Last year, close to 24 million internal displacements of people were linked to disasters – almost 14 million in East Asia and the Pacific.

Disasters now cause almost three times as much internal displacement as conflict, with climate change amplifying the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.

BETTER FUTURES FORUM Wednesday 7 September

Minister Bowen will speak to the Better Futures Forum at breakfast, 7.30 to 8.30 am, at the Adams Auditorium, UNSW Canberra, Wednesday 7 September 2022.

Media invited onsite for breakfast. Minister Bowen’s speech will be streamed in the morning session starting 9AM.

• Ban Ki-moon, Former UN Secretary General
• Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission
• Laurence Tubiana, CEO European Climate Foundation
• Dr Ian Fry, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change

Media release – 06 September

BETTER FUTURES FORUM: 6 AND 7 SEPTEMBER 2022, UNSW CANBERRA

Media invited onsite and online

Ban Ki-Moon will welcome the new Australian Government’s commitment to more ambitious climate action – 12 noon.

Tuesday 6 September, forum at UNSW Canberra and online from 9.20 am, media welcome

Campaign calls for a national target and policy settings to ensure that Australia can secure 18 GW of renewable energy storage across the country and achieve 82% of energy supply from renewables by 2030. 

Climate change is harming the health of Australians and stressing our health system. Yet the system itself is a major generator of carbon emissions.

40+ health leaders meeting at the Better Futures Forum at UNSW Canberra today have created an ambitious implementation plan to slash health-related carbon emissions, save money, and improve patient care.

Health leaders call to implement a plan that will save lives and prepare the health system for future change

Health leaders are meeting at the Better Futures Forum at UNSW Canberra today to call for urgent implementation of a national climate-health action plan. 

Leaders from 40+ health and medical organisations, including the Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, will discuss the urgent priorities for the government’s proposed national climate-health plan as laid out in a joint statement.

Climate and health; megabattery storage; 395,000 jobs.

Three of the issues on the agenda this week for better futures.

Speakers, op eds, lived experience: media welcome at UNSW Canberra and online.

“The new government has set a new path for climate change and Australia is being welcomed back to the table by the international community,” says Lisa Cliff, Program Director of the Better Futures Forum on this week at UNSW Canberra and online.