Environment programme
Exploring how transport can deliver co-benefits from lower carbon design, reducing emissions and enhancing biodiversity to boosting wellbeing
PILLAR PARTNER
3 March, Day 1
Session 1: 13.15-14.15
➜ Interchange 1 Theatre
Co-benefits by design
How can transport projects create value far beyond movement, such as reducing emissions, restoring nature, building climate resilience and improving community wellbeing.
Confirmed speakers include:
Moderator: Colette Carroll, Managing Director - Transportation, AtkinsRealis
James Woodcock, Professor of Transport and Health Modelling, University of Cambridge
Naomi Green, Managing Director, England’s Economic Heartland
Professor Patricia Thornley, Chief Scientific Advisor, DfT
Melanie Corcoran, Executive Director of Transport, South Yorkshire Combined Authority
PILLAR PARTNER
4 March, Day 2
Session 2: 11.15-12.15
➜ Interchange 1 Theatre
Can co-benefits unlock new funding pathways?
Is the future in maximising value from current funding or using new mechanisms that reward co-benefits like avoided emissions, biodiversity, and health—and can these improve bankability and attract new investors?
Moderator: Zoe Metcalfe, Strategic Advisor, thriving places for communities and nature, Intelligent Health UK
Michael Image, Environmental Economics Associate, AtkinsRealis
Walid Al Saqqaf, CEO and Co-founder, Rebalance Earth
Ann Gordon, UK & Ireland Market Director for Transport, Ramboll
Session 3: 14.45-15.45
➜ Interchange 1 Theatre
Unlocking co-benefits and removing barriers in practice
Delivering co-benefits is challenging—what must shift in culture, business cases, and cross-sector partnerships to make them the default rather than an optional add-on?he environment stream address the climate resilience of transport systems and the response through infrastructure interventions to the climate and ecological emergencies.
Moderator: Chris Sowerby, Head of Sustainable Infrastructure, Jacobs
Professor Phil Blythe, Director, DARe, University of Newcastle
Victoria Limerick, Head of Sustainability, Balfour Beatty,
Matthew Scott-Campbell, Partnership Manager, Moors for the Future Partnership
Jodi Savickas, Associate Director, AtkinsRealis