Key reports from WMO and UNEP in the last few days have shown a lack progress on emission reduction. With the COP27 negotiations about to start, what do experts think could be achieved?
Journalists came to this online Q&A to put their questions to a panel of experts who can cover mitigation, energy consumption and zero-carbon energy systems, UK policy, routes to net zero, equitable climate action, and more.
Speakers included:
Prof Jim Skea, Chair in Sustainable Energy, Imperial College London
Prof Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford
Prof Piers Forster, Professor of Climate Physics at the University of Leeds and member of the Climate Change Committee