Booking open for Climate Conversations launch event

Posted on by

Launch Event: Communicating the Challenge

18 March 2015, 07:00pm – 09:00pm

The first of a series of five ‘Climate Conversations’ which aim to promote a greater understanding of what a low carbon future might bring for Ireland. The series will feature contributiors from a wide array of sectors: trade unions, environmental NGOs, business and politics.

The first discussion – Communicating the Challenge – will take the format of a panel style discussion and will be chaired  by Ryan Meade (Climate Gathering). Speakers on the panel will include:David Begg, general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions

  • David Begg, General Secretary, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
  • George Marshall, author of ”Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change” and founder of the Climate Outreach Information Network
  • Claire O’Connor, former international director for Vice President Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection
  • Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth
  • Terry Prone, Business Woman, Media Expert, Popular Commentator and Author

Admission is free but more information on the Climate Conversations series and on how to book your seat for the events is available here.

 

Venue

Liberty Hall, Dublin 1