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== Activism == === Environmental === Blanchett has been a long term proponent of [[Individual action on climate change|individual and collective action on climate change]] and other environmental issues. In 2006, she joined former US Vice-president [[Al Gore]]'s Climate Project.<ref name="EWL">{{cite web |url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0306b.htm |title=Blanchett, Catherine (Cate) Elise |publisher=Australian Women's Archives Project |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125235/http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0306b.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acfonline.org.au/about-us/our-success-stories/climate-reality-project|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517230234/http://www.acfonline.org.au/about-us/our-success-stories/climate-reality-project|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2013 |title=The Climate Reality Project |publisher=The Australian Conservation Foundation |access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> In 2007, Blanchett became the ambassador for the [[Australian Conservation Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acfonline.org.au/news-media/media-release/who-earth-cares-cate-blanchett-does |title=Who on earth cares? Cate Blanchett does |publisher=The Australian Conservation Foundation |access-date=23 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922185816/http://www.acfonline.org.au/news-media/media-release/who-earth-cares-cate-blanchett-does |archive-date=22 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acfonline.org.au/about-us/our-history/acf-leads-environmental-evolution|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525022608/http://www.acfonline.org.au/about-us/our-history/acf-leads-environmental-evolution|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2012 |title=ACF leads the environmental evolution |publisher=The Australian Conservation Foundation |access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> She was made an honorary life member of the Australian Conservation Foundation in 2012, in recognition of her support for environmental issues.<ref name="EWL"/> At the beginning of 2011, Blanchett lent her support for a [[Carbon pricing in Australia|carbon tax]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au/ |title=Clean Energy Australia |access-date=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807051249/http://www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au/ |archive-date=7 August 2013 }}</ref> She received some criticism for this, particularly from conservatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/i-want-to-be-able-to-look-my-children-in-the-face-20110530-1fd01.html |title=I want to be able to look my children in the face |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=31 May 2011 |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924164528/http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/i-want-to-be-able-to-look-my-children-in-the-face-20110530-1fd01.html/ |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Zubcevic-Basic|first=Nives|title='Carbon Cate' and the double-edged sword of celebrity endorsement|url=http://theconversation.com/carbon-cate-and-the-double-edged-sword-of-celebrity-endorsement-1583|access-date=6 October 2020|website=The Conversation|date=2 June 2011|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011112715/https://theconversation.com/carbon-cate-and-the-double-edged-sword-of-celebrity-endorsement-1583|url-status=live}}</ref> Blanchett is a patron of the international development charity [[SolarAid]], which works to create a sustainable market for solar lights in Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.solar-aid.org/about/2008/05/cate-blanchett-talks-about-sol.html |title=Cate Blanchett talks about SolarAid on the BBC |date=22 May 2008 |publisher=SolarAid.com |access-date=12 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615021946/http://old.solar-aid.org/about/2008/05/cate-blanchett-talks-about-sol.html |archive-date=15 June 2013 }}</ref> From 2008 to 2011, the [[Sydney Theatre Company]] under the leadership of Blanchett and her husband [[Andrew Upton]], initiated a comprehensive large scale environmental program called ''Greening the Wharf'', which invested in [[solar energy]], [[rainwater harvesting]], energy efficiency measures and best practice waste management.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sustainability|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/about/sustainability|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Sydney Theatre Company|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209105322/https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/about/sustainability|url-status=live}}</ref> The program won a Green Globe Award which was accepted by Blanchett and Upton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Theatre project takes out Green Globe award|url=https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/industry-news/sydney-theatre-project-takes-out-green-globe-award|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Architecture & Design|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020030929/https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/industry-news/sydney-theatre-project-takes-out-green-globe-award|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2014, Blanchett took part in the Green Carpet Challenge, an initiative to raise the public profile of [[sustainable fashion]], founded by Livia Firth of Eco-Age.