Upcoming meetings
Two presentations will be made, on Flooding, Ditches and Climate Change, Adapting to the Challenges, at the Friends House, Priory Rd. 7th February at 2pm. A voluntary contribution of £3 per person will be appreciated to cover room hire.
For more information see the meeting flyer.
Suggested Viewing – documentary videos
Big Oil V the World: BBC iPlayer, You Tube
Kiss the Ground: Netflix
TED, Alan Savory: TED or YouTube
An Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore, Amazon 2007
An Inconvenient Deception: Al Gore, Amazon 2017
Seaspiracy: BBC iPayer, YouTube
Interesting viewing on the internet
Carbon Capture and Storage https://www.brilliantplanet.com
Chichester District Council & climate change https://www.chichester.gov.uk/climatechange
Climate change predictions, right or wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zul0BuO8A
Climate targets. Are they now pointless? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pujOh4YaP7s
Emissions graphics on all countries https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-by-sector?country=~GBR
Methane challenge https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/energy/facts-about-methane
Nitrous oxide https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210603-nitrous-oxide-the-worlds-forgotten-greenhouse-gas
Ozone layer success V climate change FAILURE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FRgEclRXmU
Sir David Attenborough 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dunm6DF78j4
Surviving the coming decades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SH9wIbjKyU
Tidal turbines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhED_ZxC9NQ
Transformations, energy, transport food etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj96nxtHdT
UK Electrical energy generation daily update http://www.energydashboard.co.uk/fourtyeight
Suggested Reading
The Climate Book: Greta Thunberg et al., 2022 Kindle & book
The Grazing Revolution: Alan Savory, Kindle & book
Losing Earth: Nathaniel Rich, Kindle & book
How to avoid a climate disaster : Bill Gates, Kindle & book
The Future of Life: E.O.Wilson, Kindle & book
The future of Energy: John Mitchel Armstrong, Kindle
u3a Climate Change Group meeting reports
The presentation on 6th September 2023 was given by Graeme Clements on air heat source pumps, see report.
December 6th CCG Meeting on Renewable Energy Use at Home and Generated in the Region:
click here to see a copy of the notes from the meeting
click here to see a pdf copy of the presentation on domestic solar energy use
click here to see a pdf copy of the presentation on renewable energy in the Chichster area
Recent reports
Net-Zero Strategy, Build back greener (HM Gov. Oct 2021)
The Closing Window, UNEP 2022
IPCC Summary for Policy Makers August 2022
A u3a communities site with more links