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Welcome to WWViews on
Global Warming
Australian event held in Sydney on 25th and 26th September 2009
Major Sponsor
Platinum Sponsor
Supporting Sponsors
Overview
 What is World Wide
Views on Global
Warming (WWViews)?
 Why is it important?
 What did we do?
 Results
 Questions
What is WWViews?
 4,400+ citizens in 38 countries gathered on the same
weekend to discuss and vote about climate change issues
 Results passed on to world leaders at COP15
 World leaders meeting in Denmark at the Copenhagen
International Climate Conference (COP15) in early Dec ‘09
COP15 to decide how to tackle
climate change
Decisions will influence everyday
lives of people right across world
Why is WWViews important?
World Wide views aims to:
Empower ordinary citizens to give their preferences for
international policy and action on climate change
 Inform and influence COP15 by presenting the views of
ordinary citizens on the fundamental concerns being
tackled by all nations
 Demonstrate and establish
deliberative forms of public
participation in countries all
around the world – first ever
global democratic process

Why is WWViews important?
“What's really attractive in this whole thing for
me it’s really trying to get a global perspective
and buy-in from a lot of different countries. The
way it’s been timed and the lead-in to
Copenhagen is great to have this snapshot and
see the difference between advanced economies
and developing countries.”
Callum from Perth
Why is WWViews important?
 Initiated by Danish Government Agencies:
- Danish Board of Technology
- Danish Cultural Institute
 Supported by the Danish Government – Connie
Hedegaard (Danish Minister for Climate and
Energy) is an Ambassador for WWViews
 Direct link to COP15 via the Danish
Government - who are the hosts of COP15
Why is WWViews important?
 Senator Penny Wong, who is the Australian
Minister for Climate Change and Water,
endorsed the event and addressed participants
by video
 Louise Hand, Australia’s Ambassador for Climate
Change spoke at the event
 Australian results will be given directly to
Australian climate negotiators who will attend
COP15
Who was involved in
the Australian event?
The WWViews Australian Group
Participants, sponsors, facilitators & organisers
Australian Participants
 105 people participated from all States and
Territories
 People were randomly selected to represent
Australian demographics
 Background reading was provided for
participants to read through before attending
Australian Participants
"It is really interesting to give people the
opportunity to have a voice and be heard.
We are at the pivotal point of change and
can't ignore what's happening in the
environment. How we manage that is
tricky.”
Annette from Victoria
Australian Facilitators
 Their role was to support
participants to have
respectful discussion
amongst each other
 They were neutral on
climate issues &
questions
 They contributed their
facilitation skills not
climate expertise
Australian Sponsors
Benefits of sponsor involvement:
 Event has created new, and reaffirmed existing,
working relationships between the organisations
 Sponsors are keen to continue working with each other
on further climate change action
Major Sponsor
Platinum Sponsor
Supporting Sponsors
How did it work?
Citizen dialogue sessions
Topics:
Session 1 – Climate change and its consequences
Session 2 – Long-term goals and urgency
Session 3 – Dealing with greenhouse gas emissions
Session 4 - The economy of technology and adaptation
Citizen dialogue sessions
“It was a chance to be involved in an
environment where people, whether they
had convictions of views or scientific
opinions, would be able to put them all on
the table and talk about them”
Louise from NSW
Citizen dialogue sessions
Each session followed a set format:
 Introduction by the lead facilitator
 A short video gave information about the topic to be
discussed in that session
 The topic & questions were discussed at each table
 Each person voted on the questions for that session
 The votes were tallied and entered into the WWViews
website
Australian Results
Recommendation session
 Began with a recap of the key discussions
 Followed by individual reflection
 Each table identified commonality amongst
each person’s recommendations
 Facilitators helped with working towards a
consensus, wording & guidelines on length of
the table’s recommendation
Recommendation session (cont’d)
 Each table put on display 1 recommendation
 Participants visited each of the 18
recommendations to read, discuss & take notes
 Participants individually voted on which
recommendation they wanted to represent the
Australian citizens’ views at COP15
 A revote occurred for top 2 recommendations
Final recommendation
Commit confidently at COP15:
 Act now to limit warming below 2°C through a
legally binding global agreement.
 Develop new technology in an ethical and
accountable process.
 The need for leadership, education and
technical advances is paramount.
Denmark
World Results
Austria
Germany
Taiwan
Uganda
Indonesia
Germany
World Results – Summary
 91% found it URGENT to make a global climate
deal at COP15
 89% think Annex 1 countries short-term targets
for emission reductions should be 25-40% or
higher
 84% believe everyone should pay for a new
climate deal, though some want to exempt the
least developed countries
Strong Policy Recommendations
South Africa
 Act now against global warming for our children
of tomorrow
Germany
 Climate catastrophe makes
urgent acting necessary
Malawi
 [Strong] Mitigate Now! [Strong]
South Africa
Focus of other Recommendations
 Awareness and education
 Technology development
 Consumer incentives
 Financial mechanisms
 Climate justice
 Environment focus
Chile
What is Happening with Results?
Dissemination of results through:
 Media - newspapers, radio, TV
 Meetings with key politicians and
climate negotiators
 Danish Board of Technology are
meeting with key negotiators at COP15 to
ensure citizen results are
discussed with the right people
My Experience of WWViews
 (See the notes attached to this slide for some tips
about what you can write on the slide and what you
can talk about. )
What You Can Do…
Some suggestions of what you can do about climate
change
 Ask questions
 Have conversations with your friends and family
 Read information that is reliable
 Start in your own backyard – home, lifestyle, own
actions, consumption
 Start or join a community climate group
 Write letter to politician, letter to editor, talk to your
local radio
Any questions?
Additional Information
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Participating Countries
Australia, Austria
Bangladesh, Belgium
Bolivia, Brazil
Cameroon, Canada,
Chile, China
Denmark
Egypt, Ethiopia
Finland, France
Germany
India, Indonesia, Italy
Japan
Malawi, The Maldives, Mali,
Mozambique
Netherlands, Norway
Russia
Saint Lucia, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Uganda, UK, USA, Uruguay
Vietnam
Recommendations from other
Countries
International Institutions Recommendations
Bangladesh
 International climate court
Spain
 Without borders, same duties and rights
Indonesia
 Law enforcement of
environmental protection
Taiwan
Indonesia
Technology Transfer Recommendations
India (Bangalore)
 Go clean and green
Norway
 Independent carbon fund
Now
USA (Colorado)
 Share technology – cut CO2 emissions
USA ,
Arizona