The Climate Leadership Initiative invites you to attend a one-hour introductory webinar to our suite of award-winning, climate change community engagement programs, Climate Masters. Please share this invitation with others who might be interested in learning more about our programs.

What: The webinar will cover the format, content and outcomes of our model climate change education programs for businesses, community members and youth. Talk with those experienced in replicating the programs and access our new, private online toolkit of resources needed to kick off a Climate Master program. See http://climlead.uoregon.edu/node/67 for more information on Climate Masters.

Who: Those considering initiating a Climate Master program in their community (nonprofits; community colleges; government; Extension programs; universities, etc.)

When: Thursday, February 25, 2010; 10:00 am, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00)

Future sessions: To help you get a Climate Master program off the ground we will cover recruiting partners, participants and speakers; adapting materials; and managing volunteers.

Details: Registration required.

Topic: Introduction to Climate Master Programs

Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010

Time: 10:00 am, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00)

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2. Register for the meeting.

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Note: If you already registered for this meeting, you do not need to register again.

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2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support".

You can contact me at:

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Sarah Mazze

Climate Education Director

University of Oregon Climate Leadership Initiative

smazze@uoregon.edu

(541) 346 - 0786

http://climlead.uoregon.edu/

www.climateleadership.org

Title: World Ethics and Climate Change: From International to Global Justice
Author: Paul G. Harris
Copyright: 2010
Dimensions: 234 x 156 mm
Length: 224 pages
Series: Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics
http://www.eupjournals.com/book/978-0-7486-3910-6 <http://www.eupjournals.com/book/978-0-7486-3910-6>

Early Review: “Paul Harris argues that affluent people everywhere are, by their contributions to climate change, violating the rights of the poor. He makes a powerful case for focusing on individual rights and responsibilities in the framework of a new world ethic. I hope this book will be widely read, and acted upon.” Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University

Summary: More than two decades of international negotiations have failed to stem emissions of greenhouse gases that are causing global warming and climate change. This book identifies a way to escape this ongoing tragedy of the atmospheric commons. It takes a fresh approach to the ethics and practice of international environmental justice and proposes fundamental adjustments to the climate change regime, in the process drawing support from cosmopolitan ethics and global conceptions of justice. The author argues for ‘cosmopolitan diplomacy’, which sees people, rather than states alone, as the causes of climate change and the bearers of related rights, duties and obligations.

Key Features:
–Describes the role of ethics and justice in world affairs and demonstrates that climate change is a matter of extreme injustice.
–Summarizes and critiques the flawed doctrine of international (interstate) justice upon which governments have premised climate change agreements and policies.
–Examines the practical and ethical significance for climate change of growing numbers of new consumers in the developing world.
–Proposes a cosmopolitan approach to climate change that is more principled, more practical and more politically viable than current international policies.
–For lecturers and students, a companion World Ethics and Climate Change learning guide is freely downloadable from www.euppublishing.com
–All of the author’s royalties are directly paid to OXFAM in support of the world’s poor, who are most harmed by – and least responsible for – climate change.

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I: The Challenge; 1. Global Climate Change; 2. Justice in a Changing World; Part II: International Justice; 3. International Environmental Justice; 4. International Justice and Climate Change; Part III: Global Justice; 5. Cosmopolitan Ethics and Justice; 6. Affluence, Consumption and Atmospheric Pollution; 7. Cosmopolitan Diplomacy and Climate Policy; 8. The Unavoidability of Global Justice; References; Index.

Orders (UK): http://www.eupjournals.com/book/978-0-7486-3910-6
Orders (USA): http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-7486-3911-3/world-ethics-and-climate-change

Inspection Copies: Inspection copies are made available to teaching staff and are sent at the discretion of Edinburgh University Press. Only paperback editions of our course books are available for inspection. A maximum of 3 books are available per year. North American customers: please contact the relevant co-publisher or distributor for your area. Details can be found on the Book Home page: http://www.eupjournals.com/book/978-0-7486-3910-6 <http://www.eupjournals.com/book/978-0-7486-3910-6>