20. Oktober 2023, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford
Words of Welcome
Rev. Dr. Richard Finn O.P., Director of the Las Casas Institute
Dr Christian Gsodam, European External Action Service, Founder of European Future Talks
Prof Natalie Seddon, UK Parliamentary Committee on Climate Change
Which values do we need to successfully challenge climate change?
Moderator: Dr Maria Exall
Speaker: Dr Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow, Las Casas Institute
Respondents:
Fr Manuel Enrique Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of Commission of the Bishops‘ Conferences of the European Union,
Mr Lukas Mandl, Member of the European Parliament (by video link)
Plenary
Tackling climate change – multilevel governance as a solution
Moderator: Prof. John Loughlin FAcSS, FLSW, Senior Research Fellow, Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars
Speaker: Prof Thomas Hale, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Respondents:
Dr Mark Speich, State Secretary for Federal, European and International Affairs and Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) and Member of the European Committee of the Regions (video message)
Dr Christian Gsodam
Mr Fearghas O’Beara, Head of Unit, Structural Policies Unit, European Parliamentary Research Service
Plenary
Buffet in the Priory refectory
The social dimension of climate change
Moderator: Professor Steven Bullivant, St Mary’s Twickenham (tbc)
Speaker: Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Respondents:
Councillor Anna Railton, Oxford City Council, Cabinet Member for Zero Carbon Oxford and Climate Justice
Neil Thorns, Director, Advocacy & Communications, CAFOD
Dr Maria Exall, Vice-President, TUC
Plenary
Biodiversity – the first victim of climate change
Moderator: Rev Dr John O’Connor OP
Speaker (20 mins): Prof. Celia Deane Drummond
Respondents:
Dr Valerie Kapos, Principal Specialist on nature-based solutions (UN Environment
Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Emilien Gasc, Climate Attaché at the EU Delegation to the UK
Plenary
Coffee
Concluding remarks and Final plenary
Moderator: Dr Hugo Slim
Tea and departures
Photos
Copyright: Br John Church OP