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The International Organization for Migration estimates that between 25 million and 1 billion people will move as a result of climate change within the next 30 years. Toby Kent, the City of Melbourne's first Chief Resilience Officer, joins Mark Spencer to talk to the Deputy Executive Director of the Mayors Migration Council to talk migration, urbanisation, climate change, and the collision of these...

The Climactic Collective is proud to host the Clean State WA Podcast Series , by Anthony James, creator of The RegenNarration. You might recognise Dr Vanessa Rauland from the recent ABC TV series Fight for Planet A. Vanessa's the co-founder with Alexander Karan of ClimateClever, one of a growing number of WA social enterprises that are starting to realise some of the enormous opportunities in our...

It's Saturday, the 7th of November. November 9th, next Monday, a bill will be tabled in the Australian federal parliament. It's called the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020. Also known as the Climate Act. It is a net zero carbon emissions pledge, and plan, for Australia to achieve by 2050. It is the same pledge, and broad plan, already adopted by the UK. "...

Rebroadcast of an episode of Catastrophic , with a new introduction.  Sulari Gentill lives in the NSW town of Batlow, home of the Batlow apple. Her husband, Michael and son, Edmund, are both volunteer firefighters with the RFS. They have been fighting fires for years but they have never experienced anything like this. In the first weekend of January 2020 the town of Batlow was decimated by a mega...

"The Long View on Environmental and Social Justice for Botany Bay: Interdisciplinary partnerships between UNSW and the community" This year's Hillier lecture will provide an opportunity to reflect on the past, present, and future of work on environmental and social justice issues in and around Botany Bay from the perspectives of researchers with the University of New South Wales. While UNSW and Co...

Simon Moore, from the Priestley International Centre for Climate, talks to a variety of people at the University of Leeds who are working to bring about a net-zero, socially just future. Dr Cat Scott explains the important role of trees and forests in tackling climate change. Then Dr Kirsty Pringle talks about her citizen science project in Bradford, looking at how air pollution impacts children's...

What's the Grot? Or, what happens to form The Grot? A barely recognisable, muddy dystopia of a future? Or, a near at hand present with just a slap of mud and touch of humour? Eav Brennan explores graphic novel The Grot with author Pat Grant, and get into why he made it, what it reflects, and what he hopes you take away from it. You can already read it for free on his site, so get the director's co...

This is the Climactic adaptation of Everybody Now, a "podmarch". "A Podcast Climate Protest March, or Climate Podmarch, if you will." First we feature some audio from the excellent new Climate Ads project , then an introduction/explanation by Climactic founder Mark Spencer, a recording from Mark ahead of the September 20th, 2019 School Strike, before the Everybody Now podmarch.  Please find below...

This is a guest episode from the Books, Books, Books podcast Rebecca Huntley on looking your children in the eye, managing eco-anxiety, and how to use emotions such as guilt, anger, fear and hope to change hearts as well as minds in the climate change debate. Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia's most experienced social researchers and former director of The Mind and Mood Report, the longest runni...

This is an episode of Growing Concern by Seán Marsh. Listen to more of the show and subscribe here .  In this episode, I chat with an old friend, recent father and Qantas pilot grounded indefinitely by COVID-19. Concerned for the future, Nick Thorne's on a new path, albeit a somewhat begrudging one, to become an atmospheric climate scientist. Added bonus: tune in to hear Nick's passionate speech i...

This is an episode of Climactic Candid, honest talks with climate engaged people from across society. I'm Mark Spencer, publisher of the Climactic Collective Podcast Network. My guest for this episode is entrepreneur Sara Bell. Sara Bell founded AMPLIFY in the belief that conscious consumers have the power to generate the pressure points needed to drive rapid change before 2030. The companies whos...

In 2019 close to a thousand people gathered in Brisbane for a Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. In 2020, thousands met online as COVID19 reshaped the world in mere months.  What do 8 recently trained leaders think about the virtual Climate Reality Project flagship 3-day training? What's next for them?  Join former APAC Climate Reality lead Linh Do, and Climactic publisher Mark Spencer, fo...

