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Friends Meeting House
Ship Street
Brighton
BN1 1AF
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Sunday 27th September – Thursday 1st October

Date
Start
Finish
Location
Details
Mon 28 Sep
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
If technology can't fix it, could moving around less make us happier and help save the planet?
Host:
nef, SERA, LowCVP, Friends of the Earth
Speakers:
Stephen Byers MP (tbc); Peter Lipman, Sustrans & Chair, Transport Network; Saamah Abdallah, researcher, nef
Chair:
Andrew Pakes, Chair, SERA
Mon 28 Sep
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Brown's Green Vision: what about Coal?
Host:
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Christian Aid
Speakers:
Joan Ruddock MP, Minister of State, DECC; Gordon McGregor, Scottish Power; James Wilsdon, Director of Science Policy, The Royal Society; Ruth Davis, Head of Climate Change Policy, RSPB
Chair:
Jonathan Leake, Sunday Times
Mon 28 Sep
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
The New Suffragettes: can Climate Change Save Democracy?
Host:
nef, DEA
Speakers:
Joss Garman, Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace; Andrew Simms, policy director nef; Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP; Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC; Dr Paul Chatterton, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, University of Leeds
Chair:
Anna Coote, head of public policy, nef (the new economics foundation)
Mon 28 Sep
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Wildlife & Renewables: Natural bedfellows?
Host:
RSPB
Speakers:
Ed Miliband, Dept of Energy and Climate Change tbc; Maria McCaffery, BWEA; Mark Avery, RSPB;
Chair:
Mike McCarthy, The Independent
Mon 28 Sep
19:00
20:30
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Sustainable Energy in a climate-constrained world
Host:
CHPA, PRASEG, Micropower Council, EST and UKBCSE
Speakers:
David Kidney MP, Minister of state, DECC; Ed Mayo, CEO, Consumer Focus; Ross Armstrong, Director of Corporate and Government Affairs, eaga; Fiona Riddoch, MD, COGEN Europe; Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace UK
Chair:
Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Chair, PRASEG
Mon 28 Sep
19:15
20:15
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Should schools teach Climate Change: Can Education promote a Sustainable world?
Host:
DEA, Christian Aid
Speakers:
Emily Thornberry MP, PPS to the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change; Chris Keates, General Secretary, NASUWT; Liz Jackson, Head of Education, WWF-UK
Chair:
Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, DEA
Mon 28 Sep
20:30
22:00
Edinburgh Room, Hilton Metropole Hotel
Fringe:
Copenhagen: The World Awaits - A Reception with Special Guests
Host:
Climate Clinic and Stop Climate Chaos in association with Labour Students
Speakers:
Abdi Ibrahim, Director of Northern Aid in Kenya
Description:
Special Guests include actress Greta Scacchi (tbc,Ed Miliband MP and Douglas Alexander MP
Tue 29 Sep
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Green Manifesto Surgery with Ed Miliband MP
Host:
Green Standard NGOs
Speakers:
Ed Miliband MP, Dept for Energy and Climate Change; Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass; Graham Wynne, Chief Executive, RSPB; Stephanie Hilborne, Chief Executive, The Wildlife Trusts; Andy Atkins, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth
Chair:
Mike McCarthy - The Independent
Tue 29 Sep
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Public Procurement for Public Benefit
Host:
Sustain, NEA, nef, CHPA, Friends of the Earth, LGiU
Speakers:
Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury; Anna Coote, head of public policy, nef; Graham Meeks, Director, CHPA; Richard Watts, Campaigns Director, Sustain; Jon Hampson, Head of Environment, Corporate Sustainability Programme, Capgemini UK
Chair:
Jenny Saunders, NEA
Tue 29 Sep
12:45
14:00
Balmoral Room, Hilton Metropole Hotel
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:
WWF-UK and The Co-operative Group
Speakers:
Lord Hunt, Dept of Energy and Climate Change; Paul Monaghan, Head of Ethics and Sustainability, The Co-operative Group; David Norman, Director of Campaigns, WWF-UK; Peter Young, Chairman, Aldersgate Group
