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'Financing Climate Change' speakers event; 8th October, University of Birmingham

People & Planet Birmingham | 29.09.2007 11:28 | Climate Chaos | Birmingham

'Financing Climate Change'; 6pm, Lecture Theatre G33, School of Education
Bronwen Thomas (People & Planet)
Ewa Jasiewicz (PLATFORM London)
Speakers event on how the Department for International Development and the Royal Bank of Scotland financially support future dangerous and unsustainable climate change.

'Financing Climate Change'; 6pm, Lecture Theatre G33, School of Education
Bronwen Thomas (People & Planet)
Ewa Jasiewicz (PLATFORM London)

A speakers event exposing two organisations responsible for financing unsustainable climate change through their support for destructive oil and gas projects; the Royal Bank of Scotland (covered by PLATFORM) and the Department for International Development (covered by People & Planet).


Platform London ( http://www.platformlondon.org/) "works across disciplines for social and ecological justice. It combines the transformatory power of art with the tangible goals of campaigning, the rigour of in-depth research with the vision to promote alternative futures."


People & Planet ( http://peopleandplanet.org) is the largest student network in Britain campaigning to alleviate world poverty, defend human rights, and protect the environment.

There are People & Planet groups at over 60 UK universities and colleges. They are run by students and are the core of the People & Planet network. They campaign and raise awareness about the global issues that matter to them by having speakers, debates, quizzes, colourful demonstrations, boycotts, club nights and more.


Full information on the People & Planet Birmingham Forum events, including travel information and links, can be found on the dedicated webpage:
 http://students.bugs.bham.ac.uk/peopleandplanet/en/forum/

People & Planet Birmingham
- e-mail: peopleandplanet@bugs.bham.ac.uk


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