Events http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/sustainable-events-viewer/rss The UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR) generates knowledge in the globally sustainable use of natural resources and trains the future leaders of this field. Our definition of resources is broad, and our research approach is equally inclusive, bringing together experts from across UCL. We are part of The Bartlett: UCL’s global faculty of the built environment. Joel Smith 2011-07-14T11:50:07Z Public Lecture Series: Joan MacNaughton http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/sustainable-events/macnaughton-lecture Continuing our termly Public Lectures, Joan MacNaughton , joins us to give a lecture titled 'Getting clean energy investment flowing: the impact of energy policy and the availability of finance on businesses' ability to respond' The Bartlett: UCL's global faculty of the built environment. Katherine Welch 2013-05-15T12:45:09Z UCL 2013-06-20T17:30:00Z 2013-06-20T19:30:00Z UCL-Energy & UCL-ISR seminar: THE BURNING QUESTION http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/sustainable-events/burning-question Duncan Clark and Mike Berners-Lee take a fascinating and alarming big-picture look at climate change based on their new book, The Burning Question. Described by Al Gore as "fascinating, important and highly recommended", the book shows that global carbon emissions are not just increasing but accelerating upwards, following an exponential curve that goes back centuries. Efficiency gains and national cuts aren’t working, Clark and Berners-Lee argue, because at the global level saving energy is like squeezing a balloon: reductions in one place lead to increases elsewhere. Even clean energy technologies don’t in themselves slow the rate of fossil fuel extraction. The real challenge, this talk will argue, is persuading the world to write off oil, coal and gas reserves worth many trillions of dollars – at least until we have the means to put carbon back in the ground. What mix of politics, psychology, economics and technology might be required? Are the energy companies massively overvalued, and how will carbon cuts affect the global economy? Will we wake up to the threat in time? And who can do what to make it all happen? About the speakers: Duncan Clark is a writer and consultant editor on the Guardian environment desk, co-founder of digital journalism company Kiln and a honorary research associate at the UCL Energy Institute . He helped establish environment charities Cool Earth and 10:10 and has written or edited many books on climate change and related topics. Mike Berners-Lee is a leading expert on carbon emissions, founder of Small World Consulting and author of How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything . He is involved in sustainability research across many departments at Lancaster University and has worked on energy and emissions with a wide range of corporate and public sector organisations. The Bartlett: UCL's global faculty of the built environment. Katherine Welch 2013-05-21T13:02:52Z Roberts G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre, Malet Place 2013-07-02T16:30:00Z 2013-07-02T18:30:00Z