Awarded the 11th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change, Jonathan Gregory explains in this interview how sea-level rise and changes in the climate system are processes intimately linked to global warming. Drawing on his research in climate modeling and the assessment of past and future trends, Gregory details the factors driving the acceleration of sea-level rise and how these dynamics will affect coastal regions throughout this century. His reflections underscore the importance of combining high-level observations, robust scientific models, and adaptation policies to anticipate impacts and promote effective climate solutions.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category has gone in this eleventh edition to Anny Cazenave (France), John A. Church (Australia) and Jonathan Gregory (UK), for their outstanding contributions, the committee sta
Awarded the 11th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change, Jonathan Gregory explains in this interview how sea-level rise and changes in the climate system are processes intimately linked to global warming. Drawing on his research in climate modeling and the assessment of past and future trends, Gregory details the factors driving the acceleration of sea-level rise and how these dynamics will affect coastal regions throughout this century. His reflections underscore the importance of combining high-level observations, robust scientific models, and adaptation policies to anticipate impacts and promote effective climate solutions.
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change category has gone in this eleventh edition to Anny Cazenave (France), John A. Church (Australia) and Jonathan Gregory (UK), for their outstanding contributions, the committee states, “to detecting, understanding and projecting the response of global and regional sea level to anthropogenic climate change.”
00:00 Introduction
00:05 How has your research contributed to predicting global and regional sea level change due to climate change?
00:48 With what degree of certainty can these models predict sea level rise?
01:23 What do these models project about the future of sea level rise from now until the end of the 21st century, and how severe is the threat to human populations?
02:30 Do you believe the international community is doing enough to prevent the effects of sea level rise and, more broadly, the impacts of climate change? Are we still in time to avoid these threats, or have we already come too late?
