Energy and climate policy: The science of necessity or the art of the possible?

Professor Jim Skea gives the 9th Dennis Anderson lecture, exploring the nature of the changes needed to achieve low emission pathways, the obvious next steps required to move in the desired direction, and some lessons for science-policy communication.

Filmed on 21 February 2019

[WeddingDJBusiness]

The trick in the UK at 35:20 one of them is that they burn wood termed biomass instead of coal in their power plants. Biomass( tree burning) is regarded as okay because it is not a fossil fuel.

[WeddingDJBusiness]

CO2 control is no guarantee of a cooler climate as it is only one factor. As far as models go if they don't take into account water vapor and clouds / water vapour 95 percent of greenhouse gases and clouds responsible for both cooling and heating then they are not much good

[pinardemircan]

As nuclear energy was not mentioned, no need for such costly, time wasting so called "energy" at all!