Politics in the Pub: Climate change in the pacific (Brisbane)
Pacific Island nations are extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with some nations likely to completely disappear as a result of rising sea levels. Australia, as one of the greatest per capita greenhouse gas emitters, is disproportionately responsible for climate change.
6:30 for 7pm start
Brisbane Workers Community Centre 2 Latrobe Tce, Paddington
This discussion will look at what Australia’s role is in addressing this issue and discuss the Labor Party’s proposed policies on climate change and the Pacific, including recognising and accepting ‘climate refugees’ in Australia.
SPEAKERS:
- Foga Clements - Brisbane Tuvualuan Community
- Emma Brindal - Friends of the Earth
- More speakers to be confirmed
For more details call Emma on 3846 5793
This forum is in a series of ideas and issues nights organised by Friends of the Earth and The Fabian Society. FoE’s nights will be on the third Thursday of the month and upcoming topics include:
Mines, dumps and reactors or a nuclear-free Australia? Clean Energy Forum Australia/Queensland as a US bombing range: Operation Talisman Sabre 2007 and Shoalwater Bay Ecological and Social Justice Sustainability and Food
