17 January 2019, DESMOGUK, Climate Change High on Agenda at Davos Summit Despite Privileged Access For Fossil Fuel Industry. As the world’s rich and powerful gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), the threats to the global economy caused by environmental disasters and climate change are set to be high on the agenda. Attended by David Attenborough, 15-year-old school strike activist Greta Thunberg and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, this year’s WEF conference will hear from influential voices which have repeatedly warned that time for world leaders to address climate change is running out. But the fossil fuel industry continues to be a guest of honour at the meeting, with some of the world’s largest oil, gas and mining companies having a say in shaping the forum’s agenda and sitting on the conference’s front bench as “strategic partners”. Here’s a run down of what to watch. Read more here
- PLEA Network
- Addiction to Growth
- The Science
- Global Cooling – Plan B??
- Fairyland of 2 degrees
- Denial and the Political Agenda
- Mainstreaming our changing climate
- Population & Consumption
- Global Action/Inaction
- Brown Hill FireAware Network
- FireAware Network – Neighbourhood clusters
- FireAware Network – What you need to know when you CAN’T leave
- FireAware Network – Understanding risk
- FireAware Network – Prep before Plan: understanding HIZ (Part 1)
- FireAware Network – Prep before Plan: HIZ actions (Part 2)
- FireAware Network – Writing your plan – time to put it all together
- FireAware Network – Resources
- FireAware Network – Role of council and emergency services
- Australian Response / Stats
- Communication
- The Mitigation Battle
- Adaptation & Building Resilience
- Ballarat Community
- The Uncomfortable Corner
- Archive Library
- Climate Change explained in one simple comic
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