Wild LIVE: Are our farms future proof?
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Agriculture is one of the sectors most vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate, as a warming world results in significant impacts on the natural systems that underpin our current farming practices. Floods, droughts, wildfires, increased pest pressures, and the collapse of ecosystem services are some of the priority risks which farm systems in the UK face and must adapt to.
Join us for this joint live event with Nature Friendly Farming Network during the Oxford Farming Conferences. Our expert panel will be asked “Are our farms future proof?” and discuss the extent to which food and farming in the UK is prepared for a changing climate, and the role that nature can play in supporting resilient farm businesses. You can register to join this event in person from Oxford or register to join the event online via our YouTube livestream.
Click here to register to join the event in-person from the Oxford Farming Conferences in Oxford. There will be a bar open from 5pm so do join us for a drink before the event starts at 6pm.
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Can't join in person?
If you're unable to join us in person in Oxford, then don't worry! We are livestreaming the discussion via our YouTube channel. All you need to do is register below so that we can provide you with the YouTube joining link. You can also suggest a question for the panel when completing the form.
Our panel
More to be announced soon...
Joanne Coates © for the Nature Friendly Farming Network
Debbie Wilkins, Nature-Friendly Farmer
Biog coming soon
Pete Falloon, Science Lead for Food Security at Met Office
Chair
Craig Bennett, Chief Executive, The Wildlife Trusts
Craig has been described as “one of the country’s top environmental campaigners”, by The Guardian as “the very model of a modern eco-general” and, in 2021, was included in The Sunday Times Green Power List of the UK’s top 20 environmentalists.
Craig was formerly CEO of Friends of the Earth where he refocussed the organisation to empower communities to take action on the climate & ecological crises, resulting in a step change in the scale and impact of the movement, with over 200 new Friends of the Earth community groups set up during his tenure. He also led the organisation to numerous campaign victories including on bees, fracking and against the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
Earlier in his career, Craig was Deputy Director at The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), and Director of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (from 2007 to 2010) which he transformed into one of the most progressive business voices on the international climate change agenda.
He is Honorary Professor of Sustainability and Innovation at Alliance Manchester Business School, an Associate Fellow of Homerton College (Cambridge), a Senior Associate of The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and a Policy Fellow of The Centre for Science and Policy at The University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
We strive to make all of our panels as inclusive as possible and always aim to ensure a good balance in panel membership. We are keen to provide opportunities for underrepresented voices where we can.
Contact us: digital@wildlifetrusts.org