Future Positive II

The second event in the Future Positive series celebrating Green Alliance's 30th anniversary and the launch of our 2009-12 strategy

Prosperity: a sustainable economy for the future

16 July 2009
Royal College of Physicians, London

The recession has made us question the way our economy creates prosperity. There is no long-term route out of the current circumstances without successful action on climate change and energy security. But while Barack Obama has made this a central feature of the US response to the economic recession, the UK has been slower and less ambitious in making the connection.

In the week the government published its Low Carbon Transition Paper, this broad debate with a high level cross-sectoral audience explored what the critical state of Britain’s public finances means for public policy and how to make the shift to a financially stable and low carbon economy.

We launched our pamphlet From crisis to recovery: new economic policies for a low carbon future at the event.

The panel

Lord Turner, chairman of the Climate Change Committee
Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP and Green Party leader
Peter Ainsworth, MP
Professor Gerald Holtham, managing partner of Cadwyn Capital LLP, visiting professor at Cardiff University Business School.
Chris Hewett, associate, Green Alliance

Chaired by Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent for the Financial Times.

Listen to this debate (split into three files for easy download):

Part I (mp3 - 3.4 MB) 15.01 mins
Part II (mp3 - 16 MB) 34.58 mins
Part III (mp3 0 17.9 MB) 39.14 mins

See photos of this event on Flickr

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Download From crisis to recovery: new economic policies for a low carbon future (pdf - 872kb) 

Find out more about Green Alliance's sustainable economy theme

Future Positive I - Opportunity: the future of environmental politics