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In this episode, Dr. Danielle Eiseman from the Department of Communication at Cornell University sits down with visiting graduate student Gustav Hansson. Gustav is studying sustainability within organizations. He has extensive experience not only starting his own companies but also working on sustainability strategies for companies. He describes his work and what it's like to study sustainability here in the US, compared to Sweden. 

Pam Wildstein 8:24 PM This week, Pam and special guest Juliet push through the cold that’s been going around campus to bring you an in-depth analysis of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. Did anyone ask for this? No! Did Pam make it anyway? Yes! Turns out a show about dragons and sword fights has a lot more to do with climate change than you would initially think. No background knowledge necessary, but massive spoilers for Season 8.  Notes:Full version of The Doctor’s War Speech (because it’s a really good): https://youtu.be/BJP9o4BEziI Just Write’s GOT episode: https://youtu.be/habt4hbvJHg Lindsey Ellis GOT episode: https://youtu.be/hys_m3BPTS8 (not PG) Wisecrack GOT episode: https://youtu.be/_6C23dVddv4 (not mentioned in the video, but a good analysis)

We sat down with Dr. Brian Forist and PhD candidate, Kostas Stavrianakis, from Indiana University's Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Studies. Learn about their incredible research.

Two Cornell graduate students from the Emergent Climate Risk Lab were selected to attend the CNN Climate Change Town Hall in New York city. They had submitted questions for the candidates and both had the opportunity to ask the candidates questions during the event. You can watch the clips below.  The DTE team sat down with Colin Evans and Marc Alessi to hear about the experience and their thoughts on the plans proposed by the candidates.  https://youtu.be/LeP94XGOV0Q Colin comes on at 23:53.  https://youtu.be/alCiQoEVJsg Marc comes on at 7:00

This is another part of the lecture series for EAS 1101 Climate and Energy. In this episode we discuss the Faint Young Sun paradox, which discusses the working theories on how our planet was able to support life and the beginnings of the greenhouse gas effect. 

This episode is part of an additional series within DTE that supplements Cornell course EAS 1101 Climate and Energy. This episode discusses Carl Sagan's famous description of the earth, as a pale blue dot. 

In this episode, Pam, Marta, Danielle, and our newest team member Kate, discuss a recent seminar we attended on Resilient Landscapes. The speaker, Massimo Sargolini, is a Professor of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture and Design, UNICAM-University of Camerino in Italy. He investigates the relationship between Urban landscape and quality of life. We pulled in aspects of his talk in this episode, while we discussed some of the wider philosophy around his approach to studying community resilience. The examples he used in his talk were of the string of earthquakes that hit central Italy in 2016. He also describes the risk of volcanic eruptions in highly populated places. He is hopeful that their approach to understanding how people interact with nature and vice versa, can help transform existing communities into ones that are better able to withstand increasing risks to natural disasters. 

Pam describes a recent energy conference she attended and explains how our grid system works, how it could be better and plans for New York State solar. 

In this episode, Pam and I are joined by a visiting high school student, Jenna. Jenna has been with us the past four weeks interning with the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions. She helped develop this episode and asked a lot of insightful questions about building community resilience to climate change, a topic she has become increasingly interested in. 

In this episode Danielle chats with Dr. Toby Ault about her trip to the United Nations headquarters in Bonn, where she attended the meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC. Since Toby has never attended one of these large climate change conferences he had many questions about what goes on at these meetings and how it influences global policy. 

In this episode Pam, Danielle and Professor Toby Ault discuss the answers to some complex climate questions brought up by some visiting high school students. There were a few questions on the relationship between climate change, El Nino and wind circulations. There was also a question about the potential of an ice age. Since neither Pam nor Danielle are experts in atmospheric physics, Professor Toby Ault explained the complex relationship between these systems and where the science currently stands on it. We also throw in some entertaining pop culture references. 

The game continues! Listen as Marta, Pam and Gerry compete to create the best policy for reducing carbon emissions.  Note: Pam tripped over her words when talking about PPA's. PPA stands for a power purchase agreement.

In this episode Pam, Marta and Gerry compete to see who can come up with the best policy for mitigating green house gas emissions. This episode is divided into two parts. Listen next week for part 2. 

This episode is the first in a new series with Professor Toby Ault. It serves as supplemental course materials for EAS 1101 Climate and Energy, as well as Communication 4860. Danielle and Toby discuss how climate change issues are portrayed in the media and how to identify evidence cited in mainstream media articles. 

Pam, Marta and Gerry answer your top questions about climate change, science and impacts.

This episode is a doozy! Pam, Danielle and special guest Colin Evans from the Cornell Emergent Climate Risk Lab (ECRL) sat down to unpack the arguments presented in a report on fossil fuels from the Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). The NIPCC argues against the evidence presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), organized by the United Nations. The NIPCC is a partner of the Heartland Institute. We analyze the arguments laid out in the report and assess the validity of those arguments and discuss the evidence that either supports or refutes the report. There is a lot of information in this episode, but we hope it helps inform the public on the different ways scientific information is presented and misrepresented. If you wish to read the summary report for policy makers you may do so here: http://climatechangereconsidered.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Summary-for-Policymakers-Final.pdf  The figure we discuss from the CDC can be found at the bottom of t

In this episode, Dr. Danielle Eiseman chats with Cyprian Kaziba, a visiting Humphrey Fellow from Uganda. Cyprian describes the challenges small-holder farmers face in Uganda, specifically, in the Buvuma Islands located in Lake Victoria. He also describes three projects he is currently developing to help farmers in Uganda. 

In this episode Pam, Marta and Gerry chat about energy issues. Pam may or may not have one of her famous rants. 

Despite audio trouble, Pam and Marta prevailed to bring you this update on recent climate news. Join them for the main points on this week's UN biodiversity report, an exciting new development in the way energy grids are regulated, news on fossil fuel divesting among universities, and a debriefing on offshore drilling in the U.S. and Australia.

If you missed our live stream panel discussion on climate change, its impacts and solutions, you can catch up now! We brought together several academics from Cornell to provide their unique perspective on climate change. This includes: Professor Natalie Mahowald: Dr. Mahowald is a Professor of Engineering and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. She is an American Geophysical Union Fellow, recipient of the American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award, and was one of the Lead Authors of the 2018 Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees IPCC Special Report.  Her research focuses on understanding global and regional scale atmospheric transport of biogeochemically important species such as desert dust. She is also interested in how humans are perturbing the natural environment, especially through biochemical feedback.  Professor Mike Hoffmann: Dr. Mike Hoffmann is the executive director of the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions, which was created to help raise the profile of the challenges posed b