The Sustainability and Resilience Institute (SRI) is delighted to invite you to the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) UK ‘Going Green: Debating the socio-economic impacts of achieving Net Zero’ conference taking place on Wednesday 24 January 09:00-16:00 in Southampton.
The SRI is hosting the conference in partnership with the University of Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable Development and the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), host institution of SDSN UK. Sign up for the conference on Eventbrite.
The conference will bring together researchers – both established and early career – policy makers and industry professionals with the aim to mobilise collective knowledge and experience to identify the most pressing, cross-sector research questions surrounding a Net Zero future. The conference will include a plenary session, small group discussions as well as a poster event where early career researchers will have the opportunity to showcase their work. Small travel grants will be made available, particularly aimed at early career researchers.
The SRI would be delighted to have colleagues join whose focus is on decarbonisation in the UK and who would be interested to attend. PhD students and Early Career Researchers are also very welcome.
Introduction to the Conference
Achieving Net Zero is highly complex, requiring government leadership and strong engagement from
industry, academia, communities, and individuals. However, discussions have often focussed on the
technical and ecological challenges of decarbonisation. This one-day conference seeks to focus on the
economic and social factors that will crucially drive – or impede – this transition in the UK.
The conference is hosted by the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton,
in partnership with University of Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable Development and the UCL Institute
for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), host institution of the Sustainable Development Solutions
Network UK (SDSN UK). It will bring together researchers – both established and early career – policy
makers and industry professionals with the aim to mobilise collective knowledge and experience to
identify the most pressing, cross-sector research questions surrounding a Net Zero future. The
conference will include a plenary session, small group discussions as well as a poster event where early
career researchers will have the opportunity to showcase their work.