UCL Environment Institute Debate on Canadian Oil Sands

The Canadian Oil Sands – an Environment Institute Debate

When: 6pm – 7.30pm Monday 12^th December 2011 with wine reception afterwards

Where: UCL Archaeology Institute, Lecture Theatre G06 (in Gordon Square)

The development of the Canadian oil sands in northern Alberta is a highly controversial topic that has raised important issues about energy security, decarbonisation, environmental degradation and international trade in energy. This Environment Institute Debate will examine these and other issues. It offers an opportunity to hear the Chair of the Royal Society of Canada present the report of its expert panel on the environmental and health impacts of Canada’s oil sands industry, and to hear reactions from a UCL expert panel. There will be ample time for questions and comments from the floor.

Chair:

Professor Yvonne Rydin, Director of the UCL Environment Institute

Panel:

Professor Steven Hrudey, FRSC and Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta

Professor Paul Ekins, Professor in Energy and Environment Policy, UCL Energy Institute

Professor Catherine Redgwell, Professor of International Law, Faculty of Laws, UCL

Professor Peter Sammonds, Professor of Geophysics, Director of UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction