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Professor Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory at NTU, will discuss on the urgent action needed to achieve net-zero emissions, phase out coal, decarbonise buildings, and halt deforestation to ensure climate resilience.
Global warming is threatening vulnerable communities, coral reefs, biodiversity, and coastal cities.
Speakers
Benjamin Horton
Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological University
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Benjamin
Horton
Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological University
Professor Benjamin Horton is the Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research concerns sea-level change. He aims to understand the mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, which will shape changes in the future.
Professor Horton has won research awards from European Geosciences Union, American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America. Professor Horton was an editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. Professor Horton has published over 260 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Understanding the impacts of 1.5°C World
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Benjamin HortonUnderstanding the impacts of 1.5°C World
Speakers
Benjamin Horton
Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological UniversityProfessor Benjamin Horton is the Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research concerns sea-level change. He aims to understand the mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, which will shape changes in the future.
Professor Horton has won research awards from European Geosciences Union, American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America. Professor Horton was an editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. Professor Horton has published over 260 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Speakers
Benjamin Horton
Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological UniversityProfessor Benjamin Horton is the Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research concerns sea-level change. He aims to understand the mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, which will shape changes in the future.
Professor Horton has won research awards from European Geosciences Union, American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America. Professor Horton was an editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report. Professor Horton has published over 260 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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