TUESDAY 7 JUNE
6-7pm 4.45-5.45pm
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Engineering Net Zero Town Hall, Pillar Room £9 The UK and over 130 other countries have pledged to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This target is as ambitious as it is essential. Reaching it will require transforming our existing infrastructure and working in completely new ways. Is the target realistic? And is it fair? How can engineering approaches accelerate progress toward net zero? Kathy Sykes talks to civil engineer Dervilla Mitchell and climate politics researcher Duncan McLaren to discuss the techniques and commitment required to reach net zero.
6-7pm
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Voices of Nature Apollo Main Auditorium Free Three of the UK’s most exceptional nature writers explore the relationship between our external landscapes and internal ones. Both Marchelle Farrelle (Uprooting) and Nina Mingya Poweles (Small Bodies of Water) have won the Nan Shepherd Prize for nature writing. Tjawanga Dema’s first full-length book The Careless Seamstress is ‘a ravishing debut’. Join us for a spellbinding evening of readings and poetry as the writers share their love for nature and explain how they fight for the planet through their art. Chaired by Daze Aghaji.
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Why Should We Care About Inequality? The Cube £9 Inequalities are at the forefront of public and policy debates in the UK. They are linked to some of the most important political events and have sparked worldwide protest movements. Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson asks: what do we mean when we talk about inequality in the UK, and why should we care?
6-7pm
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How to Hack a Car Helix Auditorium £8 Co-founder of Security Queens and 2022 Changemaker Sophia McCall joins us to explore just how easy a car-hacking could be if certain technology gets into the wrong hands. With our cars becoming less like tin cans and more like driverless computers on wheels, Sophia explains the risks we face and how to consider our own security hygiene as we advance towards an automated future in cars. This event will include live captioning
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