PLEASE SAVE SEPTEMBER 20th 2014 for this important event, sponsored by 350NYC and the New York Society on Ethical Culture

A GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY: WHY THE U.S. MUST LEAD
Saturday, September 20, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, first floor auditorium. Admission $10. Tickets will be available on EventBrite in August.

In September, world leaders will meet in NYC for a UN summit on climate change. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling on world governments to commit to an ambitious, legally binding agreement in 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This program will focus on why we need an international treaty and why it is critical to mobilize support to demand that the U.S. assume a leading role in the treaty negotiations.

Opening Address:

HELEN ROSENTHAL, City Council member, 6th District. She formerly served as the Assistant Director of the NYC Office of Management and Budget and as Chair of Community Board 7.

Featured Panelists:

LESTER BROWN, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and the Worldwatch Institute, and the author of over 50 books, including Plan B 4.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization. The Washington Post calls Lester Brown “one of the world’s most influential thinkers.”

MARY ROBINSON, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice. Ms. Robinson was recently appointed as United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change. She served as the first woman President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997 and as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.

SEAN SWEENEY, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy

DONALD BROWN, Scholar in Residence and Professor, Sustainability, Ethics, and Law, Widener University of Law.

CECIL CORBIN-MARKS, Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives, We Act for Environmental Justice
For more information, see: 350nyc.org and http://www.nysec.org/