NERC - ESRC Seminar Series

Programme

9.00-9.30 Coffee and Registration

9.30 Welcome & Introduction
Lord Tugendhat, Chancellor, University of Bath

9.35 - Government & Regulatory Policy

'The Policy Landscape'
Sir John Harman (Chairman, Environment Agency)
'Tackling Dangerous Climate Change'
Jonathan Brearley (Director, Office of Climate Change)

10.15-11.00 Discussion with speaker panel

11.00-11.20 Coffee break

11.20-12.00 - Research Perspectives & Policy Evaluation

'The Natural Capital Framework'
Professor Paul Ekins (Kings College, London)
'Natural Capital & Critical Limits - The Wrong Question? - A Critical Perspective'
John Foster (Lancaster University)

12.00-12.30 Discussion with speaker panel

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.15 - Business and Better Regulation

'Getting to a carbon neutral energy system - policy and politics'
Professor Tom Burke (Imperial and University Colleges)
'Better Regulation Principles in the International Context'
Peter Vass (University of Bath)
'Regulating for current and future consumers'
Allan Asher (CEO, energywatch)

14.15-15.00 Discussion with speaker panel

15.00-15.20 Afternoon tea

15.20-15.50 - Synthesis

'Integrating actions: sustainability, conflicting interests and intergenerational equity'
Professor Anil Markandya (University of Bath)

15.50-16.20 Discussion with speaker panellists

16.20 Close