What is the world worth? Putting nature on the balance sheet

 

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Thursday 5th August 2010 at 5:30 PM until 8:00 PM

Location: Carlton , VIC

Free event, Bookings Essential! www.acfonline.org.au/sukhdev-lecture

Loction: Melbourne University
Law Building (GM15 Theatre)
185 Pelham St Carlton
(near corner of Leicester St)

Public Lecture: Pavan Sukhdev from the UN Green Economy initiative along with Don Henry launching the Australian Conservation Foundation’s new economics report ‘Better Than Growth’. Hosted by ACF, in conjunction with the Centre for Policy Development and the Melbourne University Office for Environmental Programs.

What is the world worth? Putting nature on the balance sheetEnvironmental damage is already costing us trillions a year, according to Pavan Sukhdev, head of the UN Green Economy Initiative (read Pavan’s bio).

The cost of the global financial crisis stunned the world, with an estimated $862 billion in direct government bailouts alone. After years of running down our natural capital, are we getting close to an environmental version of the credit crunch?

Joining Pavan is ACF’s Don Henry to launch a new and inspiring ACF report ‘Better Than Growth’ which sets out a path for Australia to transform our economy into one that is truly sustainable.

In Pavan’s only public lecture in Melbourne he will explain why saving nature saves money, and what Australia now needs to do to balance the environmental books.

If youre worried that Australia is borrowing too much from the future to pay for the present, hear Pavans compelling description of the next generation of economics and environmentalism, and look to solutions-based answers from ACF as ‘Better Than Growth’ is launched

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