A City of London Event on Entrepreneurship and Green Finance
2022-07-25 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
We are delighted to announce that Birkbeck University, in collaboration with the LCAG, will be hosting a series of sustainability talks. The second talk will be taking place on Monday 25 July, 5-6.30pm. The event will take place in-person and will be hosted at Barnard’s Inn Hall, Gresham College located in Holborn, London.
Register here
Join the Livery Climate Action Group, World Traders and Birkbeck, University of London for a round table discussion on Entrepreneurship and Green Finance. Further details are available in the attached Flyer.
Panel:

Alderman Prem Goyal OBE JP (Chair), City of London
Dr Paul Elsner, Lecturer in Geographic Data Science, Birkbeck, University of London
Shalom Lloyd, Entrepreneur and Founder, Naturally Tribal Skincare
Dr Ellen Yu, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Birkbeck, University of London
Richard Jones, Entrepreneur, VC and Investor

If you would like to attend the event, please register online.
We do hope you are able to join us for this discussion.
City of London & Birkbeck Roundtable Entrepreneurship and Green Finance

Roundtable Discussion on Sustainability and Resources
2022-09-21 17:00 - 18:30
A CITY OF LONDON & BIRKBECK ROUNDTABLE EVENT ON SUSTAINABILITY AND RESOURCES
Birkbeck University are delighted to announce that they will be hosting a joint event with the City of London to discuss sustainability and resources . This is the third Roundtable discussion in the series and the evening discussion will be taking place in-person on Wednesday 21 September, 5-6.30pm.
For more information and to book, click here.
The event will be hosted in Birkbeck’s new Teaching and Learning Centre at Birkbeck, University of London, 373 Euston Road. Joining the round table discussion will also be the Livery Climate Action Group and the World Traders.
Panel:

Alderman Alastair King (Chairman), Naisbitt King Asset Management Limited, City of London
Dr Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij, Chair of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science & Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Pedro Gomes, Reader in Economics, Birkbeck, University of London

If you would like to attend the event, please register here.
The event will be followed by a drink’s reception, and all are welcome to attend. We do hope you are able to join us for this evening discussion.
City of London & Birkbeck Roundtable Sustainbility and Resources

Ofwat's Approach to Reducing the Harm From Storm Overflows at PR24
2022-09-22 17:30 - 18:45
You are cordially invited to join the Water Conservators’ September Webinar
Ofwat’s Approach to Reducing the Harm From Storm Overflows at PR24 – Thursday 22nd September 2022 5.30pm to 6.45pm
Click here to register.
Presented by Dr Matthew Greetham, Ofwat
Under the Environment Act 2021 the government has a duty to secure a progressive reduction in the adverse impacts of these discharges. Ofwat, alongside colleagues from DEFRA and the EA, is currently considering how best to enable and incentivise this reduction in harm.
Attendance is free and please invite anyone else in your organisation who might be interested. Just register via the Eventbrite link to receive the joining details. If you click add to calendar on the registration form it will add the event to your calendar.
WCWC Sept 2022 Webinar V3

Green City Briefings - Feature City: Doha, Qatar
2022-10-18
Click here for more information and to sign up.
AIPH, in collaboration with the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, proudly presents Green City Briefings 2022/23, sponsored by Expo 2023 Doha, Qatar. This year it is even more global, featuring cities around the world that demonstrate significant progress in including plants and nature in their city’s form and function.
Each one-hour webinar will start with a presentation by an expert describing the principles that explain how urban greening benefits the city, its residents, and nature. The second presentation will be from a city demonstrating how the practice creates transformational change. Facilitated by a fellow leader on the topic there will be discussion structured around submitted questions. This provides experts from around the world the opportunity to showcase and connect knowledge to practice.
Last year the City of London Green City Briefings saw attendees from 50 different countries join AIPH’s series and we hope to see a similar level of inspiration and knowledge sharing this year. The previous eight Green City Briefings webinars presented compelling evidence and examples of the power of ‘living green’ in delivering multiple solutions to city challenges.
In a unique development to the online format, we invite audience members to submit questions and begin discussion on the AIPH Global Green City Forum: A virtual space dedicated to driving transformative change in cities by harnessing the power of plants and nature. The AIPH Global Green City Forum is an online community for all individuals with an interest in learning, sharing, and inspiring a global movement for greener, healthier, and more sustainable cities. Here you canpost questions to speakers and join the discussion ahead of each webinar. All the webinar recordings will be available to access on this free platform. AIPH warmly invites you to join the AIPH Global Green City Forum
AIPH also invites you to subscribe to receive the monthly AIPH Global Green City Update direct to your inbox. This monthly mailing comprises the latest news and events, best practice and case studies, policy and green city principles, and research findings from around the world. Subscribing to the AIPH Global Green City Update will ensure that you never miss an announcement regarding the 2022/2023 Green City briefings. Stay up to date with all things Green City by subscribing today!

