84. The 2020 Christmas Lectures: A User's Guide to Planet Earth with Dr. Helen Czerski, Prof. Chris Jackson and Dr. Tara Shine
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 25 December 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
With the first year in the most decisive decade in history coming to a close, we wrap up Season 2 of Outrage and Optimism by being visited by 3 Christmas Ghos...ahem...Scientists.
...That’s a Charles Dickens joke.
But all joking aside, you are in for a real treat this episode.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have taken place every Christmas since 1825 in the UK. Started as a way to educate the public about science, it has become an annual tradition loved by families across the globe, both adults and children alike.
So in this episode, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson sit down with the three Christmas Lecturers this year, Dr. Helen Czerski, Professor Chris Jackson, and Dr. Tara Shine, all expert scientists from different fields who will be addressing the unique challenge of climate change by unravelling our astonishing global systems and remarkable natural wonders that combine to keep life on Earth alive.
This year the program is titled, “Planet Earth: A User’s Guide
And don’t be fooled. “Lecture” might be a bit dull of a term to describe what happens at this annual event. Explosions, experiments, and demonstrations abound in this exciting and engaging program.
So grab your popcorn and hot chocolate, and listen in as we are visited by 3 different scientists this Christmas - Each guiding us to see a perspective on how we can each protect our climate from changing and create a more equitable and sustainable world.
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The 2020 Christmas Lecturers:
Dr. Helen Czerski
Professor Chris Jackson
Dr. Tara Shine
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism. I'm Tom Riviccana, greeting you on Christmas |
| 0:18.2 | Day, on behalf of myself, Cristiana Fagueras and Paul Dickinson. Thanks for being here. |
| 0:34.2 | So this is our Christmas Day episode and warm seasons greetings to all of our listeners, whether |
| 0:44.0 | you're celebrating or whether you're not. 2020 has certainly been a year marred by the |
| 0:49.2 | challenges of public health, lockdowns and economic problems which we are still enduring |
| 0:54.4 | in many parts of the world. But we've also seen progress and this podcast is also about |
| 1:00.2 | keeping our eye on facing extraordinarily difficult things with the determination that |
| 1:06.2 | we can use all of our emotions, our anger and our optimism to make radical change. Over |
| 1:12.0 | the year we've witnessed extraordinary displays of global solidarity, love and bonds of community. |
| 1:18.6 | From citizens to politicians, we've deepened our understanding that addressing the climate |
| 1:23.5 | crisis is linked to tackling our economic woes, building a transformed, more equal and |
| 1:29.6 | more secure and better future for all of humanity. Earlier this week, Cristiana and Paul |
| 1:36.2 | talked to three very special guests who shared their reasons for staying stubbornly optimistic. |
| 1:42.6 | Geologist Professor Chris Jackson, Ocean Scientist and Physicist Dr. Helen Sersky, |
| 1:48.8 | an environmental scientist Dr. Tara Schein. They are delivering this year's Royal |
| 1:54.0 | Institution Christmas Lectures with a special focus on climate change. The Royal Institution |
| 1:59.5 | Lectures have taken place every Christmas since 1825 and this year's lectures are given |
| 2:06.0 | by these three expert and extraordinary scientists who will present a unique user's guide to planet |
| 2:12.4 | earth. The lectures will be run over three days, the 28th, 29th and 30th of December on the Royal |
| 2:18.8 | Institution website and on the BBC for those in the UK to watch. Check the show notes for more details. |
| 2:25.5 | So from our family of stubborn optimists to yours, we wish you peace and good health and look |
| 2:30.8 | forward to returning in 2021 with season three. So here's Cristiana and Paul talking to Chris Jackson, |
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