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...

Climate Action: Tending or Taxing?

Location:

Level 2, 400 George Street
2000 NSW
Australia

Venue:
Vivid Ideas Exchange - Telstra Customer Insight Centre
Mountain blended with city
Mountain blended with city

Featuring

Professor Tim Flannery

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 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. 

Martina Linnenluecke

Martina Linnenluecke

Martina Linnenluecke is an internationally recognised expert who researches the strategic and financial implications of corporate adaptation and resilience to the impacts of climate change. She is the author of the book The Climate Resilient Organization and has extensive experience working with government and industry on climate adaptation strategies.

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: 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 and Professor Martina Linnenluecke, internationally recognised expert on the strategic and financial implications of corporate adaptation and resilience to the impacts of client change and author of The Climate Resilient Organisation.

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