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...climate change. In other words, she seeks a more sustainable, fair, healthy and delicious food system- and good wine to go with it. Her interest in sustainable food is rooted in five generations of farming history in her hometown of Sonoma, California. Follow her on Twitter: @KA_Nicholas © The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Kimberly Nicholas...

...climate change than many other nations for a range of reasons. Firstly, it is vulnerable because it is coastal, low lying and subject to severe tropical cyclones and storm surges. Secondly, it is a poor country (Oxfam, 2017). Unlike richer nations, it does not have the economic resources to adapt to the effects of climate change with protection measures, such as sea...

...climate change (Humphreys, 2018). When it came into being it was expected to be used 2-3 times per year. That rate of use has increased in the 2000s and the current yearly average is 6-7 times (UNESCO, 2020). As the effects of climate change continue to create higher sea levels and increased storms the Barrier will not be enough to protect London. Therefore, a new plan...

...climate change amongst and between experts and lay public. Conversation on creative climate with Joe Smith and Martin Reynolds - part 2 Part 2 of 2 -Discussion exploring the value of an Open University initiative – in partnership with the BBC – called Creative Climate, providing space over 10 years (2010–2020) for constructive conversation on climate ......

...climate change with leading figures from around the world. The interviews have been undertaken for the Stories of Change project. This has been supported by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council and we’ve got the goal of trying to loosen up public and political conversations about energy transitions. We asked the BBC’s Environment Analyst, Roger Harrabin, to...

...climate change are comparable to those posed by nuclear conflict...[A woman scoops water in a dry riverbed near Kataboi village in remote Turkana in northern Kenya. ] The UK government says that climate change poses risks that demand to be treated as seriously as the threat of nuclear war. Scientists from the UK, US, India and China say in a report commissioned by the UK...

...climate change, and help our societies adapt to the climate change impacts we will face. [Photo of a modern city surrounded by jungle in Malaysia.] Nature in towns and cities Nature-based solutions can straddle land and sea, and cover a very large scale like a whole forest or moorland. Today, though, we will focus on nature-based solutions we might see in our towns and...

...climate change...Universities or the staff from those universities often work together on projects of mutual interest. Indeed, many grant funding schemes for research and development projects expect there to be a consortium of partner organisations, including universities on any bid proposal. I myself have been involved in such projects a number of times. One of the most...