The Climate Emergency

and the role of Culture Sector

Anna-Lisa Mills FIEMA, CEnv, MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE

Note: This is an edited copy of the presentation that was delivered on 15/01/20 as the Al Gore Climate Reality Slides have copyright restrictions.

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The Challenge….

Can the culture sector effectively communicate the climate emergency to the masses, in order to win hearts and minds and build the scale of momentum required to drive change?

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What is the climate emergency?

The Keeling curve

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Travel with hope and personal resilience

What can we achieve in a decade…or less?

What can we do? #DecadeForChange- Life style choices choices: diet / travel / divest / energy efficiency

- Engage locally / organisational level / Collaborate

- Engage nationally / use your vote

- COP26 - Glasgow

- Educate yourself – CPD Courses at Northumbria University

- TALK! Keep the conversation going!

- Stay informed: follow @GretaThunberg / buy the book

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3 hours ago

What would success look like?

What would your 2040 look like?

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• Better air quality

• More green jobs

• Slower pace

• Better transport connections

• Less fuel poverty

• Environmental loss /grief /bereavement

• Depression/ hopeless

• Frustration/anger

• Eco-anxiety/fear

• Guilty/powerless

• Cultural dissonance

• Denial/disassociated

• Acceptance

• Happy / optimistic

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Culture noun (WAY OF LIFE)

The way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time

Source: Oxford English Dictionary

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Anna-Lisa MillsTrue North Sustainability / SmartCarbon

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