BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news82@soziologie.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190110T131732 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190114T180000 SUMMARY:Investing in peace and sustainability DESCRIPTION:Nuclear weapons and climate change create existential threats t o humanity and the environment. The Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Trea ty is unravelling. Nuclear armed states are all modernizing their nuclear arsenals. The climate is changing\, while governments are dragging their f eet on implementing the Paris agreement. What can parliamentarians\, mayor s (cities) and civil society do to advance nuclear risk-reduction and disa rmament and to help reverse climate change? \\r\\nFederal\, state and city governments need to consider long-term implications of their political an d financial policies\, including the impact on future generations. Investm ents of public funds in nuclear weapons and fossil fuels need to be cut\, and re-directed to renewable energies and other enterprises which support environmentally safe and sustainable development. \\r\\nThis event will hi ghlight policies and initiatives in Europe and globally which make a diffe rence. It follows on from an international conference held in Basel in Sep tember 2017 on Human Rights\, Future Generations and Crimes in the Nuclear Age [http://baselpeaceoffice.org/article/basel-declaration-trans-generati onal-crimes-nuclear-weapons-nuclear-energy]\, and the launch at COP24 (201 8 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice) of the Global Renewables Congr ess [https://www.renewablescongress.org/]. \\r\\nChair and Introduction: \ \r\\nProf (em) Andreas Nidecker MD\, President\, Basel Peace Office. Board Member\, Swiss Physicians for Social Responsibility. Basel Declaration o n human rights and trans-generational crimes resulting from nuclear weapon s and nuclear energy.\\r\\nSpeakers:\\r\\nMolly Scott Cato MEP\, Green Mem ber of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar: Movi ng European governments and citizens to divest from fossil fuels and inves t more in renewables. \\r\\nThomas Hermann\, Deputy Mayor of Hannover\, Ge rmany. Vice-President\, Mayors for Peace:\\r\\n Cities acting together for disarmament and climate protection. \\r\\nChristine Muttonen. Former Aust rian Member of Parliament and President\, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: Abo lishing nuclear weapons: How a common security approach might work.\\r\\nL uisa Neubauer. Youth Climate Campaigner\, Fossil Free Germany\\r\\nCity an d university divestment from the fossil fuels and arms industries.\\r\\nAl yn Ware\, Director Basel Peace Office\, PNND Global Coordinator\, Member W orld Future Council:\\r\\n The climate-nuclear nexus – moving the money to protect the future.\\r\\n\\r\\nThe event will be held in English. Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to info@basepeaceoffice.org [m ailto:info@basepeaceoffice.org] \\r\\n\\r\\n****************************** *******\\r\\nBasel Peace Office\\r\\nPetersgraben 27\, Basel \\r\\nPhone + 41 788 912 156\\r\\nwww.baselpeaceoffice.org [http://www.baselpeaceoffice. org] \\r\\ninfo@basepeaceoffice.org [mailto:info@basepeaceoffice.org] \\r\ \nA member of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Network of European Thin k-tanks [https://www.nonproliferation.eu/thinktanks/] X-ALT-DESC:Nuclear weapons and climate change create existential threats to humanity and the environment. The Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treat y is unravelling. Nuclear armed states are all modernizing their nuclear a rsenals. The climate is changing\, while governments are dragging their fe et on implementing the Paris agreement. What can parliamentarians\, mayors (cities) and civil society do to advance nuclear risk-reduction and disar mament and to help reverse climate change? \nFederal\, state and city gove rnments need to consider long-term implications of their political and fin ancial policies\, including the impact on future generations. Investments of public funds in nuclear weapons and fossil fuels need to be cut\, and r e-directed to renewable energies and other enterprises which support envir onmentally safe and sustainable development. \nThis event will highlight p olicies and initiatives in Europe and globally which make a difference. It follows on from an international conference held in Basel in September 20 17 on Human Rights\, Future Generations and Crimes in the Nuclear Age\, and the launch at COP24 ( 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice) of the Global Renewables Congress. \nChair a nd Introduction: \nProf (em) Andreas Nidecker MD\, President\, Base l Peace Office. Board Member\, Swiss Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Basel Declaration on human rights and trans-generational cri mes resulting from nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.\nSpeakers:\ nMolly Scott Cato MEP\, Green Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar:
Moving European governments a nd citizens to divest from fossil fuels and invest more in renewables. \nThomas Hermann\, Deputy Mayor of Hannover\, Germany. Vice-President\, M ayors for Peace:\n Cities acting together for disarmament and climate p rotection. \nChristine Muttonen. Former Austrian Member of Parl iament and President\, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:
Abolishing nu clear weapons: How a common security approach might work.\nLuisa Neuba uer. Youth Climate Campaigner\, Fossil Free Germany\nCity and universit y divestment from the fossil fuels and arms industries.\nAly n Ware\, Director Basel Peace Office\, PNND Global Coordinator\, Membe r World Future Council:\n The climate-nuclear nexus – moving the mone y to protect the future.\n\nThe event will be held in English. Ligh t refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to info@basepeaceoffice.org \n\n******* ******************************\nBasel Peace Office\nPetersgraben 27 \, Basel \nPhone +41 788 912 156\nwww.baselpeaceoffice.org \ninfo@basepeaceoffice.org \nA member of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Network of Eur opean Think-tanks DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190114T194500 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR