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In October 2020 we brought together a panel of experts from around Australia to discuss how Geographers, who habitually research and teach about climate change, social and environmental justice, would or should best declare a ‘Climate Emergency’. 

The online symposium was hosted by the Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space (University of Wollongong) and funded by the Geographical Society of NSW. The symposium was recorded live and released as a special episode of 'There's no place like...' - a podcast produced by the Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space. 

Speakers include:
  • Carrie Wilkinson PhD Candidate with University of Wollongong's, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities
  • Dr Susannah Clement an early career feminist geographer
  • Professor Pauline McGuirk Director of University of Wollongong ACCESS (Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space)
  • Rosie Goslett-King Coordinator of the Women Rangers Environmental Network (WREN) at World Wildlife Fund
  • Professor Richie Howitt at Macquarie University
  • Tim Wall UOW Geography honours student
  • Associate Professor Lauren Rickards at RMIT University
  • Associate Professor Fiona Miller at Macquarie University
  • Madeleine Bretag Geography teacher at Trangie Central School
  • Dr Blanche Verlie a postdoctoral fellow at the Sydney Environment Institute.

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Carrie Wilkinson & Susannah Clement (2021) Geographers declare (a climate emergency)?, Australian Geographer, DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2020.1866278
"In writing this piece we reflect on our experiences of the 2019–2020 summer and conversations with fellow geographers, to consider what a declaration of an emergency does, who it is for and what actions it might mobilise..."

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