I have tried to sign up for this but have had no reply from you but will
turn up anyway!
Dr JOhn Parry
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--On 12 November 2009 11:28 +0000 "Bardsley N." <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> [With apologies for cross-posting]
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> Update:
> * There is just one week to go until:
> The transition to low carbon: policy frameworks and community action
> The Discovery Centre, Winchester 20-21 November 2009
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> * We are now able to offer lunch and refreshments on both days at no
> extra cost. * Places are filling fast so please register asap to avoid
> disappointment.
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> Details:
> Engage with key policy and sustainability experts and explore how to
> convert your ideas into action. To prevent runaway climate change,
> emissions of greenhouse gases must be cut and the economy transformed.
> This workshop examines the implications for both policy and independent
> initiatives, just ahead of vitally important international negotiations
> at the Copenhagen UN Conference of the Parties in December.
>
> For full program details and to register please visit
> http://transitiontolowcarbon.org
>
> This meeting is organised by Cap and Share UK, University of Southampton
> & Winchester Action on Climate Change
>
> Abstracts of talks are available online
>
> Day 1
> Why Cap Emissions if Peak Oil is Coming Anyway? - Richard Douthwaite
> (Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability) Can the UK Deliver on
> its Carbon Budgets? The Second Report of the Committee on Climate Change
> - Sam Fankhauser (London School of Economics) Making the Most of the
> Crisis - Alan Simpson MP
> The Copenhagen Conference of the Parties (COP) - Colin Challen MP
> Kyoto2, the Climate Fund and the Engagement of Civil Society - Oliver
> Tickell (Kyoto2) Energy Saving versus Economy-Wide Backfire - Are We
> Winning? Insights from the UKEcco Embodied Energy Model - Simon Roberts
> (Arup, Foresight Group) Financing the Transition to the Low Carbon
> Economy - Barbara Hammond (South East England Development Agency)
> Capacity Building for Community Action and Policy Transformation - Brian
> Davey (Cap and Share UK) Low Carbon: a Policy - Practice Jigsaw - Peter
> Lipman (Sustrans and Chair of Trustees of the Transition Network)
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> Day2
> Sustainable Households: How Much Decarbonisation Can we Do at Home, and
> Can Local Communities Help? - Peter Harper (Centre for Alternative
> Technology) How a Community Can Fund its Own Energy Supply - Richard
> Douthwaite (Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability) Building
> Sustainability into Your Structure; a Case Study - Patrick Andrews
> (RiverSimple) Community-Driven Change: Transformation from the Bottom-Up
> - Steve Clare (Development Trusts Association) Self-Build as a Tool to
> Create and Empower Communities; Ashley Vale in Bristol - Anna Hope
> (Ecomotive) Solutions for living on one planet - Sue Riddlestone
> (BioRegional) The Meadows Community Energy Company - Jerome Baddeley
> (Nottingham Energy Partnership) How to Build a Community Wind Farm - Adam
> Twine (Westmill Co-operative) Less is More: Some Experiences of Social
> Venturing and the Next Economy - Robin Murray (The Young Foundation)
> Facilitated panel discussion with George Beckett (Conservative), Chris
> Bluemel (Green ) and TBA (Liberal Democrat)
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> Nick Bardsley
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> Senior Research Fellow
> National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)*
> Room 4001, Building 58
> University of Southampton
> SO17 1BJ
> tel. 023 8059 3319
> fax. 023 8059 8908
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> http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/about/people/hub/Nick-Bardsley.php<blocked::http://
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