Let Me Sum Up

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for the latest on the domestic gas reservation policy! Our latest bonus episode features Luke, Tennant and audience fave Alison Reeve talking about the gas reservation bill currently before the nation's parliament. Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon to get access to this sweet, sweet boco! --- It’s a pre-COP cornucopia of climate co...

Note Folks, we recorded this week’s episode before the horrific incident involving independent MP and allround wonderful humn, Helen Haines. We are sending huge love to Helen, her family and team, and best wishes for her recovery. Helen's family has asked that we show our solidarity and support through a donation to Save the Children – you can do that here . — It’s that time of year folks, when yo...

Pre-COP31 in Fiji and Tuvalu has just wrapped. Its premise was to provide an opportunity for the world to hear directly from the Pacific. In that spirit, we're pressing pause on the summing up this week, and bringing you a selection of the most affecting addresses made at the Pre-COP in Nadi.  On to Antalya.

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for a squiz at some IEA data on global emissions in 2026 This week our Bonus episode includes Frankie, Luke and Tennant having a look at some sharp analysis in Carbon Brief on the impact of the Iran War on global emissions. Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon. — Nothing like the 300ish page Intergenerational Report launched earlier t...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for some much needed Good News Stories on climate! This week our Bonus episode includes Frankie, Luke and Tennant look to the light to focus on some of things that have us excited and optimistic about climate action - because goodness knows, we could all use an upper! Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon to get this sweet, sweet BoCo!...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for some AMA action flowing from our 100th episode! This week our Bonus episode includes Frankie, Luke and Tennant revisiting a question we didn’t get to for our recent 100th episode spectacular: do we think we’ve got anything wrong over the past few years of doing the pod, or are there any positions we’d revisit if we could? Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for some unsolicited advice to the next Victorian Energy Minister! This week our Bonus episode includes Frankie, Luke and Tennant providing some free (unsolicited) advice to whomsoever occupies the hotseat as Victorian Minister for Climate Change and Energy following this year’s state election. Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon to...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for a dissection of the latest cracks in the ECMC Federation This week our Bonus episode includes Frankie, Luke and Tennant dissecting the spicy, spicy goings on in the latest  Energy and Climate Ministerial Council meeting. Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon to hear which state dissented from the latest communique, and wild specula...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for a chat on Diesel Fuel Tax Credits! This week our Bonus episode includes Alison, Frankie, Luke and Tennant breaking down what is going on with the various pushes to remove, reform - and preserve! - diesel fuel tax credits. Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon to check it out. — Your intrepid welcome back super friend of the pod and...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for Germany industrial decarb tour and London Climate Action Week debrief! This week our Bonus episode includes a debrief from Luke and Tennant on their recent tour of Germany looking for inspo for Australia’s industrial decarbonisation journey plus extra side BoCo on BoCo reportage of the goings on at London Climate Action Week, including the launch of #ElectrifyNow gl...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for Bonus Bonn bons! This week our Bonus episode has Frankie interrogating Luke and Tennant for some reportage of all the goings on at the Bonn intersessional talks. Overnight cross country German roadtrips! Electrification! Action agenda! Trade talk snafus! Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon for this especially sweet Boo! — In what...

Summerupperers, we’ve made it! 100 episodes in and your intrepid hosts are still banging on about the latest developments and papers in climate and energy, because, THERE REALLY IS TOO MUCH. This week the LMSU crew marked the centenary occasion by recording this episode together - in real life! - on Bidjigal and Gadigal country, where we fielded questions and provocations from you, our amazing com...

Send us a voicemail to mark Let Me Sum Up’s upcoming 100th Episode! Your friendly neighbourhood climate and energy podcast of record is about to clock up its 100th episode! Global VP for Marketing and Extortion kindly requests Summeruppers to send us a voicemail with your questions for LMSU’s intrepid hosts or favourite anecdotes from listening to the pod. All contributions welcome! — In Episode X...

Send us a voicemail to mark Let Me Sum Up’s upcoming 100th Episode! Your friendly neighbourhood climate and energy podcast of record is about to clock up its 100th episode! And our Global VP for Marketing and Extortion kindly requests Summeruppers to send us a voicemail with your questions for LMSU’s intrepid hosts or favourite anecdotes from listening to the pod. All contributions welcome! Subscr...

