How Pollinator-Friendly is the City of London?
2024-02-15 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Background:
Pollinating London Together is a pan livery group founded by the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers and the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, born out of a need to raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and the decline in insect species, specifically pollinators. Compared to other threatened species, insects and pollinators are much less visible. The decline is largely due to habitat loss, the overuse of chemicals, and climate change. Not only will humans feel the loss of insects, but so will birds and other animals in the food chain, as they will not be able to feed on such insects or the fruit that they enable.
To address this decline, PLT aims to help champion and create pollinator-friendly green spaces, starting in the City of London, allowing all pollinators, including solitary bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths and beetles, to thrive and for workers and visitors of the City to benefit from the tranquillity of those green spaces.
This lecture will provide a summary of the findings from the pollinator and planting assessments in the City of London, the development of pollinator-friendly planting and the identification of green corridors in the City. It will review the progress and future plans.

Speakers:
Dr Heather Barrett-Mold OBE is Vice Chair of the Pollinating London Together Charity, a Past Master of the Gardeners Livery Company, and founder member of the Livery Climate Action Group.
Heather is a Chartered Scientist, Chartered Horticulturist, and Chartered Environmentalist. Currently a consultant. She was Principal/CEO of Pershore Group of Colleges, and now Vice Chair of Governors at Capel Manor College. She was a member of the Government Advisory Panel on Sustainable Development Education for its lifetime of 5 years, and then Advisor on the Secretary of State Sounding Board. Heather was an expert with the Commission for Sustainable London 2012, and Secretary of State Board member for the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. She is a Fellow of the Linnaean Society, Vice President of the Institution of Environmental Science, Past President of the Institute of Horticulture, and previous Chair of the Science Council.

Dr Konstantinos Tsiolis is a pollinator ecologist. He has recently finished his PhD at the University of Reading, which focused on understanding the nesting preferences of ground-nesting bees in commercial fruit orchards. Since the spring of 2022, he has been working for Pollinating London Together, assessing the pollinator and pollinator-friendly planting diversity of the City of London and adjacent areas. He has also been in close contact with the City of London Corporation, schools and local wildlife groups, spreading awareness of pollinator needs and diversity.

Delivering Net Zero & Beyond for Buildings Estates and Archetypes
2024-05-08 17:00 - 18:00 | Online event
Some practical steps that can be taken by small businesses and homeowners to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Speakers:
Prof Sean Smith – Chair of Future Construction, Director of Centre for Future Infrastructure
Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Dr Julio Bros-Williamson, Chancellor’s Fellow for Net Zero Buildings
School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh

LCAG All-SPOC Meeting
2024-05-15 17:00 - 18:00
By invitation to LCAG SPOCs only. Please register using the Event Website link below.

Food for Thought
2024-05-28 11:30 - 15:00 | WTW Offices, 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ
Worshipful Company of Insurers, Engineers, Information Technologists and Company of Entrepreneurs

By Invitation

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: Hope or Hype?
2024-05-28 18:00 - 22:00 | National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HE, United Kingdom
Dr Mike Bluck
Director, Centre for Nuclear Engineering, Imperial College
Tuesday 28 May 2024
National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Fuellers Advantage – A series of technical meetings, held jointly by the Worshipful Company of Fuellers with the Science Circle of the National Liberal Club
SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION
There is renewed global interest in nuclear power, particularly as a result of energy security concerns arising as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are thought by many to be the answer to the challenges in the deployment of nuclear power. If successful they could play a key role in decarbonisation, providing reliable low-carbon electricity and heat, in support of intermittent renewables. There are more than 50 designs globally, but all remain just that – designs. What are they, when will we see them, and will they be able to solve the nuclear industry’s problems? The UK has shortlisted six SMR designs, and a competition is underway. In this talk I will summarise the technologies, explain what ‘modular’ really means and what is needed from Government, industry and finance to realise this potential?

