CLIMATE JUSTICE SPEAKING TOUR

Sponsored by Friends of the Earth Australia

The climate change-induced relocation of atoll peoples in Papua New Guinea

The implications for climate justice in an Australian context

FEATURING

·         Ursula Rakova, director of Tulele Peisa, the Carteret Islands relocation program in Bougainville

·         Pais Taehu, Chairman of the Coalition of the Atolls – Temarai Association – comprising the four atoll groups within the Bougainville political boundary

MAIN SPEAKING EVENTS

Sydney

Event flyer Sydney (Click to Download)

Date:               Tuesday 12 April, starting 6pm.  Media opportunities from 5.30pm.

Light refreshments afterwards.

Venue:             Peter Cosgrove Centre, Tenison Woods House

Australian Catholic University 8-20 Napier St, North Sydney

Light refreshments afterwards.

Co-host:          Caritas Australia

Contacts:         Brendan Joyce 02 8306 3109, 0413 990 580

Wendy Flannery 0439 771 692

Eventbrite registration page

https://climatemigration.eventbrite.com.au<https://climatemigration.eventbrite.com.au/>

Melbourne

Date:               Thursday April 14. Public forum, 7 – 8.30pm.

Venue:            Elizabeth Murdoch building<http://maps.unimelb.edu.au/parkville/building/134>, Melbourne University

Enter off Swanston Street. It is just south of Tin Alley/ Elgin      Street.  Also known as the Old Pathology building.

Co-hosts:       Oxfam Australia and University of Melbourne Student Union

Environment Department

Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/events/1576408626002462/> for the event available here.

Brisbane

Event flyer Brisbane (Click to Download)

Date:               Tuesday 19 April, 7 – 9pm

Venue:            SANDBAG Community Centre, 153 Rainbow St, Sandgate

Co-host:          Year for Peace

Contacts:        Janine Quine 0432 607 751

Wendy Flannery 0439 771 692

Facebook event page for the evening<https://www.facebook.com/events/237095536642885/>

For more information go to www.foe.org.au<http://www.foe.org.au/>