How might Mars supercharge a UK green transition?

2025 is the start of a new world order, defined in large part by President Trump. Trump 2.0’s MAGA agenda is marked by some seismic shifts: From multilateralism to expansionism (into new territories); from energy security to fossil fuel proliferation; from globalism to protectionism and trade wars. What could this mean for the UK economy and its green transition?

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About the speaker

Oliver Greenfield is a strategist, mentor and advisor providing bespoke support to Governments, CEOs and senior leadership teams to enable their sustainability missions. He specialises in guiding organisations to develop and implement transformative strategies and help decision makers steer a path through complex system change. He has had a 30 year career starting in strategy consultancy (Booz Allen and the BBC World Service), then driving sustainable business innovation (WWF) and finally building and leading a global, multi stakeholder coalition for green economic reform (Green Economy Coalition).

About this event series

Political turning points, 2024-2025: Causes, consequences, solutions

2024 and 2025 are crucial years for global politics, with a number of highly anticipated elections (in India, the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere). These elections are coming at a time ofcoinciding with major armed conflicts (especially in Ukraine and Gaza), as well as rising levels of income inequality (globally and nationally), deflated living standards that still have not recovered to pre-Covid levels, crumbling healthcare systems, and fierce culture wars that are tearing up the fabric of our societies.

The sense of uncertainty and volatility is overwhelming and there is no way to predict what world we will live in two years from now. How can we understand thisthe causes and consequences of this overwhelming uncertainty and volatility? and what are the different components that define its causes and consequences? What is being done to mitigate for its effects and address the different challenges that emerge in it?

This series of Director’s Seminars and Soundbites will approach the question of uncertainty by exploring the complex range of practices and processes that define it today as a condition that is closely interlinked with economic, cultural, and environmental challenges.

Soundbites are a platform for professionals and entrepreneurs who are leading in their field. Speakers are innovators and inspiring actors working in new and traditional sectors, outside of academia. The Soundbite gives the audience an insight into how their organisation contributes to sustainable and inclusive prosperity.

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