Brits weather in hot water

Climate change as a major threat to our societies has become ubiquitous in our lives over the last 20-30 years. But what impact will it have in the UK? Dr Russell has experience of looking at climate change and policies in universities and the civil service so will bring those perspectives together to think about what our climate future will look like. Using insights from national and global climate assessments we’ll consider the risks and adaptations required to minimise their impact through to the technologies required to minimise the climate changes we’ll likely see in our day-to-day lives.

Society has been disposing of its rubbish in landfill for many years. 'Historic landfills' pre-date modern environmental legislation meaning that the household, industrial and hazardous wastes they contain are not isolated from the surrounding environment. In England more than 1200 of these landfills are situated on our coast and sea level rise brings a new threat with the potential to erode and flood these sites releasing rubbish, plastics and asbestos into the marine environment. I will outline the scale of the problem in the UK and discuss some of the innovative solutions to this issue