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Watch Peatlands – COP30, Climate change and peatland connections for a brighter future: Peat-Fest South-West online broadcast

Watch Peatlands – COP30, Climate change and peatland connections for a brighter future.

Friday 28th November, 11.30am-1pm, online via Teams.

Join Art and Energy and guest speakers for our final online broadcast session for Peat-Fest South-West.

This broadcast will feature speakers sharing their expertise on the impact of COP30 and the climate agenda on the ways peatlands will be managed in the future. We’ll hear from speakers who work on the ground to care for the Somerset Wetlands and the Dorset Heathlands and Mires.

  • Climate Change for peatlands – has COP30 made a difference about the way ahead in managing our peatland connections:  Steve Mewes, LNP Coordinator & Advocacy Manager - Somerset Wildlife Trust

  • What is the Peatland Code, and how does it affect the management of peatlands for a changing climate in the future.  Garance Wood-Moulin - Peatland Code Development Lead - IUCN Peatland Programme

  • How did COP 30 affect the future management of peatlands. Cisca Devereux, volunteer with RE-PEAT and the Peatland Justice Campaign.

  • Peatland restoration work in Somerset and Dorset (in conversation). Louise Treneman - Senior Reserve Manager/Senior Officer for Peat Restoration at Natural England & Grace Hervé - Dorset Peat Partnership Project Manager

  • Making change in response to the climate and ecological emergencies at community scale. Jenny Ayrton - Art and Energy

Book your free place

All welcome to join us, this is a free event thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

This will be an online session hosted via Teams, the session will be recorded and the recording will be shared publicly and form part of the lasting legacy of Peat-Fest South-West.

The online Teams link will be shared with all attendees in advance.

Please book your free place to join us.

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