Misty Farquhar, Master of Human Rights graduate

Everybody in the course came from different academic backgrounds. Everybody had issues they felt personally connected to, and had this feeling of social justice. People think of activism as fist-waving, angry conversations, protest marches; but to make a difference at a systemic level, it’s about discourse and education.

The future of climate action

The Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, came into force three years ago. Since then, there have been some doubts as to whether this target can be achieved and, in response, a global youth movement has emerged to demand more action.

In this episode of The Future Of, Professor Greg Morrison, from the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, gives an overview of the current state of climate action and the role scientists are playing to ‘save the world’.