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Sir David King, Founder & Chair of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University, joins Alberto Lidji to discuss innovative technologies to tackle the climate crisis

Sir David King, Founder & Chair of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University, joins Alberto Lidji to discuss innovative technologies to ta…

FromDo One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship


Sir David King, Founder & Chair of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University, joins Alberto Lidji to discuss innovative technologies to ta…

FromDo One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Oct 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

 
A fascinating discussion on the urgency of the climate crisis, including insight into some highly innovative technologies being pursued to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and to refreeze the polar regions.
 
Sir David King was the UK Government's permanent Special Representative for Climate Change from September 2013 until March 2017 and was previously the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he raised awareness of the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the Energy Technologies Institute.
 
He also served as the Founding Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at Oxford; was Head of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University 1993-2000 and Master of Downing College at Cambridge 1995 -2000.
 
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Released:
Oct 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

More than 150 interviews with thought-leaders in philanthropy, sustainability and social entrepreneurship. Hosted by Alberto Lidji, Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Strategic Philanthropy and former Global CEO of the Novak Djokovic Foundation. Be inspired to improve the world around you!