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Climate Change and CO2 Emission Professor Dominic Foo

The Akademi Sain MY Fellows’ Lecture series, brings new Fellows and their research topic front and centre to the public eye. FAScinate™ features a refreshed format, transitioning from a formal lecture-style presentation into a more casual engagement, to bring science closer to the community. 

Combating Climate Change Professor Dominic Foo

Many countries have committed to reduce their CO2 emissions under the Paris Agreement (COP21). These voluntary cuts, known as intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), are meant to limit temperature rise of the global earth to no more than 2°C by the year 2100. Above this threshold, climate change will become catastrophic. The problem is that deep emissions cuts are needed to achieve this goal; according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s net carbon emissions need to be reduced to zero by mid-century. To reduce CO2 emissions, various low-, zero- or negative-emissions technologies are to be used. This requires decision makers to balance economic, environmental and societal goals, while using specialist information from scientists. An intuitive planning tool known as Carbon Emissions Pinch Analysis (CEPA) has been co-developed by Prof Dominic Foo and his colleague Prof Raymond Tan (De La Salle University Philippines) for the planning of energy-climate nexus. CEPA consists of various graphical, algebraic and optimisation techniques that allow the optimum allocation of different energy sources to different demands, with carbon emissions limits. These tools aid high-level decision-making through a “big picture” approach, and make the energy planning tasks much easier.

Educational Inequalities in Sri Lanka: National Data and Local Perspectives on Access, Quality and Learning Outcomes Dr Vengadeshvaran Sarma

A study co-authored by Nottingham University Business School Malaysia's academic Dr Vengadeshvaran Sarma (Director of Undergraduate Programmes), Stefanie Licht (GIZ), and Tushani Kalugalagedara (CEPA), Titled 'Poverty in Sri Lanka' shows educational Inequality in Sri Lanka: National Data and Local Perspectives on Access, Quality and Learning Outcomes was launched at an open forum event by the Sri Lankan think tank CEPA on Tuesday 12 February 2019. CEPA - The Centre for Poverty Analysis is an independent Sri Lankan think-tank promoting a better understanding of poverty-related development issues. GIZ - The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH is a German Development Agency.

Inclusive education in ASEAN countries: how to support children with disabilities in schools Dr Wong Tze Peng

This policy briefly provides recommendations to enable equal participation in education among children with disabilities in ASEAN countries. It specifically calls for governments and schools to adopt inclusive education recommendations which incorporates the teacher training of inclusive principles, the allocation of funding to build relevant infrastructure and the development of new curriculum.

Visualise emission cuts for developing countries Professor Dominic Foo

Policy makers should use the carbon emissions pinch analysis (CEPA) as a graphical technique to allow the energy-climate nexus to be analysed visually and easily. This will help decision makers achieve the emission cuts they need. We illustrate the usefulness of CEPA by applying it to the case of Malaysia as a representative for transition economies. 

Studying Twins Dr Steve Stewart-Williams

Steve Stewart-Williams appears on BFM radio with Sue Ann Lim, to discuss twin studies, behavioural genetics, and the Nottingham Malaysian Twin Registry.

Nurture Alone Can’t Explain Male Aggression Dr Steve Stewart-Williams

Popular-science article by Steve Stewart-Williams in Nautilus magazine. The article is all about the nature and nurture of sex differences in aggression.

Mental Health - Prepared for the New Normal? Dr Chan Wen Li

Guest on Astro Awani’s 'Consider This' programme. Interviewed by hosts Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan.

Challenges and choices to pursue higher education during the Covid-19 period Dr Teo Wing Leong

In this article of his bi-weekly column in ‘Sinchew Daily’, a Chinese language newspaper in Malaysia, Dr Teo wrote about challenges and choices for those intending to further their education at universities during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The article is presented in Mandarin.    

The UK and the Belt and Road Initiative: Interview with Ben Barton, University of Nottingham Dr Benjamin Barton

This interview discusses the need for the British government to consider developing its own ‘Belt-and-Road Initiative’ strategy in the new post-Brexit era. 
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