The Hawke Centre partners with WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks series to delve deeper into its thought-provoking themes.
Human rights and environmental justice activist, Dr Kumi Naidoo will be in conversation with the Hon Mike Rann AC CNZM discussing actions against fossil fuels and strategies for meaningful change.
This event complements, a compelling conversation with two of Australia's most significant storytellers, award-winning author Dr Debra Dank and filmmaker Rachel Perkins.
Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre in partnership with WOMADelaide Planet Talks
Speakers:
Dr. Kumi Naidoo
President, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Kumi Naidoo is a South African human rights and environmental justice activist, who currently is the President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University. He is the former Secretary-General of Amnesty International (2018-2020) and also the first person from the Global South to lead Greenpeace International (2009-2015).
He is an advisor for the Community Arts Network. He serves as a global ambassador for Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. His family has started the Riky Rick Foundation for the Promotion of Artivism to build on the positive legacies left by popular South African rapper Rikhado “Riky Rick” Makhado through his music and life’s work. Kumi is the author of the award-winning Letters To My Mother: The Makings of a Troublemaker. Kumi is also the host of the podcast Power, People, and Planet.
Dr Kumi Naidoo was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of University of South Australia in recognition of his commitment to social justice. He was conferred following the 2019 Amnesty International Oration, Human Rights in a Time of Intolerance and Hate, presented as part of the 2019 Hawke Centre program.
X: @kuminaidoo
Instagram: @kuminaidoo
The Honourable Mike Rann AC CNZM
Chair, Climate Group
For almost a decade (2002 to 2011) Mike Rann was Premier of South Australia and served as Labor Leader for a record 17 years. He held a range of Ministerial portfolios including Economic Development, Sustainability and Climate Change, the Arts and Social Inclusion. Mike Rann was the National President of the ALP during the Prime Ministership of Kevin Rudd.
In 2012 Mike was appointed Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and in 2014 Ambassador to Italy, Albania, Libya and San Marino. He was also appointed to the Climate Group's International Leadership Council.
Mike Rann is currently the Chair of the London headquartered Climate Group which operates in 50 countries and has a membership of 260 state and regional governments, and more than 500 corporations.
Mike is also Chair of the UK charity Power of Nutrition and is a Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute of King’s College London. He serves as a member of The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre Advisory Board, and was part of the 2022 Hawke Centre Program, in conversation with The Honourable Kevin Rudd AC.
X: @Mike_Rann