Events

Event Information:

  • Sat
    06
    Nov
    2021

    COP26 Action Event: Group Gathering

    14:00 StartSt Laurence Church

    Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1DA

    Come and meet local groups who fight for climate action. There will be speakers from Reading University, Reading Community Energy, Reading Climate Action Network and more.

    At the event, Reading’s environmental researchers and campaigners will give advice about the changes that need to be made, practical measures on how to live more sustainably and how to get involved. There will be representatives from the Reading Friends of the Earth, Econet, Greater Reading Environmental Network, Extinction Rebellion Berkshire, Global Justice Reading, Reading Hydro CBS, Fairtrade and many more!

    At 15:00, Richard P Allan, Professor of Climate Science at the University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, and lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th assessment report, will open the presentations and Q&A. He will talk through the science of climate change and will be followed by presentations from Reading Community Energy, Reading Youth Parliament and local councillors highlighting the changes already made in Reading to deliver the Climate Action Plan. Closing remarks from Rev. David Shaw, Wesley Methodist Church, representing faith communities in Reading.

    The event is being jointly organised by Reading Friends of the Earth and Econet.

    Download a poster for this event here