Climate emergency motion passed in association of municipalities

Posted on 12 May 201719 October 2018 by Mik Aidt

On 12 May 2017, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), the legislated peak body for 79 local governments in Victoria, passed a climate emergency motion, with 77 per cent of voting municipalities in support. Darebin Councillor Susan Rennie put forward the motion: Motion 56. Climate Change Submitting Council: Darebin City Council Motion: That the MAV Read more about Climate emergency motion passed in association of municipalities[…]

Ian Dunlop: Community, institutional and corporate leadership essential

Posted on 28 March 201730 May 2017 by Mik Aidt

Listen to what Ian Dunlop had to say at the Engineers Australia climate action seminar held in conjunction with the Canberra finale of Steve Posselt’s kayak trek on 25 February 2017. Well worth 45 minutes of your time. Ian Dunlop was an international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chairman of the Australian Coal Association and chief executive of Read more about Ian Dunlop: Community, institutional and corporate leadership essential[…]

Exploring the critical role local councils can play in reversing global warming

Posted on 23 March 201719 October 2018 by Mik Aidt

Local government as a way of getting climate emergency action through Photos by Julian Meehan, audio recordings by The Sustainable Hour Philip Sutton | Trent McCarthy | Mik Aidt | Bryony Edwards | Adrian Whitehead How councils can reverse global warming With State and Federal Governments failing to implement policies to reestablish a safe climate, this workshop at Read more about Exploring the critical role local councils can play in reversing global warming[…]

Acknowledgement of 18,101 Australians’ call for a Climate Emergency Declaration

Posted on 1 March 20179 May 2017 by Mik Aidt

On 27 February 2017, the 18,101 signatures collected so far petitioning the Parliament to declare a Climate Emergency was handed over to Adam Bandt MP and presented to the House of Representatives on behalf of Steve Posselt who had gathered many of the signatures on a two month journey from Ballina to Canberra in his Read more about Acknowledgement of 18,101 Australians’ call for a Climate Emergency Declaration[…]

Melbourne this weekend: The climate emergency out in the open

Posted on 10 February 20173 March 2017 by Mik Aidt

Interview with festival director about the climate emergency 16-minute radio interview with Sustainable Living Festival director Luke Taylor about his ambition for the festival that dares to mingle with “the mother of all issues” – the climate emergency. The interview was broadcasted in The Sustainable Hour on 8 February 2017. . . . . . Read more about Melbourne this weekend: The climate emergency out in the open[…]

Debate: “We know it’s an emergency, but does it help to say so?”

Posted on 29 December 201619 January 2017 by Web Editor

Australia’s largest environmental groups and climate action groups refrain from using the word ‘emergency’ in their climate campaigning work, because it is believed that it could make people shut off rather than get engaged. A climate emergency debate held on 13 December 2016 at Three Weeds Hotel in Rozelle, New South Wales, illustrated however that Read more about Debate: “We know it’s an emergency, but does it help to say so?”[…]

Climate emergency radio relay

Posted on 23 September 20166 November 2016 by Mik Aidt

“We have a climate emergency, but no one is reporting or acting on the facts. What are we going to do?,” asked The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse in Geelong. Inspired by American presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ call for a World War II mobilisation, they started asking a row of Australian leaders this question. Read more about Climate emergency radio relay[…]

Climate emergency campaigning workshop on 11 September 2016

Posted on 12 September 201622 September 2016 by Mik Aidt

Presentations at the Victorian Climate Action Network forum – a ‘climate emergency campaigning workshop’ – held on 11 September 2016 in Melbourne. David Spratt: Why is emergency-scale action necessary? “We need to understand the gravity of the climate emergency and get to the bottom of what science actually demands.” David Spratt » More information about David Spratt’s Read more about Climate emergency campaigning workshop on 11 September 2016[…]

Margaret Hender: Climate emergency campaigning – what have we learnt so far?

Posted on 12 September 20162 June 2019 by Web Editor

What have we learnt so far from the Climate Emergency Declaration and Mobilisation campaign in Australia and what is needed to achieve our goal? A number of people in this room, and others, have been involved in climate emergency campaigning for years now, and especially since the book ‘Climate Code Red’ appeared in 2008, so Read more about Margaret Hender: Climate emergency campaigning – what have we learnt so far?[…]

David Spratt: Why is emergency-scale action necessary?

Posted on 11 September 201620 September 2016 by David Spratt

David Spratt’s presentation at the Victorian Climate Action Network forum on 11 September 2016 The scientific case for understanding climate heating as an emergency The world now faces a climate emergency. Our scientists tell us. We know it. Slowly the political elite are realising that the current international climate policy-making paradigm is dying of Read more about David Spratt: Why is emergency-scale action necessary?[…]