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Climate Clinic is based at:

The Cube
113-115 Portland St
Manchester
M1 6FB
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Monday 5th October – Thursday 8th October

Date
Start
Finish
Location
Details
Mon 05 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Green Manifesto Surgery with Oliver Letwin MP
Host:
Green Standard NGOs
Speakers:
Oliver Letwin MP, Chair of Conservative Policy Review ; David Nussbaum, Chief Executive - WWF-UK; Shaun Spiers, Chief Executive - Campaign to Protect Rural England; Tom Burke CBE
Mon 05 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Cameron's Green Vision: What about Coal?
Host:
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Christian Aid
Speakers:
Lord Taylor of Holbeach; Gordon McGregor, Energy & Environment Director, Scottish Power; Ruth Davis, Head of Climate Change Policy, RSPB; Sir Martin Taylor, Vice President and Physical Secretary, The Royal Society; Tony Lodge, Centre for Policy Studies
Chair:
Jonathan Leake, Science and Environment Editor, The Sunday Times
Mon 05 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Can Localism tackle Climate Change?
Host:
LGiU, Friends of the Earth, Sustain and NEA
Speakers:
Cllr Paul Bettison, Chairman, LGA Environment Board; Andy Atkins, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth; Jenny Saunders, Chief Executive, NEA
Chair:
Rosie Boycott, journalist
Mon 05 Oct
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Copenhagen: A fair climate deal that won't cost the earth?
Host:
Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth
Speakers:
Rt Hon John Gummer MP; Andy Atkins, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth; Daleep Mukarji, Director, Christian Aid
Chair:
Geoffrey Lean, Consulting Editor, The Telegraph
Mon 05 Oct
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Citizen Action: Cracking the politics of behaviour change
Host:
EST, Green Alliance and Micropower Council
Speakers:
Greg Barker MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change; Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica; Professor Erik Bichard, Professor of Regeneration and Sustainable Development, University of Salford; Ben Page, Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI
Chair:
Edward Hyams, Chairman, Energy Saving Trust
Mon 05 Oct
19:30
21:15
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Financing the Green New Deal: How do we deliver Zero Carbon Britain?
Host:
nef and Friends of the Earth
Speakers:
Greg Barker MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change ; Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair - Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; Andrew Simms, Policy Director - nef and founder member of the Green New Deal Group; Derry Newman, CEO, Solarcentury
Chair:
Ashley Seager, Economics Correspondent, The Guardian
Mon 05 Oct
21:30
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
They Think It's All Over...........The Great Green Quiz
Host:
Climate Clinic
Speakers:
: Geoffrey Lean, Journalist - The Daily Telegraph; Mike McCarthy, Environment Editor - The Independent; Chris Shearlock, Sustainable Development Manager - The Co-operative Group; Tony Juniper, Environmentalist - ; Greg Clark MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Tue 06 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Where should you put your money now? Avoiding the carbon crunch - carbon intensive fuels and the need for greater transparency in the financial markets.
Host:
The Co-operative Group, WWF-UK and Climate Clinic
Speakers:
Chris Shearlock, Sustainable Development Manager, The Co-operative Group; David Norman, Director of Campaigns, WWF-UK; Peter Young, Chairman, Aldersgate Group; Rt Hon John Gummer MP, Chair of the Quality of Life Group
Chair:
Geoffrey Lean, Daily Telegraph
Tue 06 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
If technology can't fix it, could moving around less make us happier and help save the planet?
