UCC Climate Conference
Free!
You are cordially invited to the UCC Climate Conference; Proudly Sponsored by UTRC
Venue: Aula Maxima
Date: 7th February 2015
Registration: 11.00-12.00
Email: to register in advance
The event is a collaboration between several groups in UCC:
The Philosophical Society, Engineers Without Borders, Environmental Society, International Development and the Green Campus Committee,
This event is totally free to attend and open to the public but please register in advance as spaces may be limited.
The conference will consist of two main panels and two talks:
“UTC and UTRC: Sustainability Goals and Selected Product & System Efficiency Improvement Projects”
Dr Stevo Mijanovic - General manager, United Technologies Research Centre (UTRC) Ireland.
“The Climate Marches: Activism and Influencing Power”
May Boeve - Executive Director of 350.org, a grassroots environmental group that organised the historic Climate Marches in September 2014.
1) “International Development and Climate Justice: Challenges and New Goals”
Dr Alexa Zellentin - Lecturer in political theory at the UCD School of Politics and International Relations;
Niamh Garvey- Environmental Justice Policy Officer for Trocaire;
Dr Liam McCarton - Director of Engineers Without Borders Ireland.
2) “Political and Corporate Responses to Climate Change: Solutions and Barriers”
Oisin Coghlan - Director of Friends of the Earth Ireland;
Tom Arnold - Director of IIEA, Board Member of the Mary Robinson Foundation, former Director of Concern Worldwide;
Dr Aine Ryall - Lecturer in environmental law, School of law, UCC.
John Gibbons - Journalist, environmental activist, blogger at ThinkorSwim.
When registering please:
- Indicate where you will be travelling from and 2. how you will be travelling -to provide these details click here: http://goo.gl/forms/DNu3tz8WmL
199 tickets available
