Archive

Core Course

05/10/2023

 Ashley Bateson, Hoare Lea: The influence of cultural values on sustainable building performance

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12/10/2023

 Dirk Wilyman and Olly Morgan, Orsted: An Introduction to Offshore Wind and Careers in the Energy Sector

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19/10/2023

 Corin Simmons, SLR: Biodiversity net gain; principles and problems in an international context

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26/10/2023

 Patrick Markey-Bell, Natural England: Managing landscapes, big and small, for people and nature

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02/11/2023

 Mingyou Yang, London Metal Exchange: Metals for a Sustainable Future: LME's Commitment to Responsible Sourcing

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09/11/2023

Dr Bahram Ghiasse, Unviersity of Surrey: The Efficacy of International Law in Protecting the Environment and Ecological Systems Against Radioactivity

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16/11/2023

 Client Earth- Law and Planet: the next generation of climate leaders 

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23/11/2023

 Sarahjane Widdowson, INTELISOS LTD: Are you ready for the Green Skills Revolution?

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30/11/2023

Professor Rachel Aldred, University of Westminster: Changes in motor traffic inside London’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and on boundary roads

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07/12/2023

 Professor Andy Purvis, Natural History Museum: Can we stop the global decline of biodiversity?

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Spring term

 

18/01/2024

Douglas Miller, Systems Entrepreneur: Changing the choice context & building new levers for climate aligned decisions 

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25/01/2024

Ahmed AIJameel, Eirini Sampson, Elsy Milan and Judy Xie, PhD students at Imperial College London: COP 28

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01/02/2024

Allan Barton, Arup: Circular Ecology and Circular Economy: Treasuring the planet’s resources for the future

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08/02/2024

William Sutherland, University of Cambridge: Why is decision making so poor and how can it be improved?

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15/02/2024

James Lloyd-Jones, Jones Food Company Limited: Vertical Farming in the real world, becoming and Agricultural assets 

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22/02/2024

Leo Murray, Possible : Riders on the storm

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29/02/2024

Christian Krekel, LSE: Back to Edgeworth? Estimating the Value of Time Using Hedonic Experiences

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07/03/2024

Gbemi Oluleye, Imperial College London: A Comprehensive Approach to Enhance Electrolytic Hydrogen Competitiveness in the UK

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14/03/2024

Peter Shearman, Cisco: An innovator’s experience of Smart Cities

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Summer term

02/05/2024

Rob Holland, Oil Spill Response Limited 

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 09/05/2024

Morgan Gillespy, Food and Land Use Coalition

Core Course

06/10/2022

Andy Purvis, NHM: ‘Can we stop the global decline of biodiversity?’

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13/10/2022

Mark Howells, Imperial College London and Loughborough University: 'R2D2 and C3Po - In a new hope: Efforts to accelerate funding for the sustainable development of the world's poorest’

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20/10/2022

Julie Hill, Office for Environmental Protection / Green Alliance: 'The Office for Environmental Protection and the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan’

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27/10/2022

April Williamson, Client Earth: 'Climate change litigation'

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03/11/2022

James Lloyd-Jones, Jones Food Company: 'Jones Food Company: Exploring vertical farming practices'

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10/11/2022

Ioana Badea, BEIS-NZBI Clean Heat: 'Intro to Civil Service Careers and an Overview of the Government’s assessment of Hydrogen for Heating'

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17/11/2022

Sarah Jane Widdowson, Intelisos: 'Green jobs and skills- are you ready for the green skills revolution?'

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24/11/2022

Thomas Ball, WWF: 'Transition Plans for a Net Zero and Nature Positive Future'

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01/12/2022

Michael Aquilina, AECOM: 'Natural Capital Laboratory: the role of quantification in nature restoration'

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08/12/2022

Gbemi Oluleye- Imperial College London: 'Accelerating the Uptake of Hydrogen for Industry'

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Spring term

12/01/2023

Rob Godfrey- Teeconomy

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 19/01/2023

Rosemary Pickering- Farfetch

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26/01/2023

Anne-Marie Tomm- Bloomsberg and the Man Group

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02/02/2023

Eugenie Mathieu- Aviva

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09/02/2023

Sam Burford- DEFRA

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16/02/2023

Professor Regan - Imperial College London

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23/02/2023

Lola Bushnell- ARUP

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02/03/2023

Dirk Wilyman- Ørsted

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09/03/2023

Laura Noorani - Hambro Perks

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16/03/2023

Isabelle Cardinal - DEFRA

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Summer term

04/05/2023

Yasar Yetiskin- ICF

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 11/05/2023

Dave Barker- Climate Fiction author & Economist

 

