Jun 4, 2024

UUCN panel event for London Climate Action Week

The UUCN is hosting a panel event at London Climate Action Week 2024! Join us on Tuesday 25 June, 4:00 – 5:30pm at the Royal Institution.

As a hub for knowledge, training, and innovation, the academic sector is at the forefront of climate action – advancing solutions, transferring expertise and empowering new generations of climate leaders. The event, From research to action: Leveraging universities for cross-sector collaboration on climate change, will explore how universities and research institutions can work collaboratively with policy makers, industry and other sectors to advance climate impact.

 

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Panel title: From research to action: Leveraging universities for cross-sector collaboration on climate change

Date and time: Tuesday 25 June 2024 from 4:00 – 5:30pm, followed by a networking reception until 7:00pm

Location: The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4SB

Keynote address: Orkhan Mustafayev, Senior Advisor to the UN Climate Change High-level Champion, COP29

Panel chair: Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London and Co-chair of the UUCN

Panel speakers:

  • Professor Piers Forster, Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures at the University of Leeds
  • Stephen Davison, Higher Education Lead, UNFCCC Climate Champions Team
  • Amy Robinson, Corporate Projects Manager, Triodos Bank UK
  • Marie-Laure Hicks, Head of Policy, Aldersgate Group

If you need to cancel or amend your registration, please contact the event organisers at grantham.events@imperial.ac.uk

Agenda:

4:00 – 4:15pm Registration
4:15 – 4:25pm Opening remarks
4:25 – 4:45pm Keynote (speaker TBC)
4:45 – 5:30pm Panel with Q&A
5:30 – 7:00pm Networking reception with refreshments

 

This event is co-hosted by several leading UK university partners:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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