Luke Howard, pioneer meteorologist, classified clouds in 1803. Second class stamp released by the Royal Mail on 1 Feb 2024
After a year of celebrating the 250 anniversary of the birth of Luke Howard, we ended with an afternoon of activities at Bruce Castle Museum celebrating his work and exploring what his achievements mean today.
There was an introduction to Urban Climate Walks by urban climate architect, Julie Futcher. Followed by group discussions on what to include in a Tottenham Urban Climate walk.
Download a copy of Julie's Climate Rules presentation: Generating an Interdisciplinary Planning
Framework to Support Climate Resilient Places. Understanding the #UrbanClimate Rules! here
Resilience is essential in both mitigation and adaptation to environmental and climate challenges:
- In mitigation, it involves developing systems (like renewable energy sources) that reduce sensitivity to climate change and maintain functionality.
- In adaptation, resilience is about enhancing the ability of communities and systems to withstand and recover from the effects of climate change, such as extreme weather or sea-level rise.
The presentation was followed by a panel discussion on climate, energy, weather and the challenge of climate change. The talks were by Pamela Harling (En10ergy), Alan Morton (En10ergy) and Quentin Given (Friends of the Earth).
An update on politics and climate was provided by a video of Jonathan Pie at COP 26
Jonathan Pie The World's End on YouTube here
And to end of the Luke Howard 250 anniversary year there was a message from Berndnaut Smilde, creator of indoor clouds
See some of Berndnaut's works here: Builded Remnants and Nimbus Atlas II
Anthony Howell read from Luke Howard’s essays.
