SSRP Week Gallery

Get a glimpse of our exciting week of events and take a look at some moments captured during SSRP Week.

Good COP/Bad COP? Accelerating climate action from above and below - 7 November 2022

As the world gathers at the annual Climate Conference of Parties in Egypt to discuss responses to the climate emergency, we ask, where are there ‘signs of hope’ in the climate talks and beyond–in action by cities, business, civil society and communities to bring about the rapid and just transitions so urgently required. How can action from above and below complement each other to drive transformative climate action?

Panel:

Dr Helen Adams - Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, Kings College London, UK

Kayla Ente - CEO of Brighton & Hove Energy Services Cooperative (BHESCo), UK

Prof Peter Newell - Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, UK

Prof Chukwumerije (Chuks) Okereke - Professor of Global Climate and Environmental Governance and Director of Center for Climate and Development at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Nigeria

Chair: Dr John Thompson - Deputy Director, Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) and Senior Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK

This event was hosted by SSRP and the Rapid Transition Alliance.

SSRP co-Director and IDS Research Fellow, Dr John Thompson, opening SSRP Week and chairing the Good COP/Bad COP sessio r Helen Adams, Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation ar Kings College London, speaking at the Good COP/Bad COP session on day one of SSRP Week Our panelists discussing how action from above and below can complement each other to drive transformative climate action, including Dr John Tompson, Dr Helen Adams, Kayla Ente, Prof Peter Newell alongside Prof Chukwumerije (Chuks) Okereke on Zoom Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Studies and founder of the Rapid Transition Alliance, Prof Peter Newell, speaking at our Good COP/Bad COP session on day one of SSRP Week SSRP co-Director and IDS Research Fellow, Dr John Thompson, facilitating and chairing the Good COP/Bad COP session on day one of SSRP Week Kayla Ente, CEO of Brighton & Hove Energy Services Cooperative (BHESCo), speaking at our Good COP/Bad COP session on day one of SSRP Week Our panelists discussing how action from above and below can complement each other to drive transformative climate action, including Dr John Tompson, Dr Helen Adams, Kayla Ente, Prof Peter Newell alongside Prof Chukwumerije (Chuks) Okereke on Zoom Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Studies and founder of the Rapid Transition Alliance, Prof Peter Newell, speaking at our Good COP/Bad COP session on day one of SSRP Week Our panelists discussing how action from above and below can complement each other to drive transformative climate action, including Dr John Tompson, Dr Helen Adams, Kayla Ente, Prof Peter Newell alongside Prof Chukwumerije (Chuks) Okereke on Zoom Person in audience posing question to the panel at the Q&A part of our first SSRP Week session 'Good COP/Bad COP'

 

SSRP Day - 9 November 2022

The main event of the week, ‘SSRP Day’ on 9 November, officially launched SSRP’s Phase II and included a speaker event with university representatives, SSRP researchers and external guests, including our new VC Sasha Roseneil, Deputy Pro-VCs for Research, Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown Lloyd Russell-Moyle and Prof Joyeeta Gupta, co-Chair of the Earth Commission and Professor at the University of Amsterdam and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands. The release of the university’s annual sustainability performance report was also announced alongside SSRP’s Phase II launch, followed by an audio-visual exhibition featuring videos, photos, soundscapes from Sussex sustainability research around the world, SSRP’s annual research symposium and a networking drinks reception.

Joe Alcamo launching SSRP Phase II at our SSRP Day speaker event The University of Sussex Vice Chancellor Sasha Roseneil speaking at our SSRP Day launch event during SSRP Week Attendees of SSRP Day launch event sitting on chairs and clapping while listening to a speech by the university's Vice Chancelor SSRP Fellow and Life Sciences researchers Prof Fiona Mathews speaking at our SSRP Day launch event about her project on forest vanilla production during SSRP Week SSRP Fellow and Life Sciences researchers Prof Fiona Mathews speaking at our SSRP Day launch event about her project on forest vanilla production during SSRP Week Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown, speaking at our SSRP Day launch event during SSRP Week Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown, and Prof Joe Alcamo, Director of SSRP, shake hands at our SSRP Day launch event during SSRP Week Prof John Thompson, co-Director of SSRP, and Dr Alice Eldridge, SSRP Fellow and sound ecologist, talk about the videos, pictures and sound showcased at our SSRP Day exhibition and open the lunch buffet Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown, and Prof Debbie Keeling, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor for Knowledge Exchange, talking at our SSRP Day exhibition Person looking at photos exhibited as part of our SSRP Day exhibition Attendees enjoying lunch in our SSRP Day exhibition put on during SSRP Week Attendees enjoying lunch in our SSRP Day exhibition put on during SSRP Week