Environment & Sustainability Forum - Forthcoming Events

When: 18 July 2024, 09:00 - 16:00
Where: Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, CB1 1PT


Join us for our 2nd annual Net Zero and Resilience Summit, where four leading organisations are once again uniting forces to drive progress in the vital areas of Net Zero and Climate Resilience.

Proudly brought to you by the East of England Local Government Association, England’s Economic Heartland, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and Transport East, this summit promises to be an enlightening and action-oriented event.

Together, we are dedicated to tackling the pressing challenges of climate change head-on, and through collaboration and innovation, we aim to pave the way for a sustainable future. By bringing together key stakeholders from various sectors, including government, industry, and academia, we will explore cutting-edge solutions, share best practices, and chart a course towards a resilient and carbon-neutral future.

The East of England has a unique set of environmental opportunities and challenges. Our region produces half of the UK’s offshore wind energy and has plans to do much more. However, the East of England is the most susceptible region in the country to the impacts of climate change including coastal erosion and drought. Furthermore, car ownership levels are extremely high due, largely, to our region’s rurality. This has a massive impact on carbon emissions.

At the 2024 East of England Net Zero and Climate Resilience Summit, partners from the public and private sector, will come together to explore the following themes:

• Decarbonising rural connectivity
• Green economy and skills
• Behaviour change
• Building climate resilience
• Net zero freight and logistics
• Farming and land use
• The role of hydrogen
• Finance and equality

The full day event will be an opportunity to hear from influential speakers and attend workshop sessions.

Speakers

 
The following speakers are confirmed, with more to be announced soon and an agenda to follow shortly:

• Kerry McCarthy MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change
• Julie Marson MP, MP for Hertford and Stortford
• Cllr Peter Schwier, Chair of the Regional Climate Change Forum and Climate Czar, Essex County Council
• Professor Roderick Watkins, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University
• Professor Yvonne Barnett, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Anglia Ruskin University
• Vikram Singla FCILT, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and Digital Transformation Director and Sustainability Ambassador at Oracle
• Greg Pearson, Partnership Manager, Norfolk Climate Change Partnership

Audience:

 
Ministers and MPs, Councillors and council officers, academia, private sector and third sector industry partners in the East of England.

Please register your details below to confirm your attendance at this year’s East of England Net Zero and Climate Resilience Summit on the 18 July 2024. Places are on a first come, first serve basis. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation shaping our collective response to the climate crisis. Join us as we work towards a world where Net Zero is not just a goal, but a reality. Together, we can make a difference.

If you have any queries please contact Jayne Cole, Events Manager, East of England LGA, email; events@eelga.gov.uk

Click here to register via EELGA website 

Launch of ‘Opportunity East’ Report – Net Zero and Climate Resilience Summit

If you have not already booked on to attend, now is your chance to book on to the 18 July East of England Net Zero and Climate Resilience Summit, taking place at Anglia Ruskin University 

Alongside our influential speakers highlighting a range of important net zero and climate resilience themes, we will now also be launching the ‘Opportunity East: How the East of England will drive National Productivity through Innovation’ report. The report, which has been produced in partnership between EELGA, the East of England APPG and Chambers East highlights the significant economic potential of our region and how this can be unlocked through greater support for the region’s infrastructure. 

This will give us the opportunity to showcase the huge opportunities in our region soon after the General Election with a new Government in place.

• SUS1.1 Social, Economic and Environmental Resilience  of the Supply Chain
•  TP2.1 Policy Planning for Transport
•  FM1.2 Urban Freight Transport Operations
•  PAS1.2 Modes, Modal Choice and Transport Integration
•  LE1.3 Costing, Finance and Resourcing

When: 10 September 2024, 17:00 - 19:00
Where: Zoom Webinar
Speaker: Morag Robertson, Chair of Policy Group, Polaris Consulting
       Paul LeBlond, CILT
               Clare Sheffield, Director of Transport Planning ARUP

The phrase Road User Charging evokes a number of reactions; fear, anger, triumph, glee but whatever your feelings are about the subject it is likely to be something that is required to address transport funding gaps and to help achieve environmental targets by engaging modal shift.

We are edging towards a turning point in our transport history where our reliance on fossil fuel cars is shifting but our desire for mobility is greater than ever.  With these shifts comes challenges for us as individuals and as a society as well as how we govern and fund transport strategies.

With this in mind we are hosting a workshop on 10th September to discuss some of the issues this debate raises.  As an institute we have held a position on the subject and the aim of this session is to review that position with a view to updating it.  To do this we would like to gather the views and opinions of our members.

It is a very important but contentious issue and so it is unlikely we can address all the issues that the subject raises however we would like to start the consultation process, with maybe the opportunity to set up a working party to develop our position further.

The agenda will start with an introduction to the subject, covering the objectives of Road User Charging, types of charging with examples, principles of charging and current CILT position.  This is meant as a broad thought provoker as the main session will focus on discussion on:
1. What should the objectives of RUC be?
2. What principles should we be aspiring to?
3. What are the challenges?
4. What advice should we be giving government?
The aim of this session is to garner thoughts and opinions to update CILTs position with a view to engaging with stakeholders, in particular to inform government in their thinking about what Road User Charging may look like.

Booking for Members-Non-Members FREE
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