[ANU Pacific.Institute] Public Lecture on Climate Change in the Marshall Islands (with Q&A), 5:30-7:00pm Monday 29 July 2013

[Mike Cookson]

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> *Public Lecture and Q&A*
> ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
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> *Climate change is destroying my country*
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> *Date*Monday 29 July 2013
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> *Time*5.30 to 7pm including drinks
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> APCD Lecture Theatre (Lecture Theatre 1)
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> Hedley Bull Centre [Building 130], Garran Road
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> The Australian National University, Canberra
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> *Senator Tony de Brum, Minister-in-Assistance to the President (Vice 
> President equivalent), Republic of the Marshall Islands*
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> /Across the Pacific, climate change is not some abstract concept but a 
> real and present danger./
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> /Earlier this year, the Marshall Islands – one of only four island 
> atoll countries in the world – declared a state of emergency after a 
> prolonged drought across its northern islands. But just as 
> international help arrived, a king tide hit the capital Majuro and 
> other islands in the south, flooding many homes and closing the 
> airport. Ultimately, without much stronger action to tackle climate 
> change, the Marshall Islands and other vulnerable countries like it 
> will disappear from the map. But the fate of the most vulnerable is 
> just a preview of greater dangers that lie ahead for all countries./
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> /This September, the Marshall Islands will host the 44th Pacific 
> Islands Forum, where the region's leaders will look to adopt a 'Majuro 
> Declaration for Climate Leadership', calling for a new wave of 
> political commitment and more ambitious action from Pacific partners 
> and stakeholders to fast-track the fight against climate change./
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> Senator Tony de Brum is the Minister-in-Assistance (Vice-President 
> equivalent) to the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
> (RMI) with responsibility for climate and energy issues and the former 
> Foreign Minister. After growing up on Likiep Atoll during the 12-year 
> period when the United States tested 67 atomic and thermonuclear 
> weapons in the atmosphere and under water in the Marshall Islands, 
> Senator de Brum is now fighting to save his country from another 
> existential threat posed by climate change. Senator de Brum also 
> played a key role in the negotiations that led to the first compact of 
> free association between the U.S. and the RMI and his country's 
> independence, and participated in the development of RMI's 
> Constitution. In October 2012, Senator de Brum was awarded the 2012 
> Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Distinguished Peace Leader Award and in 
> February this year addressed a special session of the UN Security 
> Council on the threats posed by climate change.
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> *For more information*
> https://www.facebook.com/events/180526302122752/
> Follow the conversation on Twitter: @MajuroDec
> *Contact*
> Nicholas Mortimer
> Enicholas.mortimer at anu.edu.au <mailto:nicholas.mortimer at anu.edu.au>
> T  02 6125 3148
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