Coffee Colloquy SDG 13
2024-05-29 08:45 - 11:15 | Mansion House, London, London, United Kingdom
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/about-the-city-of-london-corporation/lord-mayor/lord-mayors-coffee-colloquies
Apply to lmprogoffice@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Net Zero Delivery Summit
2024-06-04 09:00 - 18:00 | Mansion House, London, London, United Kingdom

Modern Farming, Food and Health
2024-06-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Online event
Alongside efforts to reduce carbon emissions and the impact we humans have on our planet has come increased anxiety about food: how it is grown and distributed, and its impact on health.
We will look at new farming methods and best practices in the food industry, alongside our evolving understanding of food and the human microbiome.
Regiter here for this free event: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lcag/1239999
The panel:
Poul Hovesen is known in the UK farming industry for his innovative practices in managing a large mostly arable cropping Norfolk estate of 2,000ha. He has received prestigious awards for improving yields whilst reducing environmental impact, He has also been recognised for his work promoting the understanding of food, farming and the countryside in Norfolk. Poul is currently Director of Farming at a different estate, Holkham Estate, and is Chairman of Catalyst Farming, a data management company set up in 2019 to share knowledge across four progressive farming companies in Norfolk. He is an Honorary Fellow of the National Institute for Agricultural Botany, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers, and will be Vice President of the Royal Norfolk Show in 2024 and President in 2025.
Sarah Calcutt is CEO of City Harvest, London’s leading food charity. Sarah is a 5th generation fruit farmer and has previously grown and marketed fruit. A Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, she is also a Non-Exec Director of The Covent Garden Market Authority, a founding Non-Exec Director of Outfield Technologies and serves as a Commissioner on the new government Commission into the future of food banks.
Jane Anderson CBE is a consultant physician and researcher, studied human nutrition, gaining her PhD, and qualifying as a dietician prior to retraining in medicine. During her year as Master of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries she successfully introduced plant-led menus to Society functions. Jane is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and is an advocate for the “One Health” concept, recognising the health of people, animals and plants is inextricably connected to the health of our shared environment. Jane is Chair of the charity Paintings in Hospitals and of the National AIDS Trust.

Building a Climate Action Plan
2024-06-12 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-07-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Online event
By invitation to Livery Climate Action Group Single Points of Contact.

LCAG All-SPOC Meeting
2024-06-20 17:00 - 18:00
By invitation to LCAG SPOCs only. Please register using Event website link below.

Climate Innovation Forum 2024
2024-06-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Guildhall 71 BAsinghall Street, London EC2V 7HH, 71 Basinghall Street, EC2V 7HH

Bridging The Gap: Client-Centric Designs & Sustainability In The Construction Industry
2024-08-27 11:00 - 11:45 | Online event
One of the Lord Mayor’s Lectures in the Knowledge Miles series
Background: In the evolving landscape of the construction industry, clients often find themselves at a disadvantage, navigating a complex maze of jargon, quotes, and profit-driven decisions. This lecture will explore how independent design firms can bridge this gap, advocating for the client’s best interests while promoting sustainable practices. Drawing on a decade of experience as a freelance interior designer and founder of Zetta Scope Interiors, we will discuss strategies to enhance transparency and client understanding, ensuring projects meet budgetary and environmental goals. Participants will gain insights empowering them to make informed decisions and drive positive change in the industry.
Speaker:
Juna Margariti is an accomplished interior designer and the founder of ZSI, a firm dedicated to client-focused design and sustainable practices. With a decade of experience in design, Juna has collaborated with various industry stakeholders, advocating for client interests and fostering transparency in project execution. Passionate about reshaping industry norms, she is committed to empowering clients and promoting a greener future through innovative design solutions.

Building Urban Resilience
2024-09-02 11:00 - 11:45 | Online event
One of the Lord Mayor’s Lectures in the Knowledge Miles series
Background: Building urban resilience in the face of environmental, socioeconomic, and political uncertainty and risk has captured the attention of politicians and practitioners across disciplines and scales. Resilience is both a goal to aspire to and a state of mind. Resilience to climate change has come to mean resilience to extreme heat on one side and flash flooding on the other. In this talk, Samer proposes to unpack the meaning of resilience, how it is defined, and how the resilience capacity building agenda relates to that of sustainable development.
Speaker:
Professor Samer Bagaeen is the LCAG Single Point of Contact for the Chartered Surveyors. He is a Technical Director in Town Planning & Stakeholder Capability at Arcadis and previously worked as an Associate Director with the Rockefeller Foundation resilient cities network supporting a number of cities on their resilience journey. He is Professor of Planning & Resilient Systems at the University of Kent and Visiting Professor in Urban Resilience at Imperial College London. He was invited into RICS Fellowship in 2012. He is a Trustee of the Royal Town Planning Institute and on his second term as a Design Council Expert, supporting the Council’s Design for Planet Mission. Samer was elected to Brighton & Hove City Council in 2019 and re-elected in 2023. He presently sits as an Independent.

