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The Royal Institution Lecture Theatre where the Christmas Lectures are held 0 December 30, 2020 14:00 by Matthew Bird
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Everyone has their own Christmas traditions. Perhaps you like opening your advent calendar every day, decorating your Christmas tree, or going carolling. But what about watching the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures?
The Lectures have been held every Christmastime since 1825, hosted by the Royal Institution, with the aims of making science more accessible and inspiring the next generation of great scientists.
The first Royal Institution Christmas Lecture was hosted by the British engineer John Millington. In 1936 it became the UK’s first science TV series. They were created by Michael Faraday who also hosted the lectures on nineteen separate occasions, at a time when organised education for young people was scarce.
Kilkenny s Tara Shine to deliver Royal Institution Christmas lecture on BBC Four
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Kilkenny s Dr Tara Shine will deliver a Royal Institution Christmas lecture on BBC Four at 8pm tonight.
Dr Shine was appointed as co-facilitator of the Structured Expert Dialogue under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); a critical post in reviewing the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement earlier this year.
The Kilkenny woman is a environmental scientist, policy advisor and science communicator with over 20 years experience working at the international level on climate change and sustainable development, as an adviser to governments, world leaders businesses and international organisations. She is also a director of the award-winning social enterprise Change by Degrees, which educates and inspires people at home and work to live more sustainably and is the author of How To Save Your Planet One Object At A Time.
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On 30 December, IIED chair Dr Tara Shine will give a televised talk about climate change as part of this year’s Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution.
Helen Czerski, Chris Jackson and IIED chair Dr Tara Shine, right, have been selected to give this year s annual Royal Institution annual Christmas Lectures (Photo: copyright Paul Wilkinson Photography and John Allen)
IIED chair and environmental scientist Dr Tara Shine will be one of three people to deliver a Christmas Lecture in this year’s prestigious science series by the Royal Institution.
The 2020 theme for the UK’s flagship science lectures is ‘Planet Earth: A user’s guide’. Three expert scientists, from different fields, will reveal their own guide to understanding the planet and teach how to live more sustainably from three different perspectives: earth, oceans and the air.