Climate Conversations

Sometimes you come across a book that covers all bases - gives you endless information and, importantly, is inspiring, and " Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth " is one of those. " Carbon 350 Has a New Title--The Climate Abundant Life "; " Tackling food waste "; " Climate Science Denial Looms Large in GB News Linked ‘ARC...

Lauren Fuge won the Bragg Prize for Science Writing in 2022 and will be looking through the lens of climate change for the rest of her life -" Climate change - the lens for the rest of our lives "; National Church Life Survey director, Dr Ruth Powell (pictured) tells us " What churchgoers think about climate change "; " Dr Ruth Powell is Director of NCLS Research "; &...

Professor Michael Mann discusses " Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis " on Perry World House webinar. " Gagged and grief-stricken, but not without hope "; " Chevron to Acquire Hess for $53 Billion in Latest Major Oil Deal "; " Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World "; &quo...

The then deputy mayor of the City of Greater Shepparton, Cr Seema Abdullah (pictured) used her casting vote in 2020 to see the municipality endorse and embrace a climate emergency. " How drought and rising temperatures drove millions of Somalis from their homes "; " ‘Carbon mega bomb’: climate experts urge Biden to block gas export hub "; " The huge climate problem of ceme...

The Associate Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School, Kristina G. Douglass (pictured) was one of three panellists on a webinar: " Climate Change and Societal Impacts " organised by the " Columbia Climate School ". " People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories "; " Individual actions you can take to address climate cha...

Michael Bayliss (pictured) is the media manager with " Sustainable Population Australia " and helps us understand what a challenging and fraught issue this can be when it becomes the focus of a conversation. Working with his friend, Mark Allen, Michael shares with listeners a remarkable array of information and stories arising from the holy grail of growth on their podcast " Post-Gr...

Wrapping up Saturday's Voice to parliament referendum in Australia is a simple exercise compared to arriving at a workable conclusion to the climate crisis. " The Pope’s Journey to Climate Outrage "; " Climate change: China, India to bear the brunt with half a million coal workers facing job cuts globally by 2035 due to mine closures and energy transition "; " Autonomo...

Listen to Hilary Harper talk on the ABC's "Life Matters" with Anna Skarbeck (pictured) and Professor Mark Howden about the implications and complications of climate change. Learn about " Circonomy "; " Pachamama Alliance "; " Understanding Climate Change: All the Natural and Human Causes "; " How much carbon pollution do big companies produce? A new...

Dianne Feinstein (pictured), the late U.S. Senator, appeared at the Commonwealth Club in 2006 to explain the realities of the climate crisis. " Degrowth Spring Festival "; " Dr Mark Diesendorf discusses planned degrowth "; " Talking about his new book - Mark Diesendorf "; " An accidental recording from the Degrowth Spring Festival - 'Sustain - the Australian...

The Australian 2019-20 bushfires saw Amy Blain and her young family trapped on the beach at Bermagui in New South Wales. Amy had always been concerned about environmental issues, but that moment of "living in a nightmare" was an epiphany for her. Returning safely from her bushfire/Bermagui experience, Amy decided it was time to take her activism to a new level and now she chairs Canberra...

Heat in sport is discussed on the Australian Broadcasting Commission - " Heat risks in sport "; " Preparing for the unpredictable: communities reducing disaster risk "; " Homes lost as bushfires give way to flood fears "; " The climate crisis is also a health crisis "; " "Our Fragile Moment" Author Dr. Michael Mann "; " New documents...

Tony Gleeson (pictured), along with two other activists from Extinction Rebellion disrupted Friday's grand final parade organized by the Australian Football League. Listen to Tony here talk about what they did and why they did it. " Dianne Feinstein remembered as tireless advocate for California conservation "; " Victoria smashes heat records as state prepares for flash flooding...

