Coastal Futures Conference 2025
Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th January 2025
The Royal Geographical Society, London and Online
Government Minister to open the conference
The UK’s largest and longest running annual gathering of coastal and marine practitioners, is excited to announce that UK Government Minister, Emma Hardy MP will open the Coastal Futures 2025 conference.
Emma Hardy, Minister for Water and Flooding, was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) following the UK’s General Election in July 2024.
Minister Hardy is responsible for:
- domestic and international marine
- Net Zero, climate change and adaptation
- lead for Environment Agency
- floods and emergencies
- water
Coastal Futures 2025: the path to 2030
Politicians, NGOs, industry, and government agencies, all have 2030 fixed firmly in their sights as the year when the world should have achieved many of the most important aims and ambitions of our time.
There are just five years until 2030. Is the UK and the world on track to reach the ambitions? How can we achieve the transition to a low-carbon, nature-positive and sustainable world in a fair and just way?
Coastal Futures 2025 sets out to cover the major themes in the estuarine, coastal and marine sectors. Across six sessions over two days, the conference aims to challenge thinking and move debate forward in an informative and collaborative way.
Some of the senior leaders on stage at the conference include:
- Nick Hounsfield, founder of The Wave.
- Michelle Willis, acting CEO of the Marine Management Organisation
- Giles Bristow, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage
- Mike Cohen, CEO of National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations
- Sarah Fowler, CEO of Wildfowl and Wetland Trust
- Rachel Solomon Williams, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group
Tickets selling fast
In-person and online tickets available
Coastal Futures is a hybrid conference, offering the opportunity to be in the room with hundreds of delegates or with our online livestream ticket you can watch all keynote talks, listen to session debates and submit direct questions – wherever you are!