Why I’m going to Copenhagen

By Dr Chris High I’m going to the COP15 talks because I’m fed up with being depressed about climate change.  It started in my master’s degree. Everyone at some point got what we called the ‘greens’, a dip in mood that could last for a month at a time, as just what humanity is capable [...]

The Climate Connection: journeys into the heart of the climate change debate

TX from 30 November, BBC World Service The Climate Connection follows five people as they embark on a journey of self-exploration – each championing an issue that they believe is at the centre of climate change debate.    Produced in partnership with The Open University, in each programme one person from a different part of the [...]

Coming soon:Creative Climate – the diary of a changing world 2010-2020

2010-2020 will be a key decade in human history as global environmental change issues move increasingly to the fore. A new project from the OU, Creative Climate, which is led by Dr Joe Smith, will be going beyond the headlines and making a space for many people to tell their personal stories of how they [...]

You ask the questions – at COP15

Who will be asking the big questions at the UN Climate Change Conference in December? Obama? Brown? Sarkozy? What about you? If you had the chance to pose a question to the world’s foremost experts on global warming, what would you ask? The Open University is giving you the chance to do just that. We’re [...]

Hope in a Changing Climate: changing the course of history for millions

As the globe prepares for COP15, a new documentary on BBC World optimistically reframes the debate on global warming.  Illustrating that large, decimated eco-systems can be restored, Hope in a Changing Climate, which will have a special screening at COP15, reveals success stories from Ethiopia, Rwanda and China which prove that bringing large areas back [...]

OU twins with Amazonian tribe

An indigenous Amazonian group is linking up to the OU for a new course on environmental issues, giving students the chance to see how their lives are being shaped by the pressures of a shifting ecosystem. A series of short videos exploring the tribe’s way of life is supplemented by a telephone link, via which [...]

Climate change film takes prize in international competition

An Open University short film on the social impacts of climate change has won international recognition in a major new film competition run by the World Bank.  Taking second place in a global field of 80 entries, the film ‘Climate Change in Bangladesh – Who Will Pay?’ by The Open University gives voice to the [...]