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The 2008 Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) Conference was a sell-out event on 28 & 29 April. Thought-provoking presentations and panel discussions ensured that Day 1 attendees, who filled the venue to full-house capacity of 160, received up-to-the-minute reports on latest climate science, issues of equity and justice and the challenges facing Australia's policymakers and businesses.

After a somewhat sobering start to the conference with a run-down on the latest climate science, the agenda swiftly moved on to how Australia as a nation and our business sector have the opportunity to lead the way on climate change prevention, policy, technology and adaptation.

Lively panel discussions highlighted the cross-sectoral and societal issues of climate change, with equity and justice injected strongly into the debates proving that climate change is not only an arena for science and politics but one of major humanitarian impacts both locally and internationally.

Australia's youth were well represented and challenged both speakers and audience for the right to the same climate as the generations before them. Their aim is to change the way we frame climate change; stop looking for what we don't want, and start talking about what we do want. It's not often that younger generations yearn for the 'good old days' of the forefathers.


Below is the agenda and downloadable presentations:

CANA Conference 2008 Agenda Day One

Speakers and presentations:

• Dr Martin Parkinson, Secretary, Department of Climate Change
• Dr Ron Ben-David, Head of Secretariat, Garnaut Climate Change Review
• Sharan Burrows, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
• Prof. David Karoly, IPCC Lead Author, University of Melbourne (.pdf, 1.98MB)
• Liana Downey & Dr James Slezak, McKinsey Australia Climate Change Initiative (.pdf, 648KB)
• Andrew Hewett, Executive Director, Oxfam Australia (.pdf, 1.26MB)
• Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland (.pdf, 4.07MB)
• Dr Janet Stanley, Senior Manager, Research & Policy Centre, The Brotherhood of St Laurence (.pdf, 1.18MB)
• Chloe Munro, Executive Director Innovation Projects, Telstra, Public Policy & Communications
• Dr Sivan Kartha, Director, Climate and Energy Programme, Stockholm Environment Institute (.pdf, 480KB)
  
• Jennifer Morgan, Director, Climate & Energy Security, E3G (.pdf, 583KB)
  
• The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water
  
• Senator Christine Milne, Australian Greens spokesperson on climate change
  
• Ian Dunlop, Fellow, Centre for Policy Development, former senior oil, gas and coal industry executive (.pdf, 527KB)
  
• Don Henry, Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation
  
• Greg Bourne, Chief Executive Officer, WWF Australia
• Steve Campbell, Campaigns Manger, Greenpeace Australia Pacific (.pdf, 2.0MB)
• Mark Conlon, Department of Environment & Climate Change NSW (.pdf, 877KB)
• Tim Ross, Nova 96.9's Merrick & Rosso & Kate show, Climate Project Presenter