Peoples Climate Marches November 2015

Peoples Climate March, Melbourne, Australia. 27 Nov 2015.

The Peoples Climate Marches were held during November 2015 across the world just before the Paris Climate Change Conference 2015 COP21‎ started. There were 2300+ events in 175+ countries involving 785,000+ people. Australia More than 150,000 Australians sent an unambiguous message to politicians and to Paris: do a lot more on climate change, and do it urgently. Peoples Climate… Continue reading Peoples Climate Marches November 2015

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2011 climate action and carbon price rally

A climate action and carbon price rally was held in Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia on Saturday 12 March 2011. About 10,000 people attended the rally to support the need to price carbon pollution as one measure for taking action on climate change. The rally was organised by several environment groups, including Getup and Environment Victoria, to show public… Continue reading 2011 climate action and carbon price rally

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2009 Walk Against Warming

The 2009 Walk Against Warming was held in several Australian cities on December 12, 2009. 40,000 people attended the rally in Melbourne, Australia.[1]  Speakers urged the Australian government to participate in the creation of a binding international agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and set strong emission reduction targets at the Copenhagen Climate Change conference in progress. 90,000… Continue reading 2009 Walk Against Warming

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2010 Walk Against Warming

Barrie Pittock, IPCC author and author of Climate Change: Turning Up the Heat, and former leader, CSIRO climate impact group

The 2010 Walk Against Warming was held in numerous locations across Australia on August 15, 2010. The event changed in 2010 from mass rallies to distributed gatherings in selected locations, including several marginal seats in the 2010 Australian federal election. In Melbourne, the marginal electorates for Deakin, McEwan and Melbourne were targeted in an attempt to motivate both… Continue reading 2010 Walk Against Warming

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2010 Walk Against Warming Rachel Coghlan

Rachel Coghlan

Speaker’s notes from Rachel Coghlan at the 2010 Walk Against Warming event in Deakin. 1992, the year of the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, and the year in which the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was drafted, was the very same year that all Australian state and territory… Continue reading 2010 Walk Against Warming Rachel Coghlan

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Human sign St Kilda 2009

Human Sign St Kilda 17 May 2009

The Human sign event was held on Sunday 17 May at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne, Australia. The message was “Climate change – our future is in your hands”. The catch-cry was devised by Sophie Dickinson, 11, a grade six student at St Michael’s Grammar in St Kilda. 5000 people gathered to form the sign to highlight their… Continue reading Human sign St Kilda 2009

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National Climate Emergency Rally Melbourne June 2009

India Jilly, 2009 Climate Emergency Rally Melbourne

National Climate Emergency rallies were held across Australia on Saturday June 13, 2009. Over 4,000 people attended the rally in Melbourne, Australia, which commenced at the State Library in Swanston Street. The rally was called to acknowledge the climate emergency we are now experiencing and the need emergency action, with drought, bush fires, floods and… Continue reading National Climate Emergency Rally Melbourne June 2009

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2008 Walk Against Warming

Walk Against Walming, Melbourne

The 2008 Walk Against Warming was held in several Australian cities on November 15, 2008. 15,000 people attended the rally in Melbourne, Australia. Speakers urged the Australian government to take urgent action to tackle the climate emergency we are now faced with. In Sydney, tens of thousands attended the rally at Martin Place in Sydney’s central… Continue reading 2008 Walk Against Warming

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