Blueprint for a Safer Planet

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Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

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Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, a world renowned economist and leading authority on climate change, came to the 21st Century School on Thursday 7 May to give a lecture about his "Blueprint for a Safer Planet". Lord Stern made headlines in 2006 with the publication of the influential Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and the launch of his most recent publication "Blueprint for a Safer Planet", on which this lecture was based has also received attention from around the world. Further substantial global warming is now unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. Approximately 800 people heard Lord Stern explain his vision for a global deal to manage these risks and how the way we live in the next thirty years - how we invest, use energy, organise transport and manage forests - will determine whether these risks become realities.

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Date Added: 08/05/2009

Duration: 00:53:52

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Proportionality and the Laws of War: Conflicting Interpretations

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Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict

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Prof. Thomas Hurka, Prof. Henry Shue, and Dr. David Rodin debate conflicting interpretations of proportionality and their relation to the laws of war.

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Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)

Date Added: 08/05/2009

Duration: 00:54:33

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BEYOND KYOTO: Green Innovation and Enterprise for the 21st Century - Opening Address

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Business and the Environment - A conference from the Said Business School, University of Oxford

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There is a great deal of innovation in the areas of green enterprise and clean technology in Oxford and the greater Oxford-London-Cambridge region, presenting an infrastructural advantage supported by world-class universities and businesses.

The Oxford Business and Environment Network, with the support of Saïd Business School, the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, is organising the 2009 Conference: "Beyond Kyoto - Green Innovation and Enterprise for the 21st Century". The aim of the conference is to highlight the broader issues and opportunities for green innovation and technology, and to support the development of a supportive local ecosystem for entrepreneurship in this area. This opening address was delivered by Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO, New Energy Finance.

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Business and the Environment - A conference from the Said Business School, University of Oxford

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Date Added: 07/05/2009

Duration: 00:37:58

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Obama's First 100 Days

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Interviews with Oxonians

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Orla De Burca interviews Desmond King, Andrew Mellon Professor of American Government, on Barack Obama’s first 100 days as President; discussing Obama’s plans to recover America’s Economy and the success so far of his foreign and domestic plans.

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Department: IT Services

Date Added: 06/05/2009

Duration: 00:27:35

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Detective Fictions: In Pursuit of Sovereignty in the Postcolony

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African Studies Centre

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Professor Jean Comaroff gives the 2008 African Studies Annual Lecture on the situation in South Africa, the rise of crime and violence as well as the rise private security companies and belief in the supernatural forces of witchcraft.

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Date Added: 05/05/2009

Duration: 00:52:25

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African Studies Centre

The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Africa. In every Faculty and Division across the University there are active research programmes focused on the continent. The African Studies Centre, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Alongside the vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc in African Studies, inaugurated in 2006, is already recognised as Europe's most prestigious and successful training programme in its field.

The world's first tracheal transplant

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Department for Continuing Education's guest lectures

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A lecture "The world's first tracheal transplant" given by Prof Martin Birchall, University of Bristol, at the 10th OIBC Spring Symposium, held jointly with the Department for Continuing Education, at St Edward's School, Oxford, on 4 March 2009.

Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/oibc3 to view the full presentation from Prof Martin Birchall, including his slides.

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Date Added: 05/05/2009

Duration: 00:45:56

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Tissue engineering and stem cell technology

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A lecture, "Tissue engineering and stem cell technology" given by Prof ZhanFeng Cui, University of Oxford, at the 10th OIBC Spring Symposium, held jointly with the Department for Continuing Education, at St Edward's School, Oxford, on 4 March 2009.

Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/oibc2 to view the full presentation from Prof ZhanFeng Cui, including his slides.

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Date Added: 05/05/2009

Duration: 00:39:40

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Stem cells: what are they and why are they important

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A lecture "Stem cells: what are they and why are they important" given by Professor Sir Richard Gardner at the 10th OIBC Spring Symposium, held jointly with the Department for Continuing Education, at St Edward's School, Oxford, on 4 March 2009.

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Date Added: 05/05/2009

Duration: 00:54:24

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Challenges and opportunities in a changing world

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Bynum Tudor Annual Lectures at Kellogg College

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Dr Kohn is a pharmacologist, entrepreneur and a musician. In his lecture he drew on his experience throughout his distinguished career, combining his love of music and his life as a baritone of professional standing with that of a medical scientist.