Webinar: Minimising waste
2022-11-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Online event
The Furniture Makers’ Company is hosting a webinar that focuses on waste minimisation.
Waste minimisation is imperative but does zero to landfill mean zero waste? This webinar will explore what the furnishing industry needs to do in order to achieve greater waste reduction.
Register here to register

Net Zero Initiative Lectures from Prof Myles Allen
2022-11-22 18:00 - 19:00 | David Game College
Director of the Oxford Net Zero initiative, Prof Myles Allen is hosting a series of lectures focused on Net Zero.
Prof Allen has published about human and natural influences on the climate, contributing to climate changes and extreme weather risks.

His next lecture within the series is on Tuesday 22nd November surrounding the topic of ‘The Atmospheric Physics Behind Net Zero’.
Before net zero, climate policy was all about the contraction and convergence of emissions between rich and poor to achieve, leading to “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere” at a safe level. But scientists struggled to establish what that “safe” level was, making little progress in over a quarter of a century. Prof Allen will explain the physics and probability theory within his lecture and the importance of this when striving for net zero.

Get a ticket here: The Atmospheric Physics Behind Net zero Tickets

Be More Green: Innovating to Improve Energy Efficiency Discussion
2022-11-28 14:00 - 16:30
Be More Green aims to get businesses innovating to decarbonise and become more environmentally sustainable. Following the successful release of the Be More Green toolkit in partnership with CGI, we will be hosting a series of events to continue the conversation and support businesses on their green innovation journey.
They are hosting a member discussion on 28th November at 14:00pm – 16:30pm at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
This session will explore:

What is the business case for innovation in energy efficiency?
What are the first steps your business can take to improve efficiency and how can you then go further?
What innovative solutions are already out there? Both small-scale practical solutions and innovations targeted at overarching energy reduction.
How can your business start innovating to be more energy efficient?
What incentives and support are available?
How can you use data and technology effectively to support energy efficiency?

Confirmed Speakers:

Mattie Yeta, Chief Sustainability Officer, CGI UK
Alice Williams, Vice President, Strategy and Commercial Excellence, Schneider Electric UK and Ireland
Lars Fabricus, Managing Director – SAV Systems & EnergiRaven

At this panel discussion business leaders will have the opportunity to:

Hear about innovative solutions, case studies and best practice from businesses who are leading the way in this area
Learn about solutions to common challenges on these issues
Network with other leaders interested in this important topic

This event will be held in person and will be followed by a networking drinks reception.
Get a ticket here: CBI Event

Responsible Offsetting Seminar
2022-11-29 17:00 - 18:00
Invitation to an online seminar taking place on Tuesday 29th November on the topical subject of Responsible Offsetting.
The guest speakers are Gavin Towers, from the Fueller’s Company and Sam Ramsay.
This will be an opportunity to hear of best practices in the controversial field of carbon offsetting. Gavin and Sam will explain the principles of offsetting, and how the good schemes work in practice, as well as draw attention to the pitfalls and the less responsible schemes that we may have heard about.
Can we really absolve our consciences for our emissions simply by paying someone to plant trees, indefinitely? Or is there far more to offsetting than tree planning?
It will be presented in a Livery context and address the real issues faced by Companies as they tackle the issues of Climate Change and help them decide whether responsible offsetting could be part of their approach.
Register here

Television for the Environment Charity Film Awards
2022-11-29 18:30
The Television for the Environment Charity was set up 39 years ago by the UN, WWF, and Central Television (ITV). As a charity, they commission filmmakers across the globe to produce short films highlighting environmental and sustainability issues and offer possible solutions.
In 2020 one of the winning films from the awards, ‘My Octopus Teacher‘ subsequently went on to win the BAFTA award and the Hollywood Oscar for best documentary.
For the first time in 11 years, the Film awards are being hosted in the City of London at Merchant Taylors Hall.
Out of 75 film entries, they have shortlisted 17 and the winners will be announced Black-tie Gala Dinner on 29 November. The awards event will be a memorable and unique occasion.
tve 11th GSFA ceremony and gala dinner on 29 Nov 2022

