Many of us are now looking forward to the next Rotary Climate and Peace forum on 10th August 2021, see www.climateandpeace.com.au
If you have heard previous sessions, you will know that this is an opportunity to hear from some of the best in their field in relation to the Climate and Peace conversations.
This August we ask, “What are our Security Risks in the Climate Crisis – Defence, Energy & Food and we are pleased to announce 3 fantastic new speakers for this event.
Introducing Cheryl Durrant, Fellow of the Institute for Integrated Economic Research Australia, and recently retired from the Australian Department of Defence where she led the climate risk scenario development for the Australian Interdepartmental Secretaries’ Group on Climate Risk. Cheryl will speak on climate risk to Australia’s National Security. Since leaving Defence in 2020 Cheryl has undertaken research and public advocacy on the nexus between climate change, planetary security, and resilience. She calls herself a Climate Emergency Strategist; at the National Climate Emergency Summit, Reset 2.1 Cheryl is quoted as saying “military strategists must make a paradigm shift and consider climate change a core national security issue and existential security risk requiring immediate concerted attention.” We look forward to hearing from Cheryl.
We will also hear from Professor Lachlan Blackhall, Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program at The Australian National University, who will speak about the challenges of the clean energy transition and the role of battery storage. In 2015 as a young graduate Lachlan was awarded the Batterham Medal in recognition of his work in developing software that is now used in batteries. In his current position, Prof. Blackhall leads an international research program to improve ways to integrate battery storage with the electricity grid. We know you will find this talk embodies great potential.
Finally, we conclude with a speaker who will bring it home with food security, Anika Molesworth, Agroecology scientist and farmer. She will speak on climate risks to food security. Anita is the author of a soon to be released publication, Our Sunburnt Country. Having lived on the family farm, a sheep station near broken Hill, Anika formed a bond with the land and experienced its distress through droughts. She was inspired to understand the causes of – and the solutions to – the extreme weather that was killing her land and her livelihood. Anika brings both passion and the experience of learning from many farmers and food producers around the world to share a way forward that could be both practical and sustainable. She invites us to be courageous and take these steps.
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