Engaging Parliament on Net Zero
This is an online event. If you're interested in joining this seminar, please contact netzero@kcl.ac.uk for the Teams meeting link.
This month we are joined by Dr Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli from King’s College London and Dr Misha Patel from the House of Commons. This seminar will explore how academic research on Net Zero can inform scrutiny, legislation, and debate in the UK Parliament.
Speaker Bio: Dr Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli is a Reader in Environmental Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law and a member of its Centre for Climate Law & Governance. She is currently on part-time secondment at the UK Parliament, as the Thematic Research Lead for International Affairs and National Security, to facilitate the use of research evidence and expertise. Leslie-Anne is a public international lawyer specialising in environmental, climate, and energy law. Her research explores the environmental obligations of states in international law and the role of public participation in climate governance.
Speaker Bio:
Dr Misha Patel is a Committee Specialist for the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee and previously served in the same role for the Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee. She completed her PhD in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, where she conducted research on the UK’s tidal stream energy resource. She has a background in mechanical engineering, with a Master’s in Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and experience of working in engineering consultancy.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the Net Zero Centre team at netzero@kcl.ac.uk.
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Net Zero Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
The Net Zero Interdisciplinary Seminar Series is the flagship seminar series for King’s College London’s Net Zero Centre, providing a platform for cross-pollination between academia, industry and government to develop novel research projects to achieve Net Zero.
Every month, we host a speaker to discuss a new research idea and seek contributions from audience members on a proposed challenge. A half-hour talk is followed by a discussion, and we encourage speakers to engage with colleagues on research related to our four priority areas, decarbonisation, sustainable manufacturing, equitable resource allocation and resilient infrastructure.
About us
The Net Zero Centre at King's is dedicated to addressing the challenges of decarbonising our society and reducing the environmental impact of our manufacturing, infrastructure, and cities. It serves as hub for scientific, technological and engineering research geared towards this challenge.
Based in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences (NMES), the Centre works across the boundaries of disciplines at King’s from geography and business to law and social science to deliver solutions for sustainable development. The Centre fosters the next generation of King’s change-makers by educating scientists and engineers on the holistic context of these challenges and developing technologically aware social scientists, lawyers, and policy makers.
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