LCAG All-SPOC Meeting
2024-10-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Online event

Globalising Net Zero Aviation: Leveraging The City Of London To Meet Paris
2024-10-08 11:00 - 23:45 | Online event
Details and Registration here: https://www.greshamsociety.org/webinar/12240/
Background: The City of London could take a different approach to Europe and the US and enable aviation to lead on its future energy requirements by establishing a Green Aviation Finance centre. The heart of green finance should act as a linchpin to regularise innovative finance that binds together the aviation and energy sectors in a way that creates the necessary global capital flows (north and south) to deliver zero emission energy infrastructure specifically for aviation’s future. It is an opportunity to build on the City’s ability to foster apolitical, economic relationships in a way that Westminster cannot.
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli is pleased to extend an invitation to all to participate in Knowledge Miles: The 695th Lord Mayor’s Lectures, an online webinar series exploring the connections of the Square Mile and how its knowledge clusters are addressing diverse global challenges.

Speakers:
Dr Wang Shen has more than 10 years of experience in energy technology, energy transition, energy-related project finance & project development, and sustainable finance. Dr Shen was a research geophysicist working at TOTAL Energies and was widely recognized as a leading expert in Full Waveform Inversion, high performance computing, and 3D seismic imaging. He has published more than 30 peer-review papers and conference abstracts in the field of energy exploration & production. Dr Shen obtained his attorney license in 2016 and worked at White & Case LLP as a project finance and M&A lawyer. He has in-depth legal experience in LNG, CCUS, hydrogen, and renewable energy related project finance & project development. Since 2019, Dr Shen was the senior director of catastrophe risk management working at a leading reinsurance company. He has pioneered in applying catastrophe risk management tools to mitigate climate-related risks.

As Chair of the inter-Livery Green Aviation Task Group in the City of London, Captain Robert Seaman has led on delivering the report on Globalising Net Zero Aviation – leveraging London to meet Paris. As an airline Captain on the Airbus A320 fleet, Robert has been sustainability pilot for his airline. As director of Greentail, he leads the development of innovative net zero financial solutions for the aviation sector.A previous fourteen-year career as a Head of Policy Advice on National Security matters in the UK Civil Service, Robert’s portfolio included UNFCCC negotiations, Geoengineering as well as Climate Change implications for political stability, food, water and energy (in)security

Captain Paul Heathcote is a career aviator with experience in a wide variety of aviation, environment and management functions. A current A380 captain who is passionate about the long-term future of aviation. Chairing an Industry Aerospace Technology body and lecturing in sustainable aviation since 2014. Paul also is on an advisory board for mechanical engineering. Paul remains curious about the system-wide practical interaction between technology, capital and environmental impact.

International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Wildlife Trust of India
2024-10-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Tower Suites Hotel, 100 Minories, London, EC3N 1JY, United Kingdom
Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London and former IFAW trustee invites you to an evening in support of
The International Fund for Animal Welfare
and
The Wildlife Trust of India
Generously sponsored by
Tony Matharu and Blue Orchid Hospitality
Friday, 18 October, 2024
6:30 – 8:30pm
at Tower Suites Hotel
100 Minories, London EC3N 1JY, United Kingdom
Bowl foods and beverages will be served.
Register using this link or visit website below:

LCAG Annual Conference 2024
2024-10-22 12:00 - 19:00 | Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 30 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8JB, United Kingdom
The Livery Climate Action Group Conference 2024 will tackle ‘Planning for a Resilient Future’.
The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli will throw down the opening challenge.
Click here for tickets

