Events, meetings etc.

Kyoto2 and environmental justice - the video of the workshop on Environmental Justice run by Oliver Tickell (author of Kyoto2) during the Great Global Warm Up event, organised by The Climate Camp in collaboration with Zed Books, on Saturday 28 November 2009 at SOAS, London. Video hosted by Zed Books / Youtube.
Climate change: Thinking Outside the Box - Thursday April 30th 2009, at the IMO building, London. Meeting organised by the United Nations Association to develop positive solutions for the UN climate conference in Copenhagen in November / December 2009.
Oliver Tickell speaking at the People′s G20 Summit, London - 1 April 2009, addressing the G20 'People's Summit' at the University of East London. The event took place outside due to the official closure of the UEL campus in an unsuccessful and profoundly mistaken attempt by the UEL authorities to prevent this entirely peaceful and constructive event from taking place. Hosted by youtube.com, duration approx 10 minutes. Thanks to TheSpartacat for putting up the video - along with the many other excellent talks / performances eg by Tony Benn, Mark Thomas, Lowkey ...
International Congress on Climate Change - Oliver Tickell presents his paper Kyoto2 - an effective, efficient and equitable framework for a new Climate Agreement at the ICCC at Copenhagen University, Wednesday 11 March 2009 in Session 48 - Earth System Governance Part I, 11.25 am.
Climate Change: Social Science and Civil Society Perspectives - Monday 9 March 9 2009 (13.30-14.30) at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol St., London EC1Y 8LX. Part of a day-long event, part of the ESRC's Festival of Social Science week, which aims to achieve a meeting of minds between academics, environmental groups and members of the policy community with interests in the social science research agenda into the climate crisis. Presentations will be given by academics of their ongoing research, followed by presentations from environmental NGOs and campaigners on how they perceive the research and policy agenda going forward, and each session will end with questions and comments from a panel including representatives of the policy community.
Global warming needs a global solution - Friday 27 February 2009, 6.30 pm. Public meeting at the University of York, organised by University of York Students' Union (YUSU) as part of 'Think Green' week. Oliver Tickell and other speakers.
Birmingham FoE - Tuesday 17 February 2009, 6.30pm, Aston University Business School. Meeting co-organised by Birmingham Friends of the Earth and Aston University Economics Department, chaired / introduced by Professor Julia King, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University and climate change advisor to Gordon Brown.
IQ2 Green Festival - 25 January 2009 at the Royal Geographical Society, London, 10:45am - 8pm. Doors open at 10am. Building on the success of six years of staging the highest quality debates and events in London, Intelligence Squared aims to raise the level of awareness of the scientific, regulatory, economic and social dimensions of climate change by bringing together the brightest thinkers on the subject from around the globe. The festival will include four debates including one led by secondary school children in association with the RGS as well as 6 expert seminars. Attendees in every debate and seminar will have the chance to put their questions to the specialists while outside the debating rooms there will be a whole range of fun but thought-provoking activities in which to take part.
Major reductions in carbon emissions are not worth the money - a public debate on 13 January 2009, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, one in the famous series of IQ2 US debates. Bjørn Lomborg, Peter Huber (Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute), and Philip Stott will argue for the motion, against Daniel Kammen, Oliver Tickell, and Adam Werbach. The moderator will be John Donvan, correspondent for ABC News ‘Nightline', and the debate will be broadcast on BBC World News Television (reaching 280 million households globally) and US National Public Radio.
Climate Change and the New World Order - Is there a need for an International Court of the Environment? Seminar / symposium with Stephen Hockman QC. 28 November 2008, 4pm, British Library Lecture Theatre. Registration. alex.parkinson_AT_hillgrovepr.com.
A Green New Deal - event at the Hub Kings Cross on the 26th November, 6-9pm, with Oliver Tickell, Ann Pettifor and George Monbiot, chaired by Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation.
A Future Without Fossil Fuels - Wednesday 12 November. 8pm. Magdalen Auditorium, Oxford. Oliver Tickell sets an exit strategy for fossil fuels based on his Kyoto2 proposals. The event forms part of the Oxford Hub Series organised by People and Planet, which connects students with causes, enabling them to help tackle the social and environmental challenges of today.
International Court of the Environment launch, London - 28 November 2008Oliver Tickell interviewed for Positive TV by Jeremy at the 'Climate Change and the New World Order' symposium, London.
Financing for Climate Change: An opportunity for improved global governance, or the next resource curse? - Sunday 2 November, 11-13.00 hrs, at the International Anti-Corruption Conference, Athens. Oliver Tickell joins an expert panel to assess the vulnerability of carbon markets to fraud, corruption and anti-competitive practice.
A Global Solution for the Climate Change Crisis? - Wednesday 29 October 2008, 7.30-9pm. Friends Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford. Global Problems Need Global Solutions, argues journalist and acclaimed climate change expert, Oliver Tickell. The Kyoto Protocol, adopted under the 1992 Climate Convention, has failed in its aim to reduce greenhouse gases. In his new book, Kyoto2, Tickell sets forth an alternative for delivering the urgent carbon reductions that are needed, providing a compelling potential solution to the global climate change crisis. Lecture to be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. RSVP to Catrina Pickering, catrina_at_coinet.org.uk, 01865 403334.
Kyoto2 - an exit strategy for fossil fuels - Tuesday 21 October, 6.30 - 8.30pm at The Hub, 5 Torrens Street, London EC1N 1NQ (nearest tube: Angel). Cost: £5 on the door (includes organic wine and nibbles). Oliver Tickell explains how Kyoto2 would act as an exit strategy for fossil fuels - and solve the twin problems of climate change and the energy crunch.
Understanding climate change - Friday 17 October, 4 - 5.30 pm. Keynote speech / dialogue with the Representing Climate Change: Ecology, Media and the Arts conference, 15 - 17 October, at Clare Hall and CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities), Cambridge.
CCBF Seminar: Kyoto Post 2012 - 13 October 2008, 8.30am-12pm at the Hong Kong Club, Harcourt Room. What's next for the Kyoto Protocol post 2012? What are the EU's plans?How will aviation and shipping be affected? Join us for an important seminar that will discuss the formal International negotiations on Kyoto Protocol Post 2012, as well as a compelling alternative that is gaining credibility informally. We'll also consider how aviation and shipping are likely to be affected by plans proposed by the EU. CCBF Project Director Ciara Shannon is moderator at this event where the keynote speaker will be Mr. Oliver Tickell, Author of Kyoto2. Speakers: Christopher Tung, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Dominic Purvis, General Manager of Environmental Affairs, Cathay Pacific; Richard Kendall, Managing Director, China Navigation Co. Ltd; Andrew Stevenson, Researcher and Publication Coordinator, Civic Exchange. Free of charge but pls reserve your seat via: bonnie@bec.org.hk.
Climate Change Debate - Thursday 18 September 2008, 7pm. Blackwell Bookshop in association with Zed Books presents a Climate Change Debate. This very exciting event sees five environmentalists coming together for a panel discussion about Climate Change: 'How Should the Planet Deal with Climate Change post-2012? Why the World's Current Plans Aren't Good Enough'. Oliver Tickell, Mark Lynas, Chris Goodall, Mark Maslin and Colin Tudge will be taking part in this debate at the Holywell Music Room, Holywell St, Oxford. Tickets cost £6 (concessions £5) and are available from the Customer Service Department, Second Floor, Blackwell bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street. Please telephone 01865 333623 for further details.