Zero Emission Network

Climate Justice Seminar

Date: Saturday 2 August

Time: 11am-5pm (register from10.30am

Venue:Old Arts Building, University ofMelbourne (See map attached)

Cost of registration: $10/5 (concession)

Lunch available
Stalls space available for a wide range of groups

Agenda:

11am-12.15: Opening plenary:Where are we at and whatgovernments doing about the climate emergency

Speakers:

● David Spratt, author ofClimate Code Red andfounder of Climate Emergency Network – what climate science tells us isnecessary to save the planet

Garnaut's draft report is being released today. Professor Garnaut will be hosting public forums from 7 to 11 July 2008 in cities around Australia for discussions with the community on the Draft Report. These forums will provide an opportunity for individuals and organisations to discuss the Draft Report with Professor Garnaut and the Review Secretariat.

Perth (FULL) - Perth Town Hall - 7 July 2008 - 10:00am to 11:30am

Adelaide - Adelaide Town Hall - 8 July 2008 - 10:00am to 11:30am

Melbourne - Melbourne Town Hall - 9 July 2008 - 10:00am to 11:30am

Just days before the Garnaut report is released the Brumby Government has shown either gross incompetence or a commitment to destroying the planet or prehaps both by approving a new $750 million, 400 megawatt brown coal power station for the Latrobe Valley which will seek to be up and running by 2013.

The project was announced under the topic “A Fairer Victoria” on the ALP website.

Brunby's 2005 Announcement as innovation minister

7 Sunrise has finally set up a petition to get Kevin Rudd's Federal Labor to removed the $100K means test on solar.

Visit http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/sunrise/ to sign the petition

This follows 7 Sunrise's 2006 Campaign to get the Solar rebate reinstated after the Howard government threaten to defund it.

170,000 people signed the petition back then.

Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: City Square
Street: Corner Swanston and Collins Streets
City/Town: Melbourne, Australia

The next key climate event in Melbourne.

We are going to form a 140-metre-long human sign to spell the words "Climate Emergency". Please organise your group to send endorsement, tell everyone you know, and come on the day wearing something red to symbolise emergency.

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THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELED DUE TO ANZ REFUSAL TO FUND GUNN"S PULP MILL

Date: Sunday, June 15, 2008
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: ANZ Towers
Street: 55 Collins St
City/Town: Melbourne, Australia

Destruction of native forests are a significant contributor to global warming.

Join this rally to halt global warming and Tassie forest destruction
convince ANZ not to fund the pulp mill.

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Unfortunately three clashing events....

1. 6 - 7:30pm - VIC - Free Public Lecture: A Zero Carbon World? Learning from the world's largest living experiment: The 30 year old Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), UK - Peter Harper, Prince Philip Theatre, Architecture, University of Melbourne RSVP essential: fedwards@unimelb.edu.au

2. 5:30pm - VIC - “Energy and Climate Change: science and technology for Australia's future - Renewables” - good range of speakers - BMW Edge, Federation Square.

We have released the April Newsletter.

Features include a review of James Hansen's latest work and the 300 ppm CO2 target and a look at the Garnaut Review including submission advice.

Download newsletter by clicking here. (440 KB PDF)

Here are the submissions to the Garnaut Review I have put together for Friday the 11th deadline.

There is one more opportunity to input in this stage to the report

The final submission topic is carbon trading. I will be putting up a summary of points you can use to write a submission on the 15th.

The final sumbmission is due on Friday the 18th of April.

Our submission issue paper 3 - Climate Change

FOSSIL FOOLS DAY - Canberra
Turn up the heat on those fooling with our climate!
Host: Canberra climate campaigners
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
12:00pm - 1:30pm
12noon @ Union Court, ANU and 12.30pm @ Garema Place, Civic
Canberra, Australia

FOSSIL FOOLS DAY - Melbourne - Steps Parliament House
On April 1, 2008 people from around the world are rising up to show the world that we refuse to fool around with climate change and our future. We will take collective action to turn the tide away from fossil fuel dependence and towards a clean and just energy revolution.