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CURRENT TOPICS

December 2000	UK White Paper, Elliminating World Poverty: Making globilisation work for the poor
September 2002	World Summit on Sustainable Development Implementation Plan
January 2003	Roger Brewster, Canberra Burning: Photos and text
April 2003	Roger Brewster, PIA 2003 National Congress: My impressions of the event
July 2004	Roger Brewster, Report on  Commonwealth Association of Planners 2004 annual conference and business meeting, Kuala Lumpur
February 2004	Liveable Communities - How the Commonwealth can foster sustainable cities and regions  A national policy statement by the Planning Institute of Australia
2004	Dale Allen Pfeiffer,  Eating Fossil Fuels, From The Wilderness Publications 2004 A chilling article on how modern intensive agriculture is unsustainable in the light of oil depletion.
August 2005	Ryan McGreal Riding Down the Curve: How Cities Can Survive the Energy Crisis. Raise the Hammer
January 2006	Pacific Network of Planners Newsline: Oil Peak Special.  See articles by Roger Brewster
January 2006	Peak Oil Primer – a compilation of information on peak oil by Roger Brewster
March, 2006	Reinventing Planning - A new governance paradigm for managing human settlements, World Planners Congress, Vancouver
June 2006	Roger Brewster, Natural Disaster Recovery Planning. A paper given to the first World Planners Congress, Vancouver
October 2006	Norman Church, Major Problems of Surviving Peak Oil
July 2007	Roger Brewster, Comment on the Planning Institute of Australia Professional Code of Conduct
July 2007 January 2008 July 2008	Roger Brewster, Planning Ethics and the Changing Role of Planners Roger Brewster, Submission to Gold Coast City Council on draft Local Growth Management Strategy Roger Brewster, Article on the Garnaut Climate Change Report and Peak Oil Adaptation