No political party came into 2020 thinking it was going to be dominated by a pandemic that would result in the country going into lockdown and, as a result, an unprecedented economic downturn. Yet here we are.

What are the main political parties in the UK and Ireland doing to try and ensure that the economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis is as sustainable as possible? What green policies are being undertaken or championed?

We will hear from a panel that spans the political spectrum to find out what both governments and their oppositions think are the best ways to combine recovering the economy with meeting net zero targets.

Icebreaker One - a non-profit focused on unlocking the data needed to deliver a net-zero future - will host a panel that spans the political spectrum to find out what government and opposition parties think are the best ways to combine economic recovery with net zero.

Nick Tyrone, research director at Icebreaker One, will chair the panel.

This event is organised as part of Project Cygnus, an EIT Climate-KIC funded net-zero Covid-19 recovery programme led by Icebreaker One in partnership with Global Open Finance Centre of Excellence at the University of Edinburgh, University College Dublin (UCD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Arup and ODI Leeds.

Speakers include:

• Nick Tyrone, Research Director, Project Cygnus, Icebreaker One [Chair]
• Bim Afolami, Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden
• Alan Brown, SNP MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun and SNP's Westminster spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change
• Neasa Hourigan, Green Party TD for Dublin Central and Ireland's Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight
• Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and Shadow Minister Digital, Science & Technology
• Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South and Shadow Secretary for Sustainable Economics
• Tom Sasse, Associate Director, Institute for Government