Adriana Vergés's guest appearances

Adriana Vergés

UNSW Centre for Ideas

100 Climate Conversations

Tim Flannery

Rebecca Huntley

Pankaj Mishra

Stephen Fry

Thomas Piketty

Paul Bloom

Rutger Bregman

Rowan Williams

Julia Gillard

Daniel Dennett

Kate Devlin

Angela Saini

Angela Nagle

Germaine Greer

Megan Phelps-Roper

OwlTail

Marine ecologist Adriana Vergés is on a mission to bring back Sydney's disappearing seagrass meadows, which provide critical habitat and support marine biodiversity off Australia’s biggest metropolis. From her lab at UNSW, she leads Operation Crayweed: an initiative dedicated to restoring seagrass ecosystems, opening new carbon sinks and mitigating climate impacts.  Adriana Vergés is recorded live in conversation with Paddy Manning at Powerhouse Ultimo. For more information 100climateconversations.com/adriana-verges

Marine ecologist Adriana Vergés is on a mission to bring back Sydney's disappearing seagrass meadows, which provide critical habitat and support marine biodiversity off Australia’s biggest metropolis. From her lab at UNSW, she leads <a href="http://www.operationcrayweed.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Operation Crayweed</a>: an initiative dedicated to restoring seagrass ecosystems, opening new carbon sinks and mitigating climate impacts.  Adriana Vergés is recorded live in conversation with Paddy Manning at <a href="https://www.maas.museum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Powerhouse Ultimo.</a> For more information <a href="http://100climateconversations.com/adriana-verges" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100climateconversations.com/adriana-verges</a>

001 | 100 Adriana Vergés: Restoring Sydney’s seagrass meadows

Emma Johnston

In January we watched helplessly as Australia burned. Over 18 million hectares were destroyed, and more than a billion animals were killed. It was clear to those on both sides of politics that Australia needed immediate climate action. Flash forward and the all-encompassing nature of COVID-19 has made it almost impossible to talk about anything else, but the imperatives of climate change have not gone away. So how do we restart the conversation on climate? In Australia, despite the work of our world-leading scientists, climate change is a vexed political topic, rather than a question of science and policy. As we grapple with the new normal of bushfires and water shortages, on top of pandemic recovery, how can we take the politics out of these important issues? How can we bring communities together to think about change? Join climate scientist and author of The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, Tim Flannery, marine ecologist Adriana Vergés, social researcher, author of How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference, Rebecca Huntley and marine biologist and Dean of Science at UNSW Sydney, Emma Johnston to find out how we might turn these pressing climate conversations into climate solutions.

In January we watched helplessly as Australia burned. Over 18 million hectares were destroyed, and more than a billion animals were killed. It was clear to those on both sides of politics that Australia needed immediate climate action. Flash forward and the all-encompassing nature of COVID-19 has made it almost impossible to talk about anything else, but the imperatives of climate change have not gone away. So how do we restart the conversation on climate? In Australia, despite the work of our world-leading scientists, climate change is a vexed political topic, rather than a question of science and policy. As we grapple with the new normal of bushfires and water shortages, on top of pandemic recovery, how can we take the politics out of these important issues? How can we bring communities together to think about change? Join climate scientist and author of The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, Tim Flannery, marine ecologist Adriana Vergés, social researcher, author of How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference, Rebecca Huntley and marine biologist and Dean of Science at UNSW Sydney, Emma Johnston to find out how we might turn these pressing climate conversations into climate solutions.

Tim Flannery, Adriana Vergés, Rebecca Huntley & Emma Johnston: We Need to Talk About Climate Change

Pollution, warm water and fishing all threaten our oceans, but when we give nature a helping hand, its ability to help itself can be remarkable.Adriana Vergés is a marine ecologist and conservationist in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney. Adriana’s research focuses on the ecological impacts of climate change and the conservation of the world’s algal forests and seagrass meadows and much of her research takes place underwater. Adriana is passionate about communicating science to the wider public, especially through films, art and new media.This talk and interview are part of Unsomnia: a series of short talks for restless minds.Tackling the issues that keep us up at night, imagining the inconceivable and envisioning the future, UNSW researchers have just 10 minutes each to explain what life we will be living in the future.To celebrate the 70th anniversary of UNSW Sydney, researchers were asked to take stock of what society used to be, fast forward to today’s world and look ahead another 70 years.Hosted by Rob Brooks.

Pollution, warm water and fishing all threaten our oceans, but when we give nature a helping hand, its ability to help itself can be remarkable. Adriana Vergés is a marine ecologist and conservationist in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney. Adriana’s research focuses on the ecological impacts of climate change and the conservation of the world’s algal forests and seagrass meadows and much of her research takes place underwater. Adriana is passionate about communicating science to the wider public, especially through films, art and new media. This talk and interview are part of Unsomnia: a series of short talks for restless minds. Tackling the issues that keep us up at night, imagining the inconceivable and envisioning the future, UNSW researchers have just 10 minutes each to explain what life we will be living in the future. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of UNSW Sydney, researchers were asked to take stock of what society used to be, fast forward to today’s world and look ahead another 70 years. Hosted by Rob Brooks.

Adriana Vergés: Underwater forests