My new car is electric!

Electric car enthusiasts should enjoy this Youtube from “Engineering Explained”.

The Nissan Leaf.

The host, Jason Fenske, has been given the new Nissan Leaf to “live with” for six months and here he gives viewer a brief rundown on the car.

He takes view for a drive and in doing that explains the differences in power and torque between electric cars and naturally aspirated fossil fuel power cars.

Watch the short video clip here - “My new car is electric!”

The truth about solar

Watch the 11 minute YouTube clip - “The truth about solar.”

The contradictions of climate change

Urgency and taking your time appear to be contradictory.

There is an unquestioned urgency about the need to address climate change, but equally, each of us needs to take our time understanding the implications of the complication.

Helping us get a better understanding of many aspects of climate change is this series of short YouTube videos from the University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute.

Watch the short 22 video clips here.

Jonas: Winter Storms in an Era of Global Warming

Every winter when there is a cold snap, or a big snow storm, climate contrarians claim that it disproves global warming.

What does the science say on this? How might global warming effect winter storms? How can there be record cold temperatures in a warming climate?

Watch this YouTube clip to find out “Jonas: Winter Storms in an Era of Global Warming.”

Promoting solutions and empowering people to act

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aunched by the World Bank and the Italian Ministry of Environment, Connect4Climate (C4C) is a global community that takes on climate change by promoting solutions and empowering people to act.

The Connect4Climate community connects more than 200 partners around the world including civil society groups, media networks, international organizations, academic institutions, youth groups, and the private sector.

Connect4Climate interacts with a global audience of more than a million individuals who participate on C4C's social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube, Flickr, and Instagram.

Learn more about the project here - “Connect4Climate is connecting to take on climate change.”

Less than two minutes to learn about coal and hunger

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oal pollution is the single biggest driver of climate change on the planet.

British film maker, Simon Pegg asks “What does coal have to do with hunger?”

In less than two minutes takes us through a YouTube journey to help us understand more about the question.

New YouTube climate change channel

An especially set up YouTube channel will help people understand something about the various aspects of research into climate change.

The channel has been set up by theNational Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, which is leading Australia’s research community in a national interdisciplinary effort to generate the information needed by decision-makers in government and in vulnerable sectors and communities to manage the risks of climate change impacts.

The new YouTube channel can be viewed here.