Newsletter 2, Australia
Who's talking about World Wide Views
How the results will be released
The global connection - live video and blogs
Participants confirmed
Participants are coming from all around Australia to take part in this event. We have recruited 100 people from all walks of life, who have agreed to take part in this exciting event. (See our our FAQS about process section for more information on how participants were selected to mirror the diversity of Australians). People are coming from as far afield as Cairns in QLD, Broome in WA, Kapunda in SA and Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. People with a range of occupations from nursing, teaching, landscape gardening and auto repairs are coming along to give their views. The feedback we have received from participants so far is that they really value the opportunity to have a say on climate change when everyone hears so much about it in the media but they don't get much chance to make a difference. The project team welcomes everyone and thanks them for making the commitment of time and effort. We look forward to meeting them in Sydney on the 25th of September!
Who’s talking about World Wide Views?
High profile members of the Australian Government and the business community are talking about world wide views. The Australian Ambassador to Denmark sent a letter of support saying “governments, scientists, and business people all have or have had access to formal mechanisms for putting forward their views on the crucial issue of climate change . . . so it is only fitting that the general public, though the WWViews project, also has an opportunity to channel opinions into the UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December.” Environment Business Australia and Asia-Pacific Emissions Trading Forum networks have recently profiled the event on their websites. Click here for more letters of endorsement and support statements.
How the results will be released
As soon as our group of citizens votes on each set of questions during the day, the tally will be entered to the global World Wide Views website. This raw data will be available for all to see. The summary of Australia and the World’s combined results and recommendations will be released on Sunday, 27th September. Following this, a full report on proceedings will be prepared by ISF and disseminated widely to decision-makers and other interested groups in the lead up to COP15 in December.
The global connection - live video and blogs
There are 39 confirmed nations taking part on the day, with a total of 44 WWViews events taking place in these countries. Our colleagues in Denmark are assembling three expert panels to comment on the results. The panels will comprise internationally renowned high profile experts. During the day they will “meet” in a live videoconference, where they will discuss the results. Their blog and the videoconference will be accessible via the internet for the media and everyone else interested.
Many partner organisations are also producing video portraits of citizens from their own countries. These will be publicly available, to media and other interested parties, showing a wide range of different citizen perspectives on global warming, COP15 and the consultation event from around the world. Video footage will be available for downloading after the event.
Promoting the event
If you would like to help raise awareness about this important event feel free to pass the one-page brief to contacts or colleagues, or share at forums. The document is available on our “about” page. If you are involved in the event you may also like to start considering how you will help disseminate the results of the event after it takes place, through your organisation’s networks. For example, you might like to share the story of your involvement in company or industry association newsletters. Please send us copies of any articles you write, or links to places you’ve promoted it on your website.
