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Climate and ecological emergency committee

13 July 2022

The climate and ecological emergency committee is an advisory committee established by the national executive committee (NEC).

See also: Climate & ecological emergency annual meeting

It is the role of the committee to advise and to make recommendations to the NEC on any issues specifically related to the climate and ecological emergency and environmental sustainability.

The committee was established in March 2022.

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Committee membership in 2024-25

Further education

Kevin Daws (City of Bristol College) [Vice-Chair]
Dr Adam Balmer (PeoplePlus - prison education) 
Natasha Simpson (Vision West Nottinghamshire College)
Ryan Trower (Bridgewater and Taunton College)

Higher education

Peter Wood (Open University)  [Co-Chair]
Vicky Blake (University of Leeds) [Co-Chair]
Jackie Grant (University of Sussex)
Les Levidow (Open University) HE

Marion Hersh, Glasgow University [NEC - HE]
Naina Kent, Hackney ACE [NEC - FE]

Committee secretary: Marianne Quick, bargaining and negotiations official (prisons and sustainability).


UCU Green Futures newsletter

Welcome to the first edition of Green Futures, which is the newsletter of UCU's Climate and ecological emergency committee (CEEC).

In this quarterly edition:

  • Meet the UCU climate committee: who we are
  • CEEC annual meeting report
  • GKN Florence updates
  • Green reps and branch survey
  • FE Just Transition framework briefing.

Click here to download the UCU Green Futures newsletter Winter 2025 edition.

Last updated: 27 February 2025