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Is Liverpool City Region Prepared for Climate Change and Nature Loss?
Are we ready?
Global challenges demand local action. Climate change is forcing accelerated mitigation and adaption strategies, and increasing stresses across all ecosystems
Local actions are often overlooked in bigger government and international plans, but local communities, especially those least able to adapt to change, always suffer the most.
“UK’s preparations for climate change are inadequate. Delivery of effective adaptation remains limited and, despite some progress, planning for adaptation continues to be piecemeal and disjointed.”
Climate Change Committee, “Progress in adapting to climate change: 2025 report to Parliament”, 30 April 2025 .
Join this inaugural Climate Impact Week opening event to explore an overview of Liverpool City Region and the UK strategies, solutions and aspirations for addressing climate change and nature related challenges.
#ClimateImpactWeek
Speakers confirmed: (more to be announced soon)
- Stephen Sykes, Co-Founder, 2030hub – Event host and facilitator
Climate Session
Keynote – Kate Bull, Director of Economic Strategy, Skills and Sustainability, Liverpool City Council
Panelists:
- Ronee Marie Walsh, Agenda Director, Anthropy
- Sean Maher, Policy Officer (Place & Net Zero), Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- Eddie Jones, Co-Chair LCR Youth Combined Authority
- Charlotte Lyddon, Lecturer in Coastal Dynamics, University of Liverpool
Nature Session
Keynote – Colm Bowe, Head of Liverpool Research Institute for Climate and Sustainability (LiRICS) ay LJMU, Natural Capital Hub Lead, and Development Manager at Nature North
Panelists:
- Rachel Wagget, Lead Officer – Environment, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- Juliet Staples, Senior Project Manager, URBAN GreenUp, Liverpool City Council
- Rachel Carroll, Co-Chair LCR Youth Combined Authority
- Paul Nolan – Director, The Mersey Forest
This event is part of Climate Impact Week, a new annual platform to accelerate local to global climate and nature-based innovation, debate challenges, support advocacy and facilitate collaboration – today, and for everybody’s tomorrow.
Engage, share and be part of all the events via #climateimpactweek across social media.
Impact Targets for 2025
Global Goals
- Connecting local expertise and solutions to the international audience
- Host city-to-city/region knowledge sharing event via Local2030 Coalition
- Host regional roundtable to contribute to UN’s 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Seville
Liverpool City Region Goals
- Create an annual focal point for climate and nature leadership and debate
- Accelerating net-zero impact across LCR
- Create professional services climate centre-of-excellence
- Launch of new LCR SDG Alliance
Special thanks to our sponsors and supporters including Liverpool Business School (LJMU) / LiRICS, Phase Creative, Mal Studio, Bruntwood