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Environment 09
09 Nov 2009
Environment Agency Annual Conference - held at the QEII Conference Centre, London.
With just days to go to the Copenhagen Summit and flooding once again making the UK headlines, the importance of managing climate change and protecting the environment to national and local strategic planning cannot be overstated.
Environment 09, is a major conference and highlighted the political and economic influence of climate change and featured leading politicians, scientists, experts and practitioners. We recorded all the speeches, panel discussions and seminars from this event which are available FREE TO VIEW here.
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Speakers include:
Lord Chris Smith, Chairman, Environment Agency
Richard Brown CBE, Chief Executive, Eurostar
John Cridland CBE, Deputy Director-General, CBI
Programme
Day 1 - 09 Nov 2009
08:00
Helen Alexander, President, CBI
Business breakfast
08:45
Business breakfast: Question and answer
09:50
Elinor Goodman, former Political Editor of Channel 4 News and Board Member of the Commission for Rural Communities
Chair’s opening remarks
09:55
Lord Chris Smith, Chair, Environment Agency
Environment Agency Policy launch
What's on now:
10:10
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Copenhagen - Video Address
10:15
Richard LeBaron, US Embassy
10:20
Kunihiko Shimada, Principal International Policy Coordinator and Principal International Negotiator, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Negotiating for 0ur and future generations
10:35
Jose Maria Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica and Conceptualiser of Global Observatory
Mobilising the public to create the political space needed
10:40
Panel discussion; International Ambitions
Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Climate Change Committee;
Lord Browne of Madingley, President, Royal Academy of Engineering and Former Chief Executive, BP;
Guy Shrubsole, UK Youth Climate Coalition;
Will Day, Chair, Sustainable Development Commission.
11:25
Refreshments and exhibition
11:55
John Cridland CBE, Deputy Director-General, The CBI
Business keynote
12:10
Jeremy Darroch, Chief Executive, BSkyB
Business keynote
12:25
Justin King, Chief Executive, J Sainsbury’s plc
Business keynote
12:40
Richard Brown CBE, Chief Executive, Eurostar
Business keynote
12:55
Questions and discussion
13:00
Business speaker summary package with audience reaction
13:05
Buffet lunch and exhibition
13:15
Children give their opinions on climate change
14:05
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Ministerial address
14:15
Panel discussion/responses: Session 3
Andrew Owens, Chief Executive, Greenergy International
Paul Spence, Director of Strategy and Regulation, EDF Energy
Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, British Wind Energy Association
15:15
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
15:45
Interactive seminar 1: Sustainable Energy - What actions really make a difference to carbon emissions?
Chair: Julian Feasby, Head of Environmental Performance, Environment Agency
Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Tom Delay, Chief Executive, Carbon Trust
15:45
Interactive seminar 2: Energy for the future - cleaner coal and gas, safe nuclear
Chair Dan Lewis, Research Director, Economic Research Council
Dr Stephen Snowdon, Senior Energy Advisor, Shell International
Stephen Hale, Director, Green Alliance
Prof Catherine Mitchell, Energy and Policy, University of Exeter
15:45
Interactive seminar 3: Leading the renewables revolution
Chair: Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, British Wind Energy Association
Stephen Ainger, Chief Executive, Partnerships for Renewables
Sarah Rhodes, Chief Executive Officer, Office for Renewable Energy Deployment, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Add Richard Laverick, Director of Corporate Responsibility, ADAS UK Ltd
15:45
Interactive seminar 4: Water for the future
Chair: Ian Barker, Head of Water Resources, Environment Agency
Walter Menzies, Chief Executive, Mersey Basin Campaign
Simon Boyland, Water Demand Supply Manager, United Utilities
15:45
Interactive seminar 5: Green Consumerism - a driver for sustainable supply chains
Chair: Tricia Henton, Director of Environment and Business, Environment Agency
Paul Smith, Project Leader, Carbon Footprinting (Products), Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Limited
Solitaire Townsend, Chief Executive and Co-Founder, Futerra
15:45
Interactive seminar 6: Supporting change through greener investments
Chair: Howard Pearce, Environment Agency
Nick Robins, Head of Climate Change, HSBC
Ian Simm, Chief Executive, Impax Environmental Markets
