100 Climate Conversations: Grace Vegesana 2022

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Grace Vegesana is determined to help diverse communities care for each other to minimise the impacts of heat and climate change. The racial and climate justice campaigner with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition focuses on Western Sydney, where summer temperatures have been recorded at almost 49 °C.

See Grace Vegesana in conversation with investigative journalist Pat Abboud, recorded live at the Powerhouse as part of 100 Climate Conversations.

Grace Vegesana is the Climate and Racial Justice Director at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, a board director of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and is on the board of Foundation for Young Australians. She is also the Organising Support Officer for Democracy in Colour. Previously with Future Super, she instigated the Not Business as Usual Alliance that coordinated 3000+ Australian businesses in support of the 2021 Climate Strike. She is currently studying a double degree of Environmental and Climate Science and Law at Macquarie University and is passionate about empowering young people to forge systemic solutions to the climate crisis.

Patrick Abboud is a Walkley nominated journalist, TV presenter, broadcaster, and award-winning documentary maker. His popular digital first interview series #PatChat featuring pop stars, politicians and everyday people with extraordinary stories has clocked up more than 30 million views. He is the founder of irreverent news, current affairs, satire and long form documentary program The Feed on SBS TV. His work has taken him to 53 countries. In 2020, Cosmopolitan magazine named him one of Australia's 50 most influential LGBTQI+ voices.

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