The Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum (CCSF) is proud to present the 2020th annual forum event. This year, despite the widespread uncertainties and challenges posed by COVID 19, we believe that the health of our planet cannot be relegated to the sidelines.

At the beginning of the year, we have decided on the theme for this year’s forum to be “Towards a Sustainable Future: Local Actions, Global Betterment”. This idea rings true now more than ever. With a greater focus on the role of the family unit and local community to localise the pandemic threat, we are provided with an opportunity to focus on the local reference frame and think about what sustainability changes we wish to see – from a greater emphasis on procuring local/regional produces, to having teleconferences instead of flying 10 hour roundtrips, we are presented with many ingenious and workable alternatives.

As all recoveries begin with tentative steps amounting in realistic small-scale changes, so will the recovery of our planet’s health. Every ‘little’ change that we do for the planet, matters.

The opening talk will be given by Prof. Jane Heal, Emeritus Philosophy Professor at Cambridge and Trustee of Cambridge Carbon Footprint. She will introduce and explore the interconnectivity of individual actions and global changes.

Mariasole Bianco, president of Worldraise and lecturer at the University of Genoa, will be speaking on how we can reduce plastic use in local businesses.

Dr. Theo Hacking, Director of Graduate Education & Research Strategy at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, will focus on how we can embed sustainability into the design of engineering and infrastructure projects.

Dr. Alina Averchenkova, Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, will highlight the role of climate legislation in tackling climate change.

Duncan Catchpole, founder and owner of the Cambridge Organic Food Company, will explain how we can localise our procurement of food, especially in local food establishments.

Dr. Natasha Grist, Senior Adviser at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), will describe a leading-edge project bringing biogas cooking innovation in Kenya.

In addition, 2 PhD students will share their research findings: Fleur Nash will speak about what it means to participate in conservation efforts, while Valeria Zambianchi will show how innovations can trigger policy changes.

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