What is the future for climate action?

What is the future for climate action?

What is the future for climate action?

event Friday 27 September 2024 schedule 4.00pm - 5.00pm BST
Past event
Past event
event Friday 27 September 2024 schedule 4.00pm - 5.00pm BST
  • Climate Action poster
An examination of how the climate action movement began and a discussion of where it might go next.
In-person | £10
Open to: 
Alumni and guests
Theme: 
Climate, sustainability and conservation
Location: 
Peter Richards Room, Hughes Hall | View details

How has awareness of climate change grown, and how are societies, governments and businesses responding?

Join Hughes Hall’s Centre for Climate Engagement (CCE) for an insightful event exploring the successes and challenges in climate action, and how students and academics can play a key role in the drive to net zero.

Emily Farnworth (Director of CCE) will host best-selling author and “green business guru,” John Elkington, for a discussion of what lies ahead and how we can all contribute to a greener planet.

Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation on achieving a more sustainable future.

Speakers

Emily Farnworth

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Emily Farnworth is the Director of the Centre for Climate Engagement and a Fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. She has over 25 years of experience working with businesses, governments and non-profit organisations to support the transition to a low-carbon economy and has worked across multi-stakeholder groups and within specific industry sectors to collaborate on solutions to tackle climate change. She was previously the Head of Climate Initiatives at the World Economic Forum where she was involved in setting up the Climate Governance Initiative (now hosted at the Centre for Climate Engagement. She is a board member of Chapter Zero, a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Advisory Group, a member of the University of Cambridge Sustainability Committee and a Cambridge Zero Fellow.

John Elkington

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One of the founders of the global sustainability movement, John has co-founded four businesses since 1978: Environmental Data Services (ENDS, 1978-); CounterCurrent (1983-); SustainAbility (1987-); and Volans Ventures (2008-). Along the way, he has served on over 80 boards and advisory boards. He has addressed over 1,500 conferences around the world and was a faculty member of the World Economic Forum from 2002-2008. He is the author or co-author of 21 books, the latest—Tickling Sharks: How We Sold Business on Sustainability — published in June 2024 by Fast Company Press.

Reading list

John Elkington – Tickling Sharks: How We Sold Business on Sustainability (Fast Company Press, June 2024)

John Elkington - Green Swans: The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism (Fast Company Press, April 2020).

 

Booking information

Price: 
£10
Capacity: 
70

Booking for this event is now closed.

Location

Peter Richards Room, Hughes Hall
Wollaston Road
Cambridge
CB1 2EW
United Kingdom

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