Date |
Start |
Finish |
Location |
Details |
Mon 27 Sep |
12:45 |
14:00 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Low Cost and Low Carbon: Delivering Sustainable Transport in an Age of Austerity |
Host: |
Greener Journeys, LowCVP and Transport Times |
Speakers: |
Professor David Begg, former Government Transport Advisor and Executive Director Transport Times; Mike Cooper, Managing Director, Arriva UK Bus; Edmund King, President, Automobile Association; Stephen Joseph, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport |
Chair: |
National Journalist (invited) |
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Mon 27 Sep |
18:00 |
19:15 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Homes fit for the future? |
Host: |
WWF-UK, NEA, PRASEG, CHPA, UKBCSE and the Micropower Council |
Sponsor: |
Calor |
Speakers: |
Dr Alan Whitehead MP; Simon McWhirter, Campaign Director, The Great British Refurb; David Green, Chief Executive, UKBCSE; Paul Blacklock, Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Calor |
Chair: |
Paul King, Chief Executive, UK Green Building Council |
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Mon 27 Sep |
20:00 |
21:30 |
Beecham Room, Radisson Hotel (in zone - security pass required) |
Fringe: |
An "In Conversation" interview with a Senior Labour Politician and Mike McCarthy of The Independent |
Host: |
Climate Clinic and The Independent |
Speakers: |
Senior Labour Politician (tbc); Mike McCarthy, Environment Editor, The Independent |
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Mon 27 Sep |
21:30 |
24:00 |
Beecham Room, Radisson Hotel (in zone - security pass required) |
Fringe: |
Act for Climate Solutions: A Reception with Special Guests |
Host: |
Climate Clinic and BOND |
Speakers: |
David Naussbaum, Chief Executive, WWF-UK; Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP; Mohamed Adow, Christian Aid, Nairobi |
Description: |
Join Climate Clinic and other International Development Organisations for a Reception introduced by David Nussbaum, chief executive of WWF-UK, and with special guests Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Shadow Secretary for Environment, Food and Rural affairs and Mohamed Adow, Christian Aid, Nairobi.
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Tue 28 Sep |
12:45 |
14:00 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Banking for the Great Transition: Reform to achieve a Low Carbon, High Well-Being Economy? |
Host: |
nef and Greenpeace |
Speakers: |
Neal Lawson, Chair, Compass; Tony Greenham, Head of Finance and Business, nef; Larry Elliott, Economics Editor, The Guardian |
Chair: |
Andrew Simms, Policy Director, nef |
Description: |
Finance, its type and availability, will make or break new economic sectors. In the midst of a recession and in the face of new challenges like climate change and the peak and decline of global oil production, the UK must manage a great transition to a new kind of economy. There is ample potential for the switch to a genuinely clean energy system, while the failure to do so will leave our energy security vulnerable and could add billions to the UK's trade deficit. The Great Transition to a new economy calls for root and branch reform of finance. Billions has been spent bailing out the banks, yet they are still failing to meet the needs of the productive economy. We have a once-in a lifetime opportunity to reform the provision of finance in the UK, making banks serve the needs of their customers, and the thousands of small businesses that pound for pound deliver more value to the UK economy while also unlocking the investment needed to kick-start new low-carbon economy for the UK.
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Tue 28 Sep |
18:00 |
19:15 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Is Climate Change THE Global Justice Cause of the Century? |
Host: |
UNICEF UK and Christian Aid |
Speakers: |
David Bull, Director, UNICEF UK; Keith Sonnet, Deputy General Secretary, UNISON; Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow energy and Climate Change Minister (invited); Mohamed Adow, Christian Aid |
Chair: |
David Aaronovitch, The Times (invited) |
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Tue 28 Sep |
20:00 |
21:30 |
USDAW Marquee, Room 1, Manchester Central (secure zone - security pass required) |
Fringe: |
Green Jobs - Investing in Britain's Economic Recovery |
Host: |
UKBCSE, WWF-UK, Greenpeace, NEA, nef, CHPA, PRASEG and Micropower Council |
Speakers: |
Jon Trickett MP; Adam Lent, Head of the Economic and Social Affairs, TUC; Brian Berry, Director of External Affairs, Federation of master Builders; David Nussbaum, Chief Executive, WWF-UK; Bob Flint, Commercial Director, Ceres Power |
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Wed 29 Sep |
08:00 |
09:15 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Labour and Climate Change: Maintaining Leadership |
Host: |
Green Alliance, RSPB, Greenpeace, WWF-UK, Christian Aid and Climate Clinic |
Speakers: |
Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change; Lillian Greenwood MP, Labour MP for Nottingham South; David Nussbaum, Chief Executive, WWF UK; Michael Jacobs, Grantham Institute, LSE and former Special Adviser to Gordon Brown; Dr Matthew Lockwood, Associate Director, IPPR; |
Chair: |
Matthew Spencer, Director, Green Alliance |
Description: |
In 1997 there was no Climate Change Act, no carbon budgets, and the UK played a relatively minor role on the world stage when it came to climate change. Fast forward to 2010 and it is clear the Blair/Brown government set a new standard for leadership on climate change. This breakfast seminar will examine how the Labour Party can best demonstrate leadership on the climate change agenda in light of the Coalition's aspirations to be the greenest government ever: What are the opportunities for Labour in opposition? What are the risks? How can Labour put climate change at the heart of the Party's resurgence in a way that builds widespread support?
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Wed 29 Sep |
12:45 |
14:00 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Changing Rainforests: Can UK Politics protect both Species AND CLimate? |
Host: |
RSPB and WWF-UK |
Speakers: |
Hilary Benn MP, Shadow DEFRA Secretary; Mark Avery, Director of Conservation, RSPB; David Nussbaum, Chief Executive, WWF-UK |
Chair: |
Barry Gardiner MP |
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Wed 29 Sep |
18:00 |
19:15 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Energy Investment and Social Justice |
Host: |
NEA, CHPA, nef, Greenpeace, UKBCSE, WWF-UK, PRASEG and Micropower Council |
Speakers: |
Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change; John Sauven, Director, Greenpeace UK; Jenny Saunders, Chief Executive NEA; Chris Hayton, Business Development Director, ENERE-G |
Chair: |
Roger Milne, Political and Environmental Editor, Utility Week |
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Wed 29 Sep |
19:30 |
20:45 |
Climate Clinic @ The Cube |
Fringe: |
Microgeneration: Cleaner Energy begins at Home |
Host: |
Micropower Council |
Sponsor: |
Supported by Kingspan |
Speakers: |
Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow DECC Spokesperson: Dave Sowden, Chief Executive, Micropower Council; Mette Kahlin, Advocacy Advisor, Which?; Geoffrey Lean, Daily Telegraph |
Chair: |
Malcolm Wicks MP |
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