Anote Tong public speaking tour - October 2018

Anote Tong, former president of Kiribati and one of the world’s most prominent advocates for global action on climate change, will be giving public talks in Melbourne and Sydney.

While in Australia Anote Tong, will also be meeting with politicians, talking to the media and conducting workshops. In his public talks he will describe the challenges facing Kiribati, Australia’s responsibility to tackle the climate crisis, and his vision for a more just and sustainable future.

Anote Tong is renowned for his role in building awareness of the impacts of climate change in the Pacific, the leadership of front-line communities, and the urgent need for stronger action from the international community, notably Australia. He has played a critical role in the United Nations conferences on climate change, especially at COP 21 in Paris.

Anote Tong's visit is made possilbe by The Edmund Rice Centre’s Pacific Calling Partnership.

Here are the details of his public talks, including links to get tickets: 

Melbourne

Launch of the film, Anote’s Ark followed by Q & A with Anote Tong

When: Monday, October 15, 2018, 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM ACMI, 
Where: ACMI, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Cost: $20.00/ $17.50/ $16.50
Booking and details: online at effa.org 

The film follows the endeavours of Kiribati’s former President, Anote Tong, to bring international attention to the Pacific nation’s calls for action. The Kiribati people have become the face of climate change, imploring us to contemplate the crisis of rapidly submerging nations, and the associated impacts on cultural identity. 

Organised by Pacific Calling Partnership and Environmental film Festival, Australia

Views from the climate frontline: An evening with Anote Tong

When: Monday 22 October, 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Where: Basement Theatre, Melbourne School of Design Masson Road, Parkville, VIC
Cost: $20.00/$15.00
Booking and details: online at eventbrite 

Keynote presentater, Anote Tong, then a conversation between Tong and Celia McMichael, followed by audience Q&A

Organized by The Climate Reality Project, Oxfam Australia, Pacific Calling Partnership and Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute

Sydney

Why island nations’ isolation on the climate change threat must end

When: Wednesday 24 October, 6-7.30pm
Where:Charles Perkins Centre Auditorium, John Hopkins Drive, University of Sydney
Cost: free event 
Booking and details: online at eventbrite 

Meredith Burgmann, Patron of PCP will introduce Anote Tong
Anote Tong will make the keynote address and other panel members are:

• Professor Rosemary Lyster, the Professor of Climate and Environmental Law in the University of Sydney Law School
• Dr Jennifer Newell, Manager of the East Pacific Collections at the Australian Museum
• Chair: David Schlosberg, Professor of Environmental Politics University of Sydney, and author of Defining Environmental Justice.

 Organized by Sydney Environment Institute and Pacific Calling Partnership

The Rising Seas: Climate Change and the Pacific

When: Thursday 25 October 2018, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm 
Where: Function Room of the Good Samaritan Congregational Centre, 2 Avenue Road Glebe, NSW 
Cost: free event but booking essential as refreshments will be provided
Booking and details: online at eventbrite  

Talk plus Q & A. The event will be MC’d by Geraldine Kearney sgs

Organised by the Inter-Congregational Voice on Climate Change in the Pacific, The Edmund Rice Centre, Pacific Calling Partnership and Good Samaritan Sisters.