Climate Action Show

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH 13TH 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD TRENDS TOWARDS THE GREEN TRANSITION GuestsGiles Parkinson and Tim Buckley in Conversation at the ReNEW Economy WebinarGile Parkinson is the Editor of ReNew Economy News and analysis for the clean energy economy (reneweconomy.com.au)Tim Buckley is the  Director of  Climate Energy Finance  Alex McInTosh and Nick Zeltser chatting about sta...

 CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 6TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford T H E  C L I M A T E   D I S P O S S E S S E DGuests:Teall Crossen - Author of  The Climate Dispossessed (bwb.co.nz) Environmental lawyer at   environmentaljustice.co.nz  Dr Peter Sainsbury - Author of "Sunblock for Planet Earth" and many more articles in the independent Online Journal Peartls and Irritations. Sunblock for Planet...

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 27TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford PRESS BRIEFING  THE CLIMATE STORY IN 2023. This is an  edited version of the  webinar from COVERING CLIMATE NOWPress Briefing | The Climate Story in 2023 — Covering Climate Now Thanks to :Mark Hertsgaard -  American journalist and the co-founder and executive director of Covering Climate Now.  author of seven non-fiction books,...

 CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 20th 2023PACIFIC  PEACE  TALKS  DUNEDIN  NZ "NO ONE IS FREE 'TIL EVERYONE IS FREE " Father Walter Lini- First PM VanuatuINTERVIEWS AND SPEECHES FROM THE NUCLEAR  CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY IN AOTEAROA NZ Speaker bios - Nuclear Connections (mailchimpsites.com) As Cyclone Gabrielle fuelled by  a marine heatwave,  brings mo...

Presented and produced by Carly Dober Guest: Julia Symons Julia is a psychologist and climate activist. I chat to her about the mental and emotional benefits to engaging in activism. Guest: Juliete LamontJuliete is a documentary maker and currently on the frontlines defending Bulga Forest in NSW.https://savebulgaforest.org/SONGS:  Arctic Monkeys- there better be a mirrorballFirst Biege- moon motio...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 6th 2023 AOTEAROA/NZ  - Climate Action beyond Ardern When I visited New Zealand before Christmas I was enchanted by its beauty and the friendly welcoming spirit in Dunedin.  I met a regular listener to our podcast and several of the people who are taking constant climate action there. When I told them how impressed I was at the Ardern Labor Go...

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW- January 30th 2023First broadcast July 25th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT "We are living like aliens in this country" Richard Swain  As the State of the Environment report says " caring for Country is far more than environmental management – it is caring for Country as if land and seas are kin." Richard Swain, who features in a film s...

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWJanuary 23rd 2023 First broadcast March 21st 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD SEEDS , SOLIDARITY AND SEATS AT THE CLIMATE TABLE GUESTS CAMILLA BECKET - Film maker of The seeds of Vandana Shiva  SCREENING AT TFFThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva - A documentary film (vandanashivamovie.com)(link is external)Enquire about a screening - The Seeds of Vandana Shiva (vandanashivamovie.com...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW January 16th 2023  First broadcast: August 1st 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordL I V I N G   W O N D E R S  &  MINISTER TANYA PLIBERSEK “I’m going to make a decision on any project that comes before me based on the information and the science that I have before me at the time…” Tanya Plibersek, Environment Minister . The Environment Minister’s decisions this year could shape the...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  - SUMMER SEASONJANUARY 9th 2023. First broadcast February 2nd 2022Produced at Radio 3CR by Vivien LangfordM E T H A N E COP26:111 countries signed a pledge to slash methane by 30%. Australia didn't signMethane is bubbling up from the permafrost on land and sea. There is nothing we can do about that according to Dahr Jamail except slow the climate disruption which is melting th...

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWNOVEMBER 28TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford PACIFIC ISLAND ELDERS -  ANOTE TONG  and TOMMY E. REMENGESAUCourtesy of Pacific Elders Voice, Edmund Rice Centre and The Australia Institute GuestsHis Excellency Former President of Kiribati - ANOTE TONGHis Excellency Former President of Palau - TOMMY E.REMENGESAU JnrIn conversation with Ebony Bennett and Richie Merzian at The...

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW NOVEMBER 21st , 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE MODERATE FLANK    and LOSS and  DAMAGEGuestsMark Hertsgaard from Covering Climate Now on Loss and Damage at COP27Interviews with Nicolas Haque in Senegal and Lagipoia Cherelle jackson from Samoa. Nick Breeze from Climate Genn  on "The Moderate Flank"Duscussion with professor Rupert read and  Culture Change Strategist Paddy Lo...