Chair:
Geoffrey Lean, The Telegraph
Tue 29 Sep
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Citizen Action: Cracking the politics of change
Host:
EST, LGiU, Green Alliance, Micropower Council
Speakers:
Ross Armstrong, Programme Delivery Director, eaga; Ben Page, Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI; Phil Downing, Icaro-Consulting
Chair:
Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive, Energy Saving Trust
Tue 29 Sep
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Financing the Green New Deal
Host:
nef, Friends of the Earth
Speakers:
Joan Ruddock MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy (tbc); Alex Bowen, Principle Research Fellow, Grantham Institute on Climate Change (tbc); Jonathan Porritt, former chair of the Sustainable Development Commission (tbc); Jeremy Leggett, founder and Chairman Solarcentury
Chair:
Andrew Simms, policy director, nef and founder member of the Green New Deal Group
Tue 29 Sep
19:00
20:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Skilling the New Green Carbon Army
Host:
Micropower Council and NEA
Speakers:
David Kidney MP, Minister of State, DECC; Bill Rumble, Group Commercial Director, Mark Group; Dougie Rooney, National Officer for Energy & Utilities, Unite; Dave Sowden, Chief Executive, Micropower Council; Alan Johnson, Director of the Energy Academy, British Gas
Chair:
Geoffrey Lean, The Telegraph
Tue 29 Sep
20:30
22:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
They Think It's All Over - The Great Green Quiz
Host:
Climate Clinic
Speakers:
Tony Juniper, environmental campaigner; Mike McCarthy, Environment Editor, The Independent; Paul Monaghan, Head of Ethics and Sustainability, The Co-operative Group; Lucy Siegle, Journalist, The Observer
Chair:
Andrew Simms, Policy Director, nef
Wed 30 Sep
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Will the Global Deal on Climate Change Make Poverty Permanent
Host:
Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth
Speakers:
Ed Miliband MP, Dept of Energy and Climate Change; Douglas Alexander MP, Dept for International Development; H.E. Maria Beatriz Souviron, Bolivian Ambassador; Abdullahi Abdi, Director, Northern Aid, Kenya
Chair:
John Vidal, Environment Editor, The Guardian
Wed 30 Sep
12:45
14:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
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:
Nigel Griffiths MP; Dr. Tim Jenkins, Chief Economist, Friends of the Earth; Matt Lambert, Director of Corporate Affairs and Citizenship; Bruce Duguid, Head of Investor Engagement, The Carbon Trust
Chair:
Mike McCarthy - The Independent
Wed 30 Sep
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Councils, Carbon, Opportunities
Host:
LGiU, NEA, Friends of the Earth; Sustain
Speakers:
Cllr Sir Richard Leese, leader, Manchester City Council; Cllr Mehboob Khan, Leader, Kirklees Council; John Denham MP, Dept for Communities and Local Government (tbc); Tony Travers (tbc)
Chair:
Jenny Saunders, NEA
Wed 30 Sep
17:45
19:00
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Equal not more: Has growth failed?
Host:
The Equality Trust, nef, Fairtrade Foundation
Speakers:
Kate Pickett, Director, The Equality Trust; Harriet Lamb, Director, Fairtrade Foundation; Andrew Simms, Policy Director, nef; Simon Retallack, Associate Director, Institute for Public Policy Research
Wed 30 Sep
19:15
20:15
Climate Clinic@ Friends Meeting House
Fringe:
Deforestation - the hidden cause of climate change and the role of intensive agriculture
Host:
Friends of the Earth, Sustain, RSPB
Speakers:
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State, DEFRA; Andy Atkins, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth; Dr Tom MacMillan, Executive Director, Food Ethics Council; Professor Erik Millstone, SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research), Sussex University; Mark Avery, Director of Conservation, RSPB (tbc)
Chair:
(tbc)
Wed 30 Sep
20:30
22:00
Thistle Hotel
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:
Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Marine and Fisheries Minister; Mark Price, Waitrose; Caroline Bennett, MD, Moshi Moshi; David Norman, Director of Campaigns, WWF-UK
Chair:
Charles Clover, Author, The End of The Line