Roundtable Invitation -The Unseen Influences on Climate, Sustainability and Resources
2022-12-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Birkbeck Core Management Centre
Birkbeck and the FS Club are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a joint event with the City of London to discuss the unseen influences on climate, sustainability and resources.
This is the fourth roundtable discussion in the series and the evening discussion will be taking place in person at Birkbeck, University of London.
Join the Livery Climate Action Group, Worshipful Company of World Traders, Z/Yen’s FS Club, and Birkbeck, University of London for a discussion on the unseen influences on climate, sustainability, and resources.
Date: Tuesday, 06 December 2022, 17:30 – 19:00 GMT
Venue: CLO B01, Clore Management Centre, 27 Torrington Square, London WC1E 7JL
Programme:
17:30 Welcome and Introduction – Professor David Latchman, Vice-Chancellor, Birkbeck, University of London
17:35 Key Issues – Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney
17:45 Environmental Sustainability And Fiscal Sustainability – Professor Ron Smith, Birkbeck, University of London
18:00 Cultural Heritage Is Not Always What You Think – Dr Esther Breithoff, Birkbeck, University of London
18:15 Environmental Science Diplomacy – Science Engagement With North Korea – Professor James Hammond, Birkbeck, University of London
18:30 Energy Transitions: Lessons From The Past For The Future – Professor Frank Trentmann, Birkbeck, University of London
18:45 Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney And Panel Discussion With The Audience
19:00 Drinks Reception Held In The Clore Suite
Click here to register for free.

World Trade Conversations #1 - ESG
2023-01-12 18:00 - 20:00 | DLA Piper, 160 Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4HT, 160 Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4HT, United Kingdom
Is ESG the promised land or a headache for you or your organisation?
Join the launch of the World Trade Conversations – a new series of interactive, deep dives to help you generate fresh thinking and new momentum on all things World Trade. The first will focus on exploring ESG and the good, bad and ugly or corporate ethics in a changing world.
Exploring modern corporate ethics in a changing world
What participants will get: (less is more, more with less)

Engage in deep dialogue that generates fresh thinking by reframing assumptions and nurturing sparks of insight
Make new connections that add to your intuitive intelligence to find solutions
Participate in surfacing and building on the collective wisdom of the World Traders (and contributing to City of London and global trade)

There is no charge for attending this event.
Register here

Water Conservators’ Webinar 'Preparing For A Drier Future '
2023-01-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Online event
You are cordially invited to join the Water Conservators’ January Webinar ‘ Preparing For A Drier Future ‘.
Wednesday 18th January 2023 5.30pm to 6.45pm
Presented by Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the University of Oxford, and Jon Chappell, Senior Policy Adviser at the National Infrastructure Commission.
About this Webinar
The National Infrastructure Commission is the government’s independent expert adviser on long term infrastructure policy. Among its advisory remit is water, flooding and drought. In 2018 the Commission published a seminal report on the latter, which has informed water sector plans and government planning assumptions ever since. Preparing for a Drier Future called for that additional water supply and demand reduction totalling 4,000Ml/day to be delivered by 2050 to ensure England avoids severe drought. This webinar will set out the triple track approach recommended by the Commission: addressing system leakages, investing in new supply and transfer infrastructure and reducing consumption. Commission representatives will offer an update on progress towards their proposed solutions and touch on future plans for reports on water related topics.
Register to the free event here

Breakfast event - Historic Buildings Carbon Reduction & Resilience Challenge
2023-01-24 08:30 - 11:00 | The City Centre, 80 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5AR
The City of London Corporation and Purcell Architects are hosting a breakfast briefing on Historic Buildings Carbon Reduction & Climate Resilience Challenge.
They want to hear about your experiences and challenges you are facing with your historic listed buildings. They would like your feedback to help identify and share the most time and cost-effective solutions that can best protect, enhance and sustain the value of your heritage asset.
Order of events:

8:30am Welcome breakfast
9:00am Introduction by historic built environment experts, Purcell.
9:20am Guided Q&A to investigate the challenges, changes and strategies faced by those who own and use historic buildings in the Square Mile.

The obstacles to adapting listed buildings in the face of a rapidly changing climate can seem daunting, numerous, and expensive to overcome. Purcell Architects are a team of experts who have been commissioned by the City Corporation to help you understand and facilitate the adaptations to improve the resilience, value and efficiency of your historic building.
The Historic Buildings Challenge is being delivered as part of the City Corporation’s Climate Action Strategy to support the achievement of net zero in the Square Mile by 2040.
Click here for more information on the City Corporation’s Climate Action Strategy.
Register for the event here

Historic Buildings Challenge: Carbon Reduction & Climate Resilience
2023-02-14 09:00 - 11:30 | Online event
Virtual workshop for historic building owners, managers and occupiers within the Square Mile
This Historic Building Challenge, as part of the City Corporation’s wider Climate Action Strategy, is a research and collaborative knowledge sharing project to create a one-stop resource that recognises and shares best practice advice and case studies.
The historic environment expert team at Purcell Architects have been commissioned by the City of London to help you understand and navigate the obstacles that can seem daunting and expensive to overcome when adapting a historic building.
Following a sold-out breakfast launch workshop on the 24th January, this virtual session builds on this feedback and introduces the new engagement hub on Commonplace.
We need to hear from you; your experiences, the challenges you face and the actions you are taking to help identify the most time and cost-effective solutions that can best protect, enhance and sustain the value of your heritage asset.
Join us at this virtual morning workshop and help shape the Historic Buildings Carbon Reduction and Climate Resilience Challenge.