Restoring Nature in the UK's National Parks
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:15 | Online event
The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators
You are cordially invited to join the Water Conservators’ October Webinar
Restoring Nature in the UK’s National Parks
Thursday 24th October 2024 6.00pm to 7.15pm
Presented by Naomi Conway, Director, National Parks Partnerships
And Ross Powell, Palladium Group
Broads National Park
About this Webinar
The UK’s National Parks, landscapes such as the Cairngorms, Lake District and Dartmoor, that cover 10% of Great Britain, are a vital nature resource. But nature is struggling in them, and action needs to be taken to restore peatland, plant more woodland, improve water quality and increase biodiversity. In 2021, the National Parks launched a collaboration with Palladium called Revere. Revere scales nature-based solutions to restore landscapes across the UK’s National Parks and beyond to tackle the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis. This webinar will share Revere’s key learnings and will highlight why innovative partnerships between those restoring nature and the private sector are so crucial.
Learn more about the Water Conservators at https://www.waterconservators.org/
About the Speakers
Naomi Conway is Director of National Parks Partnerships (NPP) providing strategic leadership for national partnerships between the commercial sector and the UK’s 15 National Parks. In this role she has helped to establish ‘Revere’, an awardwinning collaboration between NPP and Palladium that is leveraging private finance at scale to restore nature in protected landscapes. Prior to NPP, she was Head of Development at the National Portrait Gallery, and also Development Director at the Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts.
Ross Powell is helping to deliver private investment into UK nature at an unprecedented pace and scale as part of Palladium’s Nature-based Solutions team. Ross’ role is to identify ethically aligned business and investment partners and connect them with the portfolio of high quality, large-scale projects within the UK National Park network and beyond. He helps businesses and investors engage with UK nature.
Register For This Webinar
To attend this webinar, you will first need to register via the link below to Eventbrite.
Attendance is free, there is no charge to attend. You will then receive a return email from Eventbrite with the details to join the webinar via zoom. You need to keep those details to join the webinar. Any problems contact rob.casey1@hotmail.com at least 24 hours before the start of the webinar.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1039452318867?aff=oddtdtcreator

Restoring Nature in the UK's National Parks
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:15 | Online event
The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators
You are cordially invited to join the Water Conservators’ October Webinar
Restoring Nature in the UK’s National Parks
Thursday 24th October 2024 6.00pm to 7.15pm
Presented by Naomi Conway, Director, National Parks Partnerships
And Ross Powell, Palladium Group
Broads National Park
About this Webinar
The UK’s National Parks, landscapes such as the Cairngorms, Lake District and Dartmoor, that cover 10% of Great Britain, are a vital nature resource. But nature is struggling in them, and action needs to be taken to restore peatland, plant more woodland, improve water quality and increase biodiversity. In 2021, the National Parks launched a collaboration with Palladium called Revere. Revere scales nature-based solutions to restore landscapes across the UK’s National Parks and beyond to tackle the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis. This webinar will share Revere’s key learnings and will highlight why innovative partnerships between those restoring nature and the private sector are so crucial.
Learn more about the Water Conservators at https://www.waterconservators.org/
About the Speakers
Naomi Conway is Director of National Parks Partnerships (NPP) providing strategic leadership for national partnerships between the commercial sector and the UK’s 15 National Parks. In this role she has helped to establish ‘Revere’, an awardwinning collaboration between NPP and Palladium that is leveraging private finance at scale to restore nature in protected landscapes. Prior to NPP, she was Head of Development at the National Portrait Gallery, and also Development Director at the Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts.
Ross Powell is helping to deliver private investment into UK nature at an unprecedented pace and scale as part of Palladium’s Nature-based Solutions team. Ross’ role is to identify ethically aligned business and investment partners and connect them with the portfolio of high quality, large-scale projects within the UK National Park network and beyond. He helps businesses and investors engage with UK nature.
Register For This Webinar
To attend this webinar, you will first need to register via the link below to Eventbrite.
Attendance is free, there is no charge to attend. You will then receive a return email from Eventbrite with the details to join the webinar via zoom. You need to keep those details to join the webinar. Any problems contact rob.casey1@hotmail.com at least 24 hours before the start of the webinar.
The link to Eventbrite is under the “Website” heading below.

Fuellers Sunday - 3 November 2024
2024-11-03 14:45 - 18:30 | Lost Property Hotel, St Paul’s, 3-5 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7AA, United Kingdom
Fuellers Sunday
Sunday 3 November 2024
The Master[-elect], Elena Oderstone invites you to join her for Fuellers Sunday.
This will start with a Celebration Afternoon Tea near St Paul’s Cathedral before moving to St Andrew by the Wardrobe, which is the first Grade I listed church in the whole of London to go fully carbon neutral following extensive renovations.
Details for the day can be found here and you are encouraged to book early.

