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Getting to Zero in carbon emissions
Unfortunately, the final seminar in our 'Getting to Zero' series, which was supposed to be delivered by Professor Schellnhuber on 'restitution of the atmosphere', was cancelled. Fortunately, Professor David Keith (University of Calg... Read More »
Lessons from Getting to Zero
In a century of globalization, when the life of every individual is directly affected by a vast network of forces beyond their control, the concept of "Global Zero" has the power to inspire action on some of the most intractable problems ... Read More »
A global zero for infectious disease?
On Thursday 26 November Dr Jodie McVernon, Deputy Head of the Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group at the Melbourne School of Population Health, Australia, gave the penultimate lecture in our seminar series on 'Getting to Zero'. She spok... Read More »
A new approach to nuclear disarmament
In the latest contribution to our Michaelmas term seminar series on 'Getting to Zero' Dr Patricia Lewis, Deputy Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, gave an insightful lecture on nuclear disarmament. A podcast ... Read More »
Nuclear Weapons: a crime against humanity?
The latest seminar in our 'Getting to Zero' series was given by Dr Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy. Speaking on the topic of nuclear weapons, Dr Johnson made a passionate argument about... Read More »
Bottom billion or bottom zero? Eliminating global poverty
The third seminar in the 21School seminar series on "Global Zero" was given by Professor Tony Venables, Director of Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies and Professor of Economics University of Oxford. In the spirit o... Read More »
Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
On Thursday 22 October, Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, former Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for Defence, gave a seminar at the 21st Century School. Sir Malcolm, a leading spokesman for the Global Zero campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons,... Read More »
Aiming for Zero in Weapons Control
On Thursday 15 October the Getting to Zero seminar series, co-hosted by the James Martin 21st Century School and the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, was launched with a thought-provoking lecture by Professor Richard Price of th... Read More »
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