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London's Universities: making our global city greener

29 June 2023, 10:30 am–1:00 pm

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For London Climate Action Week, UCL and Higher London are hosting an in-person panel discussion, where we will hear from a range of Higher Education professionals from across London’s universities about the work they are doing to drive change at home and around the world, as well as how universities as institutions can drive the transition to a greener future.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Eleanor Lee, Sustainable UCL

Location

UCL East, One Pool Street
1 Pool Street
London
E20 2AF

Descrption / Timings:

10:30 - 11:00- Registration

11:00 - 12:00- Panel Discussion 

12:00 - 13:00- Networking reception

Through research, teaching and civic engagement London’s universities have much to offer locally, nationally and globally in tackling the challenges of climate change.

In this in person panel discussion we will hear from a range of HE professionals from across London’s universities about the work they are doing to drive change at home and around the world, as well as how universities as institutions can drive the transition to a greener future. From reducing our own carbon footprints and working with our local communities, to informing policy with the latest evidence and equipping the leaders of tomorrow, universities are a crucial link in the fight against climate change.

Join hosts UCL and London Higher, and our expert panel to find out more about the role London’s universities are playing.

Panel:

Simon Goldsmith (Chair) - Simon is Chair of London Higher’s Sustainability network and Head of Sustainability at the University of Greenwich.

Professor Tristan McCowan - Tristan is Professor of International Education at the Institute of Education (UCL). Tristan’s body of work includes the contribution of higher education institutions to addressing climate change and the SDGs, including his recent Global Challenges Research Fund project on universities and climate change. 

Ola Bankole - Ola is Head of Sustainability for the Bloomsbury Colleges Group, University of London. This group is a joint sustainability team across the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Birkbeck, University of London and SOAS, University of London.

Pippa Palmer - Pippa is a Change Consultant and Research Strategist at London South Bank University’s Net Zero Building Centre. Pippa was part of research conducted by LSBU in partnership with Lambeth Council to understand the local retrofit supply chair and workforce.

Dr Anna Valero - Anna is a Distinguished Policy Fellow at the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, Deputy Director of the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID), and an associate of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Her current areas of research include: innovation and its diffusion, the economic impact of universities and sustainable growth/recovery.