Venues
These climate change seminars will take place at venues around the UK. We are currently taking bookings for:
- 4 March 2009, Edinburgh -
condensed
Venue details (Our Dynamic Earth) - 30 April 2009, London - full day
Venue details (Church House)
Please book by 18 February for Edinburgh and 16 April for London to secure your place.
Other locations to be confirmed. Please e-mail to register your interest.
Seminar contents
We can offer a range of seminars to suit your needs.
- Full-day – this will give you a broad understanding of climate change and allows time for debate and discussion. It will be facilitated by an expert trainer and include presentation from world-leading Met Office Hadley Centre scientists.
- Condensed – a slightly condensed version of the above course which will last four hours.
- In-house – We can be flexible to your needs and offer bespoke in-house seminars to address your specific concerns. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Format
The format for seminars will centre around the following
The earth's climate - including:
What does the future hold? - including:
Mitigation and adaptation - including:
Who runs the seminar?
A key source of vital information on the weather and climate, the Met Office provides forecasts and sensitivity analyses to organisations across the world. This information ranges in scale from hours to decades ahead and site-specific to global in coverage.
Scientists from the Met Office Hadley Centre make significant contributions to many national and international climate change groups, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the UK Climate Impacts Programme. They also provide information and guidance to climate reviews which included the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.
Pricing
Full-day - £475 ex. VAT per delegate, which
includes tuition, handouts, lunch and refreshments.
Condensed - £275 ex. VAT per delegate,
which includes tuition, handouts, lunch and refreshments. Timings
are flexible and we can accommodate a morning, afternoon or across-lunchtime
slot.
In-house – We are happy to discuss your requirements
and will price on request.
Need more information?
Contact climate.courses@metoffice.gov.uk
New climate change courses from world-leading experts
The
scientific evidence is overwhelming — our climate is warming. These
changes will affect all organisations.
To plan effectively for the future, influencers and decision-makers in Government and the public sector need to understand how the climate will change and how this may impact their organisation. The new Met Office climate change seminars will equip you with the knowledge of climate change you need to:
Make the best decisions for your organisation, so that the plans you make today safeguard your future success in a changing climate.
Using the latest research from the world-leading Met Office Hadley Centre - the authoritative voice on climate change - our seminars will build an understanding of why and how our climate is changing and the likely impacts.
Focusing on how we can plan for the future, our seminars also explore some of the options available for organisations to reduce (mitigate) and prepare for (adapt to) climate change.
What you'll learn
By the end of our seminars, you will:
- understand why and how our climate is changing and the likely impacts
- be equipped to dispel scepticism about climate change in your organisation and ensure your colleagues' engagement
- know the steps you need to take to factor climate change into the decisions you make for your organisation
Who should attend
This seminar is designed for professionals in Government and the public sector. It's particularly appropriate for those with responsibility for, or interest in, planning, projects and policies. No prior scientific training is required.
