[ANU Pacific.Institute] UN Climate Action Summit 2019 - A Pacific Talanoa for greater climate action

[Mitiana Arbon]

Climate change in Australia and the Pacific
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UN Climate Action Summit 2019:
A Pacific Talanoa for greater ambition on climate change

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Mon 2 September

6 - 7.30pm

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Climate change is affecting communities all over the world, with the last four years the hottest ever recorded. The Pacific region is particularly vulnerable - our Pacific neighbours are increasingly threatened by rising sea levels and extreme weather events.   Australia has just experienced its hottest summer ever, with much of the country in the grip of a devastating drought.

It's increasingly apparent that there are affordable solutions which can enable us all to leapfrog to cleaner, more adaptive economies however, despite this, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.

It's in this context that the United Nations has called a Global Climate Action Summit<https://anu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ff245d6ce237fcc94feb1289&id=d2f7a057b5&e=6483ef998b> for late September 2019. The aim of the summit is to boost ambition and accelerate actions to address climate change.

The Paris Climate Agreement sets out a framework for what needs to be done to stop climate disruption and reverse its impacts. But the agreement is meaningless without ambitious action.

This event at ANU will include a Talanoa Dialogue* with Pacific youth speakers discussing how climate change is affecting the region and how communities are responding. It will set the scene for the Climate Action Summit by making a strong case for why more ambitious climate action will benefit the Pacific region.

This event is hosted by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Pacific Missions in Canberra and the ANU Climate Change Institute.

Program

This event will be chaired by Dr Siobhan McDonnell, representing ANU Climate Change Institute and the Crawford School of Public Policy.

  *   Welcome - Prof Brian Schmidt, ANU Vice Chancellor
  *   Introduction – United Nations representative - TBC
  *   Keynote address – H.E. Luke Daunivalu, Fiji High Commissioner
  *   Screening of video poem: Rise - From one island to another by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner and Aka Nivian - TBC

Pacific Youth Talanoa Panel:

  *   Mr Ratu Manoa Eperneri Misikana Rokotavaga, Fiji - currently studying Commerce & Pacific Studies at ANU
  *   Mr Ivo Mateus Goncalves, Timor-Leste - Research student, Department of Political & Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU
  *   Ms Natalie Oliver, Australia - Master of Climate Change student, ANU
  *   Ms Anaseini Ulakai, Tonga - will be studying Law and International Relations, ANU

Each panel member will discuss how climate change is affecting their country. This will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

* A Talanoa is a traditional word used in Fiji and across the Pacific to reflect a process of inclusive, participatory and transparent dialogue. The purpose of Talanoa is to share stories, build empathy and to make wise decisions for the collective good. The process of Talanoa involves the sharing of ideas, skills and experience through storytelling.

Image: Mangrove shoots being planted on Tarawa, an atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to protect against coastal erosion. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Registration via Eventbrite is essential. Please make sure that you only register if you genuinely intend to attend. If you register and later find that you can't make it, please log into Eventbrite and cancel your ticket ASAP so that someone else can attend in your place.

Date:           Mon 2 Sept,  6 - 7.30pm

Location:    Kambri Cinema, Kambri Cultural Centre (#153), University Avenue, Australian National University,  Acton ACT 2601

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