ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY
Marco Bellemo
Northcote High’s 2019 school captain, Marco Bellemo feels morally obliged to use the privileges he has to live and act in a way that helps create a world where the environment and all living beings flourish and coexist sustainably.
Gaining notoriety from his appearance on Q&A last year where he called out politicians for their inaction during the climate emergency, Marco has long been active across a range of environmental groups including the AYCC, Stop Adani, Galilee blockade, Front Line Action on Coal, Forest Conservation Victoria, Extinction Rebellion and School Strike 4 Climate.
Marco was arguably the first student in Australia to campaign for his school to declare a climate emergency, and has been instrumental in making climate change and sustainability a key element of his school’s curriculum.
Marco’s
Perspective
“My generation is facing the climate emergency right now, it’s not a crisis I will face in the distant future. I think all generations should be calling for emergency-level action on climate change.”
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.
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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.