Our first event Climate Change Urgency and Action: The road to a better future on 22 April to mark Earth Day.

This free seminar will feature 10 speakers from 2pm-5pm who’ll discuss why we need to take action on climate change, and how we can.

You can find out more about our Sustainability Project here.

Co-Chairs:

Sonia Roschnik - International Climate Policy Director, Health Care Without Harm

Professor Hugh Montgomery - Director, Centre for Human Health and Performance, UCL

Speakers:

Introduction
Dr Stephen Webb - President, Intensive Care Society, Consultant in Intensive Care and Deputy Medical Director, Royal Papworth Hospital

Zero-Carbon NHS
Dr Nick Watts - Chief Sustainability Officer, NHS

Sectors for action and their carbon contributions 
Dr Fintan Hughes - Anaesthesiology Resident, Duke University

Power Supply 
Professor Tadj Oreszczyn - Director, The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources

Decarbonising Healthcare: A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective
Professor Jason Snape - Global Head of Environment, AstraZeneca

Purchase and Procurement: NHS View
Trevor Payne - Director of Estates, University of Birmingham

Green Care Pathways
Dr Frances Mortimer - Medical Director, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

Food
Professor Tim Lang - Professor Emeritus, Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, City University, London

Finance, Investments and Divestment
Professor Paul Elkins - Professor, Resources & Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources

Offsetting
John Lotspeich - Executive Director, Trillion Trees