Nature Finance UK Conference 2024
2024-11-05 09:00 - 18:30 | IET, Savoy Place, London
The City of London Corporation has positioned London as a global centre for nature finance, a topic that underpins action on climate. Members of the Livery Climate Action Group and their colleagues are invited to participate in the Nature Finance UK Conference on 5th November at a special discounted rate. Now in its seventh year, this is an important forum for professionals involved in financial innovation for the stewardship of land, water and nature: financial services providers, asset owners, investors, corporates, land managers and market enablers.
To receive a 20% discount on the event, the coupon code LiveryClimateActionGroup can be used when booking at https://ecosystemsknowledge.net/event/nature-finance-uk-2024/

Lord Mayor's Coffee Colloquy: SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production
2024-11-05 09:15 - 11:15 | Mansion House, London, London, United Kingdom
The 695th Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli 2023-24 Mayoral Theme “Connect to Prosper” celebrates our multiple knowledge miles, showing that the UK is a place where problems come to be solved. The Coffee Colloquies will demonstrate this, bringing together varied voices from in and around the city to talk about how their work supports the achievement of one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Through fast-paced transfer of knowledge, and with a focus on connections and networking, the Coffee Colloquies will invigorate our knowledge miles as the World’s Coffee House.
UCL (University College London) are delighted to host this panel event on Sustainable Development Goal 12- ‘Responsible Consumption and Production’. The panel will be chaired by Professor Paola Lettieri (Pro-Provost, UCL East); Paola will be joined by a range of UCL academics as well as colleagues from Newham Council and the Green Alliance who will be showcasing their research and how their work supports the SDG. Do join us for a coffee afterwards for an indepth discussion of the themes raised by the presenters.
The panel will be introduced by host Alderman Alison Gowman.
Book on Eventbrite.

Biophilic Design Conference
2024-11-12 08:30 - 22:00 | The Barbican, London, The Barbican, London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom
Never before has there been such an interest and urgent need to improve our physical and mental wellbeing, productivity and creativity as well as to reach net zero and mitigate climate change to create sustainable businesses and cities.

Join us for the first ever Biophilic Design Conference run by the Journal of Biophilic Design at the Barbican London on 12th November 2024.

Bridging the gap between research and practice – Explore the positive impact of Biophilic Design on the mind, body, environment and economy.

Keynote Speaker – TV presenter Oliver Heath
“I’m delighted to be presenting the keynote speech at the Biophilic Design Conference, particularly at time when the natural world that we are so reliant on is under such threat. With a growing awareness of the need for deeper nature connections across all aspects of our lives and building sectors, there is so much to learn from our peers, be that evidence, practice, case studies and approaches. Join us to engage, contribute, and learn.”

Many other respected speakers in this field from NHS, Dept of Education, CEO of London Wildlife Trust, Maggie’s Care Centres, British Institute of Interior Design (BIID), Living Future Europe, Stop Ecocide International, Stride Treglown, Buro Happold, plus leading architects, landscape architects and designers, planners, futurists, city councils, ecologists, wellbeing experts and more.

Mathew Freeman, President of BIID (British Institute of Interior Design) “The Biophilic Design conference is an educational opportunity for those at the fore, to share new developments and inspire those who seek to utilise nature’s influence and prioritise health and wellbeing.”

Learn how we can use Biophilic Design in city and town planning, every workplace, school, hospital simply. How we retrofit Biophilic Design and aim to weave Biophilic Design into the very fabric of buildings and cities from the outset before ground is broken and cement mixed.

Plus after the lights go down, in the Barbican conservatory there will be the world Premiere of “The Green Book: The Biophilic Suite” composed and performed by acclaimed musician Javier Rodriguez, commissioned by us and inspired by the Barbican.

