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Environment Agency Annual conference 2008

With two Secretaries of State and a world renowned climate scientist from NASA, we’ve got one of the strongest speaker line-ups yet for this year’s Environment Agency annual conference – environmental futures 08: creating the climate for change. The conference taks place on 24-25 November at the QE ll Conference Centre in London.

Top speakers

The programme will be headed by:

• Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Monday
• Rt Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on Tuesday. 

Other speakers include:

• Sir Michael Pitt
• Dr Chris West, Director of the UK Climate Impacts Programme
• Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Forward
• Richard Gillies, Director Plan A, Marks & Spencer
• Kevin McCullough, Chief Operating Officer, RWE Innogy
• Marjan Oudeman, Director, Corus.

World renowned climate scientist

This year also presents a rare UK opportunity to hear first hand from one of the world’s leading climate scientists. James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies is a vociferous advocate of deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Hansen is passionate about the need for policy makers and scientists to co-operate on climate change.  His demand for objective and realistic climate scenarios has given him a controversial edge in the US and a worldwide reputation.  This is an opportunity not to be missed.

Read more about James Hansen:

• Put oil firm chiefs on trial, says leading climate change scientist (The Guardian)
  
• Twenty years later: tipping points near on global warming (The Guardian)
  

Registration and further information

Have a look at our full conference programme and details of how to register:

• Full details for environmental futures 08
  

Note: there is a reduced registration rate for Environment Agency staff.

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