Joint webinar on peace, security and disarmament on Europe organised by the Mayors for Peace European Chapter, ICAN and NFLA
Video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-34yb-2C3E
NFLA Welsh Forum Webinar – Prospects for Nuclear & Energy Policy Developments in Wales, 30th October
- Thomas Pitt, CND Cymru, ICAN Cities Appeal and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Tim Deere-Jones, Geiger Bay campaign, ‘Hinkley mud’ application update
- Neil Crumpton, People Against Wylfa B (PAWB), update on Wylfa and Trawsynydd
- Dan McCullum, Egni Community Energy and its work with Welsh Councils
NFLA Scotland Forum online meeting, 22 October 2020
- Pete Roche, NFLA Scotland Policy Advisor – Presentation and Report to the NFLA Scotland Forum
- Pete Roche, NFLA Scotland Policy Advisor – Hunterston B and problems with EDF’s AGR fleet
NFLA English Forum webinar on local energy effective strategies, 23 October 2020
- Mark Bramah, Consultant for Muncipia – Why did the Council-owned energy model fail and what happens next?
- Polly Cook, Chief Officer, Sustainable Energy & Clean Air, Leeds City Council – Leeds and the climate emergency
- David Houliston, Strategic Lead, City Policy, Manchester City Council – Developing Manchester’s climate emergency programme
NFLA All Ireland Sustainable Energy Forum Energy Policy Webinar, 25th September 2020
The speakers were:
- Cathy Burns and Leo Strawbridge, Energy and Climate Change Officers, Derry & Strabane Council – Derry & Strabane Council’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan.
- Tim Deere-Jones, independent marine environment consultant – Outline of a MAIB report on a ‘near miss’ incident between a Royal Navy submarine and the Belfast – Cairnryan passenger ferry.
- Sean Morris, NFLA Secretary – Potential impacts on Ireland of nuclear developments across the Irish Sea.
UK & Ireland Mayor’s Provosts and Leaders for Peace seminar, 3 July 2020
- 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