Booking link here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/journalofbiophilicdesign/1205337

Electric Dreams 2024: celebrating women in energy
2024-11-12 12:30 - 21:00 | IET, Savoy Place, London
Join us at the IET for an electrifying day of celebration dedicated to women in energy – past, present and future – with an evening keynote by Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of both the Climate Change Adaptation Committee and the Carbon Trust. Register here.
Afternoon panel sessions, with refreshments: 1pm – 5pm
Evening keynote lecture, drinks and networking: 6pm – 9pm
(During the registration process, please select to attend either the afternoon panel sessions (£15), the evening keynote lecture (sponsored), or both.)
Speakers at the afternoon panel sessions – all passionate advocates of diversity in engineering – include Anne Locker, Sahar Danesh and Ann Oakley (session 1); and Lesley Rudd, Yasmin Ali, Kenneth Dunn and Titi Oliyide (session 2). The panels are chaired, respectively, by Henrietta Heald and Dawn Bonfield, and each concludes with a Q&A.
The event marks the centenary of the founding on 12 November 1924 of the Electrical Association for Women (EAW), with Caroline Haslett at the helm. The EAW set out to educate all women in the new science of electricity, to relieve them from domestic drudgery, and to liberate them to pursue careers outside the home.
Branches sprang up across the UK and elsewhere, and the organisation – which helped to introduce labour-saving electrical items into millions of households – continued to thrive for 60 years, becoming a powerful engine of 20th-century feminism.
Building on the unique legacy of the EAW, Electric Dreams 2024 is a nationwide festival that highlights the achievements of women working in the energy sector today and examines the nature of their increasingly important roles in the transition to Net Zero.
Panel 1: What did the electricity pioneers of the past do for us?
Anne Locker, the Library and Archives Manager at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), relates the history of the Electrical Association for Women (EAW) and how it transformed the national conversation around electricity in the home.
Sahar Danesh, a chartered engineer and senior manager at the British Standards Institution (BSI) specialising in digital and emerging technologies, explains the role women have played in shaping standards to ensure that everyday household items are safe to use.
Ann Oakley, professor of sociology and social policy at University College London (UCL), is the author of more than 40 books, most recently The Science of Housework. She sets the achievements of the EAW in the context of the movement for science-based housework that swept Europe, North America and other countries in the early 20th century.
Henrietta Heald (chair) is the author of Magnificent Women and Their Revolutionary Machines, a centenary history of the Women’s Engineering Society.
Panel 2: Women and the energy transition
Yasmin Ali, a chemical engineer who develops and manages renewable energy projects, has delivered more than 100 talks about engineering and energy. She reveals the mission that inspired her first book, Power Up, which takes readers across the globe to reveal the bigger picture behind international energy systems.
Kenneth Dunn, an educator and community development activist, outlines how the introduction of a heat-retention cook bag – made by local women from local organic waste – has transformed the cooking process and energy use in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
Titi Oliydie, a senior process safety engineer, was named in 2023 the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year. She demystifies the facts and fallacies about the green hydrogen industry, where she is a safety and operations lead in innovative electrolyser technology.
Dawn Bonfield (chair) is professor of practice in engineering at King’s College London, working with young engineers to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Lesley Rudd, the Chief Executive of Electrical Safety First, has worked in the energy industry all of her career. Lesley explains in this presentation how ESF strives to achieve its mission of ensuring everyone in the UK can use electricity safely in their home and provides some insights into her own career and what influenced it.
Public lecture by Baroness Brown of Cambridge
Together in electric dreams: tackling climate change
2023 was the hottest year on record – and 2024 is on track to beat it. We are seeing the global impacts of the changing climate. In 2022 we had 40oC temperatures in the UK, in September 2023 we had record temperatures globally – 1.77o above pre-industrial levels, and in April 2024 in India over 900 million people queued to vote in a 47oC heatwave made 45 times more likely by human-induced climate change.
Urgent action is required if we are to have a chance of delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement. Historically the UK has been a leader in climate action, directed by the Climate Change Act 2008, and the UK’s legislated 5 yearly Carbon Budgets. The 2020s were to be the decade of climate action with ambitious emissions reduction commitments set for 2030 in the UK’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted to COP 26 in Glasgow. We are almost halfway through the decade and we have some catching up to do.
Underpinning the decarbonisation of our economy is electrification – involving dramatic changes to our use of energy, decarbonising the electricity system and doubling its current size in the next 25 years.
The lecture will look at the growing impacts of climate change, underlining the need for urgent action. It will examine the implications of electrification for the UK’s path to Net Zero by 2050. Finally, it will touch on the need for adaptation even if we achieve the global goal of the Paris Agreement.

