Events on demand

Climate change adaptation and social justice: what is the role of the built environment?

The Bartlett and Places Journal bring together their expertise to discuss: what is the role of the built environment in climate change adaptation and social justice?

Speakers: 

• Christoph Lindner - Dean of The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment and Professor in Urban Studies at University College London (chair)
• Lizzie Yarina - Doctoral candidate at MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Research Fellow at MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
• Kiel Moe - Cass Gilbert Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota
• Brett Milligan - Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, UC Davis
• Danielle Zoe Rivera - Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning, University of California, Berkeley
• Marcella Ucci - Associate Professor - UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, Bartlett
• Dusty Gedge - UCL Green Infrastructure Industry Expert-in-Residence, President of the European Federation of Green Roof and Wall Associations, Director, Green Infrastructure Consultancy Ltd, Founding Director, Livingroofs.org
• Scott Allan Orr - Lecturer in Heritage Data Science - UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, The Bartlett

Just transitions: managing the fossil fuel decline

Just transitions: managing the fossil fuel decline brought together a diverse panel of experts to discuss their perspectives on what a ‘just transition’ for the fossil fuel sector might look like, how it should be managed, and some of the key challenges to overcome. 

Speakers:

• Siân Bradley (Senior research fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resources programme at Chatham House)
• Kate James (Senior Policy Advisor on the UK’s Powering Past Coal Alliance, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
• Yacob Mulugetta (Professor of Energy and Development Policy, University College London)
• Greg Muttitt (Senior Policy Adviser, Energy Supply, International Institute for Sustainable Development)
• Adrien Vogt-Schilb (Senior climate change economist, Inter-American Development Bank)

Decarbonising European Industry and Steel in the Global Context  

This webinar, a final outreach event of the major INNOPATHS research programme, presented results of substantial research on the potential and strategies for decarbonising energy intensive industries in Europe. It also offered a detailed look at scenarios for steel.

Speakers:

• Michael Grubb (Professor of Energy and Climate Change, UCL)
• Dan Dorner (Head of Clean Energy Ministerial Secretariat, Paris)
• Paul Ekins (Professor of Resources and Environment Policy, UCL)
• Silvia Madeddu (PIK Germany)
• Lars J. Nilsson (Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems, Lund University)
• Milan Elkerbout (CEPS Energy, Resources and Climate Change Unit)
• Matthew Winning (Research Fellow, UCL)