Climate Conversations

Tropical Cyclone Alfred troubles coastal northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland, triggering memories of flooding in Lismore in NSW. "‘ Stripped to our bare bones’: three years on from the floods, Lismore’s housing crisis is worse than ever "; " Queensland evacuations begin as Cyclone Alfred storm path tracks towards Brisbane "; " How to prepare for Cyclone A...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is roaming about near the coast of Australia's south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales: " Northern NSW residents urged to prepare for first tropical cyclone since 1990 "; " The coastal Victorian city with ambitious plans but a big sea-rise problem "; " Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts...

Anthony Stott (pictured) was the guest speaker at the Geelong Climate Cafe on Friday, February 28. He has worked in several fields such as teaching, youth work, and training unemployed people. He was a Lifeline counsellor for 5 years and has been in private practice since 2008. With a gentle smile, Anthony took those at the Climate Cafe on a metaphorical journey from humanity's beginnings to w...

Violet Coco is an active activist, she is bold and courageous in alerting others to the dilemmas of climate change. Violet shared the stage with the research director from The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough) , David Spratt at an event associated with the Melbourne-based National Sustainability Festival , “ The PM’s Climate Speech we’ve been waiting for ” David mentioned the...

How close-knit community is better than rugged individualism - " Surviving the Climate Apocalypse (With a Little Help From My Friends) "; " America Loses Its Soul When It Rejects People Fleeing Danger "; " Climate change is coming for coastlines, from ancient cities to modern California: Study "; " Why the U.S. has been home to Earth’s most unusually cold air thi...

The Liberal-National Party's fanciful idea of nuclear power for Australia will deliver the 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge - " ‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb’: 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition"; " Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb’ that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis shows "; " World urged to stay the course on c...

Simon Holmes à Court will be in conversation with Rick Brazalle (pictured) at a Lighter Footprints event at Melbourne's Malvern Town Hall on Wednesday, March 5, discussing " Powering 2025: Driving Australia’s Energy Transition ". " What Would Real Energy Independence Look Like? "; " This wind farm is retiring, so what happens to its tonnes of steel? "; " Elon...

Alex Pearce (pictured) was just in Grade Six when he quizzed former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, about how he would combat climate change and care for the environment. Now as the Fremantle Football Club captain and proud Palawa man, Alex still has the same concerns - " Athletes turn up the heat on politicians over climate change "; " The Corporate Coup in Global Context:...

Stories about climate change are not yet "the news of the day" but they soon will be, it just needs news editors and reporters, and there are some, to demonstrate courage and commitment to tell their audiences what is really happening, who is responsible and what people can do about this dilemma. " New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached "; " March...

About 60 people gathered in Shepparton, northern Victoria, just recently as part of a nationwide protest about the Queensland State Government's blindness to the science illustrating why it should stand behind the health and wellbeing of trans kids. In just eight days, four people, Ren Slade, Georgina Poort, Jacq Kiss and Nicole Wells, went from little more than an idea to the reality of a ral...

The Research Director of the Melbourne-based National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough) , David Spratt, has written the stunning and timely report: " Collision Course: 3-degrees of warming & humanity's future ". David has said: "We’re on track for a 3°C hotter world—unprecedented heat, rising seas drowning cities, food system collapse, and societal instability. T...

The late Phillip Sutton (pictured) helped me understand how ending our addiction to fossil fuels would worsen global warming, at least momentarily, but then provide an avenue to the solution. Phillip co-authored the prescient 2008 book " Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action " with David Spratt, the Research Director for " BreakThroughOnline ", The National Centre for...

My friend was distressed, feeling useless and unable to make an impact, John Grimes (pictured), by comparison, is motivated and calling out Peter Dutton's nuclear power place. " Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit "; " China’s ‘artificial sun’ has sent shockwaves through the West "; " Australia can be a winner from Trump’s climate retrea...

