Conference: Key forces for climate action

Climate politics forces new issues onto the political agenda. New sites of policy, contestation and transformation are emerging. If nothing else, the 2009 Copenhagen summit proved that climate politics is here to stay. But what are the key forces for climate action today? A one day conference in Sydney, March 5.

Conference: Key forces for climate action
DATE: 9am-6pm, Friday 5 March 2010
LOCATION: Lecture Theatre 024, New Law School, University of Sydney
REGISTRATION: Free, donation for lunch and refreshments
RSVP: rebecca.pearse@uts.edu.au

Climate politics forces new issues onto the political agenda. New sites of policy, contestation and transformation are emerging. If nothing else, the 2009 Copenhagen summit proved that climate politics is here to stay. But what are the key forces for climate action today?

This deliberative conference poses polarities, generating debate and dialogue.  In four panels cover questions about the world we want and how to get there. Presentations and discussions will be printed as background papers for the 2010 Climate Movement Summit in Canberra held later in March. The conference is convened by the Climate Action Research Group in partnership with Friends of the Earth Australia.

FOUR PANELS:
Carbon markets and regulation for renewables
John Connor (The Climate Institute) / Owen Pascoe (Australian Conservation Foundation) / Ben Spies-Butcher (Macquarie University)
 Convener: Stuart Rosewarne (University of Sydney)

High-tech growth and low-tech sufficiency
Mark Diesendorf (University of NSW) / Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney)
 Convener: James Goodman (UTS)

Local climate justice and global climate justice
Geoff Evans (Mineral Policy Institute) / Stephanie Long (Friends of the Earth International)
 Convener: Rebecca Pearse (UTS)

Climate advocacy and climate organising
Anna Rose (Australian Youth Climate Coalition) / Nina Hall (Climate Action Network Australia) / Holly Creenaune (Friends of the Earth Sydney)
 Convener: Rick Flowers (UTS)

The Climate Action Research Group is investigating the politics and methods of climate action in Australia, in partnership with Friends of the Earth Australia. The chief investigators on this group are as follows: James Goodman and Rick Flowers are members of the Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre (CCS) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Stuart Rosewarne is from Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Rebecca Pearse is employed as the project research assistant. 

http://cosmopolitancivilsocieties.com/projects/climate-action-research-g...