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    Climate Change: A Defining Challenge for the 21st Century

    The scientific evidence for climate change will be examined, describing how simulations of the Earth’s weather and climate are constructed and how these can be used to make assessments of what our climate and weather might be like in the coming decades.

    Computers and Warfare

    We shall investigate the implications for the future of international conflict and of national defence. If preparations for the next war have already started, can we tell who is winning?

    The USSR in the Cold War Years

    After Stalin’s death in 1953, successive leaders tried to find ways to revitalise the Soviet regime and rethink its promises to the Soviet people. Life within a system no longer based on terror and intense industrial transformation offered citizens strange alternatives.

    Is 'Green Business' a Contradiction in Terms?

    There are green marketing scams, and dubious data being deployed to benefit shareholders. Are global businesses now leading politicians in moving towards more sustainable practice or is this an example of a ‘post-truth’ society?

    National Parks and National Park Cities

    A movement is emerging with the aim of developing Greater London as the world’s first National Park City. But is there any significant environmental advantage to this and would London benefit from becoming one?

    How Energy Flow Shapes the Evolution of Life

    Nick Lane will explore the importance of energy flow in shaping life from its very origins to the flamboyant complexity around us, and ask whether energy flow would direct evolution down a similar path on other planets.

    Ecotowns or Egotowns?

    Drawing upon live audience opinion, the lecture will weigh up the evidence for and against ‘ecotowns’.

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