For Schools

After an introduction by Chloe Andrews-Jones, Johnny Ball kicked off with a very energetic take on why science doesn’t always get things right and why it’s only by challenging and asking questions that science progresses. Grazia Todeschini as a guest lecturer from Kings College covered the problems with the UK’s Energy Supplies, followed by Fueller Mark Crowther who gave a very persuasive case for using hydrogen for heating, for transport and for industry. Fueller Peter Evans discussed the importance of environmental science and the safety regulations applied to the oil and gas industry, particularly to mitigate methane as a lesser-known green house gas and finally an Arkwright Scholar Alumna Jayne Higham, who now works in sustainability in the Manufacturing Technology Centre, discussed the issues facing the UK in pursuing an all-electric route to net zero. All the panellists joined for a very interesting half hour of Q&A introduced by Averil Macdonald.

The full event can be viewed at https://youtu.be/XPE8Ct5CXEA but you can choose to watch individual presentations each of 10-15 minutes.

Also as a reminder the Livery Climate Action Group website has lots of ‘thought provoking questions’ on the outreach tab Thought provoking questions – Livery Climate Action Group (liverycag.org.uk). There are blogs for A level students Blogs – Livery Climate Action Group (liverycag.org.uk)