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Climate Change and Poverty
Birmingham Friends of the Earth (BFoE) will be exploring the effects of climate change on the world’s poorest at a speaker event on "Climate Change and Poverty", part of our campaigns to raise awarness about Climate Change
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Abstract: This talk will describe the proposal, which has been very thoroughly investigated by professional engineers, that Europe, the Middle East and North Africa may derive inexpensive, pollution-free electricity from the truly monumental quantities of energy that fall as sunlight on the world's hot deserts. 'Concentrating solar power' (CSP) also promises substantial additional benefits, including desalination of sea water using waste heat from power generation, and the creation of shaded areas (protected from the harshness of direct tropical sunlight) which may be used for many purposes, including horticulture using desalinated sea water. Further information may be found at www.trec-uk.org.uk. The Guardian recently (27 November 2006) featured an article explaining the basic features of TREC.
See the article online at: http://www.trec-uk.org.uk/articles/gdn_061127_ber_27_15216508.pdf
Gerry, who lives in North Wales, is managing "From Greenhouse to Green house", an organisation part of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition (see: http://www.mng.org.uk/green_house/).
Abstract: This talk will explore the impact that climate change has on poverty reduction in general and on Oxfam's work in particular, including the impact on water resources, agriculture and food security, health, and political stability. Poor people and poor countries are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change but are the least responsible for causing it. Emissions - per person and overall - from rich countries still dwarf those from the poorest. Oxfam believes that unless urgent action is taken now, climate change threatens to undermine recent progress on poverty reduction. By curbing our own carbon emissions and campaigning for the government to do the same, we could slow the rise in temperature around the world and make a real difference to the poorest communities who are the most affected.
For more information on Oxfam's work on climate change, see: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/campaign/climatechange.htm
Maya is a Campaigner for Oxfam GB. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Maya has a B.A. in International Relations from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. in Human Rights from the University of Padua, Italy. She also worked in Brussels and Copenhagen for international organisations before joining Oxfam. She also did half of her Master's Degree in Bilbao, Spain.
For more information on Christian Aid's campaigns against Climate Change, see:
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/climatechange/index.htm
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