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Alan Knight's presentation "If products could talk!" - sound :-
i) Slides 1-5 (mp3 4.6Mb) Introduction, If the planet was a company and you were on the Board
ii) Slides 5-16 (mp3 5.2Mb) Expanding the supply base - suppliers growing with customer growth, buying scale, one planet economy, customer satisfaction
iii) Slides 17-13 (mp3 5.2Mb) Talk to your products about the issues of the world (garden bench, patio heater & organic honey)
iv) Slides 24-30 (mp3 9.3Mb) Impact assessment, WEEE Man, shipping imported products by stealth, product policy
v) Slides 31-42 (mp3 4.1Mb) What about China? Innovation and inspiration for a one planet economy. Concluding summary
Financial risks in a changing climate (pdf 194kb)
- Dr Swenja Surminski, Policy Adviser, Association of British Insurers
Six Degrees - Our Future on a Hotter Planet + Fair Shares, Fair Choice (pdf 3Mb)
- Mark Lynas, climate change author, newspaper columnist and campaigner
+ Sylvie Channon, SSW (Fair Shares, Fair Choice)
Expert Briefing Session: Low carbon design of goods and services (pdf 2.8Mb)
- by Envirowise (Mark Shayler)
Expert Briefing Session: Energy management for the 21st Century (pdf 1.7Mb)
- by EDF Energy (Pierre-Jean Lahourcade)
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ENVEC 2006, 4th October 2006, Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
The ENVEC 2006 guest speaker was Jonathon Porritt, Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission. Jonathon spoke on the subject of 'Where is the Sustainable Development agenda going?' (power point slides were not used). You can download here
information on the 'Fair Shares, Fair Choice' carbon reduction project for the South West announced by Jonathon during his presentation: Fair Shares, Fair Choice (PDF 67kb).
Key points made by Jonathon Porritt during his presentation on the emerging consensus on climate change were:-
Extraordinary and shocking acceleration in climate change
Massive & overwhelming evidence of change
Recognition of the need to restrict global temp rise to < 2 degrees C
IPCC 4th Assessment Report ( due 2007): 450 ppm CO2 = a 50% chance of irreversible change; 550 ppm CO2 = a 100% chance of irreversible change
Facing non-linear change – reinforcement loops – trigger / tipping points
10 years to make a difference
Engineer a huge transformation – a non-linear response
The alternative is the inevitable disintegration of society
Politicians in denial – how to broker with the electorate?
Opposition to wind power in the South West is “seriously out of date”
UK energy supply & demand to 2020 (pdf 306kb)
- Professor Martin Fry, Vice President of the Energy Institute
UK energy trends in the context of the UK Energy Review 2006 - a supplier's perspective (pdf 1.4Mb)
- Ravi Baga, Director of Environment and Market Regulation, EDF Energy
Waste - the growing challenge (pdf 687kb)
- Dr Richard Cresswell, Regional Director, Environment Agency (SW)
Expert Briefing Session: Environmental Legislation - Lyons Davidson, Bristol (pdf 1Mb)
Expert Briefing Session: Eco-design – reducing the environmental impact and costs within goods and services - Envirowise (pdf 2.1Mb)
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ENVEC 2005, 12th October 2005, Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
Avoiding dangerous climate change (pdf 806kb)
- Andrew Lee, Director of Campaigns, WWF-UK, Godalming.
The South West’s economy and environment - presentation text (pdf 49kb)
- Claire Gibson, Head of Planning, Transport & Environment, SW RDA
UK energy waste - the Carbon Trust experience (pdf 911kb)
- John Pooley, The John Pooley Consultancy, Worcestershire
Developments in lighting (pdf 5.5Mb)
- David Ellis, Product Marketing Manager, Osram Ltd, Langley
Expert Briefing Session: Exporting on-site renewable electricity - EDF Energy & WPD (pdf 1.4Mb)
Expert Briefing Session: Environmental Legislation - Bevan Brittan (pdf 1Mb)
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ENVEC 2003, 8th October 2003, Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
The conference presentation "Influencing senior management - getting it wrong" from John Pooley of The John Pooley Consultancy has been incorporated with John Pooley's 2002
presentation into a unique and highly popular guide by GOSW and Envirowise entitled "Resource Efficiency & Corporate Responsibility - Managing Change".
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ENVEC 2002, 9th October 2002, Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
ENVEC 2002 keynote address and plenary response by The Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP, Minister of State, Defra:
2002 Keynote address and plenary response.