Episodes

  • Climate News: The scientific dilemma, is it toilet paper and potatoes or research - it has to be both says Professor Matt King

    Climate News: The scientific dilemma, is it toilet paper and potatoes or research - it has to be both says Professor Matt King
    Nov 21 2024
    Hundreds of researchers and scientists have gathered in Hobart this week for what they're calling an "emergency" summit on Antarctica. It comes as the federal government defends its level of funding for scientific research in the region but it's resisting calls to fund a second ice-breaker vessel to help carry it out - listen to Professor Matt King, the director of the Australian Research Council's Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science during an interview on the ABC Breakfast program - "'Emergency' Antarctica summit in Hobart amid funding uncertainty"; "Green Lab roundtables to confront urgent climate adaptation challenges" - Green Lab DirectorA/Prof Anita Foerster (pictured); "The maps that show the tree-free heat islands in your city"; "Opinion How to save the climate in a second Trump term"; "Richard Flanagan knocks back $100k literature prize over sponsor’s fossil fuel links"; "Climate summit host faces backlash over support for fossil fuels, crackdown on dissent"; "Trump Wants to Kill the E.V. Tax Credit. Here’s What to Know."; "Episode 6: Phil Jones" - Micromobility Report; "If You’re Sure How the Next Four Years Will Play Out, I Promise: You’re Wrong"; "12 big changes Trump could make to climate and environment policy"; "How Trump 2.0 might affect the wildfire crisis: ‘The harms will be more lasting’"; "Drought Status Update for the Northeast"; "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Northeast Is Burning"; "Solar energy is powering public landscaping in Oak Park, Illinois"; "Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan"; "Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting 'nobody' can reverse it"; "Coalition against fossil fuel subsidies expands but misses initial targets"; "Why children like me have a right to be heard at the People’s Blockade of the Newcastle coal port"; "Record-setting bomb cyclone, intense as a hurricane, lashes Northwest"; "Construction is the world’s biggest carbon emitter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it"; "EU zones in on $200B to $300B target for global climate fund"; "Could Russia be prosecuted for environmental war crimes?"; "New Calls for Reform Emerge as COP29 Negotiations Struggle"; "Planet-warming pollution is growing at the fastest rate in history, scientists say"; "Cop29 live: Slashing methane emissions is ‘our emergency brake’, UN says – as it happened"; "Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit"; "The Guardian environment pledge 2024"; "At COP29, Climate ‘Optimism Has Been Dampened"; "Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red"; "UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts"; "NZ footballer leads fight against Fifa’s fossil fuels"; "COP29: Small island states ‘feel abandoned’ as climate talks grind on"; "Spain's royals return to flood-hit region weeks after being pelted with mud"; "This seaside town will power thousands of homes with waves"; "
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    46 mins
  • Climate News: 'Relax' Festival allows access to two 'ordinary people' -Dave and Wynan

    Climate News: 'Relax' Festival allows access to two 'ordinary people' -Dave and Wynan
    Nov 20 2024

    The recent "Relax Festival" in Tatura organized by "Tatura Transition Towns" was highly successful, on a comparative basis.

    More than 100 people came to the town's Stuart Mock Place to enjoy free music; a free barbecue cooked on induction hotplates powered by an electric car; learn about composting; watch a karate display; book in to either see a rather special garden and visit another home and learn about making biochar; join the GV Gamers Guild to enjoy play without electric power; talk with John Laing about the damage our way of living is causing to other life forms, learn about insects (watch them crawl up your arm) and hear about the valuable work of Landcare; hear from Hilary Grigg about how we should be dealing with our waste; and get som home energy tips and ideas from Terry Court of "Zero Carbon Tatrura".

    The Melbourne-based "Bicycle Network" was represented, and the idea of using an electric bike was illustrated through the display of a privately owned electric trike and a folding electric bike from Shepparton's Leading Edge Cycles.

    Climate Conversations also attended and talked with two 'ordinary" people - Dave Wischer (pictured) from Rushworth and Wynan Dollar from Tatura.

