Empowering Survivors, Catalysing Change

We are a community of determined bushfire survivors who share our stories to drive urgent climate action. 

We believe the human impacts of climate change must be prioritised in Australia's politics, courts, businesses, and public planning.

Our mission is to create a safe future for all Australians.

The Australian
Bushfire Survivor Declaration

We are bushfire survivors, and the Australians who stand beside them.
We stand together in community to demand urgent action on climate.

In the wake of the Black Summer bushfires, an inspiring movement of climate leaders emerged. Five years on, these are their stories.

Black Summer Stories

Have you or your community been hit by disasters or extreme weather?

National Personal Costs of Disasters Survey

Our Impact

1.

We won against the NSW EPA in the Land and Environment Court arguing they had a duty to regulate against greenhouse gas emissions (2021), became a trusted stakeholder on their resulting court ordered climate change policy and action plan and are involved in monitoring its implementation.

2.

We contributed to the 2022 federal ‘climate election’ through local organising and candidate forums in the marginal electorates of Eden-Monaro and Macquarie.

3.

We broke international news at COP26 of Santos' domination of the Australia Pavilion and co-hosted a panel with First Nations People discussing climate impacts, in the Australian Pavilion at COP27.

  • "The work of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action elevates the voices of those who have lived experience of the severe bushfires that can arise from climate change. These are voices that must be listened to.”

    Susan Templeman MP, Federal Member for Macquarie

  • "Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action are a vital voice in the world we are now in. As a national climate campaigner, and also as a volunteer rural firefighter, I’ve found Bushfire Survivors exceptional in leading the necessary public commentary on the increasing climate change disasters that Australians now confront.”

    Dr. Barry Traill AM, Director, Solutions for Climate

  • "I found Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action to be respectful, pragmatic, and collaborative. For those reasons, we were able to work together to affect real public policy change."

    James Griffin MP, Member for Manly and Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, NSW

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As bushfire-impacted people, we use our lived experience to highlight the links between climate change and increasingly dangerous bushfires.

When you partner with us through donating, you are contributing to this important work. Donations above $2 are tax deductible.