Summer term

05/05/2022

Morgan Gillespy- World Resources Institute 

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 12/05/2022

Jon Alexander

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 19/05/2022

Justin Leigh-Bell- Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

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Spring term

13/01/2022

Hafiz Bello-NYSERDA

‘Future Proofing the Grid –Avoiding unintended consequences of the energy transition’

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20/01/2022

Alexandra Rickman- Paralympic sailor

‘Sport and Sustainability: A game of two halves’

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27/01/2022

Thiago Uehara- Chatham House

‘Policy evaluation: perspectives from the South and from the North’

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03/02/2022

Anna Freeman- Imperial College London

‘It’s getting hotter here. So what are the risks for you and me?’

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10/02/2022

Iain Brewster- Basis-Africa

'The solar-water nexus: impact in East Africa'

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17/02/2022

Sarahjane Widdowson- INTELISOS LTD

'The challenges of waste management in low and middle income countries – people, purpose and pollution’

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24/02/2022

Julie Hill- Office for Environmental Protection

‘The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) and its Draft Strategy’

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03/03/2022

Marina Iodice- NN Investment Partners

'Impact Investing in Listed Assets: A Framework to Overcome Reporting Challenges’

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10/03/2022

Rik Smith- Goodlord

‘UK Energy Retail: From boom to bust & crunch’

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17/03/2022

Alex O' Cinneide -Investment Committee of Gore Street Capital

‘Environmental Policy: Paving the way for Energy Storage’

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24/03/2022

Roberta Iley- Forum for the future

‘Regenerative food systems: the humble beef burger vs. ‘chicken-free’ nuggets’

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Core Course

07/10/2021

Joeri Rogelj, Imperial College London: "Key insights of the latest IPCC physical science assessment"

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14/10/2021

Dan Hamza-Goodacre, Advisor COP26 Unit, Race to Zero, Energy Transitions Council: "Influencing climate action: a framework for strategising"

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21/10/2021

Jim Skea, Imperial College London: "A Just Transition to Net Zero: From theory to practice"

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28/10/2021

Matt Georges, Orbital Economics: "Why we make bad decisions and how to stop doing it"

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04/11/2021

Jake Tudge and James Poston, KPMG: “Making net zero targets a reality: a deep dive on the practicalities”

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11/11/2021

Mark Howells, Imperial College London and Loughborough University: 'The development of massive public goods for Climate Compatible Growth - The Global Electrification Platform & the Decarbonisation Investment Starter Kits'

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18/11/2021

David Barker, Author: 'Water, Water, Everywhere (Climate change and the coming battle for freshwater)'

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25/11/2021

Aimee Oxley, Bristol Zoo: 'Learning from animals, working with people: Interdisciplinary approaches to resolving conservation conflicts'

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02/12/2021

Alyssa Gilbert, Imperial College London: 'Bringing people together for climate change action'

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09/12/2021

Alistair Clark, EBRD: 'The Role of Multilateral Development Banks in achieving SDGs and Transition to a Low Carbon Economy'

Autumn term

08/10/2020

"Doing useful research usefully, and what else needs to be in place for it to be used?”"
John Young (INASP)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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15/10/2020

"The scientific publishing revolution"
Mark Burgman (Imperial College London, Centre for Environmental Policy)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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22/10/2020

"Technologies to unlock climate investments and behaviour change—from television to blockchain"
Douglas Miller (Energy Web Foundation)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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29/10/2020
"What leaving the EU means for domestic environmental governance"
Patrick Killoran (Green Alliance)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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05/11/2020

"How to persuade Government to spend money on the environment: Cost-benefit analysis and environmental valuation in the Comprehensive Spending Review"
Matt Georges (Environment Agency)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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12/11/2020

"How to recover from crisis and achieve transformational outcomes for energy industry transition "
Angela Wilkinson (World Energy Council)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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19/11/2020

"Climate Change Litigation Strategies"
April Williamson (ClientEarth)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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26/11/2020

"Building Back Better with Innovation"
Charlotte Griaud (ENSIGHT) & Rob Godfrey (Treeconomy)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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03/12/2020

"Cities of the future: wicked or well?"
Clare Bradbury (Wellbeing & sustainable futures specialist)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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Spring term

14/01/2021

"Tesco and ESG"
John Allen (Tesco and Barratt Developments)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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21/01/2021