Here we have a group of writers, something like a musical group, reimagining Adam Smith's " The Wealth of Nations " and transforming it into the "Wealth of Gaia." Working together and collaborating, the team goes about " Reimagining Economics: ‘The Wealth of Gaia’ by Eve Smith ". Hosting the event is The managing editor of the Post Growth Fellowship , Natalie Holm...

Sammy Roth (pictured) is a climate columnist with the Los Angeles Times and a key figure in the podcast Boiling Point. In his role as a climate columnist, Sammy is a storyteller and as such has a critical and pivotal role to play in helping his readers, and of course, the broader community, address the challenges of a changing climate. Sammy follows the truth and the science of climate change when...

A warning from the English broadcaster, writer and naturalist, David Attenborough (pictured) - "Climate change is the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced'. " How do climate scientists maintain their hope in a warming world? "; " Greens’ $8 billion scheme for 50 cent fares across Australia comes with costing questions "; " Trump Administra...

Professor Tony Hayment (pictured) is Australia's newly appointed Chief Scientist: " Statement from Professor Tony Haymet "; " Ed Husic discusses appointment of new chief scientist "; " Prof. Tony Haymet – Australia’s new Chief Scientist "; "I nside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule "; " How you could save $3000 in power bills by ma...

My central Shepparton home in northern Victoria, Australia, was not impacted by the 2022 floods that inundated much of the city. Shepparton is central to the Goulburn Valley and is part of the Nicholls Federal Electorate, which is one of the highest-risk areas in Australia. The Goulburn Valley is on a riverine floodplain. Insurance was the topic of a recent webinar organized by the organization, &...

The inauguration of Donald Trump as the U.S. President was lamented and considered grim news at the second meeting of the Geelong Climate Cafe on Friday, January 24. The 10 people at the cafe were deeply concerned about Trump's rise to The Whitehouse but quickly shifted to more parochial matters about which the participants felt they could do something. " Why do so few apartments in Sydney and Mel...

The Mayor of Hobart, the capital city in the Australian State of Tasmania, Anna Reynolds (pictured) has voiced concerns on Linkedin about her city facing a bushfire threat in conditions similar to those that recently razed large portions of Los Angeles during a wildfire driven by fierce Santa Anna winds. She asked the LinkedIn community for answers/comments about several issues and one to reply wa...

Simon Kerr (pictured) is alarmed about the world community not being prepared for what is coming and writes on Medium about " What’s Happening with the Planet? A Short Update for 2025 ". He is a climate change thinker, a research fellow, the creator of " Music for a Warming World ", and has a PhD in Political Ecology. He was a guest on this podcast in June 2024 in an episode en...

A group of people reached for some normalcy " As L.A. burned, some venues tried to provide laughter, drinks and normalcy "; " As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles "; " Calif. Republicans weigh in on Trump allies’ calls for fire aid conditions "; " The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia? "; " How Los An...

Stuart Goldsmith (pictured) flies business class but makes his ethical point about flying that way , with a smile on his face. " The Media’s Mega-Failure on LA’s Mega-Fires"; " Press Briefing: How the LA Wildfires Are Fueled by Climate Change"; "‘ Some homes weren’t designed with fire in mind’: Is timber to blame for LA wildfires? "; " ‘Not out of the woods yet’:...

New York Times climate reporter, Christopher Flavelle (pictured) discusses Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses and how the city responded to the present fire crisis. " California’s insurance crisis is a warning for America "; " ‘It’s ironic’: how climate crisis is driving Trump push on Greenland and Panama "; " Republicans see the LA wildfires as an opportunity to punish California "; " Death to...

Amy Chozick (pictured) wants someone to take control in Los Angeles, as she writes in her guest essay in The New York Times: " Los Angeles Is Being Crushed Under the Weight of Inaction "; "‘ We got our fingers crossed’: residents in limbo after LA fires force evacuations "; " The Eaton Fire Is Now One of California’s Deadliest "; " 'We are not in the clear': Dangerous Santa Ana winds forecast to r...