UTS Big Thinking Forum: Saving the Climate

What does a truly sustainable Australia look like? Are we on the right track?

Australia from space at night with city lights (iStock)

It’s 2050.

From Australia to Zambia, countries around the world have decarbonised their economies. We drive electric and hydrogen-powered cars. Homes and businesses are powered by the sun, wind and other renewable sources. Forests have been restored and play a major role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Runaway climate change that threatened every person on Earth has been avoided.

So, how did we do it?

New UTS-led research for the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation offers a roadmap for meeting – and surpassing – the targets set by the Paris Climate Agreement, showing that we can solve the global climate crisis with currently available technologies and natural climate solutions.

Join leading thinkers from industry, government and academia for an inspiring yet urgent discussion about the ambitious journey in front of us towards a safe and prosperous planet – and what solving climate change in one generation means for our everyday lives.

Speakers

Chair
Nicky Ison, Director, Community Power Agency

Keynote
Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement
Dr Sven Teske, Research Director, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures

Expert panel
Chris Derksema, Sustainability Director, City of Sydney
Elke Lindner, Manager – Sustainability & Environment, Toyota
Prof Brendan Mackey, Director, Griffith Climate Change Response Program 
Dr Muriel Watt, Principal Consultant, ITP Renewables

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.