🍃To deliver a #NaturePositive future, business, government and financial institutions will have to act urgently and decisively. The goods and services provided by biodiversity are essential for the stability and resilience of economies worldwide. 👇cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/natu… #COP26

Very honoured to moderate the session on Taiwan-UK Climate Action Exchange at #COP26 Taiwan Day hosted by Taiwan in the UK and 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan) 🇹🇼. A wonderful spirit of cooperation across the panelists, sharing common issues and challenges linking Taiwan and the UK! The Open University

Erin Charters from #LochLomond has set up an electric bike hire business in Luss. She was inspired during studying an OU module on renewable energy. You can read her story here: ow.ly/p0vL50GGUIT #COP26 #OUFamily The Open University

How can art and science come together to inform the future of #ClimateAction recording of OU in Scotland & Glasgow Life  #cop26 event m.youtube.com/watch?v=76oloG… Susan Stewart Mark Brandon Janice Ansine Dr Heather Reid, Prof Advaith Siddharthan, and Duncan Dornan The Open University Faculty of STEM, The Open University

Barack Obama just given a barnstorming speech. A call to arms for youth. #COP26

The awesome ⁦The Open University⁩ #cop26 week 2 observers arrive with energy passion and expertise on site at 7.30 am! ⁦⁦Rosalie Faithfull⁩ ⁦David Edwards, environment tutor & guest speaker⁩, Gillian Mawdsley, ⁦Sabine Guendel⁩ ⁦OU in Scotland⁩ ⁦Faculty of STEM, The Open University⁩ ⁦OU Arts & Social Sciences⁩.

David Pitt-Watson Cambridge Judge looks at Adam Smith's work, explaining that he was a professor of moral philosophy, and viewed this as integral to his economics - an idea somewhat alien to the textbooks of today. Tune in at efx.global/global-ethical…

Very much looking forward to chairing this event tomorrow lunchtime on women and science & innovation - and other great events all day e.g. with Katharine Hayhoe (Prof. Katharine Hayhoe) & Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Little Amal walks into #COP26 after a 9000 km journey. A moving, spell binding theatre experience for so long and so many representing all our displaced children. I recommend this radio backgrounder here bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c… ⁦The Open University⁩ ⁦⁦OU in Scotland⁩

A few of the sights and goings on during the second week of #COP26 in Glasgow, courtesy of our observers - Stephen Peake David Edwards, environment tutor & guest speaker Rosalie Faithfull Sabine Guendel and Gillian Mawdsley. Take a look at their profiles for their insight on the key events this week.

How can you illustrate #COP26 in one image? Faculty of STEM, The Open University's Head of Delegation for our COP26 Observers Stephen Peake explains... open.ac.uk/sustainability… #TogetherForOurPlanet

This is worth a listen.

COP26 officially came to a close on Friday, but you can still learn about the importance of #COP26 and #ClimateChange through our COP26 Hub and The Open University diary entries below 👇 🌍 open.ac.uk/sustainability…

Congratulations Mark Brandon MBE!

Am really looking forward to this. All new “Travels with Energy Goggles” mini tour of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow first week of COP27 this November. 2 years delayed from Ed Sci Fest via Belfast Sci Fest. Cant wait to perform and hopefully inspire.

This was a lovely thing we did with a fantastic team of colleagues.

Rampant extractivism turns the Earth inside out. Then the fan hits the shit... Just out. Lauren Rickards and I talk about the massive global problem of climate change impacting back upon landscapes and infrastructures of extraction journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Wonderful chat with the fabulous ⁦paul allen⁩ and Peter Harper ⁦Centre for Alternative Technology⁩ garden in the glorious sunshine - a rare treat and memorable in so many ways.

Our US$10 trillion global energy bill dwarfs what’s needed to limit global heating theconversation.com/our-us-10-tril… via The Conversation