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<p>An online mini conference hosted by the UK Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN)\, in conjunction with the Royal Geographical Society.</p>
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<p>The event brings together international scholars working on a range of topics relating to local climate praxis and to discuss the challenges bridging climate theory and practice within place-based climate action.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://pcancities.org.uk/abstracts-local-climate-praxis-conference-2020">Read the conference abstracts</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Programme</strong></p>
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<p><strong>14.00-14.05: Welcome and overview of event</strong></p>
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<p><strong>14.05-14.20: Keynote: Prof. John Barry\, PCAN & Queen's University Belfast</strong></p>
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<p><strong>14.20-15.20: Break out Sessions 1 (Choose either 1.1 or 1.2)</strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>Breakout Session 1.1: Applied research on the local climate praxis</em></strong></p>
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<ul><li>Suay Melisa Ozkula (University of Sheffield)\, Judging digital “place” in global climate change initiatives</li><li>Rory Fitzpatrick (University of Leeds)\, "How has climate change mattered to you over the past 3 months?"  Results from a survey during the UK COVID-19 lockdown.</li><li>Bob Walley (University of Central Lancashire)\, Raising awareness of climate change creatively through free and accessible community engagement festivals</li><li>Andrew Walker (Local Government Information Unit)\, The return of locally led place shaping</li></ul>
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<p><strong><em>Breakout Session 1.2: What community means in local climate action</em></strong></p>
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<ul><li>Lucy Stone (Our Common Climate)\, Common ownership of the green economy\; how collective decision-making and ownership models could accelerate climate progress and address inequality.</li><li>Andrew Yuille (Lancaster University)\, Turning targets into action: tackling climate change in a local context</li><li>Wolfgang Haupt (Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space\, Germany)\, Explaining climate policy pathways of unlikely city pioneers: the case of the German city of Remscheid</li><li>Rebecca Wells (LSE)\, The use of Citizen Assemblies and Juries in cities as a deliberative tool for addressing climate change: A comparative case study of Oxford and Leeds</li></ul>
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<p><strong>15.20-15.30: Break</strong></p>
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<p><strong>15.30-16.30: Break out Sessions 2 (Choose either 2.1 or 2.2)</strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>Break out Session 2.1: Innovative forms of local engagement</em></strong></p>
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<ul><li>Peter Harper (University of Bath)\, A local plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030</li><li>Robert Connell (The University of Edinburgh)\, How can city climate commissions mobilise the importance of place in encouraging private sector action on climate change?</li><li>Ellie Murtagh (Sniffer/Adaptation Scotland)\, Unpacking 'place' in place-based adaptation - A framework for effective place-based adaptation in practice</li><li>Erika Russell (University of Surrey)\, Developing a carbon baseline to support multi-stakeholder\, multi-level governance at a county level</li></ul>
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<p><strong><em>Break out Session 2.2: Critical perspectives on place-based climate action</em></strong></p>
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<ul><li>Rebecca Sandover (University of Exeter)\, Contrasting public and political actors’ views of Citizen’s Assemblies: An exploration of the perceived legitimacy and value of deliberative public engagement on climate change</li><li>Clare Wharmby (Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation)\, Understanding the carbon impact of city-wide decision-making</li><li>Zoe Robinson (Keele University)\, Universities as places of climate praxis</li><li>James Derounian (Society of Local Council Clerks/ De Montfort University) and Elisabeth Skinner (Society of Local Council Clerks)\, Enacting “place-based initiatives at the local level”: The actuality and potentiality of 10\,000 ultra-local councils</li></ul>
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<p>(Abstracts can be viewed here: <a href="https://pcancities.org.uk/abstracts-local-climate-praxis-conference-2020">https://pcancities.org.uk/abstracts-local-climate-praxis-conference-2020</a>)</p>
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<p><strong>16.30-16.55: Plenary discussion and closing keynote from Professor Vanesa Castan Broto\, Urban Institute\, University of Sheffield</strong></p>
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<p><strong>16.55-17.00: Closing remarks</strong></p>
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URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/events/local-climate-praxis-bridging-the-gap-between-theory-and-practice-on-local-climate-action/
SUMMARY:Local climate praxis: bridging the gap between theory and practice on local climate action
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