Face the Facts
Meet some of Scotland’s leading climate researchers talking about their work in the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference COP26.
The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties COP26 in Glasgow on 1 – 12 November 2021. The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scottish Science Advisory Council and Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society, are collaborating to help highlight Scottish research and science and its contribution to understanding and tackling climate change. A broad range of researchers and practitioners in Scotland whose work relates to the Earth’s climate are being interviewed and we will publish new videos every month in the lead up to COP26.
Face the Facts - December 2020
Video 1 – Professor E Marian Scott OBE FRSE
Marian is Professor of Environmental Statistics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Glasgow; an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), a chartered statistician of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and a member of the SSAC.
Face the Facts | Professor Marian Scott OBE FRSE | COP26 - YouTube
Video 2 – Dr Sandro Carnicelli
Dr Sandro Carnicelli is the Marketing, Events and Tourism Unit Leader at the University of the West of Scotland, UK and is a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland (YAS).
Face the Facts | Dr. Sandro Carnicelli | COP26 - YouTube
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Face the Facts - January 2021
Video 3 - Dr Leslie Mabon
Dr Leslie Mabon is a Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the Scottish Association for Marine Science-University of the Highlands and Islands. He is a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland, and a Future Earth Coasts Fellow.
Face the Facts | Dr. Leslie Mabon | COP26 - YouTube
Video 4 - Dr Hermione Cockburn OBE FRSE FRSGS
Hermione is Scientific Director at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh’s science centre dedicated to environmental science. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Face the Facts | Dr. Hermione Cockburn OBE | COP26 - YouTube
Face the Facts - February 2021
Video 5 - Professor Lorna Dawson CBE, FRSE, FRSA
Professor Lorna Dawson is Head of the Soil Forensics Group within the Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group at the James Hutton Institute and honorary professor in Forensic Science at Robert Gordon University, and is SEFARI Advisor on the Scottish Government‘s (RESAS) strategic research programme 2016-2021.
Face the Facts | Professor Lorna Dawson FRSE | COP26 - YouTube
Video 6 - Dr Daniel Barreto
Dr Daniel Barreto is a Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University. He is also the Head of the Research Centre for Civil Engineering and a member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland. He completed his first degree in Civil Engineering at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) in 2003.
Face the Facts | Dr Daniel Barreto | COP26 - YouTube
Face the Facts - March 2021
Video 7 - Dr Roxane Andersen
Dr Roxane Andersen is a Senior Research Fellow leading peatland research at the University of the Highlands and Islands from the Environmental Research Institute in Thurso, Scotland. As a member of Scotland’s National Peatland Group, Dr Andersen also supports the implementation of Scotland’s National Peatland Plan and its ambition to restore and protect peatlands for future generations.
Face the Facts | Dr Roxane Andersen | COP26 - YouTube
Video 8 - Dr Thomas Farrugia
Dr. Thomas Farrugia is Founder and CEO of Beta Bugs Limited, the insect genetics company, which he established in 2017. The company, headquartered at Easter Bush Campus, develops and distributes high-performance breeds of Black Soldier Fly for the insects-as-feed industry.
Face the Facts | Dr Thomas Farrugia | COP26 - YouTube
Face the Facts - April 2021
Video 9 - Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer (FRSE, FIChemE, FRSC, FRSA, FEI)
Professor Maroto-Valer is Associate Principal (Global Sustainability) and Director of the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) at Heriot-Watt University. Mercedes is leading the development of the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) to accelerate the decarbonisation of industrial clusters.
Face the Facts | Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer | COP26 - YouTube
Video 10 - Professor Pete Smith, FRS, FRSE, FNA, FEurASc, FISoilSci, FRSB
Pete Smith is Professor of Soils and Global Change at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK) and Science Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of Expertise (ClimateXChange). His interests include climate change mitigation, soils, agriculture, food systems, ecosystem services and modelling. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Scientists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, a Fellow of the European Science Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (London).
Face The Facts | Professor Pete Smith FRSE | COP26 - YouTube
NOTES FOR NEWS EDITORS
Media enquiries: Joanne Ward - 01412420202 / Joanne.Ward@scotland.gsi.gov.uk