Ian Lowe speaks in Newcastle
Newcastle Conservatorium of Music.
&
Newcastle University Students Association
cordially invite
YOU
to hear Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe AO,
(President, Australian Conservation Foundation)
speak about
Energy for a Sustainable Future
Monday
11 December 2006
6.30pm for 7pm sharp
Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
Laman Street Newcastle
Entry free or by donation
Supported by the University of Newcastle
Professor Ian Lowe, Leading
Environmental Scientist
One of Australia’s most respected environmental scientists, Ian Lowe is President of the
Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). He is also emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University.
He has been a referee for the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, attended the Geneva and Kyoto conferences of the parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change and was a member of the Australian delegation to the 1999 UNESCO World Conference on Science. Ian Lowe was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2001 for services to science and technology. His contributions have also been recognised by the Prime Minister’s Environment Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement. Ian Lowe gave the ABC’s Boyer Lectures in 1991.
Professor Lowe, will speak on Energy for a Sustainable Future, and the urgent need to act now to avoid dangerous further changes to our climate. He will discuss how governments must make a commitment to energy alternatives that produce sustainable cost-effective reductions in greenhouse pollution.
