The end of 2021 saw significant climate ambitions set out at both global and regional scales: at COP26, and in the Yorkshire & Humber Climate Action Plan. We are now at a pivotal moment both in terms of climate action and ensuring a fair, prosperous, and sustainable future for West Yorkshire and its surrounds. As the Action Plan highlights, this calls for meaningful climate leadership from larger institutions in government, and in the public and private sectors.

Join us on Monday 4 April to hear from three key regional voices as they discuss climate action and the importance of collaboration. Together, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, University of Leeds Vice Chancellor Simone Buitendijk, and the Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission’s Professor Andy Gouldson will consider the current state of play, essential next steps, and how organisations across the region can work together to pursue a necessarily ambitious path towards a net-zero West Yorkshire.

The role of research and education institutions in the regional transition to net-zero will be an important focus of this discussion. It will be chaired by Professor Richard Beardsworth, Head of the School of Politics and International Studies.

The event will be held in person at the University of Leeds and will also be livestreamed online.

Light refreshments will be available before and after the event.