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Aubrey Meyer is an author, climate campaigner and composer. he is also a former member of the Green Party[1]
...Born in Yorkshire in 1947. Raised in Cape Town, South Africa from 1952. Bachelor of Music 1968, Music College, Cape Town University. Won South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) scholarship for two years study abroad. 1969-71 Royal College of Music, London. Studied composition with Phillip Cannon and viola with the late Cecil Aronowitz. Winner, International Music Company Prize and Stanton Jeffries Music Prize....This led to the development of GCI’s framework of ‘Contraction & Convergence’ (C&C). Introduced at the UNFCCC in 1996, C&C’s approach to stabilising greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at ‘safe’ level (by sharing the limited and finite weight of such gases that future human activity can release into the atmosphere on an equal per capita basis) raises a key issue in the climate change debate: - http://www.gci.org.uk/briefings.html...On 24 June 2009, Rajendra Pachauri, (Chairman of the IPCC) said the following (see www.tangentfilms.com/WTCApromo.wmv): “ When one looks at the kinds of reductions that would be required globally, the only means for doing so is to ensure that there’s contraction and convergence, and I think there’s growing acceptance of this reality..."
From Rio + 20: The future we dread | Watts Up With That?
To pay for this expansive eco-wish list, the United Nations and NGOs also want to give the UN authority to tax every currency conversion and financial transaction, fuel sales and air travel tickets – and seize all funds that currently provide subsidies and tax deductions for fossil fuel and nuclear power. These funds would be in addition to the extensive foreign aid already provided by taxpayers and treasuries of developed nations.
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Thanks for the comments on C&C Tom.
It led to some support for C&C too: - http://www.gci.org.uk/endorsements.html & http://www.gci.org.uk/UNFCCC_Submission_Co-Signatories.html
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