Climate Change and Development
Stream Outline: As the political climate changes worldwide, we are facing new challenges in tackling the effects of Climate Change. This stream will focus on these challenges for both the developed and the developing world and the possible solutions to this environmental crisis.
Speaker: Richard Lancaster, Greenpeace
Richard Lancaster is the local Greenspeaker for Bristol and the surrounding area. A software-engineer by trade, Richard dedicates much of his free time to campaigning and delivering talks for the non-governmental environmental organisation, Greenpeace. Richard has been a member of Greenpeace since the early 1980s, originally joining to support the anti-whaling campaign. He has extensive experience in campaigning and is convinced that Climate Change is the biggest challenge we face today and hopes that his work with Greenpeace will lead to a better way of living.
Speaker: Mike Birkin, Friends of the Earth
Mike has been actively involved in the politics of climate change since 1990. He has lived most of his adult life in South West England - and most of that time he has worked for Friends of the Earth. Friends of the Earth are an international network of environmental organizations, whose current campaigns include the Bee Cause, Fracking, Clean Air and, of course, Climate Change. Mike is currently based in Bristol as Regional Campaigner for Friends of the Earth and works to defend nature and support green energy.
Speaker: Molly Scott Cato MEP, Green Party
Molly is a Member of the European Parliament, an economist and writer. Growing up in Bath, she has spent most of her life in the West Country. She studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford before gaining a doctorate in economics from Aberystwyth. Apart from Economics, Molly’s areas of special interest include land ownership/food production; renewable energy; co-operatives and self-managed firms; and issues concerned with peace and opposing nuclear weapons and nuclear power. Before being elected to the European Parliament, Molly led the Green Group on Stroud District Council and was Chair of the Council’s Audit Committee. She worked as Professor of Economics at Roehampton University in London. For the past 15 years Molly has spoken for the Green Party on economics and finance.
Speaker: Molly Scott Cato MEP, Green Party
Molly is a Member of the European Parliament, an economist and writer. Growing up in Bath, she has spent most of her life in the West Country. She studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford before gaining a doctorate in economics from Aberystwyth. Apart from Economics, Molly’s areas of special interest include land ownership/food production; renewable energy; co-operatives and self-managed firms; and issues concerned with peace and opposing nuclear weapons and nuclear power. Before being elected to the European Parliament, Molly led the Green Group on Stroud District Council and was Chair of the Council’s Audit Committee. She worked as Professor of Economics at Roehampton University in London. For the past 15 years Molly has spoken for the Green Party on economics and finance.
