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Earth911 Podcast: Watershed's Steve Davis on Tracking and Reducing Non-CO2 Emissions

Earth911 Podcast: Watershed's Steve Davis on Tracking and Reducing Non-CO2 Emissions

FromEarth911.com's Sustainability In Your Ear


Earth911 Podcast: Watershed's Steve Davis on Tracking and Reducing Non-CO2 Emissions

FromEarth911.com's Sustainability In Your Ear

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Jun 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The sustainability community has a carbon fixation, yet non-CO2 emissions, such as methane and nitrous oxide, account for a quarter of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, water, biodiversity, and many other factors contribute to the environmental damage our economy causes. A more comprehensive view of our impacts is needed to consider solutions to the complex, systemic changes needed to avert global warming catastrophe. Meet Steve Davis, Head Climate Scientist at Watershed, a carbon tracking platform for large organizations, and Professor of Earth Systems Science at UC Irvine. Steve's wide-ranging research has examined the CO2, methane, and other emissions generated by wildfires, the impact of flooding and heat risks in major cities, how airlines can achieve net-zero emissions, and the various natural and technological approaches to removing carbon from the atmosphere.Steve was a corporate lawyer in Silicon Valley before becoming a leading climate research scientist. He contributed to the energy systems section of the recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change AR6 Synthesis Report. He also co-authored the climate mitigation chapter of the soon-to-be-released Fifth National Climate Assessment report from the US Global Change Research Program. To learn more about Steve's research, visit https://www.ess.uci.edu/~sjdavis/ and the information about the Watershed carbon tracking tool is available at https://watershed.com/
Released:
Jun 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each week, Evelyn Lopez and the Earth911.com team talk sustainability news, interview sustainability leaders, and answer your questions about how to recycle and buy responsibly. You have more power to improve the world than you know! Listen in to get started saving the planet!