COPPP29 – Manchester: A Local Alternative to COP29!

Join our People Planet Pint (COPPP) on Thursday 21st November as a local alternative to the lack of progress happening internationally, on a date coordinated across cities in the UK and the world.

This time around we’ll be hearing a few lightning talks from some local people involved in incredible projects to celebrate and share powerful stories of local action!

Speakers include:

Dan Griffiths, Head of Low Carbon at the GMCA, who will be talking about the work of the Low Carbon team at the GMCA, their net zero accelerator programme and the overarching 5 year Environment Plan for the city region.

Phil Korbel, Co- Founder & Director, External Relations – talking about the Manchester Carbon Literate City commitment being coordinated with Manchester City Council.

Hannah Cox, Founder and Director of the Better Business Network, talking about the BBN and our plans locally for 2025.

James Byrne, Partner at Sustainable Ventures, who will be talking about the brand new opening of the Sustainable Ventures climate tech innovation ecosystem centre in the heart of the city centre!

Venue

Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, M1 7JA. There is an alternative entrance on Sackville Street that is not being used currently, only the Altrincham Street entrance. fight.verse.arch on what3words, and the entrance is opposite the railway arches for additional context.

Pop down to your local People Planet Pint meetup to find more about what’s going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved.

No pitches, powerpoints or panels. Just People, Planet, Pint/s.

Your local meetup is a great place to start your journey or continue learning, and meet diverse people to chat about life and how we can sustain it. Every job is a climate job, so come along and learn about how you can take action, as well as what is going on locally.

We welcome everyone, regardless of their experience or background. People Planet Pint is a space where everyone can feel comfortable learning about sustainability and sharing their ideas.

Afterall, creating a sustainable future requires connected communities. And what better way to bring everyone together than over a drink?

Your Volunteer Hosts

Hannah runs betternotstop, a Sustainable Impact agency specialising in helping businesses measure and communicate their positive impact as well as Founder of Better Business Network a community and platform to help Business Leaders network, learn, innovate and work together for collective action to increase their income and impact.

Having studied Politics at University, James has a keen interest in current affairs and the climate crisis, and now works as the community manager at the Better Business Network, a membership organisation that helps businesses increase their social and environmental impact.

Alex Booth runs DecarbonEaze, a consultancy that helps businesses find their best-fit decarbonisation solutions on the market for free.

Our Sponsor

KRYSTAL are an award-winning, 100% green web hosting provider, with datacentres in the UK, US, & Europe. They are climate positive, and their approach centres on value, quality and transparency.

We are delighted to announce our partnership with Krystal (the UK’s only B Corp web hosting/cloud provider), and welcome them on board as sponsors of the People, Planet, Pint events.

This means the first 33 drinks are on Krystal at every event, and has allowed us to invest and upscale the series to accelerate action on climate change.

Simon Blackler is the founder and CEO of KRYSTAL, and Co-Founder of MillionTreePledge.

About Us

Small99 provides carbon reduction plans for micro and small businesses. With a simple measurement tool and practical actions broken down into 10 minute to-do lists, Small99 empowers the 99% of businesses to start on their sustainability journey, and win more customers while doing so.