- Sean Morris, Chapter Secretary, Manchester City Council – Mayors for Peace progress report and Hiroshima-Nagasaki 75
- Elena Tompkins, Manchester City Council – A personal reflection on an internship in the Hiroshima Mayors for Peace Secretariat
- Chrissie Waite, Peace Education Adviser, Peace Partners – The peace education programme of Peace Partners
NFLA National Forum webinars (All Ireland, England & Welsh joint and Scotland), June 2020
- Councils tackling the climate emergency in the UK and Ireland by NFLA Policy Advisor, Pete Roche and NFLA Secretary, Sean Morris
- Covid-19 and the need for a green recovery by NFLA Policy Advisor, Pete Roche and NFLA Secretary, Sean Morris
- Hinkley ‘mud dump’ and concerns for the future by Tim Deere-Jones, independent marine radioactivity consultant
- NFLA Scotland progress report, NFLA Scotland Policy Advisor, Pete Roche
NFLA English Forum public meeting with TASC, TEAGS and Friends of the Earth Suffolk Coastal
The following presentations were made at this public meeting held in Saxmundham Market Hall on the 14th March.
- Presentation from Simon Barnes, environmentalist: Sizewell C and its impact on local wildlife, a personal view
- Presentation from Ben McFarland, Head of Conservation, Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Sizewell C – threats to protected species and habitats
- Presentation from Rachel Fulcher, Co-ordinator of Friends of the Earth Suffolk: Nature, health and well-being – potential impacts of Sizewell C and see the second video, below
- Presentation from Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear International: Nuclear power and systemic harm to animals and nature – the international picture
- Presentation from Pete Wilkinson, Chair of Together Against Sizewell C (TASC), in association with Theberton and Eastbridge Action Group on Sizewell C (TEAGS): What are the other non-environmental risks in developing Sizewell C?
- Professor Andrew Blowers, Chair of Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG): Sizewell C and Bradwell B and the likely effects of climate change
- Paul Collins of Theberton and Eastbridge Action Group on Sizewell C, see the third video, below
Video from the meeting
NFLA Scotland Autumn Seminar: The Future of Hunterston B, Scottish Energy Policy and Divestment Strategy
- – Dr Ian Fairlie – Core issues of concern with Hunterston B
- – Sean Morris, NFLA Secretary – Issues of concern with the implementation of the REPPIR regulations
- – Dr Keith Baker, Common Weal – The potential creation of a Scottish Energy Development Company
- – Linda Pearson, Don’t Bank on the Bomb Scotland – Council divestment issues and nuclear weapons
New nuclear power plants in England – the climate, siting, waste and finance risks of Bradwell B, Sizewell C and Hinkley Point C
Presentations:
- Sue Aubrey, Katy Attwater and Alan Jeffrey, Stop Hinkley – Hinkley Point C: Siting & Environmental concerns
- Stop Hinkley have sent 3 additional documents. Their own concerns on Hinkley Point C and flooding; and the public responses of the Wetland and Wildfowl Trust and Severn Rivers Trust to the Environment Agency consultation on an acoustic fish deterrent at Hinkley Point C
- A Friends of the Earth East Anglia group film on the environmental concerns of Sizewell C
NFLA All Ireland Sustainable Energy Forum, Dublin, 18th October 2019
- Sean Morris, NFLA Secretary, The launch of the All Ireland Sustainable Energy Forum – what we are about / Brexit – what does a ‘no deal’ mean for Irish energy policy?
- Pete Roche, NFLA Policy Advisor, Ireland & Climate Change: Is it not now time for a more joined-up local response to challenge the ‘climate emergency’?
- Seamus Hoyne, Chairperson, Tipperary Energy Agency: Local Energy Action – Why Local Energy Agencies are needed to drive the Energy Transition
- Cormac Walsh Director Energy Co-ops Ireland: Promoting Community Ownership Renewable Energy Opportunities
NFLA Scotland Forum meeting, Dunfermline, 19th September 2019
- Pete Roche, NFLA Scotland Policy Advisor – the climate emergency: what are the next steps?
- Shona Cargill, Refsol for Fife Council – how Fife is seeking to develop low carbon strategies
- Sean Morris, NFLA Secretary – a critical look at the Scottish Government’s Preparedness Review on nuclear weapon convoys
- David Mackenzie, Nukewatch Scotland – they key safety issues in nuclear weapon road convoys
NFLA Welsh Forum, Swansea, 6th September 2019
- Cllr Clive Lloyd, Deputy Leader, Swansea City Council – Realising a Low Carbon Swansea
- Sean Morris, NFLA Secretary – The Climate Emergency and Local Authority Action in Wales
- Peter Burt, Nuclear Education Trust – A Welsh Just Transition / Defence Diversification Agency?
- Tim Deere-Jones, independent marine radioactivity consultant – Nuclear waste issues and Wales
NFLA English Forum – Summer Seminar: Climate emergency resolutions – How do Councils move from plans to action?
- Sean Morris, NFLA, Presentation on Council climate emergency resolutions and local authority low carbon energy action
- Professor Andy Gouldson, Chair of Leeds Climate Commission on its work to deliver a zero carbon Leeds
- George Munson, Strategic Manager, Leeds City Council on the Council’s district heating projects and the H2 hydrogen scheme
- Anna Dodd, Energy and Environment Manager, Leicester City Council on the Council’s district heating scheme and plans for a zero carbon Leicester
NFLA Scotland Spring Seminar: Dealing With Climate Change, Just Transition and Divestment Issues
- Climate emergency resolutions and the next steps, Pete Roche, NFLA Scotland Policy AdvisorClimate Emergency
- Sustainable Dundee, Bryan Harris, Dundee City Council Sustainability Manager
- Just Transition and Divest Scotland for new green jobs, Matthew Crighton, FOE Scotland
- Don’t Bank on the Bomb Scotland, ICAN Cities Appeal and Divesting from Nuclear Weapon Producers, Sean Morris and Cllr Audrey Doig, NFLA, and Linda Pearson