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Ever felt overwhelmed or frustrated by the climate jargon? Wondering what it all means, and how it relates to you? Perhaps you just want a simple answer to a simple question: are we on track to limit global warming to 2 degrees?

With so much information out there, it can be overwhelming.

The team at FCA was delighted to host a webinar with Bill Hare from Climate Analytics on 19th June 2020 to unpack all these questions and more. If you’re sick of the jargon and just chasing some straight answers; this is the webinar for you.

Bill Hare is a physicist, climate scientist and CEO of non-profit science and policy institute Climate Analytics. He has contributed to the development of the international climate regime since 1989. Bill was a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report, led the influential World Bank Turn Down the Heat reports series in 2013-2014, and is one of the leaders of the Climate Action Tracker. He has been described as the “go to climate advisor” of the most vulnerable countries, particularly the small island states (SIDS) and the least developed countries (LDCs).

You can read more about Bill here https://climateanalytics.org/about-us/team/bill-hare/

You can read more about Climate Analytics here https://climateanalytics.org/

For more information about FCA's Regional Horizons program mentioned throughout go here https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/portfolio/regional-horizons/

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As we recover from the COVID pandemic, we can either continue on with business as usual, or invest in a cleaner, renewable driven future. We’ve just launched our Regional Horizons economic stimulus program, which paints the pathway to a better future. One where agriculture is climate ready, where our regions are the renewable powerhouses of the country, and where communities are leading.

In the webinar we discuss the four key priority areas and the strategy for implementation — and how you can get involved! With an introduction from Helen Haines, Member for Indi, and discussion with FCA's own Verity Morgan-Schmidt, this webinar explores a better future for regional and rural Australia.

Read more about the Regional Horizons program here https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/portfolio/regional-horizons/

For any inquiries, please email [email protected] or call 1800 491 633

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On Tuesday 9th June, Farmers for Climate Action held the Lismore Climate Change, Fake News and Community Resilience online forum.

Matthew Ricketson delivered this forum’s focused address on the impact of a changing media landscape and fake news on the understanding of climate change and community resilience.

Matthew Ricketson is an academic and journalist. He is currently the head of the Communications Group at Deakin University. Prior to this role, he was the inaugural Professor of Journalism at the University of Canberra between 2009 and 2017. For three years before that he was Media and Communications Editor for The Age.

For more information, visit our website https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/
For information about other Farmers for Climate Action webinars and events, go here https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/what-we-do/events/

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On Tuesday 9th June, Farmers for Climate Action held the Lismore Climate Change, Fake News and Community Resilience online forum.

Matthew Ricketson delivered this forum’s focused address on the impact of a changing media landscape and fake news on the understanding of climate change and community resilience. Other speakers included clinical psychologist Dr Rob Gordon, grassroots political expert Denis Ginnivan, your very own regenerative agriculturalist Lorraine Gordon and Farmers for Climate Action CEO Wendy Cohen.

The aim of this forum was to provide attendees with an understanding of the mental impacts of bushfires on the community. It also endeavoured to provide a pathway for the community to commence the long process of building resilience and recovery.

For more information, visit our website https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/
For information about other Farmers for Climate Action webinars and events, go here https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/what-we-do/events/

Photo credit: Angus Emmott Photography

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Dr Rob Gordon is a clinical psychologist who has been working in the field of disaster recovery since Ash Wednesday in 1983. He has worked with people and communities after the Port Arthur shooting, the Bali Bombing, Black Saturday and numerous natural disasters throughout Australia and New Zealand. He will speak on the impact of disasters on weakening the social fabric of communities.

Matthew Ricketson is an academic and journalist. He is currently the head of the Communications Group at Deakin University. Prior to this role, he was the inaugural Professor of Journalism at the University of Canberra between 2009 and 2017. For three years before that he was Media and Communications Editor for The Age.

Lorraine Gordon is the founder of the National Regenerative Agriculture Alliance based out of Southern Cross University (SCU). As Director of Strategic Projects at SCU and Associate Director of the University’s Centre for Organic Research, Lorraine acts as a conduit between industry and research, delivering sustainable and regenerative agriculture solutions nationally. Lorraine is a beef trader from Ebor, NSW. Lorraine was awarded the 2018 Australian Rural Community Leader of the Year for her work with farmers.