'Routes to Greater Sustainability' Industry Day
2023-02-16 11:00 - 17:00 | Furniture Makers Hall, 12 Austin Friars, London, EC2N 2HE, United Kingdom
Join the Furniture Makers Company for a day of knowledge sharing on what the furnishing sector can do to reduce climate change.
Click here to register for free.
Thursday 16 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm, Furniture Makers’ Hall, London
Programme:

11.00am – Welcome – Tony Attard OBE DL, Master of The Furniture Makers’ Company
11.10am – Anticipated forthcoming legislation. The role of the British Furniture Confederation. Speakers: Jonathan Hindle, chairman, BFC Legislation update and Jessica Alexander, executive director of the National Bed Federation / BFC
11.30am – Coffee and networking
12.00pm – Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme (FISP) – an industry specific standard. Speaker: John Hubbard, technical consultant, FIRA International
12.15pm – Measuring your organisation’s carbon footprint – Nichola Pichel-Juan, sustainability manager at SATRA Technology
12.30pm – Capital investment in renewables. Speaker: Rollie Attard, CEO of Panaz
12.45pm – Lunch and networking
1.45pm – Packaging and sustainability, alternative solutions – John Hubbard, technical consultant, FIRA International
2.00pm – A circular approach. Speaker: Adnan Zeb-Khan, manager at Carpet Recycling UK
2.15pm – A circular approach. Speaker: Angela Moran, product strategy director at Silentnight
2.30pm – Biomaterials and circularity. Speaker: Richard Naylor, group sustainable development director at Hypnos Beds
2.45pm – Networking
3.15pm – Reuse and extending useful life. Speaker: Fiona Edwards, head of sustainability at JPA Workspaces
3.30pm – Design classics – maximising lifecycle through design. Speaker: Chris Black, managing director of Sound Leisure
3.45pm – Networking
5.00pm – Close

Guests are welcome to stay for a mixer event that will start at 5.30pm. Complimentary drinks and nibbles will be served.

Day seminar: The Future of Energy in the UK
2023-02-20 09:30 - 16:00 | Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London, SE1 9DD, United Kingdom
Deputy Master, Kenneth Cupitt in his responsibility as a member of the Education Committee has organised an all-day seminar on the topic “The Future of Energy” at Glaziers’ Hall, with six speakers comprising business owners and decision makers will share their views on both the provision of energy for the country and what alternative choices may be available for future opportunities.
Information shared by the speakers will help business leaders make the right decisions over the next decade and learn what the UK Government, and the supply industry, is having to put in place for economic green energy. Topics will include:

Nuclear Energy (both Fusion and Fission will be covered and what Rolls Royce are developing with mini reactors for regional generation);
Making money from Sources of Energy (Ways of Cutting the Costs of Energy in a Business, how to store energy in times of plenty for use in times of shortages, achieving cost cutting by enabling businesses to trade energy);
Rooftop Solar Panels and PV Modules (advantages of using Solar Energy, reduced Electricity Bill, Return on Investment, Renewable Energy, Environmentally Friendly, Energy Independence). A photovoltaic system or solar power system is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics;
Adding Hydrogen to Supplement Natural Gas (now that trials of the addition of hydrogen to gas have been completed what it will do to benefit us all);
Hydrogen as a Fuel for Delivery Vehicles (there is unlikely to be enough Lithium to power storage batteries in the short term, but larger vehicles are also likely to be powered by hydrogen to carry the bulky items and for the driving range);
Heat Pump Technology (the conclusion, thus far, is that for heat pumps, ammonia is thermodynamically the best refrigerant in the field of operation for comfort cooling and is also safer than using Fluorocarbons).