Beyond Zero Emissions is an independent Australian research organisation developing detailed plans for how Australia can develop a zero-carbon economy. Their most recent work includes the Million Jobs Plan and their Zero Carbon Communities platform. In September 2020, Beyond Zero Emissions hosted an online Discussion Group to follow up on the ABC's Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge Their s...

THE GAS FALLACY: why we need a renewable led recovery for our climate, health and economy Event description Drought, floods and the recent catastrophic bushfires have brought home the reality of the climate crisis to Australia - the burning of fossil fuels is destroying our world. The Covid caused recession creates an opportunity to transition rapidly to renewables as part of economic recovery, bu...

Listen to the full episode on Climactic, or Climactic Live.  This an abridged version of the longer adaptation of the recent event, The Gas Fallacy.  See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the weekly flagship feed of the Climactic Collective, this week an episode of the Sustainable You Podcast. This week there's been multiple new episodes of shows on the network - check them all out at www.climactic.com.au .  There are tons of easy swaps that we can make in our lives to be more environmentally friendly. Waste is a crucial problem for today's environment, but there are plenty of e...

The Climactic Collective is a podcast network of shows engaged with the climate crisis, and other pressing social issues. The network now numbers close to 20 shows, with more in development - and we welcome new members. But we now have a happy problem, it's hard to stay up-to-date with so much content. So, we're starting something new; monthly Climactic Curation episodes. They'll bring you the bes...

Across Australia, there are more events about the climate crisis happening than one person can attend. And with events now digital, there's even more available. Climactic Live adapts these events to audio, cutting the fluff and leaving the substance. Hear from Australia's leading speakers, and grass roots voices, whenever and wherever you like. This episode is adapted from an event by Australia at...

This episode features an episode of Catastrophic , the tales of the Australian bushfires from the 2019/2020 summer. But first, it contains a message about the August 2020 wildfires in California, and the relevance to Australia.  Why is this relevant? Because California is going through a transformation of their energy system, and the transition to renewables is being blamed in some quarters for th...

One guest - two interviews. Jimmy Halfcut has been engaged in activism, organising, and fundraising for many years. Mark and Seán, hosts of two shows on the Climactic Collective, had back to back chats with Jimmy about the story of Halfcut, and the lessons he learnt on the way to finding the formulae to their success.  Having a laugh, letting people have fun while engaging with serious topics like...

Dr Joëlle Gergis is an award-winning Australian climate scientist and writer, currently teaching at the Australian National University.  She's the author of the book “The Sunburnt Country. The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia”. Joëlle is also one of the dozen or so Australian lead authors working on the IPCC's upcoming 6th assessment  - in addition to her full-time teaching load. ...

The Climactic Collective is a podcast network of shows engaged with the climate crisis, and other pressing social issues. The network now numbers more than ten shows, with more in development - and we welcome new members. But we now have a happy problem, it's hard to stay up-to-date with so much content. So, we're starting something new; monthly Climactic Curation episodes. They'll bring you the b...

This is not the next episode of Climactic. It's an announcement of a new format of show from the Climactic Collective, a monthly 'audio magazine' featuring some of the best from across the shows on the network. It's coming soon, early in the week starting August 3rd.  We'd love to hear what you think of this new style, what works and what doesn't. Get in touch at hello@climactic.fm and let us know...

Guest episode from the BZE Community radio show. Our thanks to the team for allowing us to share it with you.  Also, we're announcing two new shows on the Climactic Collective. thEMPOWER and Sustainable You . Check out all the shows on the network at www.climactic.com.au . CLIMATE CRISIS FRONTLINES Episode 1- BANGLADESH 13th July 2020 Guests: Runa Khan - Founder of "Friendship" floating hospitals...

Thanks for joining us for this bonus episode. My name's Mark, and when I'm not publishing Climactic, and helping out in the Climactic Collective, I work in the podcasting industry. That's how I know the great team at Soundcartel. They've allowed us to share this episode of their new program Business Essentials Daily, this short, sweet, and in plain business English interview with Anna Skarbek of t...