Denis Ginnivan is a grassroots political leader, who is President and a foundation member of Voices for Indi, a community group based in northeast Victoria. He is also co-chair of Totally Renewable Yackandandah. Denis will work with the community to explore the type of actions and future directions participants might like to take or strengthen to increase the resilience of their community into the future.

Wendy Cohen is the CEO of Farmers for Climate Action, an alliance of farmers, agricultural leaders and rural Australians working to ensure farmers are a key part of the solution to climate change. Wendy was previously the CEO of the Country Education Foundation of Australia, where she fought for better education outcomes for rural and regional students. Wendy was also the CEO of Equestrian NSW during the 2007 equine influenza crisis, spearheading the response and overseeing the distribution of over $25 million in relief funds.

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On Tuesday 2nd June, Farmers for Climate Action held the online Shepparton Climate Change, Water Availability and Community Resilience Forum.

The impacts of water constraints on the Murray-Darling Basin are still being felt across our communities. This forum was developed to support communities and people still grappling with reduced water allocations and drought.

Dr Peter Hayman delivered this forum’s focused address on the impact of climate change and climate variability on river inflows and water availability.

Dr Peter Hayman is the Principal Scientist in Climate Applications at SARDI. As program leader of the climate applications science program area, he works with industry stakeholders in dryland and irrigated industries to identify key climate risks and then form appropriate research and development partnerships to address the issue. He provides a two way flow of information between climate scientists from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO and agriculture in South Australia.

You can watch the full forum by clicking on the video on the end screen of this video.

For more information visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

We regularly hold webinars and other events to share information with farmers and rural communities, have a look on our website to see if there are any coming up that may be of interest to you https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/events

If you are interested in joining a community group in your area, please email [email protected]

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On Tuesday 2nd June, Farmers for Climate Action held the online Shepparton Climate Change, Water Availability and Community Resilience Forum.

The impacts of water constraints on the Murray-Darling Basin are still being felt across our communities. This forum was developed to support communities and people still grappling with reduced water allocations and drought.

Dr Peter Hayman delivered this forum’s focused address on the impact of climate change and climate variability on river inflows and water availability. Other speakers included clinical psychologist Dr Rob Gordon, grassroots political expert Denis Ginnivan and Farmers for Climate Action CEO Wendy Cohen.

For more information visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

We regularly hold webinars and other events to share information with farmers and rural communities, have a look on our website to see if there are any coming up that may be of interest to you https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/events

If you are interested in joining a community group in your area, please email [email protected]

SPEAKERS
Dr Rob Gordon is a clinical psychologist who has been working in the field of disaster recovery since Ash Wednesday in 1983. He has worked with people and communities after the Port Arthur shooting, the Bali Bombing, Black Saturday and numerous natural disasters throughout Australia and New Zealand. He will speak on the impact of disasters on weakening the social fabric of communities.

Dr Peter Hayman is the Principal Scientist in Climate Applications at SARDI. As program leader of the climate applications science program area, he works with industry stakeholders in dryland and irrigated industries to identify key climate risks and then form appropriate research and development partnerships to address the issue. He provides a two way flow of information between climate scientists from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO and agriculture in South Australia.

Denis Ginnivan is a grassroots political leader, who is the immediate past president and a foundation member of Voices for Indi, a community group based in northeast Victoria, which seeks to encourage citizens to engage and participate in politics and democracy. Denis occupied key senior leadership roles in the three successful independent Indi campaigns of 2013, 2016 and 2019. He is also deputy-chair of Totally Renewable Yackandandah, another community group, which maximises opportunities for renewable energy uptake in his beautiful country town. Denis will work with the community to explore the type of actions and future directions participants might like to take or strengthen to increase the resilience of their community into the future.

