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  • Tue
    09
    Feb
    2021

    ASK about the government's response to climate change and progress towards the net zero target

    Zoom
    Piers Forster, Professor of Climate Physics at Leeds University, and Professor Jillian Anable, Chair of Transport and Energy at Leeds University

    This meeting will be led by audience questions from the start.

    Piers Forster is Professor of Climate Physics at Leeds University and a member of the UK's Climate Change Committee. Professor Jillian Anable is Chair of Transport and Energy at Leeds University and a leading researcher on future transport policy (including on the future of the car).

    What would you like to ask Jillian and Piers, about the government's policy on climate change and the net zero emissions target?

    What have the UK government got right about climate change policy and emissions reduction targets and policies? What have they got wrong? Is progress too slow? Can we afford what they are proposing? Should we still be able to buy petrol cars? Is it unrealistic to expect all cars to be electric by 2030 (or earlier)?

    The UK's Climate Change Committee (the government's independent adviser on climate change) published its latest report in December - see link https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/sixth-carbon-budget/
    Sixth Carbon Budget - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk)

    The report is full of data, commentary and recommendations. There are sections covering transport, housing, electricity and other sectors as well as the economic and other consequences (including benefits) of the action required to meet the net zero target.

    ONLINE MEETING USING ZOOM

    How to join: An email message (just like this one) will be sent to this email list at 7pm on the day of the meeting. That email message will contain the Meeting ID and password necessary to access the meeting on Zoom. It will speed things up and make things easier for you if you have already downloaded Zoom on your computer. The Zoom meeting will be open to join from 730pm and the event will start at 8pm. To avoid capacity issues, please do not join from more than one device in your household.

    If you have any questions about how to join the Zoom meeting, please email: dominic.rayner@yahoo.co.uk

     
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