In this short interview, Professor Myles Allen (CBE) answered some our questions in the advent of COP27: On the potential of COP27 to strengthen commitment to stay within 1.5 degrees of warming, the role of the UK at COP and leading climate progress, and what he's looking forward to at the conference, as an expert in the field of climate science.

Disclaimer:

It should be mentioned that Allen is an advocate for Carbon Capture Storage (CCS); an often favoured but risky technological solution for climate change, that involves capturing and storing CO2 beneath the seabed. He mentions this in some of his answers to questions, however CCS is controversial as the science underlying it is still uncertain, and could backfire if relied upon and used at scale - thus we'd like to underline this opinion is not upheld by OCS, and not to be undertaken without critical thought!