Wendy Cohen is the CEO of Farmers for Climate Action, an alliance of farmers, agricultural leaders and rural Australians working to ensure farmers are a key part of the solution to climate change. Wendy was previously the CEO of the Country Education Foundation of Australia, where she fought for better education outcomes for rural and regional students. Wendy was also the CEO of Equestrian NSW during the 2007 equine influenza crisis, spearheading the response and overseeing the distribution of over $25 million in relief funds.

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On Thursday 28th May, Farmers for Climate Action held a Repowering the Regions webinar.

Speakers were Totally Renewable Yackandandah's Matt Charles-Jones and Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU, Carolyn Hendriks.

Here at FCA, we love our farmers. But we know that healthy vibrant communities are an essential part of keeping the energy flowing, doctors in town and schools open. In this webinar, Matt and Carolyn shared the Totally Renewable Yackandandah story and provided an insight into how communities can use energy to put the power back into their hands. 

Keep an eye on the FCA event's page for similar upcoming webinars https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/events

For more information please visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

About Carolyn
Carolyn M. Hendriks is an Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU. Carolyn is a social researcher and educator of diverse modes of citizen and community participation. Her current work is researching the democratic contributions of citizen-led initiatives to solve collective problems, such as community energy projects and self-help groups. Her latest book, Mending Democracy: democratic reform in disconnected times, examines how our democratic fabric can be strengthened through the everyday actions of people and their local communities (co-authored with Selen Ercan and John Boswell, Oxford University Press, 2020). 

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On Tuesday 26th May, Farmers for Climate Action ran the online Gippsland Climate Change, Regenerative Agriculture and Community Resilience Forum to support communities still grappling with the fallout of the summer bushfires and drought.

Lorraine Gordon delivered the forum’s focused address on regenerative agriculture and bushfire recovery. Lorraine experienced the terrifying effect of bushfires on her own farm in the Northern Rivers of NSW last year.

Lorraine is the founder of the National Regenerative Agriculture Alliance based out of Southern Cross University (SCU). As Director of Strategic Projects at SCU and Associate Director of the University’s Centre for Organic Research, Lorraine acts as a conduit between industry and research, delivering sustainable and regenerative agriculture solutions nationally. Lorraine is a beef trader from Ebor, NSW. Lorraine was awarded the 2018 Australian Rural Community Leader of the Year for her work with farmers.

Photo credit: Angus Emmott Photography

For more information, please visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

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On Tuesday 26th May, Farmers for Climate Action ran the online Gippsland Climate Change, Regenerative Agriculture and Community Resilience Forum to support communities still grappling with the fallout of the summer bushfires and drought.

Lorraine Gordon delivered the forum’s focused address on regenerative agriculture and bushfire recovery. Lorraine experienced the terrifying effect of bushfires on her own farm in the Northern Rivers of NSW last year. Other speakers included clinical psychologist Dr Rob Gordon, grassroots political expert Denis Ginnivan and Farmers for Climate Action CEO Wendy Cohen.

The aim the forum was to provide attendees with an understanding of the mental impacts of disaster on the community. It also endeavoured to provide a pathway for the community to commence the long process of building resilience and recovery.

Photo credit: Angus Emmott Photography

For more information, please visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

SPEAKERS
Dr Rob Gordon is a clinical psychologist who has been working in the field of disaster recovery since Ash Wednesday in 1983. He has worked with people and communities after the Port Arthur shooting, the Bali Bombing, Black Saturday and numerous natural disasters throughout Australia and New Zealand. He will speak on the impact of disasters on weakening the social fabric of communities.

Lorraine Gordon is the founder of the National Regenerative Agriculture Alliance based out of Southern Cross University (SCU). As Director of Strategic Projects at SCU and Associate Director of the University’s Centre for Organic Research, Lorraine acts as a conduit between industry and research, delivering sustainable and regenerative agriculture solutions nationally. Lorraine is a beef trader from Ebor, NSW. Lorraine was awarded the 2018 Australian Rural Community Leader of the Year for her work with farmers. 

