This event is now sold out and tickets are being made available only through cancellations. If you make use of climate information, are based in the UK, you can express interested in joining the network by registering via the remaining ticket option.

Launch of a new network for the UK Climate Services Community

Calling all UK industry, research and policy professionals with climate expertise, across all sectors, and career stages. We are launching MESH, networking for the UK climate services community, run by the community for the community, coming to a city near you soon!

Join us on the 18th October in London for the launch event. Proud to be part of Green Great Britain Week

Find out more: https://www.the-iea.org/space4climate/mesh/

Programme

18:00 Registration and drinks reception

18:15 Introducing MESH - Briony Turner, Space4Climate and Ben Smith, GCAP

18:25 Bringing together the UK Climate Services community -BEIS

18:30 Showcase talks

• Sector based approach to city resilience - Kristen Guida, London Climate Change Partnership

• Advances in safeguarding investment -integrating climate risk into the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank - Ben Smith, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership

• The world’s first benchmark qualification for Green Finance -Simon Thompson, Chartered Banker Institute

• Insights from creating the UK's second National Adaptation Programme 2018-2023 - Nick Jackson, Climate Adaptation team, Defra

• From disaster tourism to climate smart tourism? Rethinking community based development in the Andaman Islands - Dr Sophie Blackburn, King's College London

19:00 Community announcements (if you have a climate-services related announcement to make, please alert the organiser no later than the 17th October)

19:05 Networking - drinks and canape reception

We have the space all the evening and will continue until the drinks run out.

The network launch and drinks reception has been made possible by funds from:

Space4Climate, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership and the London Climate Change Partnership