Climate related talks of interest
Description: A list of climate related talks which include climate and any of the following: climate change; environment; biodiversity; greenhouse gas removal; carbon; net zero; energy; water; economics; history
Talks:

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Earth’s Biodiversity: Its Origins, Impacts and Potential Fate
Date: 21 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : David Tilman (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 October 2025

Long-term care and climate change: Preparing to respond to climate change, building on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: 22 October 2025, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Adelina Comas-Herrera (LSE)
Venue: Green Templeton College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (access information: https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/green-templeton ) and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 October 2025

Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet
Date: 24 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : David Farrier (The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 27 October 2025

Flooded House or Underwater Mortgage? The Macrofinancial Implications of Climate Change and Adaptation
Date: 27 October 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker : Yasmine van der Straten (Nova SBE Lisbon)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

The Food System as a Driver of Global Change
Date: 30 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr John Ingram (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Book talk - 'Roadkill : Unveiling The True Cost Of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars'
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:15
Speaker s: Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore (Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL), Arthur Kay (Director, Innovo), Professor Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford ), Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (and Online)
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 October 2025

Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation
Date: 31 October 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Hugh Warwick (Ecologist and writer)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 3 November 2025

Pump it? Market Power and the Energy Transition in the Global Oil Market
Date: 3 November 2025, 14:15 - 15:30
Speaker : Charlotte de Canniere (KU Leuven)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room C
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 November 2025

How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises
Date: 7 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Jules Pretty (University of Essex)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 November 2025

Elephants, biodiversity and climate change
Date: 10 November 2025, 19:00 - 20:00
Speaker : Ian Redmond OBE
Venue: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Venue Details: Lecture theatre upstairs
Organiser: Dr Joanna Bagniewska (Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford / Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Brunel University)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 November 2025

Measuring the environment: metrics that guide science, policy and resilience
Date: 13 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Anna Freeman (Humanities Division, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 November 2025

Oxford Water Day
Date: 14 November 2025, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Organiser: Oxford Water Network
Hosts: TBA

What drives species sensitivity to deforestation? Clue: it’s not what you think.
Date: 14 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Cristina Banks-Leite (Imperial College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Spatial Ecology of War and Peace: Perspective of Global Networked Tipping Dynamics
Date: 19 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Weisi Guo (Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems, Cranfield University)
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Organiser: Metrics and Models Management Group (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

Land degradation – is it a cause for concern?
Date: 20 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor John Boardman (University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Trees Though Time: Exploring the evolution of trees and forests
Date: 20 November 2025, 19:00 - 20:00
Speaker : Professor Jennifer McElwain (Trinity College Dublin and Trinity College Botanic Garden)
Venue: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Venue Details: Hybrid event - both online and in-person at the University Museum of Natural History
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 November 2025

The Natural Capital of Wasps
Date: 21 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Seirian Sumner (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 November 2025

Just Urbanism; rethinking spatial practices in the city
Date: 27 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman (University College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 28 November 2025

The Spirit of the Rainforest
Date: 28 November 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Rosa Vásquez Espinoza PhD (Amazon Research Internacional)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Main lecture theatre (1st floor, lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 December 2025

From Greening to Wellbeing: Critical spatial data science for green infrastructure, mental health and wellbeing in the UK
Date: 4 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Wenjing (Wendee) Zhang (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Desert Room
Organiser: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Avidesh Seenath (Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 5 December 2025

Title TBC
Date: 5 December 2025, 16:15 - 17:30
Speaker : Robert Fish (Imperial College London)
Venue: Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details: Place Suite, 1st floor (lift available)
Organisers: Carlyn Samuel (University of Oxford), Jane Applegarth (University of Oxford, Oxford University Centre for the Environment)
Host: Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)

This list contains talks from the following series:
ECM Brown Bag Seminar Series
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Biodiversity Network seminar series
School of Geography and the Environment
The Reality of Net Zero