Denis Ginnivan is a grassroots political leader, who is the immediate past president and a foundation member of Voices for Indi, a community group based in northeast Victoria, which seeks to encourage citizens to engage and participate in politics and democracy. Denis occupied key senior leadership roles in the three successful independent Indi campaigns of 2013, 2016 and 2019. He is also deputy-chair of Totally Renewable Yackandandah, another community group, which maximises opportunities for renewable energy uptake in his beautiful country town. Denis will work with the community to explore the type of actions and future directions participants might like to take or strengthen to increase the resilience of their community into the future.

Wendy Cohen is the CEO of Farmers for Climate Action, an alliance of farmers, agricultural leaders and rural Australians working to ensure farmers are a key part of the solution to climate change. Wendy was previously the CEO of the Country Education Foundation of Australia, where she fought for better education outcomes for rural and regional students. Wendy was also the CEO of Equestrian NSW during the 2007 equine influenza crisis, spearheading the response and overseeing the distribution of over $25 million in relief funds.

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On 19th May 2020, Farmers for Climate Action ran the online Bega and South Coast Community Resilience forum to support communities and people still grappling with the fallout of the summer bushfires.

Dr Rob Gordon is a clinical psychologist who has been working in the field of disaster recovery since Ash Wednesday in 1983. He has worked with people and communities after the Port Arthur shooting, the Bali Bombing, Black Saturday and numerous natural disasters throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Rob spoke on the impact of disasters on weakening the social fabric of communities.

If you would like a copy of Dr Rob Gordon's slides, please email [email protected]

For more information, please visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

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On 19th May 2020, Farmers for Climate Action ran the online Bega and South Coast Community Resilience forum to support communities and people still grappling with the fallout of the summer bushfires.

Denis Ginnivan is a grassroots political leader, who is the immediate past president and a foundation member of Voices for Indi, a community group based in northeast Victoria, which seeks to encourage citizens to engage and participate in politics and democracy. Denis occupied key senior leadership roles in the three successful independent Indi campaigns of 2013, 2016 and 2019. He is also deputy-chair of Totally Renewable Yackandandah, another community group, which maximises opportunities for renewable energy uptake in his beautiful country town. Denis will work with the community to explore the type of actions and future directions participants might like to take or strengthen to increase the resilience of their community into the future.

Denis mentioned the following organisations:
- Voices for Indi https://voicesforindi.com/
- Totally Renewable Yackandandah https://totallyrenewableyack.org.au/
- Victorian Women's Trust https://www.vwt.org.au/

You can listen to the Matts from Totally Renewable Yackandandah on FCA's Over the Fence podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/over-the-fence/id1510484670 and https://open.spotify.com/show/08a82aciippIq1J9ws3jFU

For more information, please visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

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On 19th May 2020, Farmers for Climate Action ran the online Bega and South Coast Community Resilience forum to support communities and people still grappling with the fallout of the summer bushfires.

Greg Mullins delivered the forum’s focused address, speaking about the impact of climate change on the intensity, severity and increasing frequency of bushfires. Other speakers include clinical psychologist Dr Rob Gordon, grassroots political expert Denis Ginnivan and Farmers for Climate Action CEO Wendy Cohen.

The aim of the forum was to provide attendees with an understanding of the mental impacts of disaster on the community. It also endeavoured to provide a pathway for the community to commence the long process of building resilience and recovery.

To read more of Greg's work visit https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/

Denis mentioned the following organisations:
- Voices for Indi https://voicesforindi.com/
- Totally Renewable Yackandandah https://totallyrenewableyack.org.au/
- Victorian Women's Trust https://www.vwt.org.au/

You can listen to the Matts from Totally Renewable Yackandandah on FCA's Over the Fence podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/over-the-fence/id1510484670

If you would like a copy of Dr Rob Gordon's slides, please email [email protected]

For more information, please visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/
You can order a farm gate sign here https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/i_am_a_farmer_for_climate_action

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On 19th May 2020, Farmers for Climate Action ran the online Bega and South Coast Community Resilience forum to support communities and people still grappling with the fallout of the summer bushfires.

Greg Mullins delivered the forum’s focused address, speaking about the impact of climate change on the intensity, severity and increasing frequency of bushfires.

Greg Mullins is an internationally recognised expert in responding to major bushfires and natural disasters and developed a keen interest in the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events. He coordinated responses to many major natural disasters over more than 2 decades and retired as Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSW in January 2017.

