CAT to headline at Ireland’s leading annual event for sustainability

A symposium investigating post carbon cities, transition towns and sustainable communities will feature talks and workshops about CAT's ZeroCarbonBritain report at Dublin’s Cultivate Living and Learning Centre, 3–7 April 2008.

Paul Allen, CAT's Development Director, will present a set of strategies using an integrative approach to the problem of climate change.

This year, the 13th annual Convergence Festival focuses on talks from Paul and other leading international thinkers actively providing practical responses to the twin issues of resource depletion and climate change.

Published in 2007, ZeroCarbonBritain demonstrates how a nation can realistically eliminate fossil fuels within the next 20 years.

Paul said : “We have stumbled blindly into an emergency situation, and must immediately face up to our addiction to fossil fuels, embarking on a ‘detox’ to a zero carbon economy as quickly as possible.”

Paul will present sound proposals to build consensus amongst the international community in order to cultivate local action. John Gormley, the Irish Minister for the Environment, will launch the festival with an opening speech.

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