Name: Climate Action: Tending or Taxing?
Start: 2023-06-14T05:30:00
End: 2023-06-14T06:45:00
Location: Vivid Ideas Exchange - Telstra Customer Insight Centre

What if the biggest problem facing humanity isn't climate change itself, but instead, how we talk about it? Join a panel of experts as they weigh up whether...

Location:

Level 2, 400 George Street
2000 NSW
Australia

Venue:

Vivid Ideas Exchange - Telstra Customer Insight Centre

Price:

Free event - registration required

Featuring

Dr Rebecca Huntley

Dr Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia’s foremost researchers on social trends and a Fellow of the Research Society of Australia. Her research has focussed on climate change and the environment. She has also authored several books including How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way that Makes a Difference.

Professor Tim Flannery

Professor Tim Flannery is one of Australia's leading writers on climate change. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Professor Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007.

Professor Flannery recently won the Geddes Environment Medal, commending his "dogged determination" to communicate the critical science of climate change.

Anna Rose

Anna is founder and CEO of Environmental Leadership Australia, a non-profit focused on building partisan support for climate solutions, especially through engaging with conservative-leaning communities and sectors. She is author of the book Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic and co-starred in a documentary with former Liberal finance minister Nick Minchin.

Access and Inclusion

Companion Card Acceptance - The Companion Card is for people with a significant permanent disability, who always need a companion to provide attendant care type support in order to participate at most available community venues and activities.
Hearing Loop - A hearing loop (sometimes called an audio induction loop) is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The hearing loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to 'T' (Telecoil) setting. Many venues have an induction hearing loop system. Check if your venue has this system.
Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

What if the biggest problem facing humanity isn't climate change itself, but instead, how we talk about it? Join a panel of experts as they weigh up whether it's smarter to engage the masses through their heart or their pockets. Consensus is divided over the best way to tackle climate change. Do we forge ahead with 'nature-based' messaging – making the crisis an emotional, personal issue, using science and art to show how interconnected we are to the world around us? Or should we use a 'business-based' approach, one that focuses on taxation to punish environmental damage?

Hear from experts who have shifted the dial on climate change: Dr Rebecca Huntley, climate researcher and author of How to Talk About Climate Change In A Way That Makes A Difference; Professor Tim Flannery, world-renowned conservationist and former Australian of the Year, and Anna Rose, activist and environmentalist and author of Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic.

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Access and Inclusion

Companion Card Acceptance - The Companion Card is for people with a significant permanent disability, who always need a companion to provide attendant care type support in order to participate at most available community venues and activities.
Hearing Loop - A hearing loop (sometimes called an audio induction loop) is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The hearing loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to 'T' (Telecoil) setting. Many venues have an induction hearing loop system. Check if your venue has this system.
Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Climate Action: Tending or Taxing?