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Excuse the lazy post. Back in the office after weeks away; a bit of a shock to the system! 'What, you expect me to do this for 8 whole hours a day - every weekday??' I was wondering incredulously by 5pm Monday. And this from a girl who actually *likes* her work and spent years expending genuine effort trying to get into the field. Sheesh.

Anyways, for those of you down South and hankering for some intelligent discussion of Big Global and Sustanability Issues, this might be of interest.

P U B L I C M E E T I N G

Climate Change and Global Poverty:
the need for greenhouse development rights

with Tom Athanasiou, EcoEquity (USA)

MELBOURNE

7pm Wednesday 8 August

Edinburgh Gardens Community Room, Brunswick St, North Fitzroy,
Melways Ref 2C 1C
Under the grandstand, enter from Brunswick St (just north of the
pedestrian crossing)

Sponsored Friends of the Earth and CarbonEquity
More info: Cam 94198700

Entry: Gold coin donation

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 a fair go for the developing world?

Historically the industrialised nations have benefited from a
disproportionate contribution to total atmospheric carbon pollution:
three-quarters of all emissions so far. So how can we bring a sense
of international equity to the climate change debate? How can a rise
in prosperity in the developing world be facilitated while reducing
global emissions?.

Hear Tom Athanasiou speak on why the real climate change challenge
is, as he says, "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 Athanasiou is executive director of EcoEquity (www.ecoquity.org),
a US-based climate think-tank which works closely with church, aid
agencies and environment organisations on greenhouse development
rights. He is the author of 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 'Justice Within Limits: A New Deal for the Greenhouse
Century'.