Webinar : Preparing for Combustion Transition: A framework for accelerating our transition to Net Zero
2023-02-23 17:30 - 19:00 | Online event
Preparing for Combustion Transition: A framework for accelerating our transition to Net Zero Webinar
Presented by Professor Simon Spooner, Principal Scientist, Atkins Infrastructure.
About this Webinar
We have grown prosperous and numerous by burning and consuming the products of biological systems of the past and present. We have now learnt how to get what we need without having to do this anymore. We just have to get on and manage the transition to embracing and stewarding our world instead of consuming it. In this talk I will set out some concepts and principles for this, some metrics to measure with and some plans and tools to help manage the transition. Then, as Water Conservators and Livery Companies, what might we be able to contribute here in the City? Can we develop alternative approaches to offsetting that will be more effective? Can the City lead in changing its infrastructure to eliminate combustion in our buildings and transport and so attain net zero?
About the Speaker
Prof Simon Spooner is an environmental scientist applying scientific models combined with social, economic, political and regulatory methods to address the challenges that we face and help build better infrastructure systems. Currently his main activities are: as a senior expert advisor on the UK
Health Security Agency programme to develop wastewater epidemiology based responses to the Covid-19 pandemic; applying his SimBasinQ river basin water quality model to address the impact of wastewater discharges on our rivers; and developing nature based catchment solutions to flooding,
water quality, water resources, biodiversity and carbon sequestration. He has developed the combustion transition framework, an innovative approach to integrating GHG emissions reductions and land-use based regeneration of natural processes with a framework of metrics and economic
tools to facilitate an accelerated transition to net-zero.
Over the last 30 years as a consultant with Atkins and before that Mott MacDonald he worked about half his time overseas, mostly in China, on major World Bank, EU and UK government projects in urban environment development, energy systems and environmental policy. He was Technical Director for water and environment for Atkins in China mostly delivering urban planning projects. More recently he worked in partnership with KPMG for the UK FCDO in China on the development of environmental governance processes and access to international financing for infrastructure projects under China’s Belt and Road programme. In the UK he mostly worked for water companies in wastewater and river basin management and in water industry regulatory processes.
He is an honorary professor at Nottingham university in Ningbo and UK campuses and a visiting professor at many universities in China as well as Cambridge University in UK. He has written and edited a number of books on water and environmental management, regulation and adaption of European approaches to China for OECD, FWR, EU and Chinese publishers. What he really enjoys is building on the latest science and digital systems to innovate and find simpler integrated solutions to complex problems.
Register for this event here: Eventbrite

Symposium: Almshouses and Livery Climate Action Group Net Zero
2023-02-27 10:00 - 13:00 | Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 30 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8JB, United Kingdom
A series of presentations to discuss the heritage issues in upgrading and modernising these building types to achieve net zero.
Event Programme:

10.00-10.10 Chairman’s introduction – Alderman Alison Gowman, Chair of the Livery Climate Action Group and Chris Dyson, Master of the Chartered Architects’ Livery Company

Fixing the past

10.10-10.30 Refurbishing the 18th-century almshouses, Museum of the Home, Hackney – Naila Yousuf, Wright & Wright
10.30-10.50 Improving performance of listed buildings – Michael Popper, P3r Engineers
10.50-11.10 Upgrading historic fabric and planning: Royal Hospital – Dr Roger Bowdler, Montagu Evans
11.10-11.20 Panel Q&A
11.20-11.40 Coffee break

Planning the future

11.40-12.00 Transforming almshouses for the 21st century – Jenny Pannell, Independent consultant
12.00-12.20 Morden College: Social infrastructure for almshouses: Morden College – Alex Ely, Mæ
12.20-12.40 The contemporary almshouse: United St Saviour’s – Stephen Witherford, Witherford Watson Mann Architects
12.40-13.00 Panel Q&A and Chairman’s closing remarks

Future Water Resources: A Briefing on Thames Water's Plan
2023-02-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Walbrook Wharf,, 20 Cousin Lane, London, EC4R 3TE, United Kingdom
Thames Water are developing a Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) to find ways to adapt to our changing climate, supply water to more people as our population grows and reduce the amount of water we take from our rivers to protect the environment. Further to the launch of the plan in December 2022, there will be a briefing at Walbrook Wharf, 20 Cousin Lane, Blackfriars at 2:00pm on 28 February 2023. It is anticipated that the presentation and Q&A would last for about two hours.
As you may be aware The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) published a report in 2018 ‘Preparing for a drier future’ which set out the significant challenges we face on water supply and the need to take action. This work prompted the first National Framework for Water Resources published by the Environment Agency in 2020 which requires water companies to collaborate to develop plans that consider their regional water needs. Five regional groups were set up and tasked with developing plans for a secure and sustainable water supply in their region, and also that the regional plans should then fit together to provide a joined-up national solution.
Over the past two years Thames Water has been working closely with Water Resources South East (WRSE) and the other five water companies across the SE region, regulators, stakeholders and customers to ensure that there is an effective regional plan for this area. The regional plan will deliver an appropriate level of drought resilience for the long term and combine demand management, including reducing leakage, and long term investment in water supply infrastructure. The regional plans are also crucial to support climate change resilience. WRSE published the draft SE regional plan for consultation in November 2021, click here to read the plan and join in the consultation, which ends on 20 February 2023. The SE regional plan has informed our draft statutory WRMP, the website setting out our plans is available at https://thames-wrmp.co.uk where you can also respond to our consultation, which ends on 21 March 2023.
If you would like to attend the proposed briefing please can you respond by email to Phil.Stride@thameswater.co.uk .

