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Understanding the future of humanity
01 Feb 08 in Videos
Director Interview: Nick Bostrom, Future of Humanity Institute, discusses human enhancement, global catastrophic risks and the problems of dealing with uncertainty in relation to the big questions affecting humanity.
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/understanding-the-future-of-humanity
The contradictions of forest certification in the promotion of sustainability
04 Nov 10 in Videos
This presentation summarizes the formation and growth of forest certification and illustrates how it qualifies sustainability and leverages meaningful changes in forest management. Consumer demand seems to have played little direct role in the growth of forest certification. Instead, environmental campaigns and corporate interests in protecting brands drove the adoption of certification among buyers of forest products.
Forest certification puts the...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/the-contradictions-of-forest-certification-in-the-promotion-of-sustainability
Resilience in systems that must cope with uncertainty
03 Feb 11 in Videos
Climate change, economic globalization, and many new levels of communication have all made many human, biological and technical systems more unpredictable. This has been called The New Normal: a time of higher uncertainty, with fast and strong disruptions in many systems. This is affecting technical systems, biological systems, economic systems, and human organizations. This has increased interest in resilience, a...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/resilience-in-systems-that-must-cope-with-uncertainty
"Water Scarcity: a shortage of water or a shortage of ideas?" by Prof Mark New
21 Oct 11 in Videos
Seminar by Professor Mark New, part of the "Is the Planet Full" Series
'Water Crises', 'Water Wars', 'Peak Water' and many more phrases have been used in recent years to suggest that a growing population and increased per capita water use are leading inexorably to critical levels of water scarcity. In this talk, the factors affecting water availability and water...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/water-scarcity-a-shortage-of-water-or-a-shortage-of-ideas
International crisis and the failure of global ethics
01 Feb 12 in Videos
What can a philosopher of ethics say to the world in the aftermath of the financial crisis? Co-Director of Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, David Rodin, speaks with Edie Lush at Hub Davos.
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/international-crisis-and-the-failure-of-global-ethics
By birds or mosquitoes? West Nile Virus spread examined
19 Sept 12 in Videos
Tracking epidemic spread is vital to public health officers and medical practitioners, who need to know where and when people are likely to be affected by an outbreak, to deploy anti-viral drugs and healthcare in the right place at the right time. Researchers studying the spread of West Nile Virus in US since 1999 suggest that birds are more likely...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/by-birds-or-mosquitoes-west-nile-virus-spread-examined
Will global birth rates continue to fall?
01 Mar 13 in Videos
Africa is now the only place where women have more than two children. Sarah Harper discusses what this means for global resources.
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/will-global-birth-rates-continue-to-fall
Do better economic models lead to more accurate forecasting?
17 Apr 13 in Videos
Professor Sir David Hendry, Director of the Programme on Economic Modelling in INET@Oxford, explains that while models might not always lead to accurate predictions, they can help get you back on track after a crisis.
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/do-better-economic-models-lead-to-more-accurate-forecasting
An expert view on Carbon Capture and Storage
27 Sept 13 in Videos
The World is at the beginning of a transition in energy use. The challenge we face in terms of energy and climate change is unprecedented, as the global population heads towards 9.5 billion by 2060 and hundreds of millions of people move out of poverty in the emerging economies. Demand for energy could rise by up to 80% by around...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/an-expert-view-on-carbon-capture-and-storage
The Failure of the Euro
09 Oct 13 in Videos
Is “good governance in the euro zone” an oxymoron?
That’s the question Professor David Vines addresses in this “New Economic Thinking” interview on the failure of the euro.
The forecasts made by Professor Vines are particularly apposite in light of the recent German election results, which saw Angela Merkel consolidate her position as Europe’s most powerful leader. As Merkel continues to search...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/the-failure-of-the-euro
Inaugural Cyber Security Capacity Centre Conference - Part 3
26 Nov 13 in Videos
Introduction to the Centre Report on Attitudes to Security and Privacy
Professor Bill DuttonDiscussion 3 – Case Studies and Experiences in Cyber Security Capacity Building – What Works and What Doesn’t?
Chair: Professor David Upton, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Introduction by the ChairCyber Security Awareness and Capacity Building in South Africa
Professor Basie Von Solms, University of JohannesburgCreating a Cybersecurity Commons
David Bray...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/inaugural-cyber-security-capacity-centre-conference-part-3
"Sensors everywhere? Trends and challenges for accurate indoor localisation" with Prof Marta Kwiatkowska and Dr Niki Trigoni
07 Mar 14 in Videos
We may already feel incredibly reliant upon technology, but will we be surrounded by sensors, feeding and receiving information, in just a few years' time? From sensors on the body that transmit medical information, to smart parking sensors enabling drivers to easily find a space in a city, the technology is already beginning to affect our everyday lives. Experts Professor...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/sensors-everywhere-trends-and-challenges-for-accurate-indoor-localisation
Megafauna - what was the impact of its loss, and should we 'rewild'?
14 Mar 14 in Videos
Up until 10-40,000 years ago, the whole world looked as the safari parks of east Africa do today. North America would have been teeming with lions and mammoths, the Amazon and Australia would have had giant creatures, and Europe would have been home to elephants, hippos and rhinos. What has the impact of the loss of megafauna been, and should...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/megafauna-what-was-the-impact-of-its-loss-and-should-we-rewild
"Strategies for vaccines for the 21st century" with Prof Susan Lea, Prof Christoph Tang, Prof Jeffrey Almond & Dr Ian Feavers
09 Dec 14 in Videos
Vaccines have saved an estimated 500 million lives around the world since Edward Jenner discovered how to prevent smallpox infection in 1796. But a successful vaccine roll-out is about more than just medicine; it encompasses engineering, economics, policy, government and even transport infrastructure. More than a decade into the 21st century, and with a new outbreak of the Ebola virus...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/strategies-for-vaccines-for-the-21st-century
"Climate change and our oceans" with Prof Gideon Henderson and Prof David Marshall
20 Feb 15 in Videos
How are oceans affected by our rapidly changing climate? What can they tell us about the processes controlling climate change? And what role do they play in driving climate? Professor Gideon Henderson, Professor of Earth Sciences, and Professor David Marshall, Professor of Physical Oceanography, will explore the role of oceans in climate change.
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/climate-change-and-our-oceans
Mitigating Climate Change | Cameron Hepburn | World Economic Forum 2015
24 Feb 15 in Videos
“Our atmosphere is one of the great global commons, and we use it collectively as a sewer.” says Cameron Hepburn, Director, Economics of Sustainability, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. He says climate change remains "the mother of all problems," and it’s vital we continue to work together for clean and affordable solutions.
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/mitigating-climate-change-cameron-hepburn-world-economic-forum-2015