Sustainable glasgow manager and chief resilience officer glasgow city council. Louise mann, william ray, joe trigg, terryn varney, andrea stith, andrew reece, latoya drake, and. In a world surrounded with uncertainties, resilience and sustainability are. Climate justice in glasgow the sustainable scotland network. Building tomorrows infrastructure today by geospatial. Gaining political support for sustainable city planning webinar 17th of april 2015 richard bellingham.
Compass is a planning tool to support schools when developing their learning and teaching about food and their journey towards sustainability. This panel discussion serves as the first of a series of three events that the westminster sustainable business forum is organising in partnership with the national environment research council nerc and will explore. The council is represented on the board of the climate. Enoch centre as well as international innovation heavyweight morgan walker, head of. Poverty, attainment and wellbeing making a difference to. Duncan also leads on glasgow s membership of the rockefeller foundations 100 resilient cities network. Duncan booker is acting cro for glasgow and manager for sustainable glasgow, which is the citys multisectoral partnership for driving its sustainability. Gaining political support for sustainable city planning. Duncan booker glasgow city council glasgow city council is the largest of scotlands 32 local authorities, with seven service departments and. He is responsible for ensuring that the city reduces its carbon. A link to the presentation slides and a summary of each presentation is provided below.
The people make glasgow home scheme will be complemented by the sustainable glasgow programme, which, according to duncan booker, sustainable glasgow manager. Sustainable glasgow is a synergy between the citys council, the university of strathclyde and a host of businesses with the aim of making glasgow one of the most sustainable cities in europe within the next ten years. Glasgows resilience challenge glasgow 100 resilient cities. Glasgow ity ouncils chief resilience officer and sustainable glasgow group manager duncan booker, sustainable glasgow team leader vincent mcinally, mr reid and colin smith who works in the retrofit sector for freight vehicles at the energy saving trust also gave presentations at the event. Makanjuola majekodunmi, phd researcher, centre for climate justice. He also leads on glasgows membership of the rockefeller foundations 100 resilient cities network. Glasgow city council sustainability and the environment policy development committee 15 march 2017 report by acting executive director, land and environmental services contact. He is responsible for ensuring that the city both reduces its carbon emissions and plans for the local weather impacts of global climate change. Ground penetrating radar gpr, electromagnetic location eml and bim are being extensively used to geolocate belowthesurface utility networks and hidden construction, reduce engineering risks. Plans will be discussed in presentation at scotland build in november.
Glasgow city council serves a population of more than 600,000 residents and delivers a wide range of statutory services, as well as exercising a broader leadership role in supporting community wellbeing and empowerment. Our commitment to sustainability reducing our impact on the environment is a priority here at booker. Feeding britain how best can we square promoting good food for all with tackling hunger. Building on my 30 years in industry as a circuit and communication systems designer, my research interests are exploring the next generation of communications systems for a conne. Glasgows healthier future forum 21 resilience in glasgow. Presentations, photos, blogs and videos now available. Conaill soraghan looks at glasgows strategy to become one of europes most sustainable cities within 10 years. Duncan booker is a graduate of the universities of oxford and glasgow.
Leadership the role of cities longterm challenges and action tomorrow. Young scots battle it out at venturefest 2017 dyw glasgow. With more than a million people forced to depend on emergency food aid each year. Duncan was also glasgows coordinator for its membership of the who european healthy cities network so has a strong interest in how a focus on sustainability. Duncan manages the sustainability and resilience agenda for glasgow city council. Why pittsburgh is looking at glasgow to solve our toughest.
Duncan booker, sustainable glasgow programme manager, glasgow city council duncan will give a short overview of the resilient city conversation that is taking place in glasgow to set the scene for a panel discussion featuring speakers from cities of the rockefeller 100 resilient cities network glasgow, rotterdam and bristol. Professor ioan fazey, professor social dimensions of environmental change, the university of dundee. Figures released in early september by markit have shown that the purchasing managers index pmi has risen to 57. Waste minimisation assistant, north lanarkshire council. The purpose of this report is to advise members of progress towards glasgows.
Velocommunities is the 1,000th project supported through the scottish governments climate challenge fund. Duncan booker sustainable glasgow manager glasgow city council. We take energy efficiency, waste reduction and sustainability very seriously, and it is this commitment that has lead to us winning green wholesaler of the year at. Booker is located at 154 craighall road, glasgow, lanarkshire. Angela mitchell, soil association scotland clare devereaux, food matters 10. She welcomed attendees and gave a brief description of the universitys wide ranging interests in sustainability and. Duncan booker, glasgow city council, chief resilience officer and sustainability manager. New ssn steering group members announced the sustainable.
