Climate change conference to be held

Experts in the field of climate change will host a conference in Loughborough on Monday (April 16).

Local policy makers and practitioners have been invited to attend the event called Climate Disadvantage: What is the social impact of climate change?

Organised by Leicestershire Together in partnership with Leicestershire County Council, Leicester City Council and Rutland County Council, it will bring together leading experts to present their research findings and relate them to the local area.

The focus will be on how climate change will affect people already facing poverty and disadvantage and how some communities are likely to be more affected than others.

Speakers will include experts from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The University of Manchester and Climate East Midlands.

To find out about work on climate change in the city visit www.oneleicester.com/greenerleicester

For more information on work being carried out by Rutland County Council with regards to climate change visit: www.rutland.gov.uk/climatechange

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Note to Editors This is not an open event but if you would like to send a reporter it will be taking place at the Radmoor Centre from 1.30pm