Shake up the System: How do we achieve meaningful change in society for a fair climate future
Together for a Fair Climate Future
Online Conference
21-22 September 2021
Shake up the System was a virtual conference to explore how behavioural, societal, and cultural changes can link to achieve meaningful systems change in the UK to address the climate crisis and develop a fairer society. The conference brought ogether learning and experience from across sectors – identifying common barriers and enablers to help all actors move forward in their work.
Day 1 panel discussions
Day 2 panel discussions
Academics, activists, artists, communicators, community groups, companies, policy makers, regulators and other shared their insights and experiences of how change happens at these different levels, how social movements develop, and their ideas for the systems changes needed for a fair climate future. The conference highlighted major areas of focus for the UK in the lead up to the UN International Climate Conference COP26 in November 2021.
Taking an interactive format, participants were encouraged to share ideas and examples from their own work and collaborate with other participants from across sectors to problem solve and work together to identify actions for enabling change.
This event is part of Sustainability First's Together for a Fair Climate Future project, focusing on how action for theclimate crisis and social justice can come together and how to recover from the pandemic in a way that’s fair and positive for the environment.
Speakers included
Dr Jacob Ainscough - Senior Research Associate, Lancaster Environment Centre
Polly Billington - Chief Executive, UK100
Dr Anna Birney - Director, School of System Change
Samia Dumbuya - Climate Justice Activist
Dr Claire Forbes - Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Ofwat
Rachel Haworth - Policy Manager, ShareAction
Greg Jackson - CEO, Octopus Energy
Jean-Matthieu Gaunand - Project Coordinator, Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council Limited
Dr Nazmiye Ozkan - Head of Centre for Energy Systems and Strategy, Cranfield University
Serayna Solanki - Climate Justice Consultant
Hugo Tagholm – Chief Executive, Surfers Against Sewage
Max Wakefield – Director of Campaigns, Possible (previously known as 10:10 Climate Action)
Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh - Director, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations
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