In 2010, we are joining with the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists to present The Wentworth Talks, a series of free bi-monthly presentations and panel discussions at The Wharf led by guest speakers addressing a wide range of topics relating to climate change and the environment. Our first two talks of the year are now confirmed, and we encourage you to book your seats by calling the box office on (02) 9250 1777 or clicking here.
The Wentworth Talks: Peter Cosier
Peter Cosier
The planet is capable of managing carbon, but are we?
Monday 8 February at 7.30pm
Wharf 1
The international Copenhagen conference was supposed to be the great defining moment when the world leaders were to agree on how to solve the world’s climate change problem. They failed.
Peter Cosier, Executive Director and Founding Member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, asks why can’t we agree to take action that is so patently in our own self interest? What is the science telling us we need to do to manage the risk of runaway climate change? What are the solutions? How feasible is it to do? What can we do as individuals do to break the impasse?
Tickets are free for The Wentworth Talks, but we do recommend booking in advance by calling the STC Box Office on (02) 9250 1777 or clicking here.
The Wentworth Talks will be recorded and broadcast by APAC. Visit APAC's website to find out more.
Peter Cosier is the Executive Director and Founding Member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.
Peter was Deputy Director General in the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, where he was responsible for science and information and previously spent 6 years as Policy Advisor to the then Australian Environment Minister, Senator Robert Hill, where he was responsible for native vegetation and water reform, biodiversity conservation programs and international greenhouse policy.
Peter has a background in science, specialising in natural resources management and urban and regional planning. He has worked at all levels of Government - Federal, State and Local - and also in private business.
He established one of Australia’s first Landcare groups in Australia and gave his first paper on climate change in 1989.
Peter’s believes that future prosperity requires a fundamental transformation of our economic and political institutions as the world’s natural systems come under increasing pressure in the 21st Century.