"The evolution to sustainable enterprise: collaborative research designs"
Maurizio Zollo & Livio Scalvini (Imperial College London, Business School)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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28/01/2021

"An experiment in doing business in the rainforest, without cutting it down"
George Darrah (SYSTEMIQ)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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04/02/2021

"The UK's new Climate Compatible Growth program"
Mark Howells (Loughborough University & Imperial College London)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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11/02/2021

“The role of local government in tackling climate change"
Nicole Clucas (Surrey Country Council)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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18/02/2021

"Reflections on Two decades after ICCET - A journey in Development"
Gaurav Joshi (World Bank Group)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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25/02/2021

"Feminist responses to climate change in Africa"
Dr Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg (AWARD)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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04/03/2021

"Nature based recovery post COVID19"
Nachilala Nkombo (WWF- Zambia)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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11/03/2021

"Insects, pet food and sustainability"
Madeleine Morley & Paola Teulieres (Tomojo)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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Summer term

29/04/2021

"Climate change and security. Working on the state-human security continuum"
Anna Brach (Head of Human Security)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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06/05/2021

"Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. Are we doing enough?"
Rocio Diaz-Chavez (Imperial College London % Stockholm Environment Institute in Kenya)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

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13/05/2021

"Disaggregated Modelling of Environmental-Energy-Economic Systems for Supporting Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation"
Lirong Liu (University of Surrey, Centre for Environment and Sustainability)
Online, via Microsoft TEAMS

 

Autumn term

03/10/2019

"Heading for Extinction (and what to do about it)"
Clare Farrell and Paul John Nelson (Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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10/10/2019

"The many faces of EU environmental and climate policy"
Andrea Illes (Senior Consultant, Environmental and Climate Policy, Ricardo Energy & Environment)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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17/10/2019

"Winning the change in the economy we need for the planet"
Angela Francis (Chief Advisor, Economics and Economic Development at WWF)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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24/10/2019
"Acid rain. Experiences of a parliamentary select committee advisor on environmental issues."
Nigel Bell (Emeritus Professor of Environmental Pollution)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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31/10/2019

"Planetary Health and the implications of the Planetary Health agenda for biodiversity conservation"
Sarah Whitmee (Ecologist, conservation biologist and researcher on planetary health)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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07/11/2019

"Sustainable diets - more than just food "
Dan Crossley (Executive Director of Food Ethics Council)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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14/11/2019

"Accelerating the global low carbon transition (a policy perspective)"
Simon Sharpe (Head of International Climate Change Strategy / Projects)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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21/11/2019

“Transport and climate change – a smooth journey ahead?”
Jameel Hayat and Rohit Sharma (Transport econ & policy of IPCC)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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28/11/2019

“Global water shortages: causes and solutions to avoiding a new world war”
Dave Barker (Climate Fiction author & Economist)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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05/12/2019

"How scientists can influence policy, and how policymakers can influence science"
Mark Burgman (Director of CEP, Chair in Risk Analysis & Environmental Policy)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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Spring term

09/01/2020

"The role of environmental consultants in building projects within the UK planning policy framework"
George Locke (Environmental Consultant role in UK engineering)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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16/01/2020

"Endocrine distribution: lost in translation?"
Olwenn Martin (Leader of the Planetary Health pathway of BASc Global Challenges)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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23/01/2020

“Funding Opportunities for Sustainability Research in Core Industries”
Nikzad Oraee (Chief Legal Officer Jovein Cement Plc)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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30/01/2020

Title TBC
Chris Hocknell (Director at Eight Associates)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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06/02/2020

"Accelerating sustainable innovation"
Georgia Parker (Innovation Manager at Fashion For Good)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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13/02/2020

"Achieving the UK's net-zero target"
Mike Helmsley (Senior Power Analyst at the Committee on Climate Change (CCC))
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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20/02/2020

"What’s in a name? The role of definitions and language in energy policy"
Pippa Palmer (SolarAid MD)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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27/02/2020

"Can business help to unlock systems transformation? What needs to change if we are to drive significant progress over the next 10 years"
Jules Hill-Landolt (Director of Sustainable Lifestyles programme)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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05/03/2020

Title TBC
Laurie Kell (Director, SEA++International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

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12/03/2020

"Applying The New to Capital Projects"
Jake Tudge (Management Consultant, Accenture)
Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield Building

Autumn term

04/10/18

The changing landscape of environmental policy and its relationship with science and evidence
Gary Kass (Deputy Chief Scientist at Natural England)
Room: SAF G16

