In the lead-up to the UN climate change conference in Paris (COP21), IEMA's burgeoning Climate Change Network has been conducting a webinars campaign to support the learning of other members on climate issues.
The programme aims to mobilise professionals to get involved in action on climate change. The first webinar was hosted by sustainability practitioner Jae Mather. He gave an overview of global macro trends, looking at how they relate to climate risk and need for action. It also provided members with an opportunity to debate priorities and opportunities for the profession.
Two other webinars were held. They were: Addressing climate change through ISO14001 - presented by Lucy Candlin of the UK emissions trading group and Planet & Prosperity Limited; and Climate science: risk, reality and the change imperative - presented by Anna-Lisa Mills, group sustainability manager at Innovation Group.
You can catch up at iema.net/event-reports and search #IEMANoCopOut on Twitter for comments. Forthcoming webinars in the series in October are: 19 October: Making the business case for climate change - Jonathan Foot and Colin Robertson. 22 October: Behaviour change as part of a strategy - Global Action Plan and Rebecca Vowles. 28 October: Planning a strategy on energy and carbon reduction - Bekir Andrews.
Visit events.iema.net to book your free place at the next webinar. If you are interested in joining IEMA's Climate Change Network, contact Peter Jones at [email protected]. The campaign also encourages members to take action on climate change by adding their name to Live Earth's drive to get one billion voices to deliver a single message to global leaders at COP21. To find out more and to sign up, go to goo.gl/jSkqFi.