Here's a diary date for readers in Manchester:
Title: Meeting the climate change: Is a low carbon energy future possible?
Date: 5 September 2012 2013Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Renold building, University of ManchesterTake part in a free public debate on the most challenging issue of the 21st Century.
Have you got questions about fracking, nuclear energy, carbon capture? Do you want get an insight into Government policy and the views of leading scientists in climate change? If so, put it to our panel.
Join this public debate on how we can meet the challenge of climate change - one of the major problems faced by the UK and the rest of the world. The complex technical, economic, social and political issues will be navigated by a panel of experts drawn from industry, local government and academia, including leading University of Manchester specialists: Professor Kevin Anderson from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change and Dr David North from the Sustainable Consumption Institute.
Some of the issues up for discussion will be the controversial fracking process and its potential contribution or threat to the carbon agenda; the favoured alternatives to fossil fuel energy e.g. renewable and nuclear energy; Government policy on transport; the viability of carbon capture and storage … and much more.
Register for free online