Produced & presented by Carly Dober   Webinar hosted by The Climate Council, facilitated by Dr Simon BradshawGuests: Dr Joëlle GergisShe is an internationally recognised expert in Australian and Southern Hemisphere climate variability and change who has authored over 100 scientific publications. Her research focuses on focuses on providing a long-term historical context for assessing recently obse...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW NOVEMBER 7TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford H E L L  O N  E A R T HAccording to Australian Climate Scientist Professor  Will Steffen, we are risking billions of deaths and hell on earth. Tipping points are tipping and this generation will determine the fate of life on earth in all its bio-diversity. Let's convince Super funds that there is nothing better to invest your money i...

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW  OCTOBER 31ST 2022Produced by Vivien Langford ROSS GARNAUT -  SUPERPOWER  TRANSFORMATIONKAY WENNAGEL  - ELECTRIC VEHICLE BULK BUY Guests ROSS GARNAUT -  Professor Emeritus in  Economics at Melbourne University. His new book isThe Superpower Transformation  - Making Australia's Zero Carbon Future.https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/superpower-transformationRoss sees two dis...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW24TH OCTOBER 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordON THE ROAD TO SHARM EL SHEIKHLOSS AND DAMAGE AND FOSSIL FUEL NON PROLIFERATION FOR COP27 The Financial Times ' Camilla Hodgsen reports that "Many developing countries, such as the low-lying Pacific island states vulnerable to sea level rise, are stepping up their demands. They want to see the creation of an international loss and dama...

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW October 17th 2022produced by Vivien LangfordF.O.E. RUSSIA AND SIBERIA MELTING  "The first-ever climate lawsuit in Russia has been filed by a group of activists demanding that the the government take stronger action over the climate crisis. The group wants the Russian authorities to take measures that will reduce the country’s greenhouse emissions, in line with targets of limi...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - OCTOBER 10TH 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordECOCIDE and CARBON RATIONINGGuests Professor Danielle Celermajer - At The Australian Earth Laws Alliance event "Ecocide laws in Australia. What's Possible? Danielle said "We live within legal systems where the destruction of beings other than human is completely normalised for our political and economic system"She is the author of "...

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Nadia- Blockade IMARCNadia is an activist and campaigner from Bloackade IMARC Melbourne. The Blockade IMARC Alliance fights against the mindset that IMARC represents: the mindset that disregards communities and the environment in favour of profits and growth. They believe there are alternatives to the structural exploitation fuelled by competition and gre...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - SEPTEMBER 26TH 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDLOSS AND DAMAGE AND MOVING BEYOND COAL As we move towards COP 27 in Egypt the focus is on loss and damage. Since Cop 26 failed to deliver the finance to countries reeling from climate breakdown we have had more extreme events. Think Lismore floods with all its images of loss and then multiply that for Pakistan when over 7 million...

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW  - SEPTEMBER 19TH 2022 Produced by Vivien LangfordAUSTRALIA'S GREEN EXTRACTIVISM AND  SACRIFICE ZONES  ABROAD? While  the climate  movement focusses on  going beyond coal, oil and gas, big business is driving a rush for  the rare earths and critical minerals needed for the transition to  Renewable energy with  storage. The Australian Mining Industry  claims to have standa...

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW  SEPTEMBER 12th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT GREEN OPTIMISM I was alerted to the new gold rush for critical minerals by Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering at RMIT University. We must not make the transition to renewable energy and electrifying everything without putting far more regulation on global mining. As Carlos Zori...

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Emma Brown- Just Stop OilEmma is an activist and campaigner from Just Stop Oil. Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to ensure that the government commits to ending all new licenses and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK.https://juststopoil.org/ Maddy - Scarborough Gas Action AllianceMaddy...

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWAugust 29th, 2022 NATURE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS = INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS Produced by Vivien Langford and Amelia Goonerage First broadcast April 25th. Since then The State of the Environment in Australia Report shows continued massive landclearing. The new Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek needs urgently to protect the Tarkine forest . To join the Bob Brown Foundation S...

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW -  AUGUST 22ND 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordT I P P I N G  P O I N T S - IN NATURE AND SOCIETY Guests:Music by Tom Hume - "Petition" and Tambah Project " Our Song"- https://environmentalmusicprize.com/ Erica Chernoweth with Shankar Vedantam  - https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-to-change-the-world/ August 7th Climate Rally in Sydney organised by Knitting Nanas and Water for...