
Climate Emergency
Set up from 12.30pm, event from 1pm – 4.30pm with a half-hour break for networking.
We are hoping to make it a larger than usual event which helps build our capacity for climate emergency campaigning.
So please save the date and start inviting people who might be interested.
A draft agenda is below. Suggested changes contact Jane Morton, Darebin Climate Action Now
Afternoon tea in the kiosk (rather than bringing our own) as a way of supporting the kiosk proprietors
Climate Emergency Campaigning Workshop
Sunday 11 September 1.00pm – 4.30pm
Draft agenda
- Introductions etc (10 mins) (1.00pm – 1.10pm) Tony Gleeson (chair)
- Why is emergency scale action necessary? Presentation and discussion. David Spratt (30 mins) (1.10pm – 1.40pm)
- What is climate emergency campaigning? (50 mins) (1.40pm – 2.30pm)
- Presentation: Jane Morton (5 mins) What is emergency mode?
- Presentation: Philip Sutton (5 mins) Some examples from history of declaration of emergency or state of emergency.
- Presentation: Luke Taylor (5 mins) [Title?]
- Large group discussion: What is climate emergency campaigning
i. Is it reinforcing and building accurate description of the climate science within all climate campaigns?
ii. Is it campaigning for the declaration of a climate emergency?
iii. Is it campaigning for a massive emergency-speed mobilisation? iv. Is it all of the above?
v. Is it something else? Something additional to the above? - Small group discussion: Does your group do climate emergency campaigning? Which type? If not why not? If so how is it going? Could you do more or it?
- Report back
BREAK – in kiosk (2.30pm – 3.00pm)
- Challenges and opportunities – mapping the political terrain (3.00pm – 3.30pm)
- Approximately three inspiring speakers, each talking for five minutes or so.
- Discussion (15 minutes in large group or small groups)
- Next steps. World café style breakout groups (3.30pm – 4.00pm)
A leader for each table takes two minutes to describe the focus of each table. All of the tables focus on next steps to advance an aspect of climate emergencycampaigning. - Report-back, reflection and conclusion (4.00pm – 4.30pm)
OPTIONAL HALF HOUR TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS. (4.30pm – 5.00pm)