Professor Peter Cox, Director of the Global Systems Institute and Professor of Climate System Dynamics at the University of Exeter, will speak at greenloop 2024.
greenloop is blooloop’s online conference focusing on sustainability in visitor attractions. Now in its 4th year, greenloop aims to inform and inspire with top speakers and great networking. Join us online on 30 April 2024.
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 2023, and discussing what this means for the future.
With extremes of heat, floods, drought 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.
Reporting of climate impacts in the press can be hyperbolic and misinformed. Are last year’s temperatures a one-off due to El Niño? Will melting ice sheets shut down the Gulf Stream within a year, plunging Europe into an ice age? As warming hits 1.45 degrees above pre-industrial levels, have we missed our chance to avoid climate catastrophe?
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! 30 April, online.
More speakers to be announced soon …
Record temperatures and extreme weather
The World Meteorological Association confirmed in January that 2023 was the warmest year on record. Key findings were:
- 2023 annual average global temperature 1.45 ± 0.12 °C above pre-industrial levels
- World edges ever closer toward the limits set in the Paris Agreement
- El Niño combines with climate change to fuel heat in latter half of 2023
- 2024 expected to be possibly even warmer
- Record heat accompanied by huge socioeconomic impacts
UN Secretary-General António GuterresHumanity’s actions are scorching the earth. 2023 was a mere preview of the catastrophic future that awaits if we don’t act now. We must respond to record-breaking temperature rises with path-breaking action.
What visitor attractions can do to make a difference
Watch greenloop 2023’s speaker Prof. Tim Lenton discuss positive tipping points, why it is not too late to take action, and what visitor attractions can do to make a difference.
