What better way to start a sustainability conference than with the science directly from a world leading climate scientist? Professor Peter Cox, Director of the Global Systems Institute and Professor of Climate System Dynamics in Mathematics at the University of Exeter, will lead our first session at greenloop 2025. Prof. Cox’s session last year was a big hit with strong attendance and lots of interesting questions from attendees. This is your chance to learn what the latest science is from an expert AND have your questions answered.
greenloop is blooloop’s online conference focusing on sustainability in visitor attractions. Now in its 5th year, greenloop aims to inform and inspire with top speakers and great networking. Join us online on 13&14 May 2025.
2024 – the warmest year on record & breaking 1.5°C
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year on record, based on six international datasets. The past ten years have all been in the Top Ten in an extraordinary streak of record-breaking temperatures, and it’s likely that 2024 was the first calendar year with a global mean temperature of more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
UN Secretary-General, Antóno Guterres[The] assessment from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) proves yet again – global heating is a cold, hard fact.
Individual years pushing past the 1.5 degree limit do not mean the long-term goal is shot. It means we need to fight even harder to get on track. Blazing temperatures in 2024 require trail-blazing climate action in 2025. There’s still time to avoid the worst of climate catastrophe. But leaders must act – now.
The latest climate science at greenloop
Exeter is a world-leading centre in climate change research, and has more IPCC authors than any other city in the world. The Global Systems Institute (GSI) provides “thought-leadership and action-orientated research to drive systems based solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises”.
The GSI’s Director, Prof. Cox, will be opening the greenloop conference with a look back at the extreme weather and record warming of 2024, and discussing what this means for the future. Here’s a link to Prof. Cox explaining to Sir David Attenborough how we know global warming is due to human activity.
With extremes of heat, floods, drought, wild fires and storms becoming more prevalent as the climate changes, the impact for our industry and our families becomes ever more likely to become even more challenging. Will the AMOC shut down imminently? Why are wildfires becoming more intense? How does climate change worsen heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods?
We are delighted to be able to offer our attendees the chance to hear from a world-leading climate scientist. Find out what the latest research actually means, and take this opportunity to ask Peter all your climate questions.
Join us at greenloop from just £10 a ticket! 13&14 May, online.
