CFI UK and Conway Hall
present
Global Warming – Where Do We Go From Here?
Radical ideas ad suggestions on how to respond to the threat of global warming from some of
the UK’s leading experts and campaigners.
Organized and presented by Stephen Law.
April 12th, 2014
Conway Hall
Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4RL
Near Holborn Tube
£10 (£5 students)
free to friends of CFI UK.
Tickets available
online at: https://humanism.org.uk/events/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=52
10.30 Registration
11am Dr Mayer Hillman. Senior Fellow Emeritus, Policy Studies
Institute, London. What do we do now that society is demonstrating all
too clearly its strong preference for downplaying the significance and
implications of climate change?
12.00 Dr Rupert Read. Philosopher and Green activist. Rupert will speak about global
over-heat, the end of denialism, and the self-destruction of libertarianism in
relation to this issue - and a possible way forward, in terms of guardians for
future people. (lunch)
1.45 Dr Vicky
Pope. The Met Office. Vicky was a founding
member of the Met Office Hadley Centre and is a member of the Advisory Board on the UNEP
early warning project on climate related hazards. She will present an overview of the latest science from the IPCC report
and talk about its relevance for the UK. Vicky will give some idea of weather
extremes we might expect.
2.45 Saci Lloyd is an Ecological activist and
internationally-acclaimed writer. She is the author of Carbon Diaries.
3.45 End
CFI UK reserves the
right to change the programme.
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