    Dave is concerned about the impact of climate change and encouraged others to watch "Nature Bats Last" by Professor Guy McPherson.
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    13 mins
  • Climate News: To avoid global catastophe and the reversing of human progress we must bend the curve away from fossil fuels - Johan Rockström

    Climate News: To avoid global catastophe and the reversing of human progress we must bend the curve away from fossil fuels - Johan Rockström
    Nov 17 2024
    Professor Dr Johan Rockström (pictured) from the Potsdam Univerity fears both environmental catastrophe and catastrophe reversal of human progress if we don't bend the curve away from fossil fuels. "A Kennedy daughter offers a hand to Pacific nations threatened by climate change"; "Foodprint Melbourne: Building the Resilience of Melbourne’s Food System"; "Poorer nations need $1tn a year by 2030 in climate finance, top economists find"; "Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit"; "‘Minimal progress’ made this year on curbing global heating, report finds"; "What Is Project 2025, and Why Did Trump Distance Himself From It During the Campaign?"; "‘Fossil Fuels Are Still Winning’: Global Emissions Head for a Record"; "Global Warming Made Helene More Menacing, Researchers Say"; "What are tariffs?"; "Proposal at UN climate talks to tax business-class flights, crypto and plastics"; "From Chile and Taiwan via Glasgow, youth call for climate justice"; "The all-male Cop29 committee is a big step backwards for climate"; "The Tug-of-War on This Climate Super Pollutant Has Big Implications for the Future"; "What the Earth’s Recent Heat Uptick Could Mean for the Climate Fight"; "Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0"; "Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies"; "Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts"; "Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics"; "Albanese unlikely to announce new climate targets until after federal election"; "To Protect the Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently, UN Says"; "‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress"; "As New York Congestion Pricing Turns a Corner, Experts Point to Lessons From London"; "Good To Go? Decarbonising Travel After the Pandemic"; "The case for COPs (even this one)"; "Did people have to fly to COP29? Private jet use soared, but one group got to Baku overland"; "Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29"; "At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change"; "COP29 climate finance in numbers: How much is needed and where is it coming from?"; "Katharine Hayhoe’s Post-Election Advice: Fight Fear, Embrace Hope and Work Together"; "In a Parched US, Human-Triggered Wildfires Are Poised to Thrive"; "Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report"; "How will offshore wind fare under a second Trump term?"; "A new generation of cheaper batteries is sweeping the EV industry"; "Global Warming Made Helene More Menacing, Researchers Say"; "If our hot water heaters ran off daytime solar, we would slash emissions and soak up cheap energy".
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    29 mins
  • Climate News: Listen to the sharp thinking of Doug Abrams on the Wisdom and Action podcast

    Climate News: Listen to the sharp thinking of Doug Abrams on the Wisdom and Action podcast
    Nov 10 2024
    Berry takes us on a journey into the mind of Doug Abrams on this recent episode of "Wisdom and Action". "‘Summer of grass fires’: Authorities warn of increased fire risk"; "On the Benefits of Changing One's Mind in Public": "Biden races to Trump-proof his climate legacy"; "Where the trees once stood"; "Despite Likely Setback for Climate Action With This Year’s Election, New Climate Champions Set to Enter Congress"; "How to Think About Climate and Environmental Policies During a Second Trump Administration"; "Reckoning With Climate Anxiety in the Wake of the US Election"; "Will Trump’s Re-Election Threaten Global Climate Progress Ahead of COP29 Talks?"; "ClimateActNow"; "Scientists are wary and uncertain as Trump returns to power"; "A Movement of Many"; "Cop29 could change the financial climate for the world’s wealthy polluters"; "Global boiling, mass flooding and Trump: 10 big talking points for Cop29"; "We can prepare for hurricanes, heatwaves and flooding – but only if we are bold at Cop29"; "The Australians who sounded the climate alarm 55 years ago: ‘I’m surprised others didn’t take it as seriously’"; "In the Eye of the Storm: TV Meteorologists Talk Climate".
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    36 mins
  • Climate News: Climate conscious 'ordinary Americans' alarmed at the success of Donald Trump

