Sustainable Development Goals
Griffith's Climate Action Beacon is aligned with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and committed to tackling global challenges around climate action, peace, justice, and strong institutions.
The Glasgow Climate Pact - was it a success & meaning for Australia? - 2 December 2021
PowerPoints slides from Prof Brendan Mackey (Director, Climate Action Beacon) presentation to the Griffith Sciences End-of-Year (2021) event about the Glasgow Climate Pact and what it means for Australia and Queensland.
The Qld Drought Resilience Relief & Recovery Forum - 2 December 2021
The Australian Red Cross hosted this forum at the Griffith University, Brisbane South (Nathan) in December 2021. The full day event brought together key stakeholders (including Prof Brendan Mackey, Director, Climate Action Beacon) to explore how we can support our Queensland communities' prepare for the challenges of drought. Prof Mackey is included in Stream 1 of the video recording.
Legal Protection of the Amazon - 26 November 2021
The Amazon fires of 2019 and 2020 have heightened attention on the region and brought the question of Amazon conservation to the forefront of international debate. This webinar which was held in November 2021 shed light on how legislation, domestic and international litigation, market-based mechanisms, and private sector initiatives may contribute to protecting the Amazon. The webinar was organised by the Western Sydney University School of Law in collaboration with Griffith University's Tropical Primary Forests and Climate Change project, Cardiff School of Law & Politics School and Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at the Columbia Law School, The agenda and further information - The Legal Protection of the Amazon webinar.
Expanded lecture - A tour around the mudflats - 20 November 2021
Launch of P.L.A.C.E - 12 November 2021
Expanding on their recent e-flux Architecture essay, 'A tour around the mudflats', Kaya Barry and Samid Suliman meditated on the connections formed by migratory birds between people, places, species, histories, and futures. In response to Thao Nguyen Phan’s 'Becoming Alluvium', Barry and Suliman explored how thinking with and through the journeys of migratory shorebirds of Moreton Bay, such as the Far Eastern Curlew and the Bar-tailed Godwit, enable new ways of generating and perceiving connections between the very local to the distant elsewhere. By tracing the real and imagined linkages between the Mekong and Maiwar, Barry and Suliman considered the importance of contemporary art to help us reimagine regional ecologies and human geographies in our warming world. This event was live at the IMA, Kaya Barry joined remotely via Zoom. This talk was livestreamed via IMA Facebook page.
The Climate Action Beacon - Place, Loss, Aesthetics, Creativity, Extinction (PLACE) - Oxley Common project - was launched in November 2021, in partnership with the Creative Arts Research Institute. Vanessa Tomlinson (composer), Stuart Cooke (poet), Simon Linke (freshwater eco-acoustician) and Andrew Brown (computational artist).
Difficult Conversations Series - 1-5 November 2021
Charting a Path Forward on Climate Action - 9 September 2021
Feeling the Heat - 19 August 2021
The why, who and how of climate action - 18 August 2021
The State of the Climate in the Pacific 2021 - 9 August 2021
Hosted by the Griffith Asia Institute in partnership with Australian Foreign Affairs and Griffith University Climate Action Beacon, this webinar explores the implications of Australia's climate policy through the lens of the nation's relationship with its Pacific neighbourhood. In-conversation with Dr Wesley Morgan (Griffith Asia Institute) and Associate Professor Katerina Teaiwa (Australian National University) moderated by Professor Susan Harris Rimmer (Griffith Policy Innovation Hub).
Prof Brendan Mackey, Director of the Climate Action Beacon, presented to the Climate Action Leadership Conference - "The why, who and how of climate action". The conference brought together Griffith University's top climate change experts and invited high school students to participate in a series of seminars showcasing Griffith's world class research being undertaken to overcome this challenge.
The State of the Climate in the Pacific 2021
Greenpeace Australia Pacific in collaboration with the Climate Action Beacon presented ‘Te Mana o te Moana: the State of the Climate in the Pacific 2021′. Panelists provided the latest analysis of how the world is progressing on the aims of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and shared stories of Pacific island people on the front lines of the fight for their communities and the planet. Speakers from the Climate Action Beacon - Prof Brendan Mackey (Director, Climate Action Beacon) and Prof Susan Harris Rimmer (Research Theme Lead - Climate Justice).
Qld Women in Climate Leadership - 9 June 2021
Climate Justice: Deep Listening Tour - June 2021
The Climate Action Beacon (Climate Justice Stream) held a Queensland Women in Climate Leadership public panel event at Brisbane City (South Bank) in collaboration with the UK High Commission in Australia. The purpose of the event was to explore and highlight the centrality of women’s voice, experience and leadership in advancing climate action within community, and their significance for driving national, regional and global climate policy and diplomacy.
Held in acknowledgement of International Women’s Day 2021, the event aligned to the Climate Action Beacon focal areas (Climate Justice including Climate Diplomacy), drawing attention to key themes facing women and communities in leading on climate action, including in the lead-up to COP 26 (to be hosted by the UK in November).
Chaired by Stefan Armbruster, Griffith Asia Institute Industry Fellow, and with Professor Caitlin Byrne, Director Griffith Asia Institute as MC, the panel discussion brought together State government, First Nations and Pasifika women who are leaders in the realm of climate change action in Queensland, including Maureen Mopio, Georgine Roodenrys and Bianca Beetson.
The Climate Action, Deep Listening Tour, wants to capture people’s Climate Justice stories and learn about the impacts of climate change in their communities now and into the future.
Led by Griffith University’s Professor Susan Harris Rimmer and Doctor Elise Stephenson, the tour offers people the opportunity to be heard and talk about their hopes and fears in a changing climate with a focus on gender, culture, community and activism.
The tour is focused on helping communities take action to promote and protect human rights and will record local people’s stories using video to be shared on Griffith’s online and media channels.
Bushfire Facts
Climate and bushfire
The 2019-2020 spring and summer bushfires were unprecedented. What drove this and what can we expect going forward? Professor Brendan Mackey answers these questions in an interview with Jon Dee. The Bushfire Facts website contains fact sheets, reports, fire maps and information about citizen science program related to the Bushfire recovery project which is co-led by Griffith University and The Australian National University.
Bushfire and regeneration
Are Australia's forests recovering after Black Summer? In this short interview, Jon Dee asks a series of questions of Griffith forest ecologist Dr Patrick Norman on the health and recovery of the nations forests after the horrendous 2019/20 summer. The Bushfire Facts website contains fact sheets, reports, fire maps and information about citizen science program related to the Bushfire recovery project which is co-led by Griffith University and The Australian National University.
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