Join 350.org on Thursday March 19th @ 7 – 9pm
COUNTDOWN TO PARIS: UPDATE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS
New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th St 1st floor Auditorium

In the six months since the People’s Climate March in NYC, UN negotiators have been working on proposals for the global climate treaty conference that will take place in Paris in December 2015. Please join 350NYC and the NY Society for Ethical Culture for an evening of discussion among climate leaders, including attendees at the preliminary talks in Lima and Geneva. Learn about the progress that has been made towards an effective global climate treaty, and the challenges that remain. Find out about plans for grassroots action in New York and across the country in the Countdown to Paris.Panelists:

• Sean Sweeney –  Director, International Program on Labor, Climate & Environment at the Murphy Institute; Trade Unions for Energy Democracy,
• Tamar Lawrence-Samuel, Associate Research Director at Corporate Accountability International.
• Jeffrey Salim Waheed – Deputy Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations
• Reinhard Krapp – Minister, Head of the Economic Department, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
• Helen Rosenthal – (Democrat) represents District 6 in the NYC City Council

Tickets $5 available on Eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.com/e/countdown-to-paris-update-on-global-climate-treaty-negotiations-tickets-15853105064

(This is a follow up to the Sept 20, 2014 forum “A Global Climate Treaty: Why the US Must Lead”.)

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