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The Green Song The Rotary Club of Kota Kinabalu

International Conference
Sung by the spouses of members of the Rotary Club of Kota Kinabalu on
Composed by Cheong Kok Ann, arranged by Rizal Ahmad Banjar & Cheong
Kok Ann, lyrics by Christopher Atkinson, Dorene Capper & Stephen Sutton.
‘Sustainability and Climate Change in S E Asia’
Bahasa Malaysia translation by Rizal Ahmad Banjar
Vision: ‘Towards a Healthier Planet’
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Our Mother Earth has always been Dunia ini sejak berzaman
A home for us to tend and clean dihuni dan perlu..... di hargai Wednesday 29th February—
February—Thursday 1st March 2012
If we neglect to do this task namun jangan.... lupa dan alpa
‘What did you do?’ Our children ask rasa cinta pada semesta Venue: Kota Kinabalu
The fossil fuels like oil and coal Tenaga hitam berkurun diguna
Should not be our only goal bukan lagi matlamat sejagat Launching Ceremony by the
These precious things are running low, semakin hari kian berkurang Chief Minister of Sabah
for they menunggu hujung titisan
Will not last, and now we know
Bumi ini yang dicintai, moga abadi
Chorus:
selamanya
The world we love, we must maintain
Untuk ku hirup......udara segarmu
The air we breathe, we must sustain
Tanpamu, ku tak bernyawa
Without it all, we cannot stay alive
Dulu kini dan selamanya
We need their help now to survive
Walai kau dan aku
So wind or sun should be our aim
kuasa alam harapan kita
To serve our Earth by solar gain
sinar mentari hidupkan dunia
Nuclear, wind, hydro and tide
bayu, air, badaian ombak
Should show the way as time is high
haluan selamat insan semua
Sea girt reefs of our fair land
lautan terbentang tanah tercinta
The teeming forest close at hand
dedaun beralun di riba dunia
Orangutans in jungle deep
mawas di rimba hidup gembira
And native birds all must we keep
beburung riang kekal berkicau Organized by the Rotary Club of Kota Kinabalu, RCPenampang, RC Tanjung
Aru*
as a Service to the Community.
www.rotarydistrict3310.org.my
**SPACE FOR ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, KK ROTARY (District Governor Haji Zainie Abdul Aucasa, PHF)
CLUBS ETC**
**SPACE FOR SPONSORS LOGOS**

* Rotary District 3310 is made up of 62 clubs from Malacca, Johor, Singapore, La-
buan, Sarawak, Brunei & Sabah. It has 1700 members. Through the initiative of the
District Governor, Hj Zainie Abdul Aucasa, the Committee is mounting a ‘Green Year’
to draw attention to regional environmental problems
Revised 19th November 2010
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PICTURE OF
CM Speaker Profiles
Message from the Right Honourable Day Two
Chief Minister of Sabah

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Funding and Support Then and now photographs document the melting of a
Himalayan glacier
Sponsorship and/or Partnership will be sought from a range of
public and private bodies.
A fee of $300USD will be charged for each participant. Target
audience is 350.

Organisations being approached include:

International: EU. UNDP, Asian Development Bank

Regional: Government and State Ministries

Private Sector: Companies with a commitment to sustainable

development and green technology

Voluntary Sector: Civil Societies with a commitment to sustain-

ability and the environment

How it was then... How it is now

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 Speaker Profiles Briefing by District Governor
Day One (2011-2012) & Rotary Club of
Kota Kinabalu Member
[Speaker profiles will contain a small colour photograph of the speaker and two or three
lines about them and their line of work / expertise etc. I welcome you to this Conference, , which forms part of Rotary District 3310’s ‘Green
Since there are 14 presentations the speaker profiles will require a double page spread (i.e. Year’ 2011-2012
pgs 7 & 8 in the programme)]
Planet Earth is experiencing a rapid change in environmental conditions, such as tempera-
ture rise, melting of polar ice, loss of genetic diversity, bad air and regional water shortage.
The Earth’s climate has always been changing, but slowly in relation to the human life span.
This time the changes are taking place over tens rather thousands of years and the rate of
change is increasing.
In some cases (eg brown air in Beijing) it is obvious that unhealthy conditions are being
caused by local human activity. In other cases it can be, and often is, argued that the changes
are nothing (or very little) to do with the human race. To persist in this view, in the face of
mounting (indeed, already overwhelming) evidence that the human race is making the planet
unhealthy, would be a tragedy of the first order. It could be a sentence of mortality and mor-
bidity on a significant fraction of the 9 billion human souls expected to populate the planet
by the year 2050.
Earth is our spaceship in the Universe. We are utterly dependent on it. There is no practical
alternative. It is our home and, like our dwellings, it needs looking after. Global housekeep-
ing is needed.
Technically, we have the means to make the planet healthier in some ways (eg reducing
forest degradation, scrubbing of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, greater energy effi-
ciency). We can mitigate (lessen) the effects of climate change.
It may be too late to fully reverse changes such as ice sheet melting or the release of meth-
ane from the sea floor. In these cases we need to adapt, eg by building higher sea defences
against sea level rise and stronger buildings against more violent storms.
The vast majority of the world’s population either do not know of the scale of the threats to
their welfare, or choose to ignore it.
Or they do not think there is anything they can do about it.
Such a ‘Business as Usual’ approach is likely to lead to increasingly unfavourable condi-
tions for human life by 2050. With this in mind, and true to their commitment for ‘Service to
the Community’, the seven Rotary Clubs of Kota Kinabalu are putting on this Conference
to alert decision makers in SE Asia to the scale and nature of the problem.
Our vision is ‘Toward’s a Healthier Planet’
Some of the talks and workshops will reveal disturbing and very depressing facts. Others
will point a clear path to effective action to mitigate and adapt to the ailments of an increas-
ingly unhealthy planet. Rotary itself is adapting to the new realities. We now have a yard-
stick to measure our community service by: ‘Is it sustainable?’
For the key truth is this:
‘Sustainability is the key to human welfare’
We hope that this intiative helps you to see a way ahead.

