Australian Research Council Linkage Project
Partner institutions:
Australian Museum
Museum Victoria
Questacon
Powerhouse Museum
Liberty Science Center (USA)
Parliamentary Briefing
A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE
Parliament House Canberra
21 March 2011
OPEN BRIEFING
The Hot Science-Global Citizens Research team presented at Parliament House a summary of new research on communicating and managing climate change, with a particular emphasis on the views and opinions of ordinary Australians on climate change policy directions and their roles in decision-making. The event was attended by over 60 people, including Kelvin Thomson, MP, Adam Bandt, MP and Mark Dreyfus QC, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
A video recording of the event will be available here shortly.
Topics included:
• New input from humanities and social sciences on how to communicate climate change and generate positive actions
• How to handle controversies and uncertainties around climate change
• Tapping the opinions and beliefs of ordinary Australians on climate change issues and bringing them into policy processes
• Promoting robust debate and culturally intelligent policies on climate change
• Exploring potential roles for museums and other cultural institutions in this process
Program
Communicating Climate Change Opening Remarks to the A Climate for Change Parliamentary Briefing
Kelvin Thomson MP, Federal Member for Wills
Introducing the ARC Linkage project: Hot Science Global Citizens: the agency of the museum sector in climate change interventions
Chief Investigator, Dr Fiona Cameron, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney
Associate Professor Brett Neilson, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney
Communicating Climate Change: Communicating the science, warts and all
Professor Bob Hodge, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney
What does 'public opinion' really say about climate change?
Professor David Karoly, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
Listening to citizens on climate change
Dr Juan Francisco Salazar, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney
Australians' views on climate change policy and processes
Dr Fiona Cameron, Senior Research Fellow; Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney and researchers Dr Ben Dibley and Dr Anne Newstead
Collaborative problem solving as key to robust policies
Professor Lyn Carson, Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy, University of Western Sydney and Dallas Rogers, Ph.D researcher
Response and Summation
Mr Adam Bandt, MP
The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency