- Event Date: 14th November 2024, 13:30 - 16:15
- Venue: Entrust Education, The Riverway Centre, Riverway, Stafford, ST16 3TH
- Organiser: sben
Achieving Net Zero & Unlocking Green Growth and Skills
We would like to invite you to join a collaborative event for businesses and skills providers in our green economy to begin to understand and discuss Staffordshire’s new roadmap to net zero.
We want to ensure that Staffordshire is as prepared as possible to maximise the economic opportunities and enable delivery of a net zero future. The new roadmap aims to provide insights that will help businesses and skills providers understand the skills and capabilities required.
Agenda:
13:30 – Welcome & Housekeeping
13:35 – Introduction to Staffordshire Green Skills for Growth Project, funded by Innovate UK
13:45 – Staffordshire’s Roadmap to Net Zero
- What will the opportunities look like in the short, medium and long term as we progress towards 2050?
- Presentation & Q&A session
- Delivered by James Cartwright, Staffordshire County Council
14:15 – Break
14:30 – Workshop Discussions to Explore:
- The roadmap ambition and alignment to the roadmap across different sectors
- The skills barriers and enablers to reaching the roadmap outcomes
- Ensuring a just transition for all in Staffordshire
- Delivered by Tom Bedford & Zoe Robinson, Keele University
16:00 – Next Steps:
- Green Economy – Call to action
- Spring 2025 event – Understanding green skills gaps and developing the local skills system to ensure that we have the green skills required now and in the future.
16:15 – Close