SIMposium, Economically competitive fusion energy event organised by Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
2023-04-03 09:30 - 16:30 | Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London, SE1 9DD, United Kingdom
This year’s event is being opened up to a wider audience in the Livery and to those in the industry. It will be held in the SIM Hall otherwise known as Glaziers’ Hall.
Buy a ticket here : SIMposium tickets link
Prospectus
Power from nuclear fusion has begun to attract the attention of investors across the world. While all nuclear-generated electricity to date has been based on fission or the “splitting of the atom”, there is now considerable and revived interest in an alternative way of generating nuclear-based electricity, from nuclear fusion, which involves, put simply, squashing atoms together.
The aim of a fusion reactor is to generate extreme conditions like those found at the centre of the Sun, which will cause hydrogen atoms continually to combine to make helium, and release huge amounts of energy in the process, with little radioactive waste. While there has been progress in moving towards this goal, continuous energy production has still not been achieved, in spite of the significant research funding provided by many countries.
But new fusion enterprises are beginning to spring up, and they are attracting billions of pounds in private investment. Does this intriguing new phenomenon mean that we are closer than was commonly thought, to generating economically competitive fusion energy? The SIMposium has been organised in order to test this proposition, and to showcase the research and financial strategies being employed to overcome the scientific and engineering obstacles that lie along the path towards commercial viability.
SIMposium organised by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
The Master of the Scientific Instrument Makers organises the annual SIMposium, which focuses on an important scientific topic of his or her choice, with the added proviso that younger researchers in the fields of interest to the Company should, ideally, be given a chance to demonstrate their contributions.
This year’s SIMposium fits within the Lord Mayor’s theme of “Financing the Future”, which the Rt Hon Lord Mayor, Alderman Nicholas Lyons, promulgated in his Annual Address to the Livery.

Programme
SIMposium, 3 April 2023 – Economically competitive fusion energy

9.30 Arrival – coffee and biscuits
10.00 Court Room, Leadership Session 1.
Chaired by Professor Philip Thomas, Master of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
10.00 Introduction: Professor Philip Thomas
10.10 The global fusion landscape, Tom Davis (Oxford Sigma)
10.35 Questions
10.40 Introduction to fusion – UKAEA perspective, Tim Bestwick, Chief Technology Officer & Director Strategy, Communications and Business Development at UK Atomic Energy Authority
11.05 Questions
11.10 Coffee
11.30 Court Room, Leadership Session 2
Chaired by Charles Holroyd, Deputy Master, Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers
11.30 Tokamak Energy – accelerating the development of commercial fusion, David Kingham (Tokamak Energy)
11.55 Questions
12.00 Learning curves for fusion: prospects for increased private investment, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, Company of World Traders
12.25 Questions
12.30 Open challenges for measurement in fusion, speaker from UKAEA.
12.55 Questions
13.00 Lunch
14.00 River Room, Scholarship Session.
14.00 Opening of poster session, Prof. Tom Scott (Director of SW Nuclear Hub, University of Bristol)
14.15 onward: 12 Posters, primarily from younger researchers in industry and university
16.00 Tea available
16.30 Close

Gresham College Upcoming Events
2023-04-18 18:00 | Barnard’s Inn Hall, United Kingdom
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597 when Sir Thomas Gresham’s vision of a college to bring the ‘new learning’ to Londoners was realised. Today we carry on Sir Thomas’s vision, bringing some of the world’s most brilliant minds to speak in fields ranging across the arts and sciences. Gresham College has many events coming up over the next few months. Check out the lectures below.

What is the Role of Nuclear Power in a Net Zero System? Lecture, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Wednesday, 19 Apr 2023 – 18:00

The UK’s nuclear power reactors have provided a significant proportion of the UK’s low carbon electricity over their lifetimes. Most will retire in this decade. Advances in technology mean that modern systems can compete with other forms of low carbon energy.

Professor Myles Allen took his first degree in Physics and Philosophy, followed by a doctorate in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, both at the University of Oxford. He has worked at Oxford for most of his career, with early stints at MIT and the UN Environment Programme in Kenya, and is currently Director of the Oxford Net Zero initiative.
Professor Myles Allen’s Upcoming Events:

The Trillionth Tonne of Carbon and Why It Matters For Climate Change Lecture, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Tuesday, 18 Apr 2023 – 18:00

When we connect our model of the global carbon cycle to the model of atmosphere-ocean temperatures we find every tonne of CO2 we dump into the atmosphere ratchets up global temperatures, permanently, by around half a trillionth of a degree Celsius. So, to stop global warming, we need net zero carbon dioxide emissions. And to limit warming to 2°C, we need to limit the total amount we emit to around 3.7 trillion tonnes of CO2: one trillion tonnes of carbon.

How the World Agreed on Net Zero Lecture, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Tuesday 23rd May 2023 – 18:00

The climate had a bad year in 2009. Talks collapsed. Emails were hacked. And several papers found even 50-80% reductions weren’t enough: we had to get to net zero. Yet six years later, negotiators from 190 countries acknowledged the need for net zero in the Paris Agreement, even resolving to try to limit warming to 1.5 °C, which means net zero global emissions around 2050. Can it be done? It certainly can. Will it be done? That’s up to all of us.

