President Bush's Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change (MEM)East West Center, HonoluluJanuary 30-31, 2008 |
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GOVERNMENT
Monday, January 28, 2008 10:00am State of Hawaii partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy. Hawaii would become a testing ground for projects that harness wind, wave, solar, thermal and other renewable energy sources under a unique federal partnership being announced next week. The Lingle administration says the U.S. Department of Energy envisions Hawaii, with its abundant natural resources, as a site that can serve as a model for the rest of the nation as oil becomes scarcer and economies shift to cleaner-burning fuels. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is the first federal-state energy partnership of its kind, officials say. 2:00-4:00pm The Hawaii Energy Policy Forum sponsored briefing
on the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative.
HEI Training Rm #3, American Savings Bank Building, 8th flr.
Alakea
and S. King Streets. US-Hawaii
Momorandum of Understanding Technical Meetings Japan: Clean Energy Technologies Canada/Indonesia: Forests Governor's Reception 6:00 - 7:30 pm Washington Place Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Climate Summit 9:30am – 10:15am Governor Lingle, Yvo de Boer, United Nations (invited) (open to the press) 10:30 - 6:15 pm Closed Meetings 6:15pm – 7:00pm Media 7:30pm-9:30pm Private Reception Thursday, January 31, 2008 Climate Summit 8:45am-6:30 pm Closed Meetings 6:30pm- 7:30pm Ptress Conference Pacific Room, East-West Center Invited Participants: United States (host), Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union (Current EU President Slovenia and European Commission), France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom, United Nations Australia Climate Change Minister Penny Wong will meet the major world polluters in Hawaii this month to try to form common ground on curbing greenhouse gas emissions before the 2009 deadline for a new international treaty to tackle global warming. |
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COMMUNITY
Monday, January 28, 2008 7:00-8:00am Breakfast at the Moana Surfrider, 2365 Kalakaua Ave, Waikiki The delegates will be staying at the hotel, the restaurants open at 6 am, they must arrive at the East West Center by 8:30, so they will be eating breakfast around 7:00am. Lets join them ! Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:00-7:30pm Protest on Beretania Street adjacent to Washington Place. Banners. Signs. This first community action will set the stage for the summit. We need to highlight that the world must deal with climate change and that voluntary standards outside of the international framework is unacceptable. Coal, Oil, Nuclear and Agrofuels are not part of the solution. Wednesday. January 30, 2008 8:30-11:00am- Protest at University of Hawai`i. NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE ON EAST WEST CENTER PROPERTY BUT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT ON THE LAWN OF KENNEDY THEATRE. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL INFORMATION RELEASED TO EVERYONE EITHER ON THIS LIST OR TO THE PUBLIC IS CLEAR ABOUT THIS. MAHALO. There will a lot of security there - both HPD, military, federal & private - so we need to avoid confronting them directly. Remember, we do have the University's okay to be on their property. 8:30 am Gather at the stoplight on the makai side Dole Street by the metal statues at the kaimuki end of the Law School 8:45 am Cross Dole Street & start marching with signs and banners to East-West Center Road. Make take three light changes to get everyone across safely. March on sidewalks facing traffic on both roadways. 9 am Arrive at Kennedy Theatre lawn and set up. 10 am - 11 am Press conference 11 am Break down protest. 12:00 Church of the Crossroads Bring your own lunch. 3:30-5:00pm Hurricanes in Hawaii, Tom Schroeder, Meteorology, University of Hawaii Hamilton Library Room 301. This presentation might be of interest to learn about the effects of Global Warming with Hurricanes and Cyclones. 4:30 - 5:30 Project Blue Line Old Stadium Park, King Street near Waiola Street The expected 39 inch sea rise this century will have a major impact on Hawai`i. 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Focus Hawaii: UH Climate Change Teach In (William S. Richardson School of Law, 2515 Dole Street, Honolulu, Classroom 2) Friday February 1 12:45pm – 2:00 pm Lecture on Wetlands U.H. Law School, Classroom No. 2. Denise Antolini (Richardson School of Law Environmental Law Professor ), Kim Diana Connolly (University of Southern Carolina Environmental Law Professor ; Member of the U.S. Ramsar National Committee). Lecture on the importance of wetlands nationally and internationally and the effects global warming will have on them. Saturday February 2 9:00am-3:00pm Ramsar World Wetlands Day Celebration at Le Jardin Academy, Kailua – Exhibits, demonstrations, Dr. Kim Connolly – keynote speaker with community and political speakers, free bus tours around Kawainui/Hamakua Wetlands showing where Kailua will once again become and inland ocean bay within the next 100 years. |
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