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Sustainable Places: Climate Leadership for COP28
22 November 2023, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Ahead of the COP28 climate summit, join this online event to explore the issues global leaders need to overcome to tackle the climate crisis.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Chizoba Onyiuke
The climate crisis is one of the great challenges facing humanity, but why are leaders are failing to act?
This online Sustainable Places event will explore what is stopping government and industry leaders from making the changes needed to address the global climate crisis, and what can be done to tackle these constraints.
About this event
In this Sustainable Places: Climate Leadership for COP28 event we will discuss the constraints and barriers that are stopping government, policy and industry leaders from making the changes needed to address this global crisis.
How can these constraints and barriers be reduced or removed – and who by?
Join our panel of academic and industry experts to explore the issues facing today’s leaders, including corporate decision-making, transition risks, status quo bias, the non-linear nature of climate and ecological change, and the ethical challenges and responsibilities of leadership and sustainability.
We will examine why we are not seeing the individual climate leadership that we would like to see, and talk about the context that shapes behaviours – and how it can be altered.
We will discuss sustainability as an ethical imperative, and why understanding it in this way is crucial for the possibility of action to promote sustainability at all levels.
Access information
The Sustainable Places event series will be streamed live online through Zoom. Please ensure you have downloaded Zoom, created an account, and are logged in before joining the event.
The session will be recorded, and the recording and written transcript will be shared with attendees after the event.
We want to make our events accessible for everyone, and we encourage you to let us know if you have any accessibility requirements including:
- Presentation slides in advance for screen readers
- Live closed captions during the event
- Live British Sign Language interpretation during the event
- Any other requirements
Please contact The Bartlett Comms team at Bartlett.Comms@ucl.ac.uk with accessibility requirements. Please note we require two working days' notice for requests.
About the Sustainable Places series
In the bi-monthly Sustainable Places online event series, we're hosting conversations to ignite new ideas and explore solutions to construct a sustainable world for everyone.
In each event we'll explore the latest ideas and research from The Bartlett's leading thinkers in the built environment field. We'll explore all aspects of the climate crisis and how it intersects with the built environment: from sustainability and green design to climate-adapted cities and housing.
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About the Speakers
Dr Efrosyni (Effie) Konstantinou
Associate Professor in the Strategic Management of Projects at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction
Efrosyni (Effie) Konstantinou is Associate Professor in the Strategic Management of Projects and an expert in Executive Education at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL. She leads an interdisciplinary programme of research on the politics of the self in connection with ethics, professionalism and Grand Challenges. Her work builds on existentialist philosophy and the human condition, the sociology of the professions and the individual as an agent of professionalism, and critical management studies and the power of expert labour. She is founding chair of the Post Experience Education Working Group and chair of the Knowledge and Learning Special Interest Group at the British Academy of Management. Since 2017, she has been Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. With more than 20 years of experience, Effie helps people and organisations shape and achieve their vision, and more specifically how to make difficult decisions at the strategic level.
Professor Paul Ekins
Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
Professor Paul Ekins is Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, UCL. He is former Co-Director and Deputy Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, leading on its Energy Resources theme, with research publications on low-carbon futures, fossil fuels and hydrogen. In addition, he is a member of UNEP's International Resource Panel and was a lead author on its publications on resource efficiency and mineral resource governance. He was previously Chairman of the Government-funded National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP), a Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, a specialist adviser to the Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons, a Member of the Government’s Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board, and a Specialist Adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Climate Change Bill. He has extensive experience consulting for business, government and international organisations, and in 2015 he was awarded an OBE in the UK's New Year's Honours List for services to environmental policy.
Dr Cornelius Pieper
Senior Partner and Managing Director and global topic leader for Climate and Sustainability in Industrials
Cornelius Pieper is Senior Partner and Managing Director and global topic leader for Climate and Sustainability in Industrials at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He studied Geography and Economics at the Universities of Munich/Germany, Lund/Sweden and Bonn/Germany. He holds doctorate in Economic Geography of the Bonn University. Following a short stint as research assistant, he joined BCG in 2004 and is currently based in Boston, USA. In his work with corporate clients, he works with clients across industrial sectors and focuses on topics like sustainability, climate change, decarbonization, green growth, low-carbon technologies and the transition to a low-carbon economy. He was part of the BCG delegation to COP26, COP27 and COP28, and is leading BCG's support for the First Movers Coalition (US State Dept./WEF)
Professor Jeff Malpas
Professor Emeritus at University of Tasmania
Jeff Malpas is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tasmania, and Honorary Professor at Latrobe University and the University of Queensland. The author of over numerous books and papers, as well as the editor of various collections, he has written on topics across many different areas of philosophy, including ethics. Much of his work has an interdisciplinary focus, especially in relation to fields such as art, architecture, geography, media and culture, and he has also been heavily involved in work with government and business. He has held visiting positions at universities around the world, and is Vice-President of the Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows as well as a member of the Australian Academy of Humanities.