Climate Clinic: fringe event or main event?
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 by Nigel
Last night I went to the Climate Clinic at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton - as part of the Labour Party Conference. Green Party candidates Caroline Lucas and Tony Juniper, and Peak Oil guru Jeremy Leggett, were on the panel in a green Have-I-Got-News-for-You style quiz.
The Climate Clinic is usually a bit more serious, bringing together party leaders, ministers, renowned scientists, opinion formers, environmentalists, low-carbon associations, business leaders and the public, in a programme packed with lively debates, talks and analysis, to debate the issues, spotlight the solutions and press for urgent action and vigorous political leadership.
This year (it’s fourth), the aim is to set the road to the climate change conference in Copenhagen (COP15) in December. Key discussions this week cover coal and energy policy, deforestation, creating a low-carbon economy, party manifestos, transport, biodiversity, sustainability, education, civil society and justice.
Keep an eye out for The Independent Climate Clinic supplement for daily updates.
The Brighton Climate Clinic runs from the 27th September to the 1st October, other clinics are held at annual Political Party Conferences in Bournemouth (Liberal Democrat 19 –23 Sept), and Manchester (Conservative 5 - 8 Oct).
See http://www.climateclinic.org.uk/labour.php for this week’s full itinerary. It’s worth going to listen to the debates as they are informative and inspiring. They’re also free!
You can also treat yourself a spot of Fair Trade coffee and sit under a tree in the Meeting House Gardens.
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