Speaker: Tom Athanasiou from EcoEquity (www.ecoquity.org)

Climate change is now mainstream. But we are offered many false 'solutions' like emissions trading and offsets, 'clean' coal and nuclear power. The issue remains that the world must rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid dangerous climate change. But how can we do this while also facilitating the development of the majority world?

Tom Athanasiou is executive director of EcoEquity, a US-based climate think-tank which works closely with church, aid agencies and environment organisations on greenhouse development rights.

Tom is the author of many books and essays on poverty and the environment including Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor, Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming and the forthcoming book Justice Within Limits: A New Deal for the Greenhouse Century. Tom argues that the real climate change challenge is "holding global warming below a catastrophic level while at the same time preserving the right of all people to more than merely bare-bones 'human development.'"

Tom will discuss climate change from an international equity approach at a public meeting in August. All welcome.

For further details on his work, see: www.ecoquity.org.

Organised by:

- Friends of the Earth, Melbourne

Supported by:

- City of Yarra

For more information contact

email: globalisation@foe.org.au

phone: 03 9419 8700

www: www.foe.org.au

Future FoE Events

 

 

Carbon Offsets - Preventing climate change or buying a clean carbon conscious?

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Date: Wednesday 5th September

Time: 6.30 PM – 8.00 PM

Venue: Friends of the Earth

312 Smith St. Collingwood.

Carbon Offsets are being offered by an ever growing number of companies and not-for-profit organisations. Their real effectiveness in reducing our carbon impacts has been hotly debated. Our panel will provide a range of informed views and opinions about this important topic.

Speakers

Anna Demant – Foundation Manager Lonely Planet Publications–

Brendan Condon - Managing Director, Climate Positive

Elizabeth Wheeler - Friends of the Earth climate justice campaigner.

Organised by: Friends of the Earth

Supported by: City of Yarra

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For more information about any of the events above, contact us via:

email: globalisation@foe.org.au

phone: +61 3 94198700

www: www.foe.org.au