Emily Shuckburgh

Jan 19, 2025 | nature.com | Viktoria Cologna |Niels G. Mede |Sebastian Berger |Marina Joubert |Edward Maibach |Sabina Mihelj | +96 more

AbstractScience is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists.

Mar 18, 2024 | lse.ac.uk | Emily Shuckburgh

LSE Player is home to the latest films and podcasts from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Here you can watch videos on cutting edge research, find the award-winning LSE IQ podcast, and listen to more than 5,000 public event recordings featuring some of the world’s leading thinkers.

Oct 8, 2023 | researchprofessionalnews.com | Simon Sharpe |Emily Shuckburgh

Simon Sharpe and Emily Shuckburgh argue that climate research should focus on ultimate risksFor more than 30 years, researchers have warned of the dangers posed by climate change and pointed to the solutions. Meanwhile, global emissions have continued to rise, with governments’ targets implying that in 2030 they will be equivalent to around 20 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide per year above those consistent with limiting warming to 1.5C. Researchers might feel they have done all they can.

Mar 26, 2023 | independent.co.uk | Peter Ricketts |Emily Shuckburgh

We need to stop thinking of climate change as future hazard. It is happening right now, and it is damaging our national security as well as our way of life. Global warming has not yet reached the Paris-agreed limit of 1.5C, and already the shocks to global weather are ravaging communities around the world. Speaking as the IPCC delivered their latest assessment, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres called it a “ticking climate time bomb”.