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Lecture

This year's Commonwealth Lecture will be delivered by Dr David Suzuki, an award winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster

This year's Commonwealth Lecture will be delivered by Dr David Suzuki, on Wednesday 12 March. Dr Suzuki is renowned for his radio and television programs that explain the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling, easily understood way.

The Lecture on The Challenges of the 21st Century: Setting the Real Bottom Line will examine issues surrounding climate change and ask fundamental questions about why we are failing to tackle these issues.

The Commonwealth Lecture aims to stimulate understanding, discussion and debate on the Commonwealth and its role in world affairs and has become a forceful annual affirmation of the Commonwealth's fundamental goals and values. These include a commitment to democracy, human rights and pro-poor development; and a determination to address intolerance and injustice through building bridges between peoples.

The Lecture helps many people discover the modern Commonwealth - a community of people and nations, equal partners within a wider globalised world.

The Commonwealth Lecture is delivered annually and is sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Royal Over-Seas League, the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

The Commonwealth Lecture is a free event and will be held at the London School of Economics at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 12 March. If you would like to attend then please click the link below.


For tickets please contact: lecture@commonwealth.int

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David Suzuki Foundation: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/