Growth Tech Event: Climate start-ups and their impact
2023-04-19 18:00 - 19:30 | WCIT Hall, 39a Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7JN, United Kingdom
A presentation and discussion with Climate VC, hosted by the WCIT Entrepreneurs Panel and ‘IT and Climate Change’ working group host. Climate VC fund early-stage start-ups to drive material decarbonisation of the economy and day-to-day life though their fund and syndicate. They see climate change as the biggest opportunity the world has ever seen to invest in change and build the world we want to live in. Climate VC’s mission is to find, foster and fund crazy, unusual and innovative start-ups who want to have a global and gigatonne-scale impact on the climate.
The discussion:
Peet Denny will open the evening with an insight into the Climate.VC Fund, the drivers, ambitions and aims, how his experience can offer some direction, guidance and insights into the key issues. This will be followed by two examples providing key insight into how climate tech start-ups are addressing the climate challenge: Paul Young and Osas Omoigiade, business founders leaders of businesses funded by Climate.VC. Lt Gen Richard Nugee will then offer his view on the strategic imperatives that are driving the Climate.VC approach and their future direction.
The speakers
Peet Denny
Peet is the founding partner for Climate Ventures. He is an entrepreneur with a deep background in Information Technology, which has led to him founding multiple companies. He is the founder of the largest UK AI community outside of London, an international keynote speaker, and former CTO of Wealth Wizards amongst many other achievements.
Paul Young
Paul is CTO and Co-Founder of Kita, enabling nature-based solutions to thrive via insurance products that remove carbon delivery risk from buyers and sellers in the voluntary carbon market. Before focusing his career onto the fight against climate change, he led R&D teams within data science-based fintech startups, culminating with the co-founding of Sybenetix, successfully acquired by Nasdaq in 2017.
Osas Omoigiade
Osas is the founder and CEO of Deep.Meta, who are bringing advanced technology to reuse steel and save millions of tonnes of CO2. He has a PhD in Steel Metallurgy from Imperial College London and strong relationships with steel makers in the UK. Deep.Meta is backed by Imperial Enterprise Labs Centre for Climate Change and Innovation, Google, Innovate UK as well as Climate Tech and Automation investors.
Lt.Gen Richard Nugee
Richard created the MOD’s Net Zero Strategy and is board member of multiple climate start-ups and a member of Climate VC’s impact advisory board. Richard was commissioned into the British Army in 1986 and completed numerous operational tours. He was latterly Chief of Defence People and in 2020 wrote a Review of Defence’s approach to Climate Change and Sustainability. He is now the Non-Executive Director for Climate Change for Defence, Chair of the NAAFI Board and Director of his own Strategic Advisory.
Tickets: £12 (inc VAT). Refreshments will be provided. Any surplus will be donated to the WCIT Charity.
If you would like to attend, please follow the link to book your place via Eventbrite: Climate start-ups and their impact event

Online Seminar: The Role of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in reaching Net Zero
2023-04-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Online event
An introduction to the concept of power purchase agreements, differing models and their related benefits and risks.
A case study of the City of London Corporations Power Purchase Agreement, including: An overview of the business case; forming the scope of the project; construction and delivery of the Solar Farm; Lessons learned; future development opportunities at South Farm.
An introduction to the Square Mile Multi-Offtaker PPA – Concept and update on current stage of development.
Speakers:
Phil Dominy, Director Energy & Infrastructure, EY (Ernst & Young) – leads the renewable energy strategy and PPA team in the UK. He advises companies and public sector organisations on how to meet renewable energy targets and reduce energy costs at the same time. His specialism is renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) and he advised on the City of London PPA signed in late 2020.
Graeme Low, Assistant Director – Head of Energy and Sustainability, City of London Corporation – Graeme leads the Energy and Sustainability Team within the City Surveyors Department. He is responsible for the purchase of Energy on behalf of the organisation and is leading on the delivery of 4 aspects of the Climate Action Strategy focused around corporate and investment properties, design standards and resilience. Graeme joined the organisation is 2020 with over 25 years experience in Energy and Carbon Management across public and private sector roles. Graeme has been managing the delivery of the PPA and sleeving agreement for the Corporation.

