ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY
Jacqui Katona
Jacqui Katona, a Djok woman, from the Kakadu area of the Northern Territory is an Aboriginal advocate who led the campaign to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.
Jacqui has worked for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the Stolen Generations Northern Territory and assisted her family to prevent uranium mining at Jabiluka in Kakadu National Park. With Yvonne Margarula, of the Mirrar , she shares the Goldman Environmental Prize for Island Nations 1999. She is currently completing her graduate law degree at the University of Melbourne and works at Moondani Balluk Institute located at Victoria University.
Jacqui’s
Perspective
“Australia is facing climate emergency without a safety plan. Aboriginal land management practices which provided safety for generations have been disregarded since colonisation with severe consequences. Can Australia continue to fail to include Aboriginal people and Indigenous knowledges in a sustainable future?“
OVERVIEW
PROGRAM
The National Climate Emergency Summit will convene practitioners, advocates, governments, youth leaders and industry innovators to unpack what a climate emergency response could look like at local, national, and global levels.
PROGRAM
Themes
Four strategic priorities will steer the Summit Program, presenting a focused conference program of plenary and breakout sessions.
ONLINE
REGISTER
The Summit Program aims to attract a wide range of participants to help define and align key strategy and action that supports an emergency-scale transition.