The View from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
- When?
- Wednesday 15 September 2010, 13:00
- Where?
- 45B AZ 04
- Open to:
- Staff, Students, Public
- Speaker:
- Dr Tim Chatterton, Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment (ISHE), University of the West of England, Bristol
Tim has been working in the field of sustainability for over a decade, primarily in air quality – but also in the strongly related fields of climate change, public health, transport, and the built environment. For much of this time, he has been based at the University of the West of England where he has worked very closely with Defra and the Devolved Administrations on the UK’s Local Air Quality Management process.
He is currently on a 12-month RCUK Energy Programme social science policy fellowship in the Department of Energy and Climate Change on “Individual’s and Communities’ Energy Behaviour”. One of the main roles of the fellowship is to help improve understanding between academia and government. His experience so far suggests that the way in which the government is approaching the issue of climate change is quite different to the way in which many perceive it in the outside world (particularly in academic and campaigning/activist circles), and the Department is only slowly beginning to accept the necessity for people to play a very significant role in achieving the UK’s emission reduction targets. Following a general discussion of the way that DECC is approaching climate change, Tim will highlight and discuss key areas for DECC policy where interaction with the public is becoming a major issue.
A PDF of the presentation is available for download:
Tim Chatterton Presentation (1034.68KB - Requires Adobe Reader)
