1. 1 NOW THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS RECOGNISED AS A MAJOR RISK TO BUSINESS, HOW DO YOU ELEVATE FROM BELIEF TO ACTION? Corporate Social Responsibility 2007 Summit State Library of NSW, Sydney 30 October – 1 November 2007 Professor Dean Forbes Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) Flinders University

2. 2 Elevating from Belief to Action Mick Kelty: ‘climate change, with the threat of water and food shortages and refugees fleeing rising sea levels, is the greatest security risk of this century’ (The Australian, 25/9/07) Contrasting opinions on the science of climate change in The Great Global Warming Swindle (UK) and The Denial Machine (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change A comprehensive scientific project, capped by a Nobel Prize Act locally and act globally Woody Allen: Some people drink from the river of life. Others just gargle

3. 3 Acting Locally: How University’s Contribute Setting an Example Taking responsibility, and setting an example, both nationally and globally Working with Business University of East Anglia Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Club CRED, which stands for carbon reduction BRASH – Business and Research Alliances for Sustainable Habitats BRASH links Flinders University’s environment expertise with enterprises wanting to enhance their sustainability practices Assistance with an environmental audit of your workplace Showing how to develop an environmental management system Preparing environmental reports to demonstrate improvements Introduce more energy efficient plant or water use or deal more effectively with waste systems

4. 4 Acting Locally: How University’s Contribute Working with the Media ‘Cool Aid: The National Carbon Test” Global warming and its consequences. How individuals and the community could reduce GHG emissions Household GHG audits were undertaken by researchers from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney University-media cooperation Eco Heroes Who are the most prominent ‘eco heroes’ and how significant are they in shaping attitudes and public policy on the environment? Leave it to Bono?

5. 5 Acting Globally: The Policy Levers What is the tipping point for serious action on climate change? Carbon Emissions Trading Government Task Group on Emissions Trading On 3 June 2007 the Prime Minister announced that the Government would introduce a ‘cap and trade’ emissions trading scheme Working with Asia Australia must cooperate with Asian Pacific countries on reducing carbon emissions, and managing the inevitable consequences of our past behaviour

6. 6 Acting Globally: The Policy Levers Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate The six governments to sign on are Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and the US Australia’s proposed carbon emissions trading system must be part of a global arrangement A significant amount of work that needs to be done on the inevitable impact of environmental change upon Asian Pacific societies