1b. Scientific Background
2. Now read the ‘Scientific Background’ section from the Big Ideas on Climate Action. Is there anything you can add to your concept map?
Watch the video below and answer the questions in the task at the bottom of the page.
Dr Cat Scott is a University Academic Fellow in Biosphere-Climate Interactions. The overall aim of her research is to understand the extent to which land use change (specifically, eliminating deforestation and engaging in large-scale landscape restoration) can help mitigate climate change. She is Director of the Leeds Ecosystem, Atmosphere and Forest (LEAF) Centre. Cat has served as an academic consultant for the EU in developing land use strategy. She is passionate about communicating climate science and was the academic lead on the BBC’s Terrific Scientific Trees Investigation. She also won the Climate Change zone of “I’m a scientist get me out of here!” (2016). Cat has been instrumental in helping Leeds DEC develop our Climate Curriculum and coordinating the support of other academics at the University of Leeds and we are hugely grateful to her!