I recently attended an event at the Royal Geographical Society in London as part of their '21st Century Challenges' events.The discussion 'The future of low carbon energy' was chaired by Prof Sir Gordon Conway, with guest speakers Malcolm Wicks MP and Lord Browne. The focus was on how the UK can honour their commitment to the targetted average temperature increase and in doing so, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60% (or as much as 80%) by 2050.A 90 minute event certainly doesn't allow for any full answers to be drawn, however it was a very interesting debate with some probing questions and open answers.If you are interested in hearing the debate you can follow this link http://www.rgs.org/21cc where you can gain free access to the Audio downloads.The 21st Century Challenges series was launched by the Royal Geographical Society in 2007 with Bob Geldof and Kofi Annan discussing the major challenges facing Africa (Audio downloads of these speeches are also available on the above link). The RGS are committed to making an active contribution to the major issues facing society and the environment, such as climate change, migration, 'north-south' divide, Africa's future, low carbon energy and world economic development.I will make a regular post on my blog of any interesting events held at the RGS.If you are interested in finding out more details about the Royal Geographical Society, established in 1830, or perhaps want to become a member of the largest and most active scholarly geographical society in the world, then follow this link http://www.rgs.org/AboutUs/about+us.htm