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Professor Gail Whiteman’s Call to Action for Climate Advocates 💚 🌍 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻-𝘂𝗽𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆.” – Gail Whiteman In this podcast episode, hosted by students from Hunter College and Stuyvesant High School, Gail talks about what’s at stake and why we must take bold action to avoid the worst effects of climate change. During the discussion, Gail asked student hosts Helena and Pierce to rate their understanding of climate science on a scale from 0 to 10 - they confidently rated themselves a 7, but estimated that their families would rank much lower in climate knowledge. University of Exeter CityAtlas Gail Uncontrollable Wildfires Whiteman #UnleashedImpact #NatureandClimate #ClimateAction #Sustainability #ClimateCrisis #ActOnClimate #ClimateEducation #YouthForClimate #ClimateConversations #SustainableLeadership #ClimateAdvocacy

🌱 The Hidden Value of Traditional Farming 𝗔𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀? Traditional farming is often seen as "inefficient," but those inefficiencies can serve essential social and ecological functions. The deep, personal connection farmers have with their land isn't just sentimental - it ensures responsible stewardship and sustainability. 📌 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆? 📌 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲? 💭 Let's rethink what we value in agriculture. John Deere Trimble Inc. BASF AgStack Foundation Anna Lappé Rex Raimond Jennifer Clapp Sarah-Louise Ruder, Ph.D. IPES-Food Climate #Agtech #DigitalAgriculture #FoodSystems #AgricultureEthics

On World Day for Glaciers, we are reminded of the deep connection we share with the land and with each other. Yo-Yo Ma’s moving performance of Honor Song serves as a powerful tribute to the glaciers that are rapidly warming. Through art, we connect not only with the land but also with our collective responsibility to protect it. 🩵 This moment underscores the importance of coming together to ensure a sustainable future for our planet. 🌱 Let’s act with purpose, and be the change that honours our Earth. #Sustainability #ClimateAction #WorldDayForGlaciers #ArtAsAdvocacy

🎧 New Podcast: Bridging the Carbon Gap 🌍 Our Director Gail Whiteman features in this episode of Bridging the Carbon Gap; an educational podcast exploring how high school curricula can address the climate crisis. Hosted by students from Humpton College High School in New York, the series connects young minds with experts to discuss critical environmental challenges. Gail delves into her some of her other work with @Arctic Base Camp and @Climate Base Camp, two initiatives dedicated to translating climate science for policymakers and public audiences. In the discussion, she asks student hosts Helena and Pierce to rate their understanding of climate science on a scale from 0 to 10- and they confidently rated themselves a 7, but didn’t realise that California wildfires were heavily influenced by climate change in the Arctic… Share your rating in the comments and let us know how you stay informed about climate change! https://champ.ly/UQHrdalT

⛏️ 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐢𝐥? 🥕 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬? 👀 While oil can be drilled and pumped without majorly affecting food production on the surface, extraction of critical minerals could disrupt key food production areas; whether through conflict, environmentally, logistically, or economically. 👉 Our Senior Research Impact Fellow Josh Ayers shares his thoughts below on 'geopolitics and resource economics colliding in real time' between Ukraine and the USA, and the unnerving crossover between critical minerals and key food producing regions. 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭, 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢)...𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴. ⁉️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡?

It's 4 weeks since we left #Davos but we can't shake the facts - it was too warm. Since 2017 - the first year Arctic Basecamp came to the World Economic Forum, the temperatures have steadily increased year on year- from far into the minuses at night to barely freezing this year. The facts speak for themselves, but we wanted to know how it felt for conference-goers when you're in the mountains but it's simply #TooWarm #WithScienceWeWin #UnleashImpact #TooWarmInDavos University of Exeter

🌎 What are we doing to prepare our society and food systems for a world post-2+ degrees of #globalwarming? The #foodsystem is a complex, cross-sectoral structure which requires a systems approach to ensure a just and efficient food supply for growing populations whilst adapting to and preparing for #climatechange and #climatedisruption. Josh Ayers and Frances Kendall from our team participated in a workshop alongside 60 other leaders in #Davos at the World Economic Forum on 'Transforming Food Systems for a World Beyond 1.5 °C' facilitated by Nicholas C. Niggli, Mille Bojer and Ole Qvist-Sørensen. It was inspiring to engage with experts from across the board to raise alarm bells, talk frankly about potential future scenarios, and start collaborating around solutions. But two questions hung in the air from Simon Zadek: ❓ Are we being aggressive enough in our discussions about transformative adaptation in today's 1.5 degree world? ❓ Are we talking enough about or preparing for the realities of a world beyond 2 or 2.5 degrees of warming, and will our solutions go far enough? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻? #unleashimpact University of Exeter University of Exeter Business School

What Gail Uncontrollable Wildfires Whiteman said 👇 We must ensure that Science is heard, no matter what the political and economic climate. ⛰️ 🚨 #unleashimpact #withsciencewewin University of Exeter

Essential reading!

Essential reading for business risks from climate tipping points from Accenture World Economic Forum Let's challenge the #climatebacksliding in the boardrooms! Proud to be the principal academic advisor! Toby Siddall Nicola Mackow Dominic King Gill Einhorn Flora McCrone Nature and Climate Impact Team