Landscape Institute announces: Mitigating the Climate and Biodiversity Emergencies conference will be running online on the 22-24 March 2022.
As we face the greatest catastrophe to befall the natural world, we are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it. The Landscape profession is pivotal in the fight against the changing climate and diminishing biodiversity, it is now our moment to enact change!
The Mitigating the Climate and Biodiversity Emergencies conference will be debating some of the big themes and demonstrate imperative actions, exemplar practice, core skills and thought leadership around mitigating the climate emergency. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from a range or speakers on the topic, as well as contribute to the debate by connecting and networking with people from across the landscape profession.
On day one Anthony Dewar, Professional Head Buildings and Architecture, Network Rail, together with Matt Winfield, England Director at Sustrans and Selina Mason, Director of Masterplanning, Lendlease will be debating what are the contradictions for landscape designers when designing for Net Zero.
The day one will also include an interactive panel discussion “4 months post COP26 – UK Built Environment Declares”, where delegates will be able to ask questions and discuss how can the sector collaborate to mitigate the climate and biodiversity emergency with Julia Barfield, British architect and Director of Marks Barfield Architects, Paul Morris, Civil Engineer, Civic Engineers and Andrew Grant, Founder & Director, Grant Associates.
Day two will feature a key industry players and international speakers including Professor Mary Creagh, Cranfield School of Management and Jing Fan, Deputy Chief Engineer, Senior Engineer at the Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute. The topics of the day will cover designing for active transport and provide an international perspective on designing sustainable futures, showcasing how China is trying to reduce carbon emissions through their work.
Lord Debden, Chairman of the Climate Committee, The CCC will open the day three of the event with a speech about work being carried out by the Climate Change Committee and what this means to the landscape sector, followed by the presentation on a collaboration between academia, architecture and landscape practice from Alison Galbraith CMLI, Director of The Terra Frima Consultancy Ltd.
Other speakers will include:
- Dr Deborah Saunt, Founding Director, DSDHA
- Ed Ikin, Director of Wakehurst, RBG Kew
- Julia Baker, Biodiversity Technical Specialist, Balfour Beatty
- Lucy Marshall CMLI, Associate, GW Studio
- Professor Anan Simson, Leeds Beckett University
- Philip Jaffa, Founder/Director, Scape Design Associates
- Peter Stringer, GI Resilience Manager, City of Trees
The event is proudly sponsored by: ACO, Charcon, Hardscape and Vestre, and supported by GreenBlue Urban and Vectorworks.
The conference is open to both members and non-members of the Landscape Institute. To book your tickets please click here.