Register for the event here: Power Purchase Agreement Online Seminar

In Person Event: Multi-Offtake PPA
2023-05-25 09:00 - 11:30 | Guildhall, 71 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom
The City of London Corporation is hosting a workshop to understand and assess possible models for a Multi-Offtake Power Purchase Agreement.
The workshop is open to those who have previously expressed interest to be offtakers and new interested parties that are based in the Square Mile.
We will seek to produce the core principles of a strategy for developing a Multi-Offtake group as well as the next steps and a provisional timetable for a PPA.
This is a free event. To register click here

William Wright Lecture 2023 Lighting and the Circular Economy – presented by Jeff Shaw
2023-06-06 18:00 - 20:00 | ARUP, 8 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 4BJ, United Kingdom
The circular economy as it relates to lighting is focused on managing materials and how they are used, assembled and dismantled within the product design process; just as important are the lighting design decisions that are made to define how lighting products are used within the built environment.
Lighting designers have an influence in both these areas as the specifiers and designers of lighting projects and installations. The adoption of circular economy principles will allow lighting designers to change the way lighting systems are designed, manufactured, procured, operated,
and returned. It needs a truly holistic approach to design that considers the lighting aesthetic and quality, material impact of lighting systems, energy efficiency, financing, optimal maintenance, and the reuse or recycle mechanism.
The lecture will outline five principles identified to support a shift towards ‘circular lighting’ and discuss how we in the Lighting industry can contribute to the transformation of how lighting is manufactured and used within the built environment.
Speaker details:
Jeff is a lighting designer with over 25 years’ experience and an Associate Director within Arup’s lighting practice. A Past President and Fellow of the Society of Light & Lighting which is part of Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Jeff has extensive experience working in multi-disciplinary teams on a wide range of building projects in the UK and overseas. Past projects include developing the lighting concept for the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, the lighting design for the Tate Modern, both the original building and its 2016 extension, and recently developing a new lighting masterplan for Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront district. Jeff plays an active role in promoting lighting design within the firm, in educating young designers and engineers in lighting, in driving cutting-edged lighting-related research and in marketing the business externally.
Event details:
Tuesday 6th June, 6.00-8.00pm
ARUP, 80 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QS
To book your place: please fill out this form: William Wright Lecture 2023 Booking Form

Collecting and Measuring Carbon Data Webinar hosted by Heart of the City
2023-06-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Online event
Heart of the City are hosting a webinar on how to measure carbon footprints for small businesses. They’ll break the process down into simple actionable steps from what data businesses need to collect to choosing a carbon calculator. You’ll also hear tips from an SME that’s already measured their footprint and find out more about the City of London Corporation’s fully funded net zero course for SMEs – it’s not one to miss!

Date 📅 Tuesday 20 June
Time 🕙 12 midday
Location 📍 Online via Zoom

For more information and to book your free place, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-and-learn-collecting-and-measuring-carbon-data-tickets-490619304547?aff=ElMe

LCAG Annual Conference 2023
2023-07-03 11:30 - 18:00 | Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 30 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8JB, United Kingdom
LCAG’s second annual conference will be held on Monday July 3rd 2023 at the prestigious Merchant Taylors Hall
Hear insights from your fellow Liverymen and industry professionals on the approaches that they are taking in response to climate change and hear from experts on how your company can manage its impact on climate change and the environment.
You can read about our inaugural conference last year here
Networking opportunities and lunch provided.
The full programme of speakers and conference agenda below. You can still register to attend here
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Nuclear Fusion & Fission: Where we are and the road ahead
2023-07-24 17:30 - 20:00 | WCIT Hall, 39a Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7JN, United Kingdom
Join us to hear from the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the South West Nuclear Hub on the challenges for Nuclear Fusion and advanced Fission energy , this event will cover :

A brief history of the nuclear industry in the UK and how that has influenced our current landscape. The differences between fission and fusion. The main challenges and opportunities for the sector.
The commercial pathway to fusion energy – how fusion energy technology is being developed and the role that it might play in the world’s future clean energy system.
The computational challenges associated with the realisation of fusion pilot plants, and how the power of digital will make it possible.

Monday 24th July 2023 5:30pm – 8pm
WCIT Hall – Livery Room
Register here: Nuclear Fusion Fission Event Tickets

Sustainable Investment for a Better World: Putting the environment first
2023-09-12 17:30 - 20:00 | CCLA Investment Mgt, 1 Angel Lane, London, EC4R 3AB
The Livery Climate Action Group with the Guild of Investment Managers is holding an in-person seminar for you to learn more about how your Charity and Livery funds can transition to net zero.
Speakers include: Tessa Younger Stewardship Lead, Environmental at CCLA, Eoin Murray Head of Investment at Federated Hermes, together with the Master of the Guild of Investment Managers Henry Pollard CC.
Refreshments will be provided.
Register for this free event here

The UKFT Sustainability Conference: Solutions, lessons and definitions
2023-09-28 00:00
The second UKFT Sustainability conference on 28 September in London will build on the success of the 2022 event by providing clear, industry-relevant help and guidance specifically for the UK textile industry.
The speakers will offer advice on how to improve performance, measure and monitor progress and communicate environmental credentials. The conference will give a clearer overview of the relevant environmental merits (or otherwise) of various fibres and certification schemes and an outline of the current landscape for sustainability legislation.
Thursday 28th September 2023
Registration opens soon.
