The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that to keep the rise in global temperatures below 1.5C this century, emissions of carbon dioxide would have to be cut by 45% by 2030. Now it seems, there's a growing consensus that the next 18 months will be critical in dealing with the global heating crisis. CIHT recently launched its Climate Change Pledge. Climate change requires us to challenge conventional thinking and challenge orthodoxies. The podcast is with Nick Tyler CBE, the Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at UCL.
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Surface transport comprises approximately a quarter of UK emissions and the Committee on Climate change – who provide advice to government – have said that unless progress is made by the transport sector, future carbon budgets may not be met. Clearly, we cannot do what we have always done. The interview explores what solutions are required in the UK and looks at how this applies across the world.
Nick Tyler has said previously: “We have an unsustainable system based on historical decisions made by humans around the world – which we now consider to be a legacy”. The podcast explores how do we deal with the fact that so much of our city infrastructure is already built and what can be done to reduce carbon emissions in these environments.
The UN predicts that by 2050 two-thirds of the world population will be living in cities. Clearly the future of our cities will therefore be an important component in the future of the climate. Included in the interview you can hear the latest on the Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory – which is being built now – that has an aim of helping to design the next generation city infrastructure. There are also insights into current research on developments with technical and materials engineering.
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