In part two of our conversation with Environment Canada climate scientist Greg Flato, we discuss the dynamics of CO2 in the troposphere, the tropopause and the stratosphere.

We invited beekeepers Amanda and Jeff Lee of Swan Valley Honey to join us for a Conversation That Matter about the intricate relationship we have with pollinators who ensure we all can enjoy a plentiful and delicious diet.

In this Conversation That Matters, he talks online to Environment Canada Climate Scientist Greg Flato about climate and he clears up a number of issues.

We invited the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Vice President for Salmon, Jason Hwang, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the state of salmon.

We reached out to Professor of Mathematics Valentina Zharkova of Northumbria University, one of the first people to raise awareness of the decrease in solar activity, for a Conversation That Matters about the sun, its reduced activity and her reading of the impact it will have on temperatures on earth.

We invited volcanologist Glyn Williams-Jones of SFU’s Earth Sciences Department to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the program he and a complex web of other scientists are putting in place that will be an early warning system when Mount Meager decides to change its shape again.

We sat down with climate professor Simon Donner for a Conversation That Matters about the science of climate, how it works, what we can do and the reality of our climate and the future.

We invited Simon Jackson of Nature Labs to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the project that he and Jill Cooper designed to change students’ relationship with nature.

We invited Marc Rauch to join us for a Conversation That Matters about a why ethanol gets so little respect as a fuel and why we need to learn to love it.

We invited marine scientist Dr Richard Beamish to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the next step forward in understanding where our beloved salmon go and what we can do to help ensure their survival.

We invited Justin Woodward to join us for a Conversation That Matters about transforming economies that until now lived with intermittent and unreliable electricity.

We invited Andrew Trites to join us for a Conversation That Matters about what is happening with the Southern Resident Orca Whale population.

We invited Lynn Mueller of SHARC Energy Systems to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how wastewater helps reduce our carbon footprint, reduces the massive volume of warm water that spills back into oceans and saves consumers money.

We invited the President of the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association, Bruce Sharpe, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the future of the electric vehicle.

We invited Mark Jaccard, a professor of sustainable energy in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at SFU, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the ways in which we can nudge, control or force all of us to transition away from fossil fuels.

We invited Jamie Houssian of Elemental Energy to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the business of renewable energy.

We invited John Thompson, the Chair of the conference to join us for a Conversation That Matters about strategies that will identify gaps in our knowledge base, ensuring we meet the needs of future generations.

We invited Taryn Skalbania of the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the right to roll up your sleeves and make sure your government represents everyone’s interests.

With more than one billion cars on the road around the world, we sat down with platinum and palladium miner Mike Jones for a Conversation That Matters about the ongoing role of metals in the green economy.

To discuss what the shipping industry is doing to meet these concerns, issues, and regulations, we invited the President of the Chamber of Shipping, Robert Lewis-Manning, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about protecting our coastal waters.