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Keynotes, conference presentations and public lectures on climate science, engineering and the practical work of cooling the Earth from the surface up.
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MEER · Founder and Director
Talks by Dr. Ye Tao
Keynotes, conference presentations and lectures given by MEER's founder on the physics of surface cooling, global dimming and adaptive mitigation.
MEER Presentation at London Climate Action Week 2025
The principles of sustainable global cooling, constrained by real limits of energy and materials.
Mirrors for Earth's Energy Rebalancing (MEER Reflection)
Materials science and reflective cooling for a hotter world.
What Inspires Us
The values and principles of a just, sustainable civilization.
Why Net Zero Alone Cannot Stop Global Warming
Global dimming, the aerosol masking effect, and the case for immediately deployable surface cooling.
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Talks by other speakers
Presentations by researchers and public figures outside MEER, included for context. Each recording is credited to the conference or organisation that produced it.
David Attenborough's address to world leaders at COP26
The People's Advocate for COP26 asks whether this generation will be the one that finally stabilises the climate.
Harrison Ford at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit
A call to protect nature — and to stop dismissing the science — from the San Francisco summit stage.
Beyond Urgent: the science of climate warming as existential risk
David Spratt on high-end climate risk, and why scientific caution has understated the danger.
Jem Bendell's speech at the UN on the climate emergency
The Deep Adaptation author argues that preparing for disruption must sit alongside cutting emissions.
Leonardo DiCaprio at the opening of the UN Climate Summit 2014
A UN Messenger of Peace addresses world leaders on the scale and urgency of the climate crisis.
A New Covenant with Nature
Richard Heinberg on energy limits, ecological overshoot and rebuilding our relationship with the living world.
Breaking boundaries: science's responsibility to restore the planet
Johan Rockström on the planetary boundaries framework and what staying inside them now requires.
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Naomi Klein on why the climate crisis cannot be separated from the economy that produced it.
Earth System Tipping Points — ATLAS25 Keynote
James E. Hansen on the dangerous feedback loops of Earth System Tipping Points, and why we are running out of time.
Flooded Futures: understanding the rising threats and how we prepare
Stefan Rahmstorf on sea level rise, ocean circulation and the flood risks ahead.
How to change our climate reality
Anni Pokela on Arctic warming, climate risk and widening the range of responses.
Illusions about the energy transition and our future
Nate Hagens on energy, the economy and what a realistic transition actually demands.
Living sustainably in the Anthropocene
William E. Rees on ecological footprints, overshoot and what sustainability really requires.
The world we want when we are 50
Vanessa Nakate on climate justice, African voices and the future today's decisions are building.
Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth
Al Gore at TED, on the momentum behind the energy transition and the arguments used to slow it.
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