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eco-age.com/the-golden-globes-2014-with-chopard-and-cate-blanchett/ |title=Cate Blanchett Wears Chopard's Green Carpet Collection to win Best Actress at the Golden Globes |publisher=Eco-age.com |date=12 January 2015 |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326053835/http://eco-age.com/the-golden-globes-2014-with-chopard-and-cate-blanchett/ |archive-date=26 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cate Blanchett Wears Chopard's "Green Carpet Challenge" Earrings to 2014 Golden Globes |url=http://www.ecouterre.com/cate-blanchett-wears-chopards-green-carpet-challenge-jewelry-to-2014-golden-globes/ |access-date=6 March 2015 |publisher=Ecouterre.com |date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329024238/http://www.ecouterre.com/cate-blanchett-wears-chopards-green-carpet-challenge-jewelry-to-2014-golden-globes/ |archive-date=29 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2020, as part of her role as Jury President of the [[77th Venice International Film Festival]], Blanchett vowed that during the festival she would only wear outfits that she had previously worn at public events in an effort to highlight the issue of sustainability in the fashion industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cate Blanchett's Recycled Venice Film Festival Wardrobe Marks A "Turning Point"|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/cate-blanchett-sustainable-fashion-venice-film-festival|access-date=18 October 2020|website=British Vogue|date=11 September 2020|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018061825/https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/cate-blanchett-sustainable-fashion-venice-film-festival|url-status=live}}</ref> In October of the same year, Blanchett was appointed by [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Prince William]] as a council member for the [[Earthshot Prize]], which provides 50 environmental pioneers with the funds needed to further their work in tackling major problems impacting the environment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sh7bn environment 'Nobel' prize launched|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/sh7bn-environment-nobel-prize-launched-2461136|access-date=14 October 2020|website=Nation|date=9 October 2020|archive-date=15 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015010055/https://nation.africa/kenya/news/sh7bn-environment-nobel-prize-launched-2461136|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, Blanchett launched the ''Climate of Change'' podcast on [[Audible (service)|Audible]] together with [[Danny Kennedy (environmentalist)|Danny Kennedy]] to discuss climate change and the importance of preserving the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/cate-blanchett-sets-climate-change-podcast-audible-1234924523/|title=Cate Blanchett Sets Climate Change Podcast At Audible|work=Deadline|first=Peter|last=White|date=3 February 2022|accessdate=17 April 2022|archive-date=17 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417174255/https://deadline.com/2022/02/cate-blanchett-sets-climate-change-podcast-audible-1234924523/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/royals/prince-william-interviewed-cate-blanchett-climate-change/|title=Prince William Is the Surprise Guest on Cate Blanchett's New Podcast About Climate Change|work=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=13 April 2022|accessdate=17 April 2022|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416095544/https://people.com/royals/prince-william-interviewed-cate-blanchett-climate-change/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Blanchett was announced as the new ambassador of [[Wakehurst Place|Wakehurst]], a nature reserve in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw07jdndl39o|title=Cate Blanchett becomes nature reserve ambassador|work=BBC News|first=Lauren|last=Collins|date=22 April 2024|accessdate=28 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228110508/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw07jdndl39o|archive-date=28 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[ecohouse]] that Blanchett and Upton are having built in [[Mawgan Porth]], [[Cornwall]], on the site of a stone cottage they bought for Β£1.6 million and then demolished,<ref name="Timesnoise">{{cite news |last1=Humphries |first1=Will |title=Cate Blanchett declared a noisy neighbour by Cornish villagers |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/cate-blanchett-declared-a-noisy-neighbour-by-cornish-villagers-0dt80t2m7 |access-date=29 February 2024 |work=[[The Times]] |date=24 October 2023}}</ref> has been the subject of controversy, as the noise from its construction is alleged to have "destroyed the family holidays" of a number of people in 2023.<ref name="Cornoise">{{cite news |last1=Badshah |first1=Nadeem |title=Cate Blanchett accused of 'destroying family holidays' with Cornwall home |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/28/cate-blanchett-accused-destroying-family-holidays-cornwall-eco-home |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=28 February 2024}}</ref> The couple's application to build an extension and space for parking had been described by a local resident as a "blatant attempt to erode an environmentally important piece of land by stealth and incorporate it".