Shaun Fitzgerald - Climate engineer

Climate scientist Shaun Fitzgerald OBE is director of the Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge (UK), and a former director of the Royal Institution.

As an innovator, Dr Fitzgerald founded and led a company 'Breathing Buildings Ltd', pioneering new ways to ventilate buildings that can halve energy bills.

More recently, responding to worsening climate forecasts and the fear of tipping points, his work has focused on 'climate repair' which includes trials of technologies to brighten clouds, obstruct warm sea currents and even refreeze the arctic.

(00:00) Introduction to Shaun Fitzgerald

(02:48) THE PAST - My life and career journey

(14:57) 'Reduce' - The role of buildings in reducing energy use

(21:49) What have you learned about innovation itself?

(24:49) Creative artefact

(26:15) THE PRESENT - Latest innovations in climate repair: 'Remove' and 'Refreeze'

(35:56) THE FUTURE - Future of work

(37:26) What's uniquely human?

(38:00) Concluding advice

Cover image credit: Katerina Pavlyuchkova on Unsplash.

USEFUL LINKS:

Cambridge centre for climate repair: https://www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/refreeze

Refreezing the Arctic (article): https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/refreezing-the-arctic-working-with-nature-to-buy-us-more-time/

Breathing Buildings (natural and hybrid ventilation systems): https://www.breathingbuildings.com/knowledge/natural-ventilation/

Cambridge Zero (the University's response to the climate crisis): https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/our-mission