These lunchtime talks are free to Council employees and members of the public. They are held in a meeting room in Marischal College (Ground Floor North - 01). If you are attending from outside of the council please come to the front desk at Marischal College for 12.55pm to be taken to the room. Each session consists of two talks on different aspects of climate change.

Monday 18th March 1:00 -2:00pm

Sue Lawrence (Scottish Natural Heritage); Climate Change and Biodiversity in the North East

Sandy Scott (ACC Parks and Countryside Manager); Climate Change and Aberdeen’s Parks

Tuesday 19th March 1:00 -2:00pm

Bob Donald (One Seed Forward); ‘Heritage Potatoes and biodiversity’. (All attendees will receive a free bag of seed potatoes to take home and plant).

David Keith (ACC Recycling Officer); ‘Our part and your role in materials recovery; Aberdeen City Council’s recycling collections’.

Wednesday 20th March 1:00 -2:00pm

Shirley Forbes (ACC Energy Technician); ‘Energy Efficiency and Climate Change’

Scott Herratt (Hutton Institute): 'Climate change and investments'

Thursday 21st March 1:00 -2:00pm

Angela Joss Aberdeen Inspired; The BID Bee Project

Mel Booth (ACC Senior Housing Strategy Officer); Climate Change and Aberdeen’s Local Housing Strategy

Friday 22nd March 1:00 -2:00pm

Alison Leslie (Sustainable Development Officer); Aberdeen Adapts: building resilience to a changing climate.

Ian Talboys (ACC Countryside Officer); Adaptation of Aberdeen sites to mitigate climate change.

This event is part of Climate Week North East.
Climate Week North East runs from 15-24th March and is packed full of fun and informative events on climate change and how to live sustainably. To see the whole programme and learn more go to https://www.climateweekaberdeen.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/climateweeknortheast/