Talks & lectures
Talks, lectures and conversations
Keynotes, public lectures, panels and podcasts on what the climate crisis means for our food, energy and economies — and what a credible, hopeful future could look like.
Fragility by Design: Rethinking Resilience for a Turbulent Century
Climate Extremes: Agriculture (documentary)
Professor Paul Behrens: Interview
Secure Your Future: Nature + National Security Bill
What's at stake for the UK (Lean into Climate, UK Health Radio)
A Global Food Crisis Is Coming – And We Need to Prepare (New Scientist)
National Emergency Briefing: Food Security (highlights)
Innovation and global food security at the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Implications of climate change on wellbeing
National Emergency Briefing
The Future of Food (British Academy)
Sustainability in Drinks
Nature’s Warning: Why We Must Transform Food Systems
Can We Still Feed 8 Billion People? (Real Zero Podcast)
Transforming Food Systems for a Cooler Planet
The Power Is on Your Plate
Podcast: Science of the Times
Plenary talk — 2025 LEAP Conference
Food Thinkers
The Climate and Nature Bill Needs You!
Plant Based Diets Live on BBC
Towards a Liveable Planet — Oxford Martin School
Transforming Food Systems with Professor Paul Behrens
Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science
Dual Climate Benefits from a Great Food Transition
TEDx: Why Tipping Points Could Save Civilisation
Food Security in a Vulnerable World
Population, Consumption & Climate Change
Climate Change with Scott Amyx: Interview with Paul Behrens
Near-term threats and societal risk as the Earth changes state
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times? COP26 chat
Plant-based to save the planet? COP26 press conference
Are We Already Too Late? An Unflinching Look at the Climate Crisis
Future Scientists webinar
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times (2019)
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