Climate Conversations Podcast
1) Climate News: City Council breaks covenant with climate emergency declaration; Fecderal Government's river water processes creates controversy
The council of the City of Greater Shepparton has extended its approval for the staging of the Spring Car Nationals at the city's showground, in breach of its covenant with the 2020 climate emergency ...Show More
2) Climate News: Richard Denniss warns that recovery could outstrip either mitigation or adaptation; The problem with climate-induced bushfires again troubling New South Wales
The Australia Institute's joint CEO, Richard Denniss, (pictured) was one of a trio of guest speakers several weeks ago at an event organised by The Royal Society of Victoria, warning of the emerging p...Show More
3) Climate News: The American Prospect explores the cost of climate change; Hundreds die after simultaneous storms devastate Asia; Moving outside the room at Symposium 25 symbolic of climate challenge
Simultaneous storms devastate Asia (picture): "Death toll surpasses 1200 after simultaneous storms devastate Asia";"In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this ...Show More
4) Climate News: Renewable power grid prompts myths, misinformation, disinformation and blatant likes; Fire threat greater in fossil fuel powered cars that EVs
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) airs grid controversies on the 7:30 Report: "The fight between farmers and the Victorian government is spilling onto the paddock";"Australiaâs sales of bi...Show More
5) Climate News: Canada brushes aside climate concerns; Shepparton News has plethora of climate-related stories; 'What world are you living in?' - Michael Mann quizes Bill Gates
Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday laying the groundwork for a new oil pipeline to expand Albertaâs oil sands, exempting the provinceâs energy industry from ...Show More
6) Interview: 'We've always been confronted by forces bigger than ourselves, but we've always survived - there's no reason why we can't still fall in love, laugh, play games and have fun' - Ben Pederick
Ben Pederick (pictured recording an interview post The Adaptation Game - TAG) is a big man with a big smile, a big heart and some equally big ideas about how we step up to the challenges we confront a...Show More
7) COP30, Belem, Brasil - Austrailia surrenders to Turkey, but according to Climate and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, it's a win!
Australia's Climate and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen (pictured), is attending climate talks in Belem, Brazil, at COP30. However, the talks have gone a little awry for Australia, as it has ceded COP31 ...Show More
8) Climate News: From COP30 in Brasil with California's Governor Gavin Newsom, to the self-destructive behaviour of Australia's conservative political parties
California Governor Gavin Newsom (picture) steals the spotlight at COP30 in Brasil - "Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip";"This widely used chart makes the cl...Show More
9) Climate News: Sussan Ley chances her arm, and her Liberal Party leadership on net zero - the conversation is becoming increasingly irrelevant to all Australians
Liberal Party leader, Sussan Ley (pictured), is at the centre of discussions that mean little to what it is that Australians need to hear about addressing climate change."These numbers say net zero is...Show More
10) Interview: Marian Wilkson takes to the fossil fuel companies, and our politicians, like a chainsaw to a daisy patch
Marian Wilkinson has sliced through the fossil fuel companies, particularly Woodside, and our politicians, in her latest Quarterly Essay," Woodside vs The Planet: how a company captured a country".The...Show More