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Alert
10 November 2009
Climate Change Week at the Lowy
Institute
Launching three new Lowy Institute publications on climate change
In early December, world leaders will congregate in Copenhagen for the most important
meeting on climate change ever held. Negotiations promise to be long, difficult and
complex. The prospects for a global agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol are mixed
at best.
In the run-up to Copenhagen, the Lowy Institute will launch three publications during the
week of 23 November that will together provide essential background for the
Copenhagen meeting and for understanding the international policy options and
challenges posed by climate change.
On 24 November, the Lowy Institute, in cooperation with the Alcoa Foundation, will
launch in Canberra a Lowy Institute Paper by Kathy Morton entitled China and the
Global Environment: Learning from the Past, Anticipating the Future
that looks at
China’s present climate change policy settings and places them in a local historical
setting. For further information on Kathy Morton’s paper, please contact Andrew Shearer,
Director of Studies, at ashearer@lowyinstitute.org.
On 25 November, at the Lowy Institute, we will launch Comprehending Copenhagen: A
Guide to the International Climate Change Negotiations
by Greg Picker and Fergus
Green. This “followers’ guide” demystifies
the issues on the Copenhagen agenda
and
outlines what we can expect out of the negotiations. For further information on the Guide,
please contact Michael
Fullilove, Program Director Global Issues,
at
mfullilove@lowyinstitute.org.
On 27 November, at the Lowy Institute again, we will launch a Lowy Institute Paper by
Milton Osborne entitled The Mekong: River under Threat, that looks at the damming of
the Mekong River to support economic development and the potentially disastrous
implications of this for the millions of people who rely on the river for their livelihoods. For
further information on Milton Osborne’s paper, please contact
Malcolm Cook, Program
Director East Asia, at mcook@lowyinstitute.org.
For all other information please contact
Orietta Melfi on +61 2 8238 9080 omelfi@lowyinstitute.org
The Lowy Institute is an independent, non-partisan think tank which researches international
political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective.
31 Bligh Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: +61 2 8238 9000 Fax: +61 2 8238 9005
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