Theme: Countdown

This event is part of TED "Countdown", a global conversation launching on October 10th, about action we can take right now to fight climate change. Details are at countdown.ted.com.

TEDxFultonStreet welcomes two fantastic presenters, who will debut original presentations about their current work:

Charlton Shackleton is retracing his ancestral journey to Antarctica by Sir Ernest Shackleton, on its 100th anniversary, to increase global awareness to climate science.

Dyhia Belhabib, PhD is distributing research grants, focusing on the community of underserved and equatorial scientists, to increase diversity in climate science research.

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Charlton Shackleton

Antarctic Explorer, Sailor, and Entrepreneur, Charlton Shackleton is planning a 2022 expedition to the South Pole commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of his ancestor, Sir Ernest Shackleton. He has created a not-for-profit organization called The Shackleton Research Trust, whose mission is to provide opportunities for advancement to underrepresented students of science from around the world through academic scholarship programs. In addition, he is Executive Director of Shackleton Initiative Marine Research Centre, which was founded as a means to explore the study of coral reef restoration methodologies. Located at the waters edge in Tobago, West Indies, SIMRC hosts visitors, students, and researchers interested in working on Buccoo Reef.

Dyhia Belhabib

Principal Investigator for EcoTrust Canada, Dr. Belhabib works to track and report illegal fishing and other forms of crimes committed by and onboard fishing vessels at sea, affect ecosystems, people, and their communities. Fishing crimes jeopardize livelihoods and food security of millions of people around the globe. Spyglass is a cooperative platform that publishes information from the Criminal Record of Fishing Vessels © 2018 Dyhia Belhabib, and allows users to have access to the criminal history of individual large-scale fishing vessels and their companies, and small-scale fishing vessels, in support of local governments, Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance agencies, fishing communities, and the public.