
Walter Scheidel on Society, Collapse and Equality
On March 29, 2017, IST Austria hosted Stanford University Professor Walter Scheidel for an IST Science and Society Lecture. More than 220 people convened in
On March 29, 2017, IST Austria hosted Stanford University Professor Walter Scheidel for an IST Science and Society Lecture. More than 220 people convened in
2015 Presentation Joseph Tainter USU Scholar spoke in Venezuela, Tainter was a keynote speaker for the South American country’s CCS Forum 2015: How to Build
Spencer Weart (Director Emeritus, Center for the History of Physics, AIP), outlines the history of climate science, with the scope on the public perception. http://aip.org/history/climate
Carl Sagan’s 2/9/1990 keynote speech before the 5th Annual Emerging Issues Forum at NC State University, broadcast live on North Carolina Public Television. Introduction by
With unchecked emissions of climate pollutants, there is a 50% probability for the planetary warming to cross the so-called dangerous threshold of 2C by 2050;
Drawing on his expertise as former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achim_Steiner Director of the Oxford Martin School, presented the
https://youtu.be/wadRjEFXGQQ For a historical perspective on climate progress, James Lovelock talked at The University of Kansas, addressing our responsibility in light of global warming, almost
Climate scientist Stephen Schneider talks climate change, in 1990. Dr. Stephen Schneider is one of the most notable and outspoken scientists on the topic of
Climate scientist Michael Mann https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann gave testimony at hearing, titled “Climate Science: Assumptions, Policy Implications, and the Scientific Method,” was organized to “examine the scientific