The Tyndall Assembly last September 14-16 was held at Newcastle University, the first in-person assembly after two years. We were joined by colleagues from the University of East Anglia, Newcastle University, Cardiff University, and the University of Manchester.
Our first in-person assembly since 2019! Glad to be meeting in person and seeing all our colleagues from UEA, Manchester, Newcastle, and Cardiff 😄 pic.twitter.com/Hq06NSArOy
— Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (@TyndallCentre) September 15, 2022
We had a public event at the Life Science Centre with the topic “Does climate fiction influence society?”, hosted by Alistair Ford with Jessie Greengrass, author of The High House; Dr. Kat Steenjes of CAST; Dr Ella Mershon of Newcastle University; and David Thorpe, award winning scriptwriter. It was a discussion on the role of cli-fi in imagining climate futures. See the discussion thread here:
Tonight we are at the Life Science Centre at Newcastle for a panel on climate fiction. We ask the question, “Is climate fiction doing more harm than good?” pic.twitter.com/7GTb7ku1dQ
— Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (@TyndallCentre) September 14, 2022
Great discussion on fiction & climate change to kick off @TyndallCentre Assembly. Point raised around needing to question ourselves & our priorities… “if we only worry about the people closest to us, #climatechange is only going to get worse&worse” #heardatspeakeasy
— Alice Larkin 🐝 (@AliceClimate) September 14, 2022
The @TyndallCentre annual assembly starts with a panel/audience discussion on “is climate fiction doing more harm than good”. Generally: it helps engage wider audiences, but needs to be opened up much further & beyond a ‘colonial’ framing & extend to wider socio-economic groups. pic.twitter.com/qwcgNGW1F4
— Kevin Anderson (@KevinClimate) September 14, 2022
The next two days were dedicated to different discussions on climate action and climate research: how to create local climate action in cities; Local climate action in the global south; Challenges of a resilient net zero future; and Working with citizen assemblies and local authorities.
Our Overcoming Poverty team presented their latest research projects including on wellbeing, water sustainability and water security, governance, resiliency, and bioenergy development in Southeast Asia pic.twitter.com/F2uHtFMNpa
— Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (@TyndallCentre) September 15, 2022
“We need a stage/space for Global South researchers to voice out what is already happening out there.”
– @gelaminas— Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (@TyndallCentre) September 15, 2022
‘The future is here. It is just unevenly distributed’
Great discussions around Resilient Net Zero (or Real Zero Carbon) Futures with reflections on the tremendous challenges lying ahead and already lived realities, especially in the Global South.@TyndallCentre assembly
— Caroline Verfuerth (@liemelo) September 15, 2022
We also had a look back at our impact as a research centre and how we worked with different sectors and stakeholders over the years.
It’s the second day of our Tyndall Assembly and we start with reflecting on Tyndall’s impact across sectors. Tyndall has worked with stakeholders and our work is relevant and usable to policy, industry, publics, etc. pic.twitter.com/9BoeJEQNmo
— Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (@TyndallCentre) September 16, 2022
And last but not the least, our PhD students gave their poster presentation on the last day of the assembly. We have seen amazing work being done by our early career researchers!
Congratulations to our PhD’s for a successful poster presentation! pic.twitter.com/cHrhfqv0G3
— Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (@TyndallCentre) September 16, 2022
