Intelligence Squared (IQ2) Green Festival on Climate Change January 25, 2009

The Intelligence Squared Green Festival on Climate Change 2009

Sunday January 25 2009 at The Royal Geographical Society, London, 10.45 am to 8 pm

A non-profit event to raise awareness and stimulate debate on all aspects of climate change and look at what we can do to tackle the challenges it presents.

Run by debating organization Intelligence Squared, this is a truly interactive event. Specialist speakers from around the world will take part in discussions and debates designed so the audience gets the chance to put them on the spot and ask the questions about global warming they long to have answered.

A group of sixth formers chosen with the Royal Geographical Society will run the first debate of the day. Chaired by polar explorer Ben Saunders, these students will debate the motion ‘The Devastating Impact of Climate Change Can No Longer Be Prevented’.

Then the global warming experts will take over. Nobel Prize laureate Mohan Munasinghe, Professor Robert Watson – DEFRA’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Christine Loh – one of TIME magazine’s ‘Heroes of the Environment’, Stanley Johnson – UN environmental ambassador (and father of Boris) and Tony Juniper, Special Advisor to the Prince’s Rainforests Trust are just some of speakers involved. ‘How Long Have We Got?’, ‘Do China and India Hold the World in their Hands?’, Is technological Innovation Our Only Hope?’ and The UK Political Parties Don’t Mean What They Say on Climate Change’ are some of the subjects that will be discussed. The event will finish off with a session on biodiversity with David Bellamy and Stanley Johnson.

And there’s plenty of fun to be had outside the debating rooms: check out award-winning climate change photos by the Prix Pictet, test drive an electric car, investigate a solar home, and win green prizes worth hundreds of pounds.

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