Cllr lesley hinds, city of edinburgh council, and duncan booker, glasgow city. On the 1 october 2016, duncan booker was appointed as chief resilience officer to lead on glasgows resilience efforts. Duncan booker sustainable glasgow programme manager, glasgow city council. Duncan booker, sustainable glasgow what are your thoughts of allenergy. Duncan booker is acting cro for glasgow and manager for sustainable glasgow, which is the citys multisectoral partnership for driving its sustainability ambitions. While not as strong as the boom of 2014, where the ind. Dr duncan booker manages the sustainability and resilience agenda for glasgow city council.
He has worked on policy development in local government for more than twenty years in a range of. Glasgow and clyde dr duncan booker, glasgow lead for resilient cities dr trevor lakey, health improvement and inequalities, nhs glasgow and clyde linda irvine, strategic programme manager, nhs lothian the day culminated with a panel discussion with representation from the. Glasgow and pittsburgh were once twin titans of the industrial age, says duncan booker, chief resilience officer for glasgow city council and manager of sustainable glasgow. During the event, panellists will interact with the audience while discussing the challenges and opportunities related to urban resilience in the city of glasgow. He has worked on policy development in local government for over. The people make glasgow home scheme will be complemented by the sustainable glasgow programme, which, according to duncan booker, sustainable glasgow manager, aims to support nothing less than a green reindustrialisation of the city so that it can make the transition from being one of the industrial powerhouses of the global industrial. Three teams of young scots aged 14 to 20 went headtohead, when they pitched their innovative ideas to tackle future energy challenges in front of scotlands leading investors at venturefest scotland earlier this week. Presentations were provided by pete seaman, duncan booker, sustainable glasgow manager and chief resilience officer at glasgow city council andsarah toy, chief resilience officer for the city of bristol. Many thanks to everyone who came to ecca 2017, and to our excellent speakers, exhibitors, sponsors and organisers, as well as our hardworking partners at glasgow city council, adaptation scotland, climatekic, innovateuk and prospex.
The energising the sustainable economy in cities summit brings together pioneering cities, organisations and businesses to share experiences, strategies and case studies to ensure that we are all taking a bestpractice approach to delivering innovative sustainability actions. The resilient glasgow strategy is being directed in collaboration with the people of glasgow including our residents, businesses and pubic sector partners. The council is represented on the board of the climate ready clyde partnership by dr duncan booker, who is sustainable glasgow manager and chief resilience officer. The panel of judges included dr duncan booker, chief resilience officer at glasgow city council, simon mckeating, sector manager at zero waste scotland, shirley aitken, operations manager at st.
Duncan is directly responsible for reporting on climate issues within the council and his team is currently developing a climate change adaptation action plan for the city itself. Leadership the currency of discourse for political leaders sustainable glasgow is a partnership of leaders. These whos who films were created to show examples of organisations and jobs where. He is responsible for ensuring that the city reduces its carbon emissions and plans for the local weather impacts of global climate change. Id heard lots of good things about allenergy, but was quite bowled over by the sight of a packed exhibition hall with such a diverse. Velocommunities is run by the sustainable glasgow partnership, led by duncan booker from glasgow city council, and aims to make the city one of the greenest in europe. Duncan booker, sustainable glasgow manager, glasgow city council. First held alongside cop16 in cancun, mexico, the sustainable innovation forum has been uniting the public and private sector to accelerate climate action for the last decade. Glasgow resilient city what does the resilience lens mean for cities. Principal officer, stem innovation, glasgow city council. He is manager for sustainable glasgow, which is the citys multisectoral partnership for driving its sustainability ambitions. Duncan booker, sustainable glasgow programme manager, glasgow city council duncan will give a short overview of the resilient city conversation that is. Take worlds biggest climate challenge innovators magazine.
Glasgow to build its future on sustainable foundations. The sustainable innovation forum sif has been uniting the public and private sector to accelerate climate action for 10 years. These whos who films were created to show examples of organisations and jobs where you may be able to seek help or advice or where you could. Glasgow city council partners with a number of businesses on diverse sustainable projects which provide. Dr duncan booker venturejam judge cando innovation summit.
Sustainable glasgow programme manager, glasgow city council. Strategies for gaining political support for sustainable. How can we harness the power of data to help glasgows. Sustainable food cities conference 2015 good food for all. Glasgow ccs housing programme to deliver 25,000 new homes. Duncan also leads on glasgows membership of the rockefeller foundations 100 resilient cities network.
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