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​​9 March 2016, The Light (with BES and CIEEM), London

 

The Sibthorp Trust initiated the first, People, Politics and the Planet - Any Questions. It was held at The Light, London on 9th March 2015. Chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, the panel included Lord Rupert de Mauley (Conservatives), Barry Gardiner MP (Labour), Baroness Kate Parminter (Liberal Democrats), Natalie Bennett (Green Party), Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Scottish National Party) and William Cash (UK Independence Party)

Britain in a changing Europe

 

A video of the debate can be found         .

 

The event was co-organised by

The Sibthorp Trust

the British Ecological Society and

the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM),

 

 

21 July 2016, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London

 

The Sibthorp Trust held the first post-referendum public debate on the future of environmental policy in the UK following the vote to leave the European Union, chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby.

 

A video of the debate can be found here.

 

Follow this link to view some of the conversations from the conference

 

The event was co-organised by:
the Sibthorp Trust 

and the British Ecological Society

and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG),

with support from the  Society for the Environment 

and the Wellcome Trust.

   

The UK has voted to leave the European Union, launching the country into a period of uncertainty as a new relationship with Europe and the world is negotiated. The EU frameworks that have underpinned much of our environmental policy and legislation – from agriculture to protected areas – are no longer assured.

 

Yet the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss will lose none of their urgency. What will environmental policy in the UK look like outside of the European Union? What threats and opportunities does ‘Brexit’ pose for the environment? How will we tackle international challenges under a new political agreement?

 

Questions were put to our panel of leading politicians, chaired by leading broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby.

 

The panellists included:

Kerry McCarthy (MP, Labour, previously Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), Baroness Kate Parminter (Liberal Democrats, Spokesperson for Environment and Rural Affairs), Natalie Bennett (Green Party, Leader) and Stuart Agnew (MEP, UKIP Agriculture spokesperson)

 

The debate was followed by a drinks reception, and the opportunity to view the

Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year

exhibition.

Join the conversation on Twitter #PPPAnyQs, or watch the videos from last year’s event.