Date: Wednesday 15 January 2020
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Location:School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
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SPEAKER | David Warrilow, OBE, FRMetS, President of the Royal Meteorological Society
ABSTRACT | Any science that has societal relevance soon finds that it must engage with a very different world, where opinion and conviction may count for more than evidence. I will review how the obscure (to most people) subject of climate science became centre stage in an increasingly fractious debate on the environment, development and wealth. I will look at the how science has fed in to the policy process, has become the battleground between environmentalists and free marketeers and the complexities and importance of science in the development of a global response to climate change. Finally, I will look at the challenges facing scientists as they seek to bring objectivity to the debate.
Registration is required. Free entry. Light refreshments from 6.30pm, meeting starts at 7.00pm.
