Vote for the Environment!
All Candidates Meeting on Environment & Climate Change
When: Thursday Oct. 9th
Time: 8:00pm
Where: The Aeolian Hall Performing Arts Centre
Council of Canadians | London Chapter urge citizens to attend this important All Candidates Meeting to learn what progressive policies are in each of the parties environmental and climate change platforms. An invitation to participate has been extended to each candidate in each riding of London. This is an issue that will directly impact the lives of future generations. Citizens need to know how strong our candidates are on climate change, wild spaces, water issues, renewable energy and their personal commitment to solving the global warming crisis. This All Candidates Meeting will citizens decide which candidate has the best plan for building a strong future for Canada — a future where our climate and natural spaces are protected, the economy is strong and our energy system is sustainable. The Aeolian is located at 795 Dundas St. London On. Entrance is left of the main double doors at the Dundas St. and Rectory St. corner offices. We are proud to support the Arts Community for this event. This is a green powered event. Don’t miss this opportunity. Children are welcome.
This event is sponsored by Bullfrog Power, Council of Canadians | London Chapter, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Post Carbon London & Waste Free World.
Over the last week we have published responses to our All Candidates Questionnaire to the following site:
http://councilofcanadianslondon.wordpress.com/
See ‘Elections’ link at right hand side. Thus far, we have received and published responses from Irene Mathyssen, Peter Ferguson, Mary Ann Hodge, Glen Pearson, etc. The last question is specific to climate change.
For further information, please contact:
Kevin Lomack | Membership Coordinator | London Chapter | Council of Canadians | Environment & Climate Change Committee | 519-872-0978
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Final 2007 IPCC Report:
Final IPCC Report Released. By Brian Walsh, Time Magazine, November 17, 2007. “The language of science, like that of the United Nations, is by nature cautious and measured. That makes the dire tone of the just-released final report from the fourth assessment of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a network of thousands of international scientists, all the more striking. Global warming is ‘unequivocal.’ Climate change will bring ‘abrupt and irreversible changes.’ The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity… As if the potential consequences of climate change weren’t scary enough, the IPCC emphasized just how little time we have left to try to change the future. The panel reported that the world would have to reverse the rapid growth of greenhouse gases by 2015 to avert the worst consequences. The clock was running. ‘What we will do in the next two, three years will determine our future,’ said Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC’s chairman.” Summary Report for Policymakers (PDF, 23 pages) Webcast of IPCC Press Conference (11/17/07)
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