National Emergency Briefing

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We will be showing the 50 minute film followed by a facilitated hackathon style solution focused workshop. Extinction Rebellion Trafford will be hosting a viewing of the: National Emergency Briefing

What are the threats to health, the economy, food, and national security caused by climate and nature breakdown and how can we respond?

In November 2025, the National Emergency Briefing (NEB) brought together leading experts to present the latest evidence on the climate and nature crisis to over 1200 politicians, business leaders and representatives from faith, sport, and media in Westminster. That evidence is now on the public record and a film version has been created to bring together people in local communities across the UK along with local leaders to hear the evidence and discuss how to respond.

After the film we'll have a hackathon style solution focused workshop which will be facilitated by Dr Sharon Coen, Associate Professor in Media Psychology at The University of Salford. The MP for Urmston and Stretford, Andrew Western will also be joining us for the screening and discussions.

Hackathons Originating in the context of computing, where they bought together coders to 'hack' coding issues, the term Hackathon is now widely adopted to indicate events where groups of people with different competencies get together to find solutions to specific challeges. Dr Coen has conducted climate- related hackathons in the past. In a paper relating to one such event, she noted how participants tended to make assumptions about politicians and explain their behaviour in terms of internal charcteristics, rather than situational constraints. Having politicians working with them in these groups will help establish a fruitful dialogue and mutual understanding of the challeges and opportunities related to climate action.

Good to know Highlights 2 hours In person

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