How can we fairly and effectively meet our climate change targets? Event

How can we fairly and effectively meet our climate change targets?

Wednesday 13 March 2013

No 11 Cavendish Square (home of The Kings Fund), London, W1G OAN

This event will launch two new JRF research reports Distribution of carbon emissions in the UK: Implications for domestic energy policy and Designing carbon taxation to protect low income households which have been produced as part of the JRF Climate change and social justice programme.  The programme aims to support the development of socially just responses to climate change in the UK.

The event will explore:

• how existing carbon reduction policies targeted at domestic energy use affect different households and how fair and effective these policies are;
• how future carbon reduction policies, including carbon taxation, can be developed in a way which protects low-income households;
• how fuel poverty and carbon reduction policy agendas could be brought together more effectively.

Fiona Harvey, Environment Journalist at the Guardian will chair the event and the Rt Hon Lord Deben PC, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change will talk about issues of fairness in tackling climate change.  The event will also feature a number of expert led workshops and a panel discussion on why fairness matters and what needs to be done to ensure this is considered in responding to climate change.

The event is free of charge and will be held at No 11 Cavendish Square (home of The Kings Fund), London 9am to 4pm (lunch will be provided).