Parramatta Climate Action Network is an RCE GWS member, was one of the networks that was on the organising committee for the 2012 Summit and coordinated the delivery of the Summit.
a. Administration:
6
b. Transactional:
3
c. Transformational:
1
10. Project results :
The 2012 Summit had the largest number of attendees to date - 530 participants.
A strong list of nationally and internationally recognised academics, politicians, activists and policy makers presented at the Summit.
11. Contribution to reforms and innovations:
Each year the National Climate Action Summit lobbies politicians and decision makers for effective public policy repsonses to climate change. As part of the 2012 Summit, on Friday 27th April a forum - 'Beyond the Carbon Price' was held at the NSW Parliament House , Macquarie Street, Sydney. Speakers included : John Hewson – Chairman Global DC and former Liberal Leader; Ged Kearney – Australian Council of Trade Unions, President ; Jenny McAllister – Australian Labor Party, National President; Christine Milne– Australian Greens Senator and leader; Richard Denniss, The Australia Institute and Simon Butler- co-editor of the Australian Green Left Weekly.
12. Unexpected / unplanned results:
Requests for radio interview that featured the RCE - Beyond Zero Emmisions Radio "the only hour of cliamte change radio solutions" based in Melbourne (online podcast available at: www.uws.edu.au/rce/resources) . TV Sydney coverage.
13.Core Partners:
Parramatta Climate Action Network
a. Information network:
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b. Knowledge network:
5
c. Innovation network:
1
15. Type of involvement:
RCE partners could participate in the following ways:
- Summit participants
- Summit presenters
a. Informational participation:
5
b. Consultation participation:
3
c. Decision influencing participation :
2
17. Educational activities:
Nationally recognised speakers delivered the following keynotes, opportunties for workshop participation:
- Fiona Armstrong – Workshop: Using the health frame to build support for climate action
- Prof. Geoff Scott; Prof. Richard Bawden; Prof. David Ellsworth and Prof. Phil O'Neill – Panel: Leading the way in Sustainable education, research and social action at UWS. Video available.
- Haydn Washington – Rebutting the Climate Change Deniers
- Simon Butler – Workshop: The Economics of Growth and Happiness - System, not consumers, the big green problem
- Simon Butler – Forum: Beyond the Carbon Price
- Ian Dunlop – Panel: Bridging the gap between science and politics
- John Kaye – Panel: The Future of Renewables – Barriers to Renewable Energy
- Mark Diesendorf – Panel: The Future of Renewables
- Peter Newman – Panel: Australia in the world scene beyond Durban
- Philip Sutton – The How Fast Project
- Syd Smith – Climate change in schools
- Irene Doutney -The Greens – City of Sydney Sustainability Initiatives
18. Learning activities:
The national community network, the annual Summit and its associated parliamentary meetings and workshops, along with media video coverage represent an important model of an integrated approach to community engagement with climate change.
a. Theory:
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b. Discussion:
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c. Interactive and Multidimensional "action oriented education":