Friday 17 March 2023 12:00pm to 1:30pm
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The third Climate Change Festival hosted by Cambridge Zero took place this past October. Guest panellists discussed what climate accessibility meant to them. Speakers came together from around the world to speak about their experiences.
Speakers include:
Amaya Chula: Amaya is a young Wunmari woman who has spent most of her life in the Thamarrurr region of the Northern Territory in Australia and the last 5 years at school in Bright in Victoria.
Freddy Sebastian Medina: Freddy Sebastian is an environmental scientist, interested in integrating science approaches with indigenous knowledge for climate change mitigation approaches. Freddy has observed the Paris Agreement redaction process at COP21. Originally from Arica, Chile, he belongs to the Aymara indigenous people.
Zareen Taj Islam: Zareen is Trustee of the Muslim Women’s Association of Edinburgh and a Cambridge resident. She has worked with the Edinburgh Muslim community to raise awareness of climate change issues over the past 15 years. Leading up to COP26, she was an organiser for Cambridge actions led by the people to address local climate issues and support global initiatives.
Vanessa Sturman: Vanessa is a Plant Based Health Coach, who helps people reduce fatigue, get a healthy weight and glow with vitality using the most delicious plant-based food (whether you want to be fully plant-based or not). She graduated from Cambridge University with a BA (Hons) and MPhil, spent years as a plant-based recipe creator and has been featured on Sky News, the BBC and LBC.
Michael Bravo: Michael is Head of the Circumpolar History and Public Policy Research Group at the Scott Polar Research Institute, as well as being a member of the Geography Department’s Society and Environment Research Group. He is also a Fellow of Downing College.
Farah Kassab: Farah is a 20-year-old, second-year law student at Lucy Cavendish College. She is also an advisor for an organisation called Purposeful: an African-rooted, globally oriented organisation that advocates for the rights of girls, adolescent girls and young women by way of flexibly funding groups and collectives that are established by young women.
Session facilitated by Philippa Thomas, who is an independent broadcaster and facilitator. Philippa most recently chaired the BBC-led ‘Trust in News’ global conference on tackling disinformation, the Science Museum launch event for an exhibition marking 100 years of BBC broadcasting.