<ref name="Cornoise"/> The architects developing the site denied that anyone has been inconvenienced by the noise.<ref name="Cornoise"/> ===Humanitarian=== {{Quote box | quote = Like you, I have heard the gut-wrenching accounts. Stories of grave torture, of women brutally violated, people who have had their loved ones killed before their eyes. Children who have seen their grandparents locked in houses that were set alight. I am a mother, and I saw my children in the eyes of every single refugee child I met. I saw myself in every parent. How can any mother endure seeing her child thrown into a fire? | author = β Part of Blanchett's address to the [[United Nations Security Council]] about the [[Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh|Rohingya refugee crisis]] in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|work=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Cate Blanchett's remarks to the UN Security Council on the Rohingya refugee crisis|url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2018/8/5b859cc44/united-nations-security-council-briefing-situation-myanmar-rohingya-refugee.html|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018103913/https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2018/8/5b859cc44/united-nations-security-council-briefing-situation-myanmar-rohingya-refugee.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | width = 30% | align = right }} Blanchett has been working with the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR) since 2015. In May 2016, the UNHCR announced her appointment as a global Goodwill Ambassador.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/afr/news/latest/2016/5/5727776f6/cate-blanchett-appointed-unhcr-goodwill-ambassador.html |title=Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador |last=Lewis |first=Claire |date=2 May 2016 |access-date=26 September 2017 |publisher=[[United Nations High Commission for Refugees]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927112646/http://www.unhcr.org/afr/news/latest/2016/5/5727776f6/cate-blanchett-appointed-unhcr-goodwill-ambassador.html |archive-date=27 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Blanchett, along with other celebrities, featured in a video from the UNHCR to help raise awareness to the global refugee crisis. The video, titled "What They Took With Them", has the actors reading a poem written by Jenifer Toksvig and inspired by primary accounts of refugees, and is part of UNHCR's "WithRefugees" campaign, which also includes a petition to governments to expand asylum to provide further shelter, integrating job opportunities, and education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/what-they-took-with-them/ |title=What They Took With Them β #WithRefugees |date=7 September 2016 |access-date=14 September 2016 |publisher=[[United Nations High Commission for Refugees]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919210154/http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/what-they-took-with-them/ |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/stories/ |title=2016 Stories β #WithRefugees |access-date=14 September 2016 |publisher=[[United Nations High Commission for Refugees]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919195822/http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/stories/ |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Blanchett has undertaken missions with the UNHCR to [[Jordan]] in 2015, [[Lebanon]] in 2016 and [[Bangladesh]] in 2018 to meet with and highlight the issues faced by both [[Refugees of the Syrian Civil War|Syrian]] and [[Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh|Rohingya]] refugees in those areas.<ref>{{cite web|work=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|title=Cate Blanchett|url=https://www.unhcr.org/cate-blanchett.html|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020015647/https://www.unhcr.org/cate-blanchett.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2018, she was awarded the Crystal Award at the [[World Economic Forum]] to honour her advocacy for refugees and displaced people around the world,<ref>{{cite web|title=Davos Awards: Cate Blanchett, Elton John Talk Refugee, HIV Crises {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/davos-awards-cate-blanchett-elton-john-talk-refugee-hiv-crises-1076942|access-date=18 October 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=22 January 2018|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020173146/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/davos-awards-cate-blanchett-elton-john-talk-refugee-hiv-crises-1076942|url-status=live}}</ref> and in August 2018, she addressed the [[United Nations Security Council]] about the atrocities committed against the [[Rohingya people]] in [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{Cite news|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=29 August 2018|title=Cate Blanchett tells of atrocities against Rohingya children β video|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/aug/29/cate-blachett-tells-of-atrocities-against-rohingya-children-video|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019133334/https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/aug/29/cate-blachett-tells-of-atrocities-against-rohingya-children-video|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2020, the Australian miniseries [[Stateless (TV series)|''Stateless'']], which was co-created and produced by Blanchett (and originally aired on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC network]] in Australia), premiered on [[Netflix]]. The series was inspired by Blanchett's work with the UNHCR and focuses on four strangers whose lives collide at an [[Immigration detention|immigration detention centre]] in Australia. In Blanchett's words, the show's aim is to "build empathy and understanding for refugees, particularly those who have been and still are in detention."