Public Forum:
Farming, Forests and Fuel – Southern Perspectives on Climate Change

Public Forum
Time: September 26 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Senate Room (TBT083), Tabaret Building, University of Ottawa (see map below)

This event will provide a general overview of Southern responses to the challenges of climate change including core issues of farming, forests, and fuel. . Three international speakers will share diverse regional perspectives on peoples’ responses to climate change, prospects for upcoming UN climate change negotiations in Durban, and the potential for North-South cooperation.

• Maria Teresa Nera-Lauron, People’s Movement on Climate Change, Philippines
• Estebancio Castro, Executive-Secretary, International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal  Peoples of Tropical Forests
• Mithika Mwenda, Coordinator, Pan African Climate Justice AllianceModerator:
• François Fortier, Assistant Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

Registration is free but seats are limited. Please register with Denis Côté, Asia Pacific Working Group Coordinator, at dcote@ccic.ca.