John J. Berger has written a new book, " Solving the Climate Crisis " and he will soon feature in a new "Climate Conversations" episode. An Emeritus Professor of Politics from La Trobe University, Judith Brett, has argued: " Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system "; " Our mood usually lifts in spring. But after heatwaves and bushfir...

Dr Ben Abbott (pictured) see what is happening as a "call to action, not a declaration of defeat" - " Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann on what ‘doomers’ get wrong "; " Video: See Flooding in Some of the Hardest-Hit Areas of New York "; " UK Government Is Ignoring Public Opinion on Climate Change "; " Step Aside California, the South Could Beco...

Tony Gleeson, a recent guest on " Climate Conversations ", and two others from Extinction Rebellion disrupted yesterday's Grand Final parade in Melbourne. " Climate resiliency funding needs to scale threefold to at least $160bn annually "; " Floods, fires and heat: Multiple weather dangers for summer "; " How much does aviation contribute to climate change? H...

Tonié and Sandy help us better understand degrowth and tell us something about the Degrowth Spring Festival coming up on Sunday, October 8. The festival is to be held at Melbourne's " CERES ", an environmental education centre, community garden, urban farm and social enterprise hub that wants people to fall in love with the Earth again. To that end, the work of CERES spans environmen...

Bill Gates (pictured) doesn't plant trees as he is not into "brute force" solutions climate change. " Black Saturday bushfires "; " Scientists found the most intense heat wave ever recorded — in Antarctica "; " Farmers are bracing for another drought. Here's what it might mean for food prices "; " Households boost renewable supply, but big proje...

Listen to Melbourne's Dr Dimity Williams talk about her new book: " Nature our Medicine - How the natural world sustains us ". Dr Williams was guest on a webinar organized by the " Australian Earth Laws Alliance ". And Dr Williams is a member of " Doctors for the Environment ". " Rishi Sunak pushes to axe northern HS2 rail line ahead of Tory conference "...

Hannah Ritchie (pictured) says date will enable us to think differently about the world - " Are we the last generation -- or the first sustainable one? "; " ‘Fossil fuel industry speaks with forked tongue’: Al Gore tells Big Oil ‘get out of the way’ in climate battle "; " In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein says the world is broken: conspiracy theorists ‘get the facts wrong but o...

Anjali Sharma (pictured) played a lead role in arguing that the Federal Government owed all young Australians a duty to take reasonable care to protect them from climate change harm - they case initially fell in their favour, but then was lost on appeal. Anjali and her contemporaries not disheartened by that "defeat", continued with preparation of their argument and now with the support...

England's PM Rishi Sunak (pictured) has backtracked on carbon emissions - " Sunak planning to drop net zero policies in pre-election challenge to Labour "; " Plibersek versus the environment "; " Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message "; " Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goal...

LA Times reporter, Rosanna Xia, writes news stories for the newspaper about where the ocean meets the shore and her new book, " California against the Sea: vision for our changing coastline " is about to be published. Rosanna was a guest on an LA Times webinar "Ask a Reporter, Our Climate Change Challenge" and with her was energy reporter, Sammy Roth. The book "California...

Dr Katharine Hayhoe (pictured) was one of several speakers appearing on a Washington Post Live webinar: " This is Climate: women leading the charge ". Even the host was surprised by just how light-hearted the conversation was and to hear how the guests laughed and joked their way through what was a serious conversation; a conversation that even embraced existential threats.

Samantha Power (pictured) is the 19th Administrator of USAID and was the first of several speakers on a webinar organized by the Washington Post . USAID is said to be the world’s premier international development agency and its global staff of more than 10,000 people focuses on helping the United States respond to four interconnected challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic and the development gains it h...

Tony Gleeson (pictured) is part of a three-strong team that produces Geelong's weekly program, " The Sustainable Hour ". This busy fellow was a key player in the recent staging at the Melbourne Town Hall of " Stepping Up Together " - an event conceived of by Robert Patterson, who was eager to see grassroots organizations combine their resources, produce a unifying statement...