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Live today - Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Tuesday, 10 Jun 2025 - 18:00

Carbon Takeback: How We Will Stop Fossil Fuels from Causing Global Warming

Professor Myles Allen

Professor Myles Allen

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We have to stop fossil fuels from causing global warming – before the world stops using fossil fuels. There’s only one solution: safe and permanent disposal of one tonne of carbon dioxide for every tonne still generated by burning fossil fuels. But how do we achieve this without overheating the planet or stoking political conflicts?

This lecture presents a simple answer: make carbon dioxide disposal a licensing condition of the sale and use of fossil fuels.

Professor Myles Allen

Professor Myles Allen

Gresham Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment

Professor Myles Allen took his first degree in Physics and Philosophy, followed by a doctorate in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, both at the University...

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Date: Tuesday, 10 Jun 2025

Time: 18:00

Type: Lecture

Location: Holborn, London

Venue: Barnard's Inn Hall

Topics: Science Environment Climate change Sustainability