PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
WHAT IS COP26?
COP26 IS THE NEXT ANNUAL UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE. IT IS BEING HOSTED IN GLASGOW BETWEEN 1ST - 12TH OF NOVEMBER. COP26 WILL BE THE BIGGEST SUMMIT THE UK HAS EVER HOSTED, WITH AROUND 30,000 ATTENDEES. COP26 WILL SEE COUNTRIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD PRESENT THEIR PLANS TO ACHIEVE THE PARIS AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS SIGNED AT COP21 IN 2015.
MONDAY 1ST NOV
COP26 FILM FESTIVAL - THE INSIDE STORY OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT ALL YEAR GROUPS WELCOME
1:30 - 2:00 PM ROOM B1
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF IT WAS YOUR JOB TO SAVE THE PLANET? WHEN CHRISTINA FIGUERES WAS TAPPED BY THE UN TO LEAD THE PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE (COP21), SHE REACTED THE WAY MANY PEOPLE WOULD: SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING LEADERS FROM 195 COUNTRIES INTO AGREEMENT ON HOW TO SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE. FIND OUT HOW SHE TURNED HER SKEPTICISM INTO OPTIMISM- AND HELPED THE WORLD ACHIEVE THE MOST IMPORTANT CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT IN HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY BOOK CLUB
LIBRARY CLASSROOM 1:30 - 2:00PM
SIXTH FORM
JOIN GEOGRAPHY BOOK CLUB TO DISCUSS MARY ROBINSON’S “CLIMATE JUSTICE: A MAN-MADE PROBLEM WITH A FEMINIST SOLUTION”
TUESDAY 2ND NOV ECONOMICS SOCIETY
COULD CLIMATE CHANGE TRIGGER THE NEXT FINANCIAL CRISIS?
GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY
1:30- 2:00PM ROOM MG2
1:30 - 2:00 PM LIBRARY CLASSROOM
YEARS 10, 11, LVI AND UVI
WEDNESDAY 3RD NOV COP 26 FILM FESTIVAL - A LIFE ON OUR PLANET ALL YEARS WELCOME
1:30 - 2:00PM ROOM B2
IN HIS 93 YEARS, SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH HAS VISITED EVERY CONTINENT ON THE GLOBE, DOCUMENTING THE LIVING WORLD IN ALL ITS WONDER, BUT HE HAS ALSO SEEN THE SCALE OF HUMANITY’S IMPACT ON NATURE. IN A LIFE ON OUR PLANET HE DOCUMENTS HIS WITNESS STATEMENT
GLOBAL POLITICS SOCIETY 1:30 - 2:00PM ROOM 15
YEARS 10, 11, LVI AND UVI
TALK - CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACTIVISM
THURSDAY 4TH NOVEMBER PHYSICS AND CAN CARBON CAPTURE ENGINEERING SOCIETY METHODS REVERSE 1:30- 2:00PM ROOM P1 YEARS 10,11, LVI & UVI
CLIMATE CHANGE?
FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER COP26 FILM FESTIVAL - A LIFE ON OUR PLANET PART 2 ALL YEAR GROUPS WELCOME 1:30 - 2:00PM ROOM B1
CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIETY 1:30 - 2:00PM ROOM MG9
YEARS 7, 8 AND 9
WHAT CAN WE DO AS INDIVIDUALS TO REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE?
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS MONDAY 8TH NOV COP26 FILM FESTIVAL KISS THE GROUND ALL YEAR GROUPS WELCOME
1:30 - 2:00 PM ROOM B1 A REVOLUTIONARY GROUP OF ACTIVISTS, SCIENTISTS, FARMERS AND POLITICIANS BAND TOGETHER IN A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF “REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE” THAT COULD BALANCE OUR CLIMATE, REPLENISH OUR VAST WATER SUPPLIES, AND FEED THE WORLD
CFCS - THE EMISSIONS WE ELIMINATED GEOGRAPHY BOOK CLUB X SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
LIBRARY CLASSROOM 1:30 - 2:00PM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM THE 1980S SAW A SIGNIFICANT DECISION BEING MADE IN REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF CFCS ON THE PLANET. COULD WE CREATE A POSITIVE CHANGE BY DOING THE SAME FOR OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES?
TUESDAY 9TH NOV
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY
1:30 - 2:00 PM LIBRARY CLASSROOM
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM
WITH COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE SIGNING UP TO THE PARIS AGREEMENT AND NEW CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITMENTS LEARN HOW LAW AND POLICY WILL HELP ACHIEVE THESE COMMITMENTS
MINDFULNESS FOR ECO-ANXIETY
ALL YEARS WELCOME JOIN US FOR A SESSION ON HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH DANCE STUDIO ECO-ANXIETY USING A FEW TECHNIQUES TO HELP US FEEL POSITIVE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY 1:30 - 2:00PM
WEDNESDAY 10TH NOV COP 26 FILM FESTIVAL KISS THE GROUND
ALL YEARS WELCOME 1:30 - 2:00PM ROOM B2 A REVOLUTIONARY GROUP OF ACTIVISTS, SCIENTISTS, FARMERS AND POLITICIANS BAND TOGETHER IN A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
POLITICAL OPINIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL POLITICS SOCIETY
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM 1:30 - 2:00PM ROOM 15
IN ORDER TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE ECOLOGICIAL CRISIS FACING EARTH, POLITICANS AROUND THE WORLD WILL NEED TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. IN THIS TALK WE WILL EXAMINE THE VARIOUS POLITICAL OPINIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
THURSDAY 11TH NOVEMBER HOW CAN AIR TRAVEL BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE? PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY
COP26 HAS SEEN LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FLY INTO GLASGOW, AND RECIEVE A LOT OF CRITICISM FOR DOING SO. HOW CAN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY USE LOW CARBON FUELS AND ENERGY SYSTEMS TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF GLOBAL TRAVEL? 1:30- 2:00PM ROOM P1 MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM
FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY WITH HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM COUNCIL
IN THIS SESSION WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT HOW OUR LOCAL AREA IS BEING IMPACTED BY THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING ABOUT IT.
ALL YEAR GROUPS WELCOME 1:30 - 2:00PM THE BISHOP CENTRE
THE COUNCIL WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS TOO, SO BRING YOUR IPADS TO THIS INTERACTIVE SESSION