Canadian activist and author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism versus Climate Naomi Klein spoke to a packed audience at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney Opera House on September 5. This is an edited transcript of her speech. Klein and Avi Lewis鈥 film is about to be released.
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Naomi Klein
When he announced his bid to unseat Tony Abbott as Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull promised a 鈥渘ew style of leadership鈥. The problem is that is about all we can hope for from the new prime minister: a change in style but not in substance.
鈥淭o change everything, we need everyone.鈥 That is the slogan of the People鈥檚 Climate March being held globally on the weekend of November 27-29.
The rallies will coincide with the upcoming UN climate talks in Paris and will demand a transition to a safe climate that ensures jobs and social justice. But the rallies are not just about appealing to politicians to make a strong agreement in Paris 鈥 there is very little chance of that happening.
Visiting Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein believes she owes PM Tony Abbott 鈥渁 debt of thanks鈥.
In Sydney to promote her new book , Klein said the conflict between what the planet needs and what capitalism needs is exemplified in Australia.
Up to 10,000 people attended the March for Jobs, Justice, and the Climate in Toronto on July 5, climate action group 350.org said.
The mass march came ahead of the Climate Summit of Americas, held in the city over July 7-9.
Some 20,000 people marched through central London on Saturday, in the Time to Act! protest, demanding that climate change be taken seriously by political parties in the coming General Election.
Time to Act!, launched by the Campaign Against Climate Change, brought together a wide coalition of environmental and left wing organisations.
The march was young, vibrant and diverse: placards from the Greens, Socialist Worker and Left Unity mixed with banners and flags from Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Peoples鈥 Assembly and trade unions.
For those paying attention to the science of climate change, it might seem counterintuitive to talk about hope.
To some it might even seem in bad taste, given that the future impacts include the melting away of the Himalayan glaciers that provide fresh water for 1.3 billion people in Asia and the possibility that many .
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