December 2019
Price: £95 PLUS VAT
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This seminar will examine the next steps, practicalities, and likely impact for cutting emissions in Wales, looking at:
- The transition to a low carbon economy and meeting Wales’ first carbon budget;
- Infrastructure priorities to support both environmental aims and growth in the Welsh economy; and
- What steps can be taken to effectively meet air quality and re-foresting targets.
The agenda and keynote speakers
Keynote contributions on:
- Energy policy in Wales - with Jennifer Pride, Head of Energy Policy, Welsh Government;
- Priorities for enabling Climate Change preparedness - with Ceri Davies, Executive Director, Evidence, Policy and Permitting Directorate, Natural Resources Wales;
- Making changes in everyday life in order to tackle climate change - with Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, Cardiff University;
- Collaboration and environmental governance post-Brexit - with William Wilson, Member, Welsh Organising Committee, United Kingdom Environmental Law Association; and
- Supporting the Welsh economy alongside decarbonisation and clean energy production - with John Lloyd Jones, Chair, National Infrastructure Commission for Wales.
Further sessions focus on:
- The roles of the public sector, business, and communities in moving towards a low-carbon economy - transport, energy efficiency and local decarbonisation projects; and
- Growth, sustainability and driving forward energy projects - planning, securing investment and utilising growth deals.
Further speakers and case studies
Also speaking are: Holly Cross, Cwm Arian Renewable Energy; Oliver Lancaster, Wales & West Utilities and Cardiff Capital Region Business Council; Osian Roberts, Minesto; Will Ryan, Savills; and a senior speaker confirmed from Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management.
Speakers sharing learning from case studies include:
- Transport - Fergus Worthy, Senior Transport Consultant, Cenex - on low emission vehicles, in the context of the aim for a zero emission bus, taxi and private hire vehicle fleet by 2028;
- Involving young people - Sion Sleep, Environmental Leadership Programme, UpRising Cymru - on opportunities for young people to have more of a voice and involvement in tackling climate change and meeting sustainability goals in Wales; and
- Everyday life changes - Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, Cardiff University - on the work of the recently-established centre on areas such as consumption of goods and physical products, food and diet, travel, and heating and cooling in buildings.
The chairs
- Mark Isherwood AM, Chair, Cross-party Group on Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency; and
- Will Hayward, Social Affairs Correspondent, WalesOnline have kindly agreed to chair this seminar.