Haji Zainie Abdul Aucasa,

PHF
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 Programme Programme
Day 1: Wednesday 29th February 2012 Day 2: Thursday 1st March
Official Launching of the Conference ‘Environmental Stress Factors in SE Asia’
‘Sustainability and Climate Change in SE Asia’

Moderator:
Time
8:30am Regional Chicken Pox: Hotspots and Satellites: the Anatomy
9:00am Arrival of invited guests
of Haze Generation Dr Annadel Linatoc Uni Tun Hussein Onn
9:15am Arrival of VIPs
9:00am Trouble in the Hills: Glacial Melt in the Himalaya and its
9:30am Arrival of the Chief Minister
likely Consequences Toshinori Tsubouchi, Water Consultant
9:45am Welcoming Address by Haji Zainie
9:30am Biodiversity in SE Asia: A New Future after Nagoya?
10:00am Keynote Address by the Chief Minister
Dr Daniel Murdiyarso, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia
10:30am Presentation of Mementoes
10:00am Picking up the Pieces: Can Forest Fragments sustain Wildlife?
11:00am Tea Break / Networking
Knowledge gained during The Royal Society’s SE Asian Rain-
11:45am Keynote Speaker: Reversing Deforestation—Can it be Achieved? REDD+,
forest Research Programme in E Sabah. Speakers: Dr. Rob
Prince Charles’ Initiative and others. Speaker: Andrew Mitchell (Executive
Ewers & Dr. Glen Reynolds
Director, Global Canopy Programme, Oxford)
10:30am Tea break
12:30pm Lunch
11:00am Sustainability for Everyman and Everywoman Earthwatch
11:30am International Protocols & National Policies (Malaysia)
1st Speaker Session – Climate Change in SE Asia 12:00pm Shaping the Urban Environment: Landscaping in
Singapore Maria Boey, Surbana Intnl Consultants Pte Ltd
Moderator: 12:30pm Celebrity Presentation
1:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Reducing Emissions, Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+). What is this
delivering for SE Asia? Datuk Sam Mannan, Director of Forestry, Sabah 2.00 – 5.00pm WORKSHOPS & DISPLAYS
2:00pm Global Climatic Models: What they predict for SE Asia
2:30pm Climate Change in SE Asia: The impact on Agriculture & Food Security Running out of Resources: What can the Earth sustain?
3:00pm Tea break
3:30pm Climate Change: A Reality for Sabah by 2050? Speaker: Professor Rory Walsh Infrastructure in a Rapidly Growing City: Case study Kota Kinabalu
Royal Society’s South East Asian Rainforest Research Programme Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) & Particulates: What are they,
4:00pm Sea Level Rise – is the Sea Monster Awakening? Prof. The Tiong Sa, Tropical What is their Origin and What is their Significance?
Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore
4:30pm Bleaching and other Nightmares: What is the future for the ‘Coral Seas’? Dr Environmental Training: Earthwatch Europe (a global NGO) has groups
Annadel Cabanban doing courses in environmental awareness at Danum Valley Field Centre. What
5:00pm Tea constitutes effective environmental field training?
7:30pm Dinner for Speakers
Biodiversity: What is it and how much does it matter?
Sustainability: The Sustainability Trust www.co2offsettrust.org
1pm – 5pm Workshop on the Green Building Index and the design of the built envi- ___________________________________________________________
ronment taking account of climate change and sea level rise. There is a separate fee 5.30pm Discussion of a draft RESOLUTION for submission to regional govern-
for this workshop. ments and decision makers stating the Conference’s commitment to sustainability
and action against climate change
Evening: Exhibition of traditional back loom weaving technique and other as-
pects of the Rotary Club of Kota Kinabalu’s Kg Teringai Development Initiative
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