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Fiddling While Australia Burns: Will this be History's Judgement of Our Governments' Response to Climate Change?

A public symposium with David Karoly, Amanda McKenzie and Tim Colebatch
Tuesday 24th November 2009, 6:00pm for 6:30pm
@ Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building, University of Melbourne (Gate 12 Royal Parade; Melways 43:F3)
More info:
http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/events/hamer_oration.html

Copenhagen: the most likely outcome; what it means for Australia; and for international carbon trading

As the Copenhagen Conference on climate change gets closer, more people are starting to think about what the outcome is likely to be, and what its implications are for future Australian policy, the Australian economy and the reality of international trade in carbon reduction.
Grattan Institute invites you to a discussion with two prominent thinkers [...]

EnviroInfo proclaims Environmental skill shortages looming

More information at http://news.envirocentre.com.au/enviroinfo/newsletter.php?issue=605#13922

Death, Desire, Sin, Redemption: Climate Change and the Rationality of Environmental Law

The Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law is pleased to invite you to Professor Lee Godden’s
Inaugural Professorial Lecture:
Death, Desire, Sin, Redemption: Climate Change and the Rationality of Environmental Law

Wed 04/11/2009
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
Professor Lee Godden
Climate change suggests limits to civilisation and impending ‘Death’ of species and displacement of people. [...]

Melbourne Climate Policy Forum

Six Briefings on the Implementation of Effective Climate Policies.
After many years of debate, climate policy has moved squarely into the implementation stage. The next six months will be critical, both in Australia and internationally, in determining what policies will be put in place and how effective they will be in containing global warming. As a [...]

Do you have a Big Green Idea?

Do you have a Big Green Idea? $10,000 funding from British Council Australia

Visit http://www.britishcouncil.org/au.htm for more details.

Climate Change Law: Challenges and Future Directions

The Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on
Climate Change Law: Challenges and Future Directions
A panel of climate change experts will be giving presentations on international law and climate change; refugee law and climate change and the Garnaut Review, followed by a panel discussion and [...]

Collaborative Approaches to Natural Resource Management

A symposium to be hosted by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne
9am – 5pm, Wednesday 25th November 2009
Melbourne Business School, 200 Leicester Street, Carlton
Environmental issues, from climate change to water catchment management to the devastation wreaked by bushfires, tsunamis and hurricanes, are crucial issues for governments around the world. There is [...]

Pedal Back To 350

24th October 2009 – International Day of Climate Action
‘Pedal back” is a part of the 350.org day of global climate action. This Saturday, YOU and a lot of BIKES will fill the streets and become part of this global movement against climate catastrophe.
THE DETAILS
What: A mass fun-filled bike ride through Melbourne
Meet: This Sat, 10.30am, Melbourne [...]

Spirituality and the earth

1.45 pm, Sunday 25 October 2009 St. Francis’ Monastery Hall, Elizabeth & Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne.
This is the third conversation in our series, Climate change: culture of transition. The series is a follow-up to the publication of Golden Years: Grounds for Hope.
In this seminar, Spirituality and the earth, we continue to explore our response to climate [...]

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