You are warmly invited to the launch of the UK Climate and Trade Commission’s first report “Towards a fair and strategic UK trade and climate policy” on 14th December 2022 from 5.30pm – 7.00pm in the House of Commons’ Jubilee Room.
The event will be chaired by Angus MacNeil MP (Chair of the International Trade Select Committee) with speakers from the Commission who will also be available for questions and discussion:
- Faten Aggad, Senior Adviser, African Climate Foundation
- Ruth Bergan, Director, Trade Justice Movement
- Rob Davies, former Trade Minister of South Africa
- Nick von Westenholz, Director of Trade and Business Strategy, National Farmers Union
- Kate Young, Public Affairs Principal, Aldersgate Group
As we reflect on the outcomes of COP27, the event will be an opportunity to hear the findings of the UK Climate and Trade Commission. The Commission was established by Queen Mary University of London and the Trade Justice Movement to develop practical proposals for what the UK government should be doing to ensure that its trade policy supports action on climate change.
Places are limited, so please register using this Eventbrite and bring your ticket if you are coming from outside Parliament.
Members of the UK Climate and Trade Commission are:
- Faten Aggad, Senior Adviser, African Climate Foundation
- James Bacchus, former US Congressman and Chair of the WTO Appellate Body
- Jude Kirton Darling, Deputy General Secretary, Industriall
- Rob Davies, former Trade Minister of South Africa
- James Harrison, Professor, School of Law, University of Warwick
- David Henig, Director UK Trade Policy Project, European Centre for International Political Economy
- Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Globalisation and Development Strategies Division, UNCTAD
- Emily Lydgate, Deputy Director, Trade Policy Observatory
- Marley Morris, Associate Director for Migration, Trade and Communities, Institute for Public Policy Research
- Shaun Spiers, Executive Director, Green Alliance
- Tom Thackray, Programme Director Decarbonisation, Confederation of British Industry
- Nick von Westenholz, Director of Trade and Business Strategy, National Farmers Union
- Kate Young, Public Affairs Principal, Aldersgate Group
- Vicente Paulo Yu, Senior Legal Adviser, Third World Network