Bruce Jenkyn-Jones, Investment Director, Impax Environmental Markets
Will Oulton - Director of Responsible Investment and Environmental Indices, FTSE
18:00
Ed Miliband Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change - the dream as well as the nightmare
19:30
Supper debate David Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein of The Times
This house believes that nagging and banning still have a place
19:30
Supper debate package David Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein of The Times
This house believes that nagging and banning still have a place
Day 2 - 10 Nov 2009
09:30
Elinor Goodman, former Political Editor of Channel 4 News and Board Member of the Commission for Rural Communities
Chair’s opening remarks
09:40
Dr Paul Leinster CBE, Chief Executive, Environment Agency
Environment Agency speaker
09:55
Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government
Local solutions to global problems
10:05
Panel discussion; Flooding
Cllr Gary Porter, Chair Local Government Association Environment Board
Michael Reardon, Strategic Director, Manchester Climate Change Agency and Rep. of SOLACE
John Hirst, Chief Executive, Met Office
Cllr Carl Minns, Leader, Hull City Council
Bob Sargent, Director of Water and Environment, Hyder
10:40
Anne McIntosh MP, Shadow Minister, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Keynote address
10:55
Anne McIntosh MP Question and Answer
11:00
Refreshments, exhibition and networking
11:30
Lord Anthony Giddens, Member of the House of Lords, and author of ‘The Politics of change’
The politics of climate change
11:40
Lord Anthony Giddens, summary package with audience reaction
11:45
Matt Tee, Permanent Secretary Government Communications
Using lifestyles and attitudes to support and encourage changes
12:00
Questions and discussion: Session 6
12:05
12:15
Panel response and discussion: Session 7
John Vidal, Environment Editor, The Guardian
Steve Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Chartered Institute of Waste Management
Dr Michael Warhurst, Senior Waste and Resources Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Gill Weeks, Regulatory Affairs Director, Veolia Environmental Services
Rebecca Eatwell, Account Director, PPS Group
12:50
Lord Chris Smith, Chair, Environment Agency
Session introduction
12:55
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Keynote address
13:15
Questions and discussion: Session 8
13:15
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, headline summary of speech
13:20
Buffet lunch, exhibition and networking
14:20
Mark James, Chief Executive, Carmarthenshire County Council
Interactive seminar 1
14:20
Day 2 Interactive seminar 1: Making a difference through local government
Chair: Dr Adam Read, Practice Manager, Waste Management & Resource Efficiency, AEA
Mark James, Chief Executive, Carmarthenshire County Council
Claire Gibson, Director of Sustainable Resources, South West Regional Development Agency
Andrew Mullaney, Head of Environment and Communitites, Environmental Directorate, Lancashire County Council
14:20
Day 2 Interactive seminar 2: How will the Carbon Reduction Commitment affect your organisation?
Chair: Tony Grayling, Head of climate change and sustainable development, Environment Agency
Andrew Hitchings, Carbon Reduction Commitment Project Executive, Environment Agency
Pete Clutton-Brock, Policy Officer, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Al Collier, Environment and Transport, Suffolk County Council
14:20
Day 2 Interactive seminar 3: Cutting emissions through transport choices
Chair: Paul Raynes, Programme Director, Regeneration and Transport, Local Government Association (LGA)
Michele Dix, Managing Director for Planning, Transport for London
14:20
Day 2 Interactive seminar 4: Turning the tide on flood risk
Chair: Robert Runcie, Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency
Steve Jorden, Head of Environmental Services, Wychavon District Council
Jeremy Walker, Board Member, Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee
Paul Mustow, Flood Forecasting Centre
14:20
Day 2 Interactive seminar 5: Energy efficiency through housing
David Weatherall, Housing Strategy Manager, Energy Savings Trust and Helen Williams Assistant Director National Housing Federation
14:20
John Twitchen, Founder, Sauce Consultancy
Interactive seminar 6
14:20
Day 2 Interactive seminar 6: Harnessing the potential of energy from waste
Chair: John Twitchen, Founder, Sauce Consultancy
John Skidmore, Director – Energy from Waste, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Neil Thornton, Director, Waste Resources and Delivery Transformation, Defra
15:20
Refreshments and networking
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