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James Martin Memorial lecture: 'Time To Look Up – in conversation with Sir Alok Sharma about the climate crisis'

30 Oct 23 in Videos
After a summer of extreme heatwaves, devastating wildfires and deadly flooding across the world, all made worse by climate change, the Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma, President of COP26 in Glasgow 2021, will discuss the ongoing climate crisis with Director of the Oxford Martin School, Professor Sir Charles Godfray. In the run up to COP28, Sir Alok will describe his hopes...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/james-martin-memorial-lecture-alok-sharma

'Health misinformation: the barriers to its recognition by information consumers and the limits to the concept of medical “truth”' with Dr Olessia Koltsova

17 Nov 23 in Videos
As mass communications facilitate the dissemination of messages, both true and false, wrong or inaccurate medical information is increasingly leading to large-scale social consequences. Some examples are: mass refusal of vaccination during the COVID pandemic in some countries and harmful governmental policies, such as withdrawal of any evidence-based treatment of AIDS in South Africa by the Mbeki government. What factors can help...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/health-misinformation

Panel discussion: 'Post-COP28 Debrief: Does the agreement go far enough?'

17 Jan 24 in Videos
COP28 closed with an agreement, that for the first time in three decades, includes oil and gas. But what does the agreement mean in real terms? And is keeping the global temperature limit of 1.5°C within reach? Join us as our panel of academics share their thoughts after attending COP28 and look forward to what it means for COP29 and the world...
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/cop28debrief