The decisions we make today will change the course of the Northern Territory for generations to come. This conference will provide an opportunity to come together, build community, and collectively reimagine a just future as we confront the biodiversity and climate crises. Don't sit back, be a part of the solution.

The conversation will revolve around these 4 themes:

Valuing the Northern Territory's Nature
Next generation nature laws, multi-species justice, land clearing and biodiversity in the north, nature and wellbeing, state of the environment reporting, biodiversty markets

Extractivism and Development
The critical minerals conundrum, how Tiwi people slayed a giant, McArthur River Mine and slow violence, northern development, best practice mining law and policy

Climate and Just Economic Futures
Health impacts of climate change, alternative economic futures, housing, renewables and climate justice, new gas projects and net zero in the Northern Territory, climate integrity, climate grief

Freshwater Futures
Rivers and legal personhood, below the Berrimah Line, water law reform, First Nations water governance, floodplain harvesting, groundwater extraction and development, protection v management

Who will be at this conference
Community members passionate about the Northern Territory's environment, people who work in the environmental field, ENGO employees, land managers, community sector employees, government employees, peak bodies, researchers and Traditional Owners

Hear from a range of provoking speakers who will challenge us to configure the NT's future differently including academics, First Nations leaders, environmental thought leaders, artists and scientists. The list is growing.

*If cost is a barrier to entry email lou.demattia@ecnt.org to request a subsidised ticket.