To read more of Greg's work visit https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/

For more information about Farmers for Climate Action, please visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/

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On 12th May 2020, Denis Ginnivan spoke at the Farmers for Climate Action Wagga Wagga Climate Change, Drought and Community Resilience Forum on how to take meaningful action in their local communities. This forum is the first in a series of five which looks at community resilience following disaster.

Denis is a grassroots political leader, who is the immediate past president and a foundation member of Voices for Indi, a community group based in northeast Victoria, which seeks to encourage citizens to engage and participate in politics and democracy. Denis occupied key senior leadership roles in the three successful independent Indi campaigns of 2013, 2016 and 2019. He is also deputy-chair of Totally Renewable Yackandandah, another community group, which maximises opportunities for renewable energy uptake in his beautiful country town. Denis will work with the community to explore the type of actions and future directions participants might like to take or strengthen to increase the resilience of their community into the future.

There is more information on the Community Resilience Forums here: https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/community_resilience_forums

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On 12th May 2020, Professor Mark Howden spoke at the Farmers for Climate Action Wagga Wagga Climate Change, Drought and Community Resilience Forum on the latest Climate Change outlook and the outlook for future impacts from drought. This forum is the first in a series of five which looks at community resilience following disaster.

Professor Mark Howden has worked on climate variability, climate change, innovation and adoption issues for over 30 years in partnership with many industry, community and policy groups via both research and science-policy roles. He has been a major contributor to the IPCC since 1991, with roles in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and now Sixth Assessment Reports, sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC participants and Al Gore. Mark is Director of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University. He is also an Honorary Professor at Melbourne University.

There is more information on the Community Resilience Forums here: https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/community_resilience_forums

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On 12th May 2020, Dr Rob Gordon spoke at the Farmers for Climate Action Wagga Wagga Climate Change, Drought and Community Resilience Forum on the impact of disasters on weakening the social fabric of communities. This forum is the first in a series of five which looks at community resilience following disaster.

Dr Gordon is a clinical psychologist who has been working in the field of disaster recovery since Ash Wednesday in 1983. He is a consultant to Red Cross and the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and has worked with people and communities after the Port Arthur shooting, the Bali Bombing, Black Saturday, the Christchurch Earthquake as well as numerous floods, fires, cyclones and other events throughout Australia and New Zealand.

There is more information on the Community Resilience Forums here: https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/community_resilience_forums

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Recording of 16 April 2020 Farmers for Climate Action webinar, presented by Professor Nerilie Abram (ANU) and hosted by Verity Morgan-Schmidt.

This webinar is part of a series that will be held by Farmers for Climate Action throughout 2020.

For more information and future webinars, visit our website https://www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au/events

Opening image from Angus Emmott Photography.
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With tractors firing up, dams filling up, paddocks becoming greener and the season starting to look good - some of the weight of last year’s incredibly challenging season is starting to lift from the shoulders of many farmers.

While farmers turn their attention from daily feeding to pre-seeding maintenance, our climate scientists are continuing to unpack the drivers behind our climate; helping farmers to understand the impacts of climate change on our natural variability.

New research from ANU and UNSW unpacks the impact of climate change on the Indian Ocean Dipole found that the 2019 event, known as a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, was a big one. It cut off one of the major sources for southern Australia’s winter and spring rainfall, and set up the extremely hot and dry conditions for the terrible fires that ravaged Australia this summer,”

Further… “these historically rare events have become much more frequent and intense during the 20th century, and this situation is expected to worsen if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.”

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Rob is a mixed farmer based at Larras Lee, Central West NSW.

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Lucinda Corrigan, Chair of Farmers for Climate Action, explains how dry years affect inflows into the Murray Darling Basin near the Hume Weir. Lucinda also shares her fears for her grandchildren, as this could be the coolest year we have for 100.

For more information visit www.farmersforclimateaction.org.au

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Originally posted to FCA's Facebook page 27 October 2016.

Charlie Prell talks about the elephant in the room at the NFF Conference: climate change.

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