Two of world's top climate scientists speak out about severe challenges we face right now, and in the future. From the UK, Dr. Kevin Anderson, who pulls no punches. Then Rutgers scientist Alan Robock tells us why geongineering might not be a good idea.
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Dr. Kevin Anderson is a Professor of energy and climate change at the University of Manchester, UK. He's also Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre, a multi-university project for the study of climate change. Kevin has advised the UK government and European Union.
What if geoengineering to save the climate turns out badly? What could go wrong? Alan Robock has some questions, and the science to back them up. As a Distinguished Professor of environmental science at Rutgers University, Alan has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers. He's an Editor at the important Earth Sciences journal called "Reviews of Geophysics". Alan has been a lead author in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.