Host:
LowCVP, nef, Friends of the Earth
Speakers:
Steven Norris, TfL Board Member and former Minister for Transport; Mike Childs, Head of Climate, Friends of the Earth; Greg Archer, Managing Director, LowCVP; Peter Lipman, Sustrans & Chair, Transition Network
Chair:
Nic Marks, Founder of the centre for well-being, nef
Tue 06 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Public Procurement for Public Benefit
Host:
Sustain, NEA, Friends of the Earth, CHPA, LGiU and nef
Speakers:
Councillor Brian Connell, Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Family Policy, Westminster City Council; Jack Perschke, PPC for Derby South; Richard Watts, Campaigns Director, Sustain; Graham Meeks, Director, CHPA ;Anna Coote, Head of Public Sector Policy, nef; Neil MacKenzie, Vice President, Supply Chain - Procurement, Capgemini UK;
Chair:
Jenny Saunders, Chief Executive NEA
Tue 06 Oct
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Sustainable Energy in a Climate Constrained world
Host:
UKBCSE, CHPA, EST, Micropower Council and PRASEG
Speakers:
Greg Barker MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change; Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace UK; Ed Mayo, Chief Executive, Consumer Focus; Phillip Sellwood, Chief Executive, Energy Saving Trust; Sabine Froning, Managing Director, Euroheat & Power; Barry Neville, Director of Public Affairs, British Gas
Chair:
Geoffrey Lean, Daily Telegraph
Tue 06 Oct
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Business innovation and Climate Change: The role of business innovation in the transition to a sustainable economy
Host:
Climate Clinic, Friends of the Earth and Microsoft
Speakers:
Rt Hon John Gummer MP; Neil Bentley, Director of the Business Environment at the CBI; Dr. Tim Jenkins, Chief Economist, Friends of the Earth; Matt Lambert, Director of Corporate Affairs & Citizenship, Microsoft
Chair:
Charles Perry,Co-founder, Second Nature Partnership
Tue 06 Oct
19:15
20:30
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Wildlife & Renewables: Natural bedfellows?
Host:
RSPB
Speakers:
Greg Clark MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change ; Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive - BWEA; Graham Wynne, Chief Executive - RSPB
Chair:
Mike McCarthy, Environment Editor, The Independent
Tue 06 Oct
20:30
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
'The End Of The Line' - A powerful documentary on the damage we are doing to our fish stocks
Host:
Climate Clinic, WWF-UK and Waitrose
Speakers:
Charles Clover, Author, "The End of the Line" Richard Benyon MP, Shadow Marine and Fisheries Minister ; Mark Price, Managing Director - Waitrose; David Nussbaum, Chief Executive - WWF-UK
Wed 07 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Skilling the New Green Carbon Army
Host:
Micropower Council and NEA
Speakers:
Peter Ainsworth MP, Promoter - Green Energy Bill; Jenny Saunders, Chief Executive, NEA; Frances O'Grady, TUC Deputy General Secretary; Bill Rumble, Group Commercial Director, Mark Group
Chair:
Geoffrey Lean, Daily Telegraph
Wed 07 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
The New Suffragettes: can Climate Change Save Democracy?
Host:
nef and DEA
Speakers:
Greg Clark MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change ; Andrew Simms, Policy Director, nef; Gavin Phillipson, Professor of Law, Durham University; Joss Garman, Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace
Chair:
Rosie Boycott, Author and Journalist;
Wed 07 Oct
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Deforestation - the hidden cause of climate change and the role of intensive agriculture
Host:
Friends of the Earth, Sustain
Speakers:
Andy Atkins, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth; Dr Tom MacMillan, Executive Director, Food Ethics Council; Mark Avery, Director of Conservation, RSPB; Sergio Schlesinger, Rainforest Campaigner, FASE Brazil
Chair:
Richard Watts, Sustain
Wed 07 Oct
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Equal not more: Has growth failed?
Host:
The Equality Trust, nef, Fairtrade Foundation
Speakers:
Andrew Simms, Policy Director, nef; Mike Gidney, Deputy Director, Fairtrade Foundation; Richard Wilkinson, Director, The Equality Trust; Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Surrey (tbc)
Wed 07 Oct
19:15
20:15
Climate Clinic @ The Cube
Fringe:
Should schools teach Climate Change: Can Education Promote a Sustainable World?
Host:
DEA and Christian Aid
Speakers:
Tim Loughton MP, Shadow Minister for Children; Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, DEA; Liz Jackson, Head of Education, WWF-UK; Dionne Gravesande, Head of Churches and Education, Christian Aid
Wed 07 Oct
21:30
23:00
Trafford Room, Midland Hotel
Fringe:
Copenhagen: The World Awaits - A reception with special guests
Host:
Climate Clinic and Stop Climate Chaos
Speakers:
Elvis Sukali, Oxfam Malawi
Description:
Special guests include actress Greta Scacchi (tbc), Greg Clark MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow International Development Secretary