    Climate News: Climate conscious 'ordinary Americans' alarmed at the success of Donald Trump
    Nov 8 2024
    "Americans elect a climate change denier (again)"; "What Is COP29? Here’s What to Know About Global Climate Talks Next Week."; "A Donald Trump presidency is bad for climate action, but Australia should get on with the job"; "U.S. Election Sends Alarming Message for Global Climate Efforts"; "What Trump’s Victory Says About America"; "This year ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest on record, finds EU space programme"; "A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief"; "Typhoon Yinxing Hits Philippines as a Powerful Storm"; "Donald Trump can’t stop global climate action. If we stick together, it’s the US that will lose out"; "A warming planet will not stop energy hardship – excess heat will drive energy demand"; "Use your imagination and stop playing too safe"; "What Is COP29? Here’s What to Know About Global Climate Talks Next Week."; "Climate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier. Here’s How Much."; "2024 Temperatures Are on Track for a Record High, Researchers Find"; "The U.N.’s Verdict on Climate Progress Over the Past Year: There Was None"; "How our regions can help make Australia’s growing cities more sustainable"; "Natural Disaster Destroyed Part of València. Populism May Take Us All the Way Down."; "The World Isn’t Spending Nearly Enough to Adapt to Climate Shocks, U.N. Says"; "The extreme floods which devastated Spain are hitting more often. Is Australia ready for the next one?"; "America Makes a Perilous Choice"; "Leaders from key countries to skip COP29 climate summit"; "Climate Action Isn’t About “Saving the Planet”"; "Hours after Trump win, Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge''; "What Trump’s victory could mean for oil companies and climate change policy"; "Current climate pledges by nations ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal, UN body says"; ''Tesla shares leap as Trump win sets stage for Musk's EV business"; "Trump victory casts shadow over upcoming COP global climate talks"; "Climate Change Has Dangerously Supercharged Fires, Hurricanes, Floods and Heat Waves. Why Didn’t It Come Up More in the Presidential Campaign?"; "The Environmental Dark Side of Live Music"; "How Trump’s second term could derail the clean energy transition"; "Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a demagogue"; "With Trump back in the White House The impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and across the world With Trump returning to the presidency, this iswhat's at stake"; "Warren Washington, Groundbreaking Climate Scientist, Dies at 88"; "'Nuclear will drive up the cost of electricity': Matt Kean clashes with former colleagues – video"; "An oil supply crisis will trigger a sovereignty crisis for NZ"; "‘Unprecedented’ stress in up to half of the Amazon may lead to tipping point by 2050": "‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation"; "‘Cold dro
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    39 mins
  • Event: Raimond Gaita helps us better understand that the answer to the climate crisis begins with expansive and meaningful conversation

    Event: Raimond Gaita helps us better understand that the answer to the climate crisis begins with expansive and meaningful conversation
    Nov 4 2024

    One of Australia’s preeminent philosophers, Raimond Gaita (pictured), a conversation enthusiast, delivered the second annual oration following the annual general meeting of the Melbourne-based "Climate at the Crossroads".


    The Importance of Conversation in the very Idea of our Common Humanity".

    He is a Honorary Professorial Fellow, at the Melbourne Law School and Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, King's College London.

    Promotional material for the lecture said Mr Gaita has long been a beacon of moral clarity in a world increasingly defined by division and despair.

    Conversation is where everything begins and the answers to the present climate crisis can be found in simply talking with each other.

    And so, although Mr Gaita did not directly address climate issues, he did help the audience of about 100 better understand the importance of conversation.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Climate News: Australia's CSIRO wraps up 'The State of the Climate for 2024

