Inspiring local action: Birmingham conference, 7 June 2008
The first climate change conference was held in Birmingham, 7 June 2008 to great success. Over 120 people attended the day-long event. Click here for the full conference programme (PDF). Five detailed climate change briefs are available to download here.
View photos of the event at Flickr
Banqueting suite, Birmingham City Council
© UNA-UK/Benedict Parsons
Keynote speeches and panel discussion
Lord Hannay, Chair of UNA-UK
Alex Evans, Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Paul Hilder, Director of Avaaz.org
Ziana Kotadia, DEFRA Climate Change Champion
Panel discussion
* Please note: these are large files and may take a while to download
Afternoon workshops
1. Cutting CO2 in Birmingham
- Presented by Keith Budden, Head of Sustainability, BeBirmingham and Sandy Taylor, Head of Climate Change & Sustainability, Birmingham City Council
- Click here to find out how Birmingham is aiming to reduce its emissions by 60 per cent.
2. Faith, communities and climate change
- Presented by Phil Beardmore, Climate Change Development Manager, Groundwork West Midlands
- Click here to view the presentation (Powerpoint document)
3. Climate change science made easy
- Presented by Dr Martin Widmann, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
4. Personal carbon allowances
- Presented by Matt Prescott, Director, CarbonLimited, Royal Society of Arts
- Click here to read this speech (PDF)
5. Environmental Education
- Presented by Gareth Burt, Volunteer Coordinator, Birmingham Environmental Education Project (BEEP)