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.
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