<ref>{{cite web|last=Refugees|work=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|title=Netflix releases Stateless, a new drama series produced by Cate Blanchett|url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2020/7/5f05893a4/netflix-releases-stateless-new-drama-series-produced-cate-blanchett.html|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929062159/https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2020/7/5f05893a4/netflix-releases-stateless-new-drama-series-produced-cate-blanchett.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As an esteemed member of the performing arts community that was seriously [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage|impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic]], and a person concerned about environmental and humanitarian issues, Blanchett contributed an essay to ''Upturn: A Better Normal After COVID-19'', a book published in 2020 about what could be done to improve society after the pandemic in her native Australia.<ref name="Blanchett 2020">{{Cite book|last=Blanchett|first=Cate|title=Upturn: A better normal after COVID-19|publisher=NewSouth|year=2020|isbn=9781742237206|editor-last=Plibersek|editor-first=Tanya|location=Sydney, Australia}}</ref><ref name="theguardian">{{Cite news|last=Blanchett|first=Cate|date=29 October 2020|title=Cate Blanchett: 'Covid-19 has ravaged the whole idea of small government'|work=The Guardian (Australia)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/29/cate-blanchett-covid-19-has-ravaged-the-whole-idea-of-small-government|access-date=29 October 2020|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029014810/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/29/cate-blanchett-covid-19-has-ravaged-the-whole-idea-of-small-government|url-status=live}}</ref> Blanchett said:{{blockquote|We engage with the performance of the gesture and the whole of it is greater than the sum of its parts. I think this need to gather is fundamental to who we are, and it has been stymied by Covid-19 but also underlined by it, and that need in us for community addresses the difficult lesson we have to learn: business is not government and government is not a business.<ref name="theguardian"/>}} In May 2020, Blanchett was among the celebrities who read an installment of [[Roald Dahl]]'s children's fantasy novel ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]'' in aid of the global-non profit charity [[Partners In Health]], co-founded by Dahl's daughter [[Ophelia Dahl|Ophelia]], which had been fighting COVID-19 in vulnerable areas.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Alison|first=Flood|date=18 May 2020|title=Taika Waititi leads all-star charity Roald Dahl readings|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/18/taika-waititi-meryl-streep-benedict-cumberbatch-charity-roald-dahl-readings-james-and-the-giant-peach|access-date=15 October 2022|archive-date=25 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825163039/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/18/taika-waititi-meryl-streep-benedict-cumberbatch-charity-roald-dahl-readings-james-and-the-giant-peach|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2020, Blanchett, [[Helen Mirren]], [[Eddie Redmayne]], [[Salman Rushdie]] and other figures of British cultural life support the protests of [[University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest|University for Theater and Film Arts (SZFE)]] students in Budapest against changes ushered Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government that forced a transfer of control of the public institution to a private foundation and a new structure to guide key decisions at the storied SZFE.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2020 |title=Angry Students Continue To Occupy Budapest Film School To Protest Changes |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/angry-students-continue-to-occupy-storied-budapest-film-school-to-protest-changes/30826591.html |access-date=4 September 2023 |archive-date=4 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904174726/https://www.rferl.org/a/angry-students-continue-to-occupy-storied-budapest-film-school-to-protest-changes/30826591.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2020 |title=Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren Γ©s Eddie Redmayne is kiΓ‘ll az SZFE mellett |url=https://m.hvg.hu/kultura/20200907_Cate_Blanchett_Helen_Mirren_es_Eddie_Redmayne_is_kiall_az_SZFE_mellett |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=hvg.hu |language=hu |archive-date=4 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904174724/https://m.hvg.hu/kultura/20200907_Cate_Blanchett_Helen_Mirren_es_Eddie_Redmayne_is_kiall_az_SZFE_mellett |url-status=live }}</ref>
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