Grab your limited edition ‘Energy Sovereignty Now!’ t-shirts! There is now an insufficiency of energy sufficiency AND sovereignty tees in the world, but don’t worry, the LMSU merch store has got you covered! Promises made, promises kept folks - grab your limited edition t-shirt right here . Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon so you too can SafeGuarder! This week our Bonus episode unpacks the second year...

Grab your limited edition ‘Energy Sovereignty Now!’ t-shirts! There is now an insufficiency of energy sufficiency AND sovereignty tees in the world, but don’t worry, the LMSU merch store has got you covered! Promises made, promises kept folks - grab your limited edition t-shirt right here . Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for the latest episode of My Little GSOO™ This week Tennant and Frankie give Luk...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for the political commentary BoCo pod you didn’t know you needed in your life! Politics junkies? Guilty as charged! Nothing was going to keep your intrepid hosts from grabbing the popcorn and settling in to watch the SA election this past weekend. Run, don’t walk, over to www.letmesumup.net and subscribe to our Patreon to hear what we make of the Malinauskas empire and...

Another regional conflict precipitating another energy security crisis has your intrepid hosts feeling some deja vu as we find ourselves in an increasingly familiar setting as we contemplate the opportunities and challenges presented in the current US-Israel war on Iran. Beyond the horrific human toll of the Trump administration’s latest incoherent, all-tactics-no-strategy foray into the Middle Ea...

It’s 2026 and we’re back, baby! Clearly not much has been happening in the world since we left you appreciating the one liners of dreamy cult classic The Princess Bride, so this we’ll keep brief. HA! Your intrepid hosts cast our sights beyond the binfire of domestic politics for a moment to the latest international institution to draw the ire of the Trump administration - this week featuring the I...

We're back, and we're kicking off a big year with the first annual LMSU Summer Book Club! That is right, Tennant, Frankie, Luke and Alison curled up with a climate themed read over summer: Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them by Jessica F Green. What did we make of it? Views were... mixed at best. Tune in to find out more, and if you are so inclined...

Give the gift of LMSU BoCo to your loved ones! In the awkward position of forgetting a Christmas gift for your beloved? Want to set your climate conscious friends up for success in 2026? Look no further than a one year subscription to LMSU’s Patreon which gets you bonus, subscriber-only episodes - unpacking the sector decarbonisation plans with special guests - and all manner of additional absolut...

Subscribe to LMSU’s Patreon for a sector plan BoCo bonanza!   All aboard folks! Team LMSU is continuing our BoCo odyssey, adventuring through each of the six sector decarbonisation plans. AND we’re bringing friends! That’s right, we’re calling in even nerdier reinforcements. This week, we’ll be joined by Ag sector knower Steve Hatfield-Dodds to unpack the Agriculture and Land Sector Plan. And if s...

We conclude our Quokka of 2025 COP episodes by sitting down Australia's Climate and Energy Minister – and incoming COP President of Negotiations – Chris Bowen!  Referenced in this episode (in order of importance): Luke's COP bid parody song Chris' summer reading recommendation Türkiye-Australia Partnership Modalities — And that’s it for now, Summerupperers. There is now a one-stop-shop for all you...

All aboard folks! Team LMSU is continuing our BoCo odyssey, adventuring through each of the six sector decarbonisation plans. AND we’re bringing friends! That’s right, we’re calling in even nerdier reinforcements and experts to join us as we venture on. We're four in, two to go and luminaries helping us sum up so far include Dylan McConnell, Davina Rooney, Helen Rowe and Alison Reeve! And if someh...

All aboard folks! Team LMSU is continuing our BoCo odyssey, adventuring through each of the six sector decarbonisation plans. AND we’re bringing friends! That’s right, we’re calling in even nerdier reinforcements and experts to join us as we venture on. We're four in, two to go and luminaries helping us sum up so far include Dylan McConnell, Davina Rooney, Helen Rowe and Alison Reeve! And if someh...