11/10/18

Disclosure and engagement: incentivising best practice in biodiversity-risk commodity sectors
Chris Eves (Forestry Officer- Zoological Society of London {ZSL})
Room: RSM G20

18/10/18

What does sustainability mean for commercial real estate owners & investors?
Annie Goransson (Consultant, Fitwel Ambassador, Energy, Infrastructure & Sustainability EMEA)
Room: RSM G20

25/10/18

“Why organisations are engaging with their stakeholders about purpose - a sustainability practitioner’s perspective”
James Whittingham (Senior Sustainability Consultant- Luminous)
Room: RSM G20

01/11/18

UK Environmental Policy Before and After Brexit
Tamsin Cooper (Head of strategy, DEFRA)
Room: RSM G20

08/11/18

‘Sustainability at AB Sustain’ 
Sadia Ahmed (Head of innovation at AB Sustain)
Room: SAF G16

15/11/18

TBC
Ben Summers (Sustainability Manger- Innocent Drinks)
Room: SAF G16

22/11/18

The economics of flood risk: If you were given half a billion pounds to protect people from flooding, how would you spend it?
Matt Georges (Senior Advisor, Environment and Business, Environment Agency)
Room: RSM G20

29/11/18

“Clean Air: our right, but whose responsibility?”
Katherin Nield (UK Clean Air Lawyer)
Room: RSM G20

Spring term

10/01/2019

"Buzzing business : how to make our planet and pets green again"
Madeleine Morley (Co-founder at Entomojo)
Room: SAF G16

17/01/2019

"What do the new UK Climate Projections mean for the future of our environment?”
Liz Duffy (Head of Climate Evidence and Analysis at Defra)
Room: Sherfield 569 - Pippard

24/01/2019

“Rubbish or Resource? Waste Management Policy in Practice”
Jarno Stet (Waste Services Manager, Westminster City Council)
Room: RSM G20

31/01/2019

“How does the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change really work?” 
Renee van Diemen (Scientist at the Working Group III Technical Support Unit of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC))
Room: RSM G20

07/02/2019

"Environmental Assessment: The Scope Keeps Getting Wilder"
Jo Guy (Senior Environment Project Manager, Environment Agency)
Room: RSM G20

14/02/2019

TBC
Mike Holland (visiting researcher in CEP, environmental economist and member of the Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollution)
Room: RSM G20

21/02/2019

"Community based solutions to a growing climate crisis"
Dave Fuller (Project manager, North Kensington Community Energy)
Room: RSM G20

28/02/2019

"Active Genetics (Gene Drive Technology) - Precision pest control or ecological threat?"
Tilly Collins (Senior Fellow in CEP)
Room: RSM G20

07/03/2019

"Climate-wise connectivity, practice, and public participation in resilience"
Adina Merenlender (Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley)
Room: ACEX 250

02/05/2019

TBC
Mark Wright (Director of Science, WWF-UK)
Room: Sherfield 571 - Read Lecture Theatre

09/05/2019

TBC
Gail Klintworth (Special advisor: Sustainable Economic Zones and Clusters, SYSTEMIQ)
Room: Sherfield 571 - Read Lecture Theatre

Autumn term

Thursdays at 5.00pm

Date	Speaker	Position	Title
05/10/2017	Prof Jim Skea	Chair in Sustainable Energy	TBC
12/10/2017	Gary Kass	Deputy Chief Scientist, Natural England	TBC
19/10/2017	Matt Georges	Senior Advisor, Environment and Business, Environment Agency	“When does pollution prevention cost too much?”
26/10/2017	James Arrandale	Environmental Law Advisor	TBC
02/11/2017	Pauline Vaskou	Ethical & Sustainability Responsible Sourcing Manager at Tesco PLC	“Corporate Responsibility in Business – Commodities at Tesco“
09/11/2017	George Darrah	Strategy, BP Supply and Trading	A Personal Perspective on Oil and the Environment
16/11/2017	Paul Leinster	Professor of Environmental Assessment Atmospheric Informatics and Emissions Technology, Cranfield University	TBC
23/11/2017	Patricia Calvo	Veolia UK	TBC
30/11/2017	Craig Davies	Senior Manager (Climate Change Adaptation) at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)	‘Financing a Climate Resilient Economy’
07/12/2017	Peter Tangney	Science Policy & Communication,Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century	“The Role of Values in 21stCentury Science”.