Australian bushfire survivor Jo Dodds is taking on Scott Morrison at the Glasgow climate summit
“Now the bushfire survivor and Bega Valley councillor is at COP26 — the United Nations international climate summit in Glasgow — to pressure Prime Minister Scott Morrison to do more to prevent what happened to her town.
Ms Dodds is attending with umbrella group Climate Action Network Australia (CANA), one of more than 2,000 non-governmental organisations attending the summit from around the world.
She intends to share her story — as well as those of other bushfire survivors — at various events.
"Having the voices of people with lived experience of climate disaster is critical, because otherwise it just becomes that talkfest where it's all theoretical and hypothetical," she said.
Ms Dodds's organisation, Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, raised more than $12,000 to fund her Glasgow trip.