Jim Skea: Are humans bungling our chance to avert disaster?
Stephen Sackur speaks to Professor Jim Skea, chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is a key player collating the latest climate science and right now the situation looks grim; global emissions are still rising, so are temperatures and targets seem likely to be missed. Are …
Paris Has Fallen: Jim Skea (?)
In this episode, host Richard Delevan dives into the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and why it’s time for North Carolina to sue Big Oil for damages. Joined by Richard Wiles from the Center for Climate Integrity, we explore how oil majors fueled the climate crisis and intensified storms l…
9 | Professor Jim Skea
Professor Sir Jim Skea has spent over forty years working in climate science research and was once referred to as “the most important scientist no one’s ever heard of.”
Since 2023 has chaired the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or the IPCC). The panel’s work is described as a “cod…
COP 29: Leaders of today and tomorrow
This episode is a two-parter - the first part featuring leaders of today, and the second featuring leaders of tomorrow.
First up, you'll hear from three speakers at the leaders segment that kicked off COP29 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the UN's chief climate scientist Jim Skea, and th…
On the Threshold of a 1.5°C World
Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents -While there is some disagreement as to whether we have passed the 1.5°C threshhold set at COP 21 in Paris, scientists agree that we are on the brink and 2024 was the hottest year on record.
At COP 29 last November, Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Clim…
Connecting climate science to the COPs
Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Winston Chow, Co-Chair, Working Group II at the IPCC and Professor of Urban Climate and a Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow at Singapore Management University’s College of Integrative Studies and Virginia Marshall, Research Fello…
How Global Science Supports Our Future Climate
The climate crisis is one of the most pressing challenges of our time; but diverse sources of knowledge may help us navigate it better. This was the thematic focus of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change workshops recently hosted at the University of Reading.
In this live Q&A, Profess…
How Global Science Supports Our Future Climate
The climate crisis is one of the most pressing challenges of our time; but diverse sources of knowledge may help us navigate it better. This was the thematic focus of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change workshops recently hosted at the University of Reading.
In this live Q&A, Profess…
The future of climate science without US support
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is responsible for collating our shared scientific understanding of how global warming is impacting the planet. But the body now faces a challenge after the US withdrew funding for its scientists to participate. Professor Jim Skea, who ch…
RCP8.5 Is Dead, What Comes Next? Ep260: Roger Pielke, Jr.
For more than 15 years, the RCP8.5 climate scenario has shaped headlines, policy decisions, financial stress tests and public understanding of climate risk. Now, the scientific community has declared it implausible. So what comes next?
This week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich welcomes Professor…
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