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SUMMARY:Landscape Institute Greener Recovery Festival
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DESCRIPTION:Landscape Institute invites Built Environment Professionals to the Greener Recovery Festival in March 2021\n\nLandscape Institute announces: Registration is open for the Greener Recovery Festival taking place on 22-26 March 2021\, 9:00-13:00.\n\nIn order to meet the UK’s 2050 net zero carbon target\, the economic and social recovery from COVID-19 must be green. Parks and green spaces need significant investment which matches their role as vital national assets.\n\nThe Greener Recovery festival takes place between 22-26 March 2021\, welcoming a diverse and international audience on an accessible online platform. Exceptional thought leaders will gather to debate Greener Recovery with topics ranging from climate to biodiversity action. Key discussions will be around Net Zero\, Environmental Net Gain\, Adaptation and Natural Capital Accounting.\n\nRebecca Pow\, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State\, Department of Environment\, Food and Rural Affairs will be giving a keynote speech on Natural Capital approach to Green Recovery. \n\nDoctor Tony Juniper CBE\, Chair\, Natural England will be presenting on A National Nature Recovery Network – Why and how? He will discuss the need for a joined-up approach based on partnerships and combining different policy tools.\n\nViginijus Sinkevicius\, EU Commissioner for Environment\, Oceans and Fisheries will be presenting on Green New Deal - EU Largest investment in Green Recovery.\n\nOther key speakers and sessions will include:\n\nWorking together towards Climate Justice and Climate Equity – Judy Ling Wong CBE\, Honorary President\, Black Environment NetworkGreening development - Phil Askew CMLI\, Director Landscape and Placemaking\, Peabody\; Dr Julie Godefroy\, Technical Manager\, CIBSE\; Jane Walne\, Head of Projects and Programmes\, Leeds City Council Designing Water management in light of Climate Change by Andy Graham\, Senior Project Manager\, Wildfowl & Wetlands TrustBeyond the Usual Suspects: Climate Equity in practice – Engaging Diverse communities by Dr Helen Hoyle\, Senior Lecturer in Healthy Built Environments\, Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments\, UWE BristolDeveloping species rich spaces: little known ways of addressing carbon\, pollution and biodiversity issues by James Hewetson Brown – Wildflower Turf\; Dr Matthew Tallis – University Centre Sparsholt\; Joe Franklin – Aecom\; Matt Pitts – Plantlife.Attendees will be able to learn:\n\nHow to challenge systemic racism to widen BAME access to green spaces and diversify the landscape professionStrategies to mitigate overheating risk at early design stages\, including building as well as surrounding environmentActions to address issues of climate justice and climate equityWhat a nature led approach means – and why coordinated action in rural and urban environments and at different spatial scales is essential.An understanding of what the Nature Recovery Network is\, and how it will be deliveredThe Landscape Institute are delighted to have a Green Blue Urban\, Hardscape\, Jupiter Play\, Pictorial Meadows\, Polypipe\, Timberplay\, Vestre\, Vectorworks and Wildflower Turf sponsoring this event.\n\n
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