Global Warming - Where Do We Go From Here?

Global warming is considered to be a key threat to the modern world, though our response to it continues to be a source of great debate. From efforts to persuade nations to curb greenhouse gases to a greater emphasis on environmental concerns, there are plenty of ideas to combat the threat posed by global warming.
Join Professor Stephen Law, with some of the UK’s leading experts and campaigners, at Conway Hall on Saturday 12 April for a selection of radical suggestions and solutions on how to respond to the global warming threat.


Schedule

10.30 Registration

11am Dr Mayer Hillman. Senior Fellow Emeritus, Policy Studies Institute, London. What do we do now that society is demonstrating all too clearly its strong preference for downplaying the significance and implications of climate change?

12.00 Dr Rupert Read. Philosopher and Green activist. Rupert will speak about global over-heat, the end of denialism, and the self-destruction of libertarianism in relation to this issue - and a possible way forward, in terms of guardians for future people.
(Lunch)

1.45 Dr Vicky Pope. The Met Office. Vicky was a founding member of the Met Office Hadley Centre and is a member of the Advisory Board on the UNEP early warning project on climate related hazards. She will present an overview of the latest science from the IPCC report and talk about its relevance for the UK. Vicky will give some idea of the weather extremes that we might expect.

2.45 Saci Lloyd is an Ecological activist and internationally-acclaimed writer. She is the author of Carbon Diaries.

3.45 End