Access all the conference slides from the plenaries, sessions, keynotes and masterclasses at our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference in September 2025.
In September 2025, we hosted a three-day conference at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK, to mark the halfway point through the critical decade and to celebrate 25 years of the Tyndall Centre.
Below, you can download or view all of the presentation slides from our Critical Decade for Climate Action Conference.
Monday 8 September 2025
Session 1: Keynote – Midway through the critical decade: Accelerating climate action for the next five years and beyond
Speaker: Goneri Le Cozannet, French Geological Survey and Haut conseil pour le climat
Chair: Robert Nicholls, University of East Anglia
Session 2: Plenary – Reflecting on Decarbonising the UK: from 2005 to 2025
Chairs: Alice Larkin and Sarah Mander, University of Manchester
Speakers and panellists:
- Slide set Kevin Anderson
- Slide set Gaurav Gharde, University of Manchester
- Slide set Catherine Mitchell, Emeritus, University of Exeter
- Slide set Sandra Bogelein, Climate Change Committee
Session 3a: Beyond Integrated Assessments to understand climate impacts
Chair: Prof. Naomi Vaughan, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- William Lamb, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
- Clair Gough, University of Manchester
- Gaurav Gharde, University of Manchester
- Ruth Larbey, University of East Anglia
Session 3b: Delivering multi-dimensional wellbeing and climate action
Chair: Angela Mae Minas, University of Manchester
Speakers:
- Mary Barker, University of Southampton
- Rafael Calderon, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico, CLA of IPBES
- Slide set Rachel Carmenta, University of East Anglia
- Slide set Grania Power, University of East Anglia
- Slide set Laurence Cannings, University of Oxford
Session 3c: Climate stories: Narratives of a climate-changed world
Chair: Elizabeth Lewis-Williams, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Millie Prosser, University of East Anglia
- Erik Hartin, University of East Anglia
- Danni Walters, University of East Anglia
Session 4: Poster Showcase Reception
Download a booklet of the posters presented at our showcase
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Masterclass 1: Climate policy – From academic knowledge to impact
Speaker: Andy Jordan, University of East Anglia
Session 5: Keynote – Climate services for our critical decade of climate action
Speaker: Daniela Jacob, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)
Chair: Rachel Warren, University of East Anglia
Session 6a: Mobilising new meanings for social change
Chair: Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Tom Crompton, Common Cause
- Ruth Larbey, University of East Anglia
- Tom Hargreaves, University of East Anglia
- Louise Turner, University of Manchester
Session 6b: Identifying and evaluating climate change adaptation action
Chair: Prof. Craig Hutton, University of Southampton
Speakers:
- Helen Adams, King’s College London
- Prof. Emma Tompkins, University of Southampton
- Henry Neufeldt, UNEP
Session 6c: Unlocking climate action at scale
Chairs: Mark Tebboth and Roland Smith, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Clara Kübler, University of East Anglia
- Alfie Gaffney, University of East Anglia
- Prof. Neil Adger, University of Exeter
Discussant: Sandra Bogelein, Lead Analysis People and Net Zero, UK Climate Change Committee
Session 7: Keynote – Reassessing the carbon budget and net zero narrative, scientific progress and knowledge gaps
Speaker: Jason Lowe, UK Met Office Hadley Centre and University of Leeds
Chair: Hayley Fowler, Newcastle University
Session 8a: Beyond communication: Using climate information to foster and deliver climate action
Chairs: Jordan Harold and Irene Lorenzoni, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Sophie Day, University of East Anglia
- Katie Jenkins, University of East Anglia
- Prof. Saffron O’Neill, University of Exeter
- Greg Pearson, Norfolk Climate Change Partnership
Session 8b: Why are some sectors of the economy so difficult to decarbonise?
Chair: Prof. Oliver Heidrich, University of Newcastle
Speakers:
- Slide set Prof. Paul Ekins, University College London
- Slide set Prof. Danielle Densley Tingley, University of Sheffield
- Slide set Prof. Lindsay-Marie Armstrong, University of Southampton
- Slide set Asma Amamou, University of Newcastle
Session 8c: Climate change, health and wellbeing
Chair: Prof. Mary Barker, University of Southampton
Speakers:
- Prof. Matthew Loxham, University of Southampton – The work of the Clean Air Group to mitigate the effects of air pollution on health
- Prof. Davide Filingeri, University of Southampton, and Katie Jenkins, University of East Anglia – Heat stress and heat-related illnesses
- Prof. Mark Chapman, University of Southampton – New and underutilised crops as a solution to changing growing conditions and threats to food security
Masterclass 2: Getting the picture: Understanding visual framing for media analysis
Speaker: Prof. Saffron O’Neill, Centre for Climate Communication and Data Science, University of Exeter
Session 9: Plenary – Achieving resilient net zero
Chair: Ruth Wood, University of Manchester
Speakers:
- Rob Wilby, Loughborough University
- Alistair Ford, University of Newcastle
- Jaise Kuriakose, University of Manchester
Discussant: Suraje Dessai, University of Leeds
Wednesday 10 September
Masterclass 3: AI for climate impact assessment
Speaker: Marie-Fanny Racault, University of East Anglia
Session 10: Plenary – Irreversible progress in climate policy and technology
Chair: Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Nigel Topping, Ambition Loop and COP26 High-Level Champion
- Charlie Wilson, University of Oxford
- Jim Hall, University of Oxford
Session 11a: Significance of semantics: The importance of language in research, governance and communication of global environmental change
Chair: Rachel Carmenta, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Angela Mae Minas, University of Manchester
- Dr George Borrinaga, University of San Carlos, Philippines
- James Reed, CIFOR-ICRAF
- Slide set Mark Tebboth, University of East Anglia
- Slide set Prof. Angela Crack, University of Portsmouth
Session 11b: Social Change to the rescue? Balancing urgency and reality in climate action
Chairs: Tim Braunholtz-Speight, University of Manchester, and Kat Steentjes, Swansea University
Speakers:
- Slide set Prof. Tim Foxon, University of Sussex
- Slide set Kat Steentjes, Swansea University
- Slide set Michael Lomotey, University of Southampton
- Sean Irving, University of East Anglia
- Prof. Carly McLachlan, University of Manchester
Session 11c: Wildfires in the critical decade for climate change
Chair: Matthew Jones, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Calum Cunningham, University of Tasmania
- Piyush Jain, Natural Resources Canada
- Douglas Kelley, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- Chantelle Burton, UK Met Office
- Esther Brambleby, University of East Anglia
- Francesca di Giuseppe, ECMWF
- Alice Hsu, University of East Anglia
Session 12: The Directors reflect on halfway through our critical decade for climate action: With hindsight and foresight, what needs to be done differently for climate action?
Chair: Robert Nicholls, University of East Anglia
Speakers:
- Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh, University of Bath
- Prof. Mike Hulme, University of Cambridge
- Prof. Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia
- Prof. Kevin Anderson, University of Manchester
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