    Climate News: Australia's CSIRO wraps up 'The State of the Climate for 2024
    Nov 4 2024
    The State of the Climate 2024 - good and bad news, but mostly bad. "State of the Climate 2024: Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise"; "Screams from retirement home in Spanish town where dozens died in flooding"; "Spain floods disaster: death toll rises to 205 as extra troops mobilised"; "Spain’s floods have killed more than 200. Why have they been so deadly?"; "The planet is ‘on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ scientists warn"; "What Project 2025 would do to climate policy in the US"; "Beyond Growth: A Journey through the Landscape of Sustainable Economics"; "Shrink the Economy, Save the World?"; "Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions. Our research shows why"; "Heat contributed to 47,000 deaths in Europe during summer 2023, study finds"; "Five smart policies can turbocharge clean US manufacturing"; "‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ begins"; "Finland exports snow-saving mats to ski resorts hit by climate crisis"; "12 books to read about climate action ahead of the election"; "Fast action on methane to keep a 1.5°C future within reach"; "US election: Greens fear the EU may have to keep global climate action alive"; "Biodiversity finance grew ahead of COP16 but came mostly as loans, says OECD"; "NSW police take legal action to prevent climate activists blockading Port of Newcastle"; "At COP16, countries clash over future of global fund for nature protection "; "‘Crippling’ loss of millions of dollars in solar rebates under investigation"; "‘Bad River,’ About a Tribe’s David vs. Goliath Pipeline Fight, Highlights the Power of Long-Term Thinking"; "Fossil fuel transition pledge left out of COP16 draft agreement"; "On Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn, How Environmental Activism Plays Out in the Neighborhood"; "Businesses may be investing more in climate adaptation than we think".
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    23 mins
  • Climate News: 'Do I laugh or cry?' - the contradictions about keeping Australians safe are alarming

    Climate News: 'Do I laugh or cry?' - the contradictions about keeping Australians safe are alarming
    Nov 1 2024
    The Member for Shortland, Pat Conroy (pictured), most certainly got the memo. He parrots the words "keeping Australians safe" but then does nothing practical, other than talking the talk, about keeping Australians safe from the impacts of climate change. "Almost 100 including Briton killed in flash floods in Spain"; "At least 95 people dead in Spain’s worst floods in three decades"; "Death toll from Spain's devastating flash floods rises to 158"; "Spain floods: Death toll surpasses 150 as more soldiers join rescue efforts"; "Planet-warming pollution is growing at the fastest rate in history, scientists say"; "A Pivotal Choice: Trump vs. Harris on Climate Change"; "Unprecedented floods claim at least 158 lives in Spain"; "Free Electricity, Anyone? Britain Tries New Tricks to Green Its Grid."; "The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?"; "Why were the floods in Spain so bad? A visual guide"; "Unintended consequences of using maps to communicate sea-level rise"; "Pioneering Clean Energy at Netflix — and Across the Entertainment Industry"; "Six Building Blocks to Prepare the Grid for EVs"; "'Waste of time': Papua New Guinea will boycott the world's most important climate summit"; "Individual action on climate was tarred as greenwashing or virtue signalling. But it still has a place"; "Spotlight on a Researcher: Belay Gulte Mino"; "12 economic growth myths and how to counter them"; "5 things you can do to end the biodiversity crisis as the world talks about it at COP16"; "Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton’s energy plan is more focused on coal and gas than it is on nuclear power"; "Solar is helping schools save big. Your district could be next."; "A New Trilemma Haunts the World Economy"; "‘We were trapped like rats’: Spain’s floods bring devastation and despair"; "Australia is already 1.5 degrees hotter"; "Free Electricity, Anyone? Britain Tries New Tricks to Green Its Grid."; "'Uniquely vulnerable' Australia faces tough battle to avert climate crisis"; "Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace"; "Australia one of the biggest producers of a climate change 'supercharger', new report says"; "A Pivotal Choice: Trump vs. Harris on Climate Change"; "Australia to start November with a heatwave as La Niña chances dwindle"; "How the fast-track saved New Zealand coal"; "Abandoning Bass Strait oil and gas structures would breach international law, expert warns"; "English and Regional Media Coverage of the 2022 Heatwave in India"; "Santos sued by its own shareholder in world-first greenwashing case"; "The Times view on planning red tape: Powering Ahead"; "Hedgehogs ‘near threatened’ on red list after 30% decline over past decade"; "Governor Hobbs Announces Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan"; "2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters"; "Energy expert Vaclav Smil on how to feed the world without trashing it"; "New Reports Ahead of COP29 Show The World Is Spinning Its Wheels on Climate Action"; "Qua
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    29 mins