Oxford is my world Your – Guide to saving the planet!

Climate Change Oxford – What you can do now!

Oxford's first Climate Change Conference took place at Town Hall on World Environment Day (5th June 2007).

The event attracted around 500 visitors, 35 exhibitors and 11 speakers and received a positive response from attendees: 92% rated the event good or excellent and 93% would attend another climate change event – according to completed feedback forms!

Please see below the programme of the day and click on Presentation Titles to view or download the presentations (where available).

Session 1: What is the problem?

Introduction/Welcome
Launch of “Oxford is my world – Your Guide to Saving the Planet”
Cllr. Goddard, Leader of Oxford City Council

Headline address
Professor Lord May of Oxford. Former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, and Head of its Office of Science and Technology. President of the Royal Society.

Climate change: The global problem
Mark Lynas. Activist, leading journalist and author of the acclaimed “High Tide” and “6 degrees: Our future on a hotter planet”.

Adapting to climate change and what it means for Oxford
Chris West, Director, UK Climate Impacts Programme.

Panel Discussion/ Questions from the floor
Chair: Prof. Sue Roaf

Session 2: What can we do about Climate Change in Oxford now?

What Oxford City Council is doing about climate change
Cllr. John Goddard, Leader of Oxford City Council.

What else should local government – specifically Oxford– be doing?
Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive, Energy Saving Trust.

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Living a low carbon lifestyle in Oxford
Chris Goodall, Oxford based author of “How to Live a Low-carbon Life?” and Columnist for the Independent on Sunday.

Reducing household energy demand: Towards the 40% house …
Chris Jardine, Oxford University Environmental Change Institute.

Renewable Energy for the Home
Ian Bacon, Thames Valley regional renewable energy agency, TVEnergy.

Eco-Refurbishment of Homes
George Marshall of Oxford based Climate Outreach Information Network.

What communities can do in Oxford
Mark Lynas,of Low Carbon Wolvercote.

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What can businesses do?
Peter Couchman,Group General Manager, MidCounties Co-op.

Oxford Brookes University: A large employers approach to climate change
Rex Knight, Oxford Brookes University.

Best Foot Forward – Carbon/Ecological footprinting business
Simon Miller, Senior Consultant, Best Foot Forward.

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Concluding Panel discussion/Question Time
Chair: Peter Couchman.

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If you'd like more information about the event please contact:

PAUL SPENCER
Climate Change Officer
Environmental Health
Oxford City Council
T: 01865 252 238

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