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15 September 2010, 09.00 - 17.30
Europe: looking ahead on climate change
The path to 2020 and 2050

Central London venue tbc

Including keynote speeches by:

The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
and
Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment

Also featuring:

Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, Grantham Institute for Climate Change
Jules Kortenhorst, chief executive, European Climate Foundation
Nick Mabey, chief executive, E3G
Professor Goran Strbac, chair in electrical energy systems, Imperial College London
Dr Keith Allott, head of climate change, WWF-UK tbc
Jeremy Oppenheim, director, McKinsey & Company tbc

Further senior speakers from industry and government to be confirmed
  

This whole-day conference will see the UK launch of the European Climate Foundation Roadmap 2050 report, a ground-breaking analysis undertaken by McKinsey & Company, KEMA, The Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College London, Oxford Economics, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, E3G and the Regulatory Assistance Project.

Participants will discuss the implications for UK climate and energy policy of the Roadmap 2050 analysis, considering the opportunities and challenges of an interconnected Europe. Keynote speakers will give their perspectives on how to secure accelerated European action on climate change in this new decade, discussing the EU’s carbon emissions reduction targets for 2020 and the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
  

To register for this event visit http://www.green-alliance-event.org.uk/ or phone 020 7630 4515. Attendance is free but places are limited. Conference location and agenda will be confirmed in early September.
  

This conference is organised by Green Alliance and the European Commission Representation in the UK as part of the series Climate Change: EU Opportunities, in association with the European Climate Foundation and Transform UK.

30 June 2010
The Last Parliament / Establishing a Green Investment Bank / Summer reception 2010
Church House Conference Centre 

 
The post-election launch of The Last Parliament report and our debate on the Green Investment Bank were run simultaneously and were followed by Green Alliance’s annual summer reception, offering the two senior level audiences the chance to come together, enjoy drinks and canapés, and meet Green Alliance staff, trustees and associates.

The Last Parliament post-election launch

Speakers:
Jonathon Porritt CBE, chair of The Last Parliament panel and founder director, Forum for the Future
Professor Jim Skea, member of the Committee on Climate Change and research director at UK Energy Research Centre
Nick Boles MP, Conservative Party
Duncan Hames MP, Liberal Democrat Party
Emma Reynolds MP, Labour Party
Rebecca Willis, vice-chair, Sustainable Development Commission and Green Alliance trustee (chair)

You can listen to an audio recording of the event here:
 
Last Parliament post-election launch, part 1

Last Parliament post-election launch, part 2  

Last Parliament post-election launch, part 3 

You can see photos from the event here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenallianceuk/sets/72157624361399119/

Establishing a Green Investment Bank: what are the challenges and opportunities?

Speakers:
Bob Wigley, chairman, Green Investment Bank Commission established by Conservative Party
James Stewart, chief executive, Infrastructure UK
Peter Young, chairman, Aldersgate Group
Tom Delay, chief executive, Carbon Trust
Nick Mabey, chief executive, E3G
Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent, Financial Times (chair)

You can listen to an audio recording of the event here:

Green Investment Bank debate, part 1

Green Investment Bank debate, part 2

Green Investment Bank debate, part 3

Green Investment Bank debate, part 4

Green Investment Bank debate, part 5     

You can see photos from the event here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenallianceuk/sets/72157624526300635/

This event was run in association with the Aldersgate Group and was sponsored by E3G, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Institution of Civil Engineers 

For more information on either of these events please contact Richard Booth: rbooth@green-alliance.org.uk

past events

2010

25.03.10 The Last Parliament launch event  
24.03.10 Future Proof - an electricity network for the 21st century
11.03.10 Seminar: Renewable Heat Incentive
09.03.10 Shaping our future
01.03.10 Vince Cable MP speech
11.02.10 From hot air to happy endings
02.02.10 Conservatism in a changing climate

2009

25.11.09 Green Alliance annual debate with William Hague 
11-12.09 UK CCS Dialogue 
03.12.09 Integrating heat into energy planning 
09-10.09 Party Conference Season 2009
19.07.09 Future Positive - Prosperity: an economy for the future
12.05.09 Future Positive - Opportunity: The future of environmental politics
20.03.09 US delegate event 2009: Towards a UK CCS roadmap 
19.03.09 US delegation event 2009: energy efficiency and the power sector 
16.03.09 US delegation event 2009: The emerging US federal climate policy 
12.01.09 Launch: Cradle to cradle: re-making the way we make things  

2008

08.12.08 Green Alliance debate: climate change policy: the way forward
27.11.08 Pamphlet launch: the new politics of climate change
18.11.08 Seminar: developing a low carbon transport system
04.11.08 Older and greener: second taskforce meeting
20.10.08 House of Commons seminar: a last chance for coal? 
12.09.08 Older and greener: first taskforce meeting
09.07.08 Pamphlet launch: tools and frameworks 
09.07.08 Summer reception 2008 (keynote speaker: George Osborne) 
15.04.08 Carbon capture and storage - where next for the UK? 
08.04.08 Seminar: carbon capture and storage
01.04.08 Showcase of low-carbon heat 
27.03.08 Seminar: decision-making for sustainable transport
10.03.08 Annual debate 2008 (keynote speaker: Nick Clegg)
01.02.08 Is there more to life than trading? (roundtable discussion)

2007

28.11.07 Launch: 'how to..' guide for business 
26.11.07 Masterclass: understanding and influencing social change
20.11.07 Publication launch: teaching homes to be green
29.10.07 Seminar: smart meters 
10.07.07 Summer reception 2007
18.07.07 Seminar: construction waste & the england waste strategy
05.06.07 Publication launch: the nutrient cycle: closing the loop
17.05.07 Pamphlet launch: Conservative approaches to the environment
16.05.07 Soap box series: can Europe lead the world to a table climate?
04.04.07 Local government and climate change summit
12.03.07 Gordon Brown speech: Climate change and the environment
27.02.07 Launch: The Green Standard: tests for environmental leadership
18.02.07 Soap box series: environmental regulation: in whose interest? 

2006

05.12.06 Annual debate 2006 (Keynote speaker David Cameron)
30.11.06 Publication launch: a zero waste UK 
16.10.06 Soap box series: greening the people
13.09.06 Soap box series: Labour’s climate scorecard
31.07.06 Seminar: cutting our carbs
17.05.06 Spring reception 2006 (speakers: David Miliband & Yvette Cooper)
27.04.06 Seminar: is there a case for a product levy?
30.01.06 Seminar: sustainable construction - are we closing the loop?

2005

14.06.05 Launch: small or atomic?
09.03.05 Launch: better Buildings: designing for water efficiency
24.02.05 Looking back, thinking forward: celebrating 25 years 

 

For more information contact Richard Booth