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About us. Rising Tide Australia is a grassroots Newcastle group taking action against the causes of anthropogenic climate change and for equitable, just, effective, and sustainable solutions to the crisis. We are committed to the principals of Non-violent Direct Action. We are part of the global Rising Tide climate justice movement. We live in the biggest coal port in the cosmos.
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Pacific Calling Partnership forum25.10.2008 - 00:00 25.10.2008 - 17:59 Australia/Sydney The Pacific Calling Partnership invites you to a participatory forum Pacific Calling for Climate Justice a human rights framework? 9.00am - 5pm Saturday 25 October 2008 Gleeson Auditorium Australian Catholic University 25A Barker Rd Strathfield NSW ForumThe forum will open with Indigenous representatives from Australia and the Pacific speaking about the effects of climate change on their people. The forum will then explore how an effective human rights framework can respond to calls for climate justice from our neighbours:
The forum will be participatory and is open to as broad a range of organisations as possible. All who come will be contributing to the outcomes which will include recommendations co be taken to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Poland in December 2008. Call for Papers and AbstractsIf you would like to present at the forum please send the title and a brief description of about 200 words by email to jillf@erc.org.au, or post Attention: Jill Finnane PO Box 170 Croydon, NSW 2132, or fax to 02 9745 9770 The DEADLINE for receiving abstracts is 31 August. Papers will be 20 minutes in length. You will be notified by 7 September, by email or phone if your proposal is accepted. RegistrationFee (includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea) (will depend on how much sponsorship we receive) Business/Government NGO Concession Student Early bird registration must be received by Monday 1 October 2008 to be eligible for the discount. Cheques should be made payable to the Edmund Rice Centre and posted to the above address. ABN 4063781303 The Pacific Calling PartnershipThe Pacific Calling Partnership (PCP) was initiated in 2006 by the Edmund Rice Centre. It began by inviting the support of the Catholic Education Office in Wollongong, the Good Samaritan Sisters and other organizations and individuals with Pacific connections. Since then, the Partnership has grown and endeavoured to put before the Australian community - and more recently the global community - the issue of climate change and how it is and will continue to affect our low lying Pacific Island neighbours. In preparation for a PCP delegation to participate as official observers at the UNFCCC in Bali in December 2007, the Partnership sent a group of Australians including 2 representatives from the Torres Strait to Kiribati. In partnership with I-Kiribati young leaders, they conducted a seminar on Climate Change in Kiribati. The seminar was opened by President Anote Tong, who said, “What we need is partnership, compassion, and sacrifice!” The Pacific Calling Partnership stretches across the Pacific joining greenhouse polluters from Australia with the people already suffering the consequences of global warming. ' SOME INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES MIGHT BE ARGUING THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WOULD HURT THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SADLY, I SAY, NO! CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT AN ISSUE OF ECONOMIC SURVIVAL. IT IS AN ISSUE OF HUMAN SURVIVAL’. President of Kiribati, Anote Tong June 2008. Submitted by administrator on 11 August 2008 - 4:09pm.
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