Free live event. Register on Eventbrite: Your Lives in Their Hands. Tickets, Wed 20 Mar 2024 at 19:30 | Eventbrite>

In this general election year this is the second event in our series Your World, Your Vote.

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity and tackling it will require changes in our lifestyles. Governments in the UK and around the world have avoided imposing or even incentivising such changes which they see as vote-losers. But unless they do, the path to net zero will become rapidly untenable.

This is a major issue in this election year and Climate Action Ilkley is aiming to help citizens judge the choices which are, or should be, on offer.

Dr Noel Cass, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, has studied people’s understanding of climate change and their lifestyles, particularly in relation to flying, driving and other travel choices. He has found that when people fully understand the impact of their choices they could be content to change them, especially if government shifted investment priorities, for example towards public transport and active travel.