Climate and the SDGs: Short film festival

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Join us for the final Climate and the SDGs' event of 2026!

Celebrate a year of connection, learning and action with a mini film festival and post-COP31 reflections.

Explore thought-provoking films, hear insights on the year's climate progress and challenges, and share your ideas to help shape our activities for next year.

Featuring

Ø All Rise spotlighting the movement by Pacific Island students for international climate justice

Ø Regenerating Australia directed by Damon Gameau exploring what Australia could look like in the year 2030

Ø 7 seasons directed by Clancy Lester celebrating Indigenous knowledge and the young people at the forefront of climate action in Melbourne

When: Thursday 3 December, 6pm to 8pm

Where: Community Hub at The Dock, 912 Collins Street, next to the Library at The Dock.

You may hear that COPs (and the Paris Agreement) are ineffective and haven't achieved much. Evidence indicates otherwise. Since 2015, when the world adopted the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, the world’s projected warming has fallen from around 4°C to around 2.6°C under current policies.

The global challenge is now to upscale actions with urgency to keep this trajectory going down. The local challenge is to keep climate actions at the top of the agenda.

There are signs of real progress. In 2025, for the first time, renewable energy generated as much electricity globally as coal.

Renewables now generate as much of the world’s electricity as coal, and are among the cheapest sources of new power…