PUBLIC LECTURE
Clive Hamilton Executive Director, The Australia Institute RUNNING FROM THE STORM: The Development of Climate Change Policy in Australia Thursday 25th October 2001 11.15 for 11.30 am (until 12.30) Kaleide Theatre, RMIT University, Ground Floor Building 8, Enter from Swanston Street (near Commonwealth Bank) Melbourne Climate change is the most serious threat facing the earth in the 21st century. Australia's role in international efforts to reduce greenhouse gases has been inglorious. From being a world leader in the early 1990s, Australia is now referred to in the international press as a 'pariah'. Clive Hamilton, Australia's most prominent analyst of the issue, will trace the development of climate change policy to date and propose some directions particularly at the state level. Clive is a lively and at-times provocative speaker who does not hesitate to explore the policy failures, the murky politics, the distortions to the policy process and the ethical issues that underpin the public debate over climate change. Responses to Running from the Storm 'This book presents facts with magisterial authority and compelling humanity' Robyn Williams, The Science Show, ABC Radio National 'A wonderful read - what every Australian should know about our government?s disgraceful approach to global climate change' Professor Ian Lowe, Griffith University Copies of the book will be on sale at the lecture. Sponsored by * RMIT School of Social Science and Planning (http://www.tce.rmit.edu.au/ss&p/) * Australian & New Zealand Ecological Economics Society (http://incres.anu.edu.au/anzsee) * New International Bookshop Co-operative (http://www.nibs.org.au/) -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
