9. Sir David King on science advice, climate politics, and climate repair

Challenging Climate

Sir David King is the founder and chair of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University and the Climate Crisis Advisory Group. Previously he held the positions of the UK's permanent Special Representative for Climate Change. He was also 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.
We speak with Sir David about science advice for the government and communication with the public, foresight, the domestic and international politics of climate change, his relatively new endeavors -- the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge and the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the importance of carbon dioxide removal.
Links:

• Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge https://www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/
• Climate Crisis Advisory Group https://www.ccag.earth/
• "Infectious diseases: preparing for the future" report https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infectious-diseases-preparing-for-the-future
• "Future flooding" report https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-flooding

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Chapters

1. 9. Sir David King on science advice, climate politics, and climate repair (00:00:00)

2. background (00:03:11)

3. science advice and communication (00:04:52)

4. climate policy and politics (00:15:51)

5. Climate Crisis Advisory Group and Center for Climate Repair at Cambridge (00:40:20)

6. emissions reductions (00:45:23)

7. carbon dioxide removal (00:59:43)