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From Waves to Change: How Place, People and Young Voices Are Transforming the Climate Movement  

Join Ry Atkinson, Campaigns and Programs Director at Surfers for Climate, a national ocean and climate advocacy organisation, to explore how deep connection to place, youth leadership, and grassroots action are reshaping climate activism.

Drawing on key campaigns like protecting Scott Reef and supporting regional renewables in the South West, this keynote highlights how coastal communities and younger generations are mobilising to drive tangible, lasting environmental change on the ground