Highland conference set to focus on Climate Change this Thursday and Friday - places still available
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The Highland Climate Change Conference is taking place this week, on Thursday 21 and Friday October 22.
The conference will bring people together from across and beyond the Highlands to discuss the climate and ecological emergency, ahead of COP26 next month.
Delegates will explore topics relating to energy, land and sea, reaching net zero and building resilient communities.
Green MSP Ariane Burgess, for the Highlands and Islands, will give the key note address.
A Highland Council spokesman said: "As Glasgow prepares to host COP26, this could be the most impactful Highland Climate Change Conference we have ever held.
"The conference is a fantastic opportunity to bring people together from across and beyond Highland to discuss the climate and ecological emergency."
Chairwoman of Highland Council's climate change working group, Cllr Trish Robertson, said: "We have an opportunity to get together again to learn more about what we can do to address the climate emergency, building on the successful online conference we hosted last year.
“Within the context of COP26 being held in Glasgow, this is set to be the most important and impactful climate change conference we have ever held.”
This year’s conference and associated workshops will all take place online and over two days.
It is free to attend.
It will feature speakers from government, organisations, climate groups, community groups and individuals taking action to tackle the climate and ecological emergency.
Speakers include:
The Highland Climate Change conference will feature speakers from across the sectors and will include:
- Highland Council leader, Cllr Margaret Davidson
- River Ness Hydro, Martin MacDonald
- Energy Sparks, Paula Malone
- Hydrogen in Highland, Joanne Allday
- EV Infrastructure, Rachael Anderson
- Invest in LEG Power, Lochaber Community Hydro, Lochaber Environmental Group
- SSE Renewables, Andy Sloan
- Energy Transition Research, Professor Susan Krumdieck
- Keynote introduction, Arianne Burgess MSP
- Blue Carbon, William Austin
- Pollinators and The Climate Emergency Cllr Craig Fraser
- The Flow Country World Heritage Site Project, Steven Andrews
- Scottish Finest Woods – Cairngorms Award, Scottish Finest Woods
- Affric Highlands Trees for Life/Rewilding Europe
- The National Trust – Response to Climate Change, Stuart Brookes
- Nature Scot, Becky Shaw
- Green Growth Accelerator, Joe Perry
- What is Net Zero?, Keith Masson
- Green Finance, Patrick Jean-Martel
- Landscape Finance Lab, Paul Chatterton and Graham Neville
- Passivhaus Project, Philip Shannon
- Green Jobs for the Next Generation, Deborah Halliday, School of Forestry
- Green Impact, Sonya Peres
- HIE Investing in Emerging Technologies, Audrey MacIver
- Net Zero Buildings, Nathan Chaplin
- Just Transition, Katie Andrews
- The Rose Project, Simon Middlemas (The Rose Project/ Sustainability Steering Group)
- Community Action in Highland, Anna Patfield
- The Pebble Trust, Martin Sherring (and Penny Edwards)
- Jobs for a Green Recovery, Becky Shaw/NatureScot
- Green/Eco Tourism in Highland, Colin Simpson, Highland Council
- Scottish Cities Alliance, Veni Kojouharova
- Wellbeing Economy Alliance, Jane Morrison, WEALL
- Land Use, Hamish Trench, Scottish Land Commission
- Zero Waste Scotland, Helen Lavery
- Highland Adapts, Emma Whitham
Information and details about how to sign up for the conference can be found on Highland Council's website.
