Who we are
CACE (Council Action in the Climate Emergency) was created to encourage and support councils adopting a Climate Emergency response. CACE is an initiative of Adrian Whitehead and Bryony Edwards in 2017 in response to their successful campaigning with Darebin Council.
This campaign is part of a broader campaign to get governments around the world to act at emergency speed to reverse global warming as soon as possible. The sooner this occurs the less people and ecosystems will die and the greater likelihood we have averting a major catastrophe or run away climate change leading to hot house earth.
Adrian and Bryony have worked on the Climate Emergency for collectively over 20 years in various roles. This work has included founding such groups as Beyond Zero Emissions, Save the Planet and the poltical party Vote Planet.
This campaign is part of a broader campaign to get governments around the world to act at emergency speed to reverse global warming as soon as possible. The sooner this occurs the less people and ecosystems will die and the greater likelihood we have averting a major catastrophe or run away climate change leading to hot house earth.
Adrian and Bryony have worked on the Climate Emergency for collectively over 20 years in various roles. This work has included founding such groups as Beyond Zero Emissions, Save the Planet and the poltical party Vote Planet.
Our partners
CACE works in close partnership with RSTI (Research and Strategy for Transition Initiation Inc.) RSTI has been critical in creating the detailed strategic documents used for councils to develop their own Climate Emergency response and supporting councils in developing their Climate Emergency plans.
We also partner with the Climate Emergency Declaration campaign through CEDAMIA and their 3 Level Petition and their local government candidate and councillors statements of support which can be found in their Local Council Action Kit.
The Climate Emergency Declaration Campaign is ultimately focused on getting all levels of government to Declare a Climate Emergency and implement a Climate Emergency response.
We also partner with the Climate Emergency Declaration campaign through CEDAMIA and their 3 Level Petition and their local government candidate and councillors statements of support which can be found in their Local Council Action Kit.
The Climate Emergency Declaration Campaign is ultimately focused on getting all levels of government to Declare a Climate Emergency and implement a Climate Emergency response.
Our campaign
Our campaign is focused on getting councils to declare a Climate Emergency and implement a council based Climate Emergency response.
Through council leadership, community education and positive action, state and federal governments will be forced to follow suit to meet growing community demand for real action to reverse global warming.
Our first event was run at the 2017 Sustainable Living Festival and was titled "How councils can reverse global warming: Exploring the critical role". You can hear a recording of the speakers here.
Through council leadership, community education and positive action, state and federal governments will be forced to follow suit to meet growing community demand for real action to reverse global warming.
Our first event was run at the 2017 Sustainable Living Festival and was titled "How councils can reverse global warming: Exploring the critical role". You can hear a recording of the speakers here.
Our People
Bryony Edwards
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Bryony campaigned for the world’s first climate emergency declaration in Darebin (Australia) and co-founded Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency (CACE). She regularly speaks on the climate emergency, supporting CACE campaigning efforts around Australia and the world. |
Adrian Whitehead
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Adrian has been campaigning to reverse global warming since 2003. He founded a number of successful groups and campaigns including Beyond Zero Emissions, Vote Climate and Save the Planet.
Adrian helped drive the world's first goverment to declear a claimte emergency, Darebin Council in 2016, and subseqently sat onthe Climate Emergency Darebin Advisory Committee, while suppot numerous councils and comunities to declear. |
Simon Oats
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Simon Oats is a professional communication advisor who supports CACE's campaign work by working with CACE and community campaigners to help improve their message delivery and effectiveness using the latest evidence base techniques.
Simon is also apply his experience in training delivery and development to our major Council and Community education project. You find out more about Simon's personal story here |
Margaret Hender
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Margaret Hender is our key contact at Cedamia. Margaret is the brains behind the Climate Emergency Declaration petition and a key driver of the "no more bad investments" campaign. CACE works closely with Cedamia on efforts to get Councillors and council candidates to sign statements of support for a Climate Emergency Declaration by councils.
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Philip drove much of the underlying strategic thinking behind how a council can respond to the Climate Emergency.
CACE worked closely with Philip in his capacity as CEO of RSTI and coordinator of Climate Emergency Darebin's Research and Strategy working group. Sadly, Philip passed in 2022. We miss him greatly and recognise his global leadership this and many other climate initiatives. |
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Philip Sutton
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Our supporters
CACE would like to thank those groups who have been critical in supporting our initial campaigns:
- Sustainable Living Foundation
- Climate Emergency Declaration Campaign
- Darebin Climate Action Now
- Less Meat Less Heat
- Great Forest National Park
- Save the Planet
- Transition Banyule
- Newlands Friend of the Forests
