Elizabeth May and George Monbiot debate Bjørn Lomborg and Lord Nigel Lawson on the importance of climate change.

Be it resolved: Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.

There’s already a lot of interesting material supporting both sides of the debate online at the Munk Debates site.

The Munk Debate: Climage Change

2009 December 1, 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm

The Royal Conservatory, 273 Bloor St West

Tickets are already sold out, but there will be a number of satellite events with simulcast video. Buy your tickets for the live simulcasts online from the Munk website. Or, watch it live online — right here — starting at 7 pm EST, Tuesday, December 1.

The debate and its live stream are passed. You can replay the whole debate on the Munk Debates website.

[You can also read correspondence between debate host Rudyard Griffiths and Toronto-Danforth candidate Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu about tar sands and population/immigration.]