SEMINAR: The role of civil society groups and universities in the politics of a local and global sustainability emergency

The Conservation Council is Western Australia's peak environment group, representing over 95 community-based environment and sustainability groups throughout the state.

In this seminar, the director of the council Piers Verstegen will discuss some of the key policy challenges facing the environment in WA, and provide insight into the critical failure of political leadership in addressing the climate and sustainability emergency at a local and global scale.

The discussion will cover the role and future of non-government environment (eNGO) sector and strategies for more effective environmental advocacy and community action around environmental issues. Opportunities for partnership between the eNGO sector and universities to support innovative and transformative policy approaches to the most critical challenges of our time will also be discussed.