Please note that the venue is still much the same, but we are in the Daphne du Maurier Lecture Theatre and seminar rooms as there is more space.

A further email will be sent soon but in the meantime, please note that there will be student photojournalism students recording on film and working on documenting the event. If you do not wish to be filmed, please make yourself known (email us if you wish) and we will arrange for seating in an area that is not filmed.

There are steps up to seating in the lecture theatre but nowhere else. There is space for wheelchair seating below the front row. The front row will be reserved for those who would have difficulty with too many steps. Again, please make yourself known on arrival or by email beforehand.

Also, a reminder that catering facilities are limited, there are some hot food options but to avoid queues, please feel free to bring packed lunch (and, of course, a reusable cup if using takeaway outlets). Further details will be sent in final email.

updated agenda below:

Programme

09:30 Arrival, registration

10:00 Welcome Prof. Richard Cochrane, Renewable Energy, University of Exeter

10.05 The importance of NDP policies and the Council’s declaration on climate emergency

Cllr Sue James, Portfolio Holder Environment & Public Protection, Cornwall Council

10:15 Climate Change : Current state of the Science

Prof Stephan Harrison, Quaternary Science, University of Exeter

10.45 Q and A

11.00 Zero Carbon Cornwall

What is a sustainable Cornwall? Manda Brookman, Wildly Brilliant

11:30 coffee break (please order simple teas and coffees to keep the queue moving)

12.00 What Zero Carbon means in practice Charmian Larke, Atlantic Energy

Q and A

13:00 Lunch

Developing Local NDP Policy

14.05 How to develop a climate friendly NDP Dan Stone, Centre for Sustainable Energy, Bristol

15.00 Recent Experience and case study Chacewater Chacewater Community Energy Group

Q and A

16:00 Workshop sessions

Options

o Climate friendly NDPs

1 Dan Stone, Centre for Sustainable Energy

2 Mark Smith, Mabe Parish NDP committee

o Working with Cornwall Council Cllr Sue James

o NDP Policies for Zero Carbon buildings tbc

o Process of land allocation for energy and other uses Charmian Larke

o Land Explorer –mapping for climate change & NDP process Julian Thompson, Land Explorer

o Questions to put to the community in NDP process Prof Richard Cochrane

o Flooding and coastal change management policies in NDPs Dave Watkins, Flood & Coastal

erosion risk management, Cornwall Council

o Community energy groups-- NDP follow on action Paul Martin, Community Power Cornwall

17.00 Round up and future actions Panel

We aim to produce some practical action points for groups and councils to take forward and to feed into Cornwall Council’s Climate Emergency action Plan. We also hope to encourage local working groups to develop as a help to progressing local climate change policy development.