
Date: 12 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Alexis McGivern (Net Zero Standards Manager, Oxford Net Zero), Kaya Axelsson (Head of Policy and Partnerships, Oxford Net Zero), Dr Matilda Becker (Strategic Partnerships Manager, Oxford Net Zero)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: OxEARTH, ZERO Institute, Oxford Net Zero
Host: Oxford Net Zero

Friday 14 February 2025

From livelihoods to lifeways: Reflections on conservation justice from West Africa's Upper Guinean forests and beyond
Date: 14 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Melissa Leach (CCI)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 17 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 17 February 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Removing CO2 from the Air: the Net in Net Zero
Date: 19 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Steve Smith (Executive Director, Oxford Net Zero)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Net Zero
Hosts: OxEARTH, ZERO Institute, Oxford Net Zero

Friday 21 February 2025

Biodiversity science for 2030 - knowledge needs to support action to reach the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework
Date: 21 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Andy Gonzalez (McGill)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 24 February 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 24 February 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 February 2025

Title TBC
Date: 28 February 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Brock Bergseth (James Cook University)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 3 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 3 March 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker : Diego Känzig (Northwestern University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Battery Energy Storage in Low Carbon Grids
Date: 5 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Paul Shearing (ZERO Institute)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Net Zero
Hosts: OxEARTH, ZERO Institute, Oxford Net Zero

Thursday 6 March 2025

Managing Green Spaces
Date: 6 March 2025, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Anna Eavis (Oxford Preservation Trust)
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Historic Towns & Villages Forum
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 March 2025

Joining the blue dots - how our understanding of connectivity across the seascape can inform nature restoration policy and practice
Date: 7 March 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : Joanne Preston (University of Portsmouth)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 10 March 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker : Johannes Beutel (Bundesbank)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 March 2025

Net Zero Needs Nature and Nature Needs Net Zero
Date: 12 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online
Organiser: Oxford Net Zero
Hosts: OxEARTH, ZERO Institute, Oxford Net Zero

Friday 14 March 2025

Biodiversity Governance: past, present and future: Reflections on COP-16, and on 16 COPs.
Date: 14 March 2025, 16:15 - 17:15
Speaker : David Cooper
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 28 April 2025

Title TBC
Date: 28 April 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker : Terry Iverson (Colorado State University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 5 May 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 5 May 2025, 14:15 - 15:15
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 12 May 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 12 May 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 May 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 19 May 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 May 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 26 May 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 June 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 2 June 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 9 June 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker : Clare Balboni (London School of Economics)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 June 2025

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 16 June 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series
Environment and Resource Economics Seminar
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
School of Geography and the Environment
The Reality of Net Zero