A temperamental Sun, and the Earth’s wobbly journey around it, violent volcanoes, melting ice caps, cow farts, car engines and Donald Trump. All of these are changing our global climate. But how? And what will be the impact on our planet if we carry on as we are? Will it ever snow again on Christmas day in London, and what other ways could a changing climate impact our daily lives?
Jo Haigh is a Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College London and co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. In her Christmas lecture, she will journey back through time, up through the atmosphere and around the solar system to explain the science behind global warming. She’ll then look hopefully to a future where politics, science, new technologies and the young people of our world come together to tackle the worse effects of our changing climate.