Martin Siegert
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About Martin Siegert
Martin J. Siegert FRSE is a British glaciologist, a professor at Imperial College London, and co-director of the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment.
Climate change: Is the world warming faster than expected?
... " The concern is that the Antarctic has started to operate like the Arctic, " working " like a radiator rather than a refrigerant" notes Martin Siegert, from the Grantham Institute for Climate Change...
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts
... " Are we awakening this giant of Antarctica? " asks Prof Martin Siegert, a glaciologist at the University of Exeter...
COP26: Focus on gender as giant puppet takes centre stage
... As Prof Martin Siegert from Imperial College London puts it: " The longer you leave it, the more difficult it is to deliver net zero by 2050...
Climate change: What do scientists want from COP26 this week?
... " The longer you leave it, the more difficult it is to deliver net zero by 2050, " says Prof Martin Siegert, who researches changes in glaciers at Imperial College London...
COP26: Focus on gender as giant puppet takes centre stage
Here are five things You need to know about the COP26 Climate Change conference on Tuesday.
1. Focus on gender as giant puppet takes centre stageThe inequalities that make women and girls More vulnerable to The Effects of Climate Change are high on The Agenda today. They form a large majority of The World 's poor, often depending on small-scale farming for their livelihoods. The UK government is set to announce £165m to tackle Climate Change while addressing and empowering women to take Climate Action . And we can expect an appearance from Little Amal, The Giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, meeting activists from the countries through which she has " walked" during a four-month, 8,000km (4,970-mile) journey from the Syrian border.
2. What do climate scientists want from COP26?With negotiations in Glasgow at a critical phase, we asked More Than a dozen climate scientists, negotiators and economists. Top of their list is a greater commitment to " net zero" emissions Targets - in other words not increasing the amount of greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide, produced When we burn coal, oil or gas to generate power) in the atmosphere. As Prof Martin Siegert from Imperial College London puts it: " The longer You Leave It , the More difficult it is to deliver net zero by 2050. "
3. Catch up on Monday's eventsFormer US President Barack Obama earned a Standing Ovation for a speech declaring The World " nowhere near where we need to be" to avoid a climate catastrophe. He took aim at Donald Trump 's " active hostility toward climate science" and chided Russia and China for their absence, while harnessing their frustration to press for political change. However, some activists pointed out the US had failed to honour key pledges made by Mr Obama's administration.
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To play this video You need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Obama on the Paris agreement: " We Are nowhere near where we need to be yet"4. How not to be fooled by 'greenwashing'Want to shop sustainably but flummoxed by the language around " eco-friendly" products? Our business reporter Beth Timmins runs through - When companies make statements that make them sound More environmentally friendly than they really are.
5. The Scottish inventor 'drilling the sky' for energyAt his home in Shetland, he might be closer to Norway than Glasgow but engineer Rod Read's big idea is one that would doubtless fly with a lot of the delegates. He's developed a “turbine kite” technology that he says could be cheaper, More portable and even " cleaner" than static Wind Turbines .
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To play this video You need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, The “mesmerising” home-made kites making clean power on Scotland's islandsCOP26 PUSH NOTIFICATIONS:
And there's More . .You might have heard lots of references to the Paris agreement or accord. This Was a legally binding international treaty on Climate Change , adopted by nearly 200 countries in 2015. Its most important aspect was an agreement between the countries to limit global temperature rises to well below 2C, and pursue efforts to limit them to 1. 5C.
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