A Digital and Flourishing Built Environment
2024-11-13 18:00 - 19:15 | Online event
Join us to hear from Professor Dave Philp and Neil Thompson who will talk us through the challenges and opportunities of a digital Built Environment, including:
What is the Built Environment? Why is it different to Construction? The role of Digital Twinning and the application of Data, Technology and Change Management. Approaches to new build and existing estate. The challenges of Big Data. Social Value creation opportunities. Examples of developments. Current state of the UK market and Government Regulation.

Speakers:
David Philp MSc BSc FCIOB FICE FRICS FCInstES FGBC. Chief Value Officer – Cohesive
With over 30 years in industry, David is a Chartered Construction Manager by background. He has previously worked with Balfour Beatty, Mace and AECOM. As CVO at Cohesive he is responsible for driving customer-centricity and creating sustainable value for clients across their asset lifecycle and portfolios. David has been involved in delivering innovative projects, digital change strategies and digital asset management strategies across the globe in the UK, Hong-Kong, Singapore, Australia and the Baltics. He was seconded to the UK Cabinet Office in 2011 as Head of BIM Implementation and has been a key contributor to the UK public sector BIM mandate (GCS 2011-2016) he was also Chair of the Scottish BIM Delivery Group through the Scottish Futures Trust delivering the BIM requirements of the Scottish Government. He is chair of the CIOB Innovation Panel and CIOB AI report. He is also an Honorary Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Neil Thompson FIET MCIOB MDAMA.Director, Digital Integration & Delivery Infrastructure, Asset Management atAtkinsRéalis.
Neil is part of the leadership team responsible for a global transformation program which involves identifying and sharing digital innovation, creating new business opportunities and service lines, and encouraging cultural shift across an organization of over 55,000 employees. Neil’s passion lies in determining how to improve the design, build and operation of social & economic infrastructure, through integrated technologies and services. Tackling the productivity problem using his background as a construction manager, engineer and economist, he is working to redefine business models, harness robotics and apply digitally driven engineering. A chartered construction manager and engineer by background, Neil’s professional experience spans personal entrepreneurship, roles in global contractors and consultancies and work with SMEs. He has an MSc in Construction Economics and is an honorary associate professor at the Bartlett, University College London.

Register with Eventbrite.

LCAG All-SPOC Meeting
2024-11-18 17:00 - 18:00 | Online event
Catch-up meeting for Livery Climate Action Group SIngle Points of Contact only

Science-Based Targets, Greenwashing and Brownscraping: Net Zero in the Private Sector
2025-01-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Barnard’s Inn Hall, United Kingdom
Many companies are now required to have a “Science-based Target” for their emissions, but how do we stop these from becoming greenwashing exercises or, worse, incentives for “brownscraping” – concentrating polluting assets to hide them from environmental scrutiny? Instead of decarbonising companies and their financial portfolios, this lecture discusses the need to decarbonise products and services themselves. A company must be able to explain how they plan to stop what they sell from causing global warming – the rest is detail.
Speaker: Professor Myles Allen, Gresham Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment (2022-)
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.
He has contributed extensively to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including as Coordinating Lead Author for the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C. He has published extensively on how human and natural influences on climate contribute to observed climate change and extreme weather risk, and the implications for adaptation and mitigation policy.
He was awarded the Appleton Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics in 2010, and in 2022 a CBE for services to climate change attribution, prediction and net zero. In 2023, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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11th LIVERY EDUCATION CONFERENCE FOR HEADTEACHERS
2025-01-21 08:30 - 12:30 | Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 30 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8JB, United Kingdom
The theme of the conference is “Helping young people enter the job market”.

Our speakers will include the Director of Education from the Careers and Enterprise Company on their current plans together with an employer who is working with them and a school representative discussing work experience.

With space for 50 delegates from interested Livery Companies and 50 senior staff from secondary schools, the aim is to follow the presentations with collaborative round table discussions, developing and engendering possible collaboration and action points for the year ahead. Lively debate has informed the outcomes of the previous conferences and new school/Livery links have subsequently been fostered in a range of ways.

Livery Schools Link (LSL) has built up successful collaboration between Livery Companies and schools e.g. The continuing popularity and steady growth of our annual LSL Careers Showcase Event at Guildhall and the growing use of our HELP careers app. Please visit www.liveryschoolslink.org.uk for more information.
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SPOC Forum
2025-01-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Online event
A discussion and feedback on the draft Guidance Note for SPOC Roles and Responsibilities
