Upcoming Tyndall Centre Radical Emission Reduction Conference

Upcoming Tyndall Centre Radical Emission Reduction Conference

"Yes - we are planning on live streaming the event. Further details should be up on the conference website shortly. http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/radical-emission-reduction-conference"

This promises to be an important or at least worthwhile conference to watch.

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research: The Radical Emission Reduction Conference

    10th - 11th December 2013

    Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG.

    This conference will bring together academics and practitioners, engineers and economists, policy-makers and civil society to detail evidenced-based opportunities for delivering urgent and deep reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases. register here <http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&de...

    KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Naomi Klein - author of 'The Shock Doctrine' and 'No Logo'
    Drawing on her stimulating article in the New Statesman <http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/science-says-revolt>  and the research underpinning her forthcoming book, Naomi Klein argues that the revolutionary nature of climate science demands a paradigm shift in our response to climate change.
     
    Plus over 30 other speakers including:
    Terry Barker - Honorary Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA; Chairman of Cambridge Econometrics and Senior Department Fellow, 4CMR, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.
    Brenda Boardman - Emeritus Fellow of the University of Oxford.
    Angela Druckman - Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Energy & Climate Change Mitigation at the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey.
    John Barrett - Chair in Ecological Economics at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds.
    Clive Spash - Chair in Public Policy and Governance, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.
    Andrew Simms - of Global Witness and the New Economics Foundation.
    Diana Liverman - Co-director of the Institute of the Environment at The University of Arizona and a Regents Professor in the School of Geography and Development.
    Caroline Lucas - MP for Brighton Pavilion.          
    Corinne Le Quéré - Professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at the University of East Anglia and Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
    Kevin Anderson - Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester.
     
    Many of our international presenters will be joining the conference via a weblink, in keeping with the ethos of the conference.
     
    Places are limited, so book now to avoid disappointment.
     
    For more information see