Climate Change: Voices from the Developing World

national | environment | event notice Tuesday February 26, 2008 12:17 by Alice Higgins - Trócaire Campaigns campaigns at trocaire dot ie Trócaire, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Speakers from Kenya El Salvador on climate change and global justice.

If we are to face up to the challenge of climate change, the voices and ideas of those in developing countries need to be heard.

Hosted by Trócaire, Dr. Dominic Walubego from Kenya and Martha Yvette Aguilar from El Salvador offer powerful and insightful perspectives on this global issue at talks in Galway, Cork,Dublin and Belfast from March 3rd to 6th

Climate change is a global justice issue. Carbon emissions from rich countries have contributed most to climate change, yet it is the poor in developing countries who are being hit hardest by its consequences. Trócaire's ADMIT campaign is asking the Irish Government to face up to that responsibility by supporting vital adaptation measures in the developing world andurgently reducing their own emissions. This spring, we are offering the public throughout Ireland a chance to hear from two speakers who have a unique insight and expertise on the real impact of climate change – coming from two countries which are already feeling its effects. Talks are free, All are welcome !

GALWAY Monday MARCH 3RD 7.30pm Galway City Museum, Spanish Arch
In association with Galway One World Centre

CORK Tuesday MARCH 4TH 7.00 pm Room 1.01, Brookfield Health Science Building, University College Cork In association with UCC One World Society and Environment Society

DUBLIN Wednesday MARCH 5TH 7.30 pm Cultivate Centre, Essex St. West, Temple Bar,
In association with Cultivate Centre and Trinity One World Society

BELFAST Thursday MARCH 6TH 7pm Room GEO/0G/029, School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast

(Cork and Dublin events will be followed by a short reception)

For further information on these talks or about he ADMIT campaign contact campaigns@trocaire.ie, call us on +353(0)1 5053278 or visit www.trocaire.org/lent

Martha Yvette Aguilar : is a contributing researcher with the IPCC and has over ten years experience in shaping El Salvador's national and international environmental policies. She combines a strong understanding of the current and future impact of climate change on vulnerable communities with a powerful expertise on the policies and possibilities of adaptation.

Dr. Dominic Walubengo : is the Director of Forest Action Network Kenya and an expert on institutional reform in the natural resources sector. A former consultant with the Food Agricultural Organisation's 'Forests, Trees and People Programme', he played a key role in the development of Kenya's Forest Policy and Legislation. Emphasising the relationship between poverty, environment and good governance, Dr Walubengo is a committed advocate of participatory resource management.

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