This week, the government announced Australia’s 2035 climate target – and it fails the child safety test.

Despite releasing a report warning how 3°C of warming will devastate our children’s futures with more fires, floods, and heat, the Albanese Government has set a target far below what the science demands. It’s insulting, it’s heartbreaking – and it leaves kids in harm’s way.

But parents are not standing by. Join our 30-minute snap briefing with Nic Seton, CEO of Parents for Climate, and Emeritus Professor Mark Howden AC, Vice Chair of the IPCC, to unpack what this target really means and how parents can respond together.

You’ll:

• Get the expert breakdown of the government’s target in the context of the National Climate Risk Assessment

• Hear how Parents for Climate is holding the government to account

• Learn practical ways we can act together to push for the safe, science-aligned target our kids deserve

Where: Online – register now to get the link

Times across the continent: 8pm AEST; 7:30pm SA & NT; 6pm WA

Together, we’ll make sure governments know one thing: protecting kids’ safety is non-negotiable.

About Professor Mark Howden AC
Emeritus Professor Mark Howden AC is a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and was until recently the Director of the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions and Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council. He contributes to several other major national and international science and policy advisory bodies.

Mark has worked on climate variability, climate change, innovation and adoption issues for almost 40 years in partnership with industry, community and policy groups. He helped develop the national and international greenhouse gas inventories that underpin the Paris Agreement and pioneered ways to reduce emissions sustainably.

A major contributor to the IPCC since 1991, Mark has played roles across all four dimensions of the IPCC – climate science, impacts and adaptation, mitigation and GHG inventories – sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with fellow IPCC contributors and Al Gore.

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