Climate Conversations

Independent MP, Kylea Tink (pictured) convened a " Clean Energy Community Fair "; " Why do climate change activists do disruptive protests? " " How wine is wrestling with climate change "; " Climate change: multi-country media analysis shows scepticism of the basic science is dying out "; " Just adaptation and the role of social capital "; " E...

Alex N. Halliday (pictured) is in charge of Columbia University’s Earth Institute and his calm and knowledgeable demeanor inspires me to double down on my efforts to do more to about countering the climate crisis. You can hear Mr Halliday talk about "T he Hard Truths about Climate Change " during an interview on the Bob Herbert Op-Ed TV show. Mr Halliday is the Director of Columbia Unive...

Australia's roads have suffered badly under pressure from extreme weather event, listen as Geraldine Doogue talks about the issue on Radio National: " Better roads to withstand floods and extreme weather "; " This tool helps communities identify areas lacking trees — and advocate for more "; " Occupy for climate Melbourne 2023 "; " The cold truths for a warmi...

Kate McBride (pictured) considered to be an accidental activist: " Call of the River "; " Banks Say They’re Acting on Climate, But Continue to Finance Fossil Fuel Expansion "; " As Germany Falls Back on Fossil Fuels, Activists Demand Adherence to Its Ambitious Climate Goals "; " Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court. I Tried to...

Listen as Patricia Karvelas talks with the former President of Kirabati, Anote Tong (pictured): " Push for Australia act on climate change to protect the Pacific "; " Works to commence on Australia’s largest wind farm "; " Scientists save ancient Arctic ice in race to preserve climate history "; " No rain in Spain pushes olive oil prices to record levels ";...

Health Workers for a Healthy ClimateRebecca Solnit and her co-author, Thelma Young Lutunatabua, have pulled together a remarkable book and you can hear about it on the webinar: " Why There’s No “Too Late” for Climate Action "; " Health Workers for a Healthy Climate "; " Net Zero or Carbon Neutral? What’s the difference? "; " TikTok to crack down on climate disinf...

Ruby Bron (pictured) feels “helpless” and “anxiety-ridden” when she thinks about the future - " ‘They are despairing’: climate crisis weighs heavy on mental health of young Australians "; " ACT turns focus to old houses as it seeks to kick gas out of national capital "; " First sod turned at Australia’s biggest wind and battery project "; " Woodside’s carbon bill...

Flash droughts increase as world warms - " As World Warms, Droughts Come On Faster, Study Finds "; " G-7 officials haggle on climate change "; " Albanese government to impose mandatory pollution caps on cars to drive electric vehicle uptake "; " The dream coming to life "; " Are the climate wars finally over? "; " Greens to back Labor's sa...

Filmmaker, Oliver Stone, has made a documentary emphasising reason why the world should back nuclear energy - " ‘Nuclear Now’ Trailer: Oliver Stone’s Documentary Makes Case For Atomic Energy To Solve Climate Change "; " Labor is just pretending to be tough on climate change "; " Anne Salmond: Greenwashing and the forestry industry in NZ "; " How and where we buil...

Amanda McKenzie (pictured) speaks up for the Climate Council - " Submission to: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water – Consultation on proposed design of Safeguard Mechanism reform"; " While you fight climate wars, we lose the climate battle "; " Saul Griffith's Rewiring Australia pushes for budget boost to electrify 500,000 homes "; &qu...

The Australia Institute wants our support to create a TV advert telling everyone about the dangers of fossil fuels - " Fuelling a Net Zero Fraud "; " Bob Brown renounces Australian Conservation Foundation life membership over Labor’s climate policy "; " Fires west of Alice Springs spread, burning an estimated 100,000 hectares "; " Safeguard negotiations likely to...

Russell Klose (pictured) lived a life embedded in internal combustion engine cars, which he said "I loved", but now, eager to do something positive for the planet, he has shifted to importing and selling second-hand electric cars. Along with his son, Cam, and Yakandandah solicitor, Matt Grogan, he is now importing and selling used electric Nissan Leafs through the Yackandandah business,...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued what some say is humanity's "final warning". And here is the IPCC " AR6 Synthesis Report". " We have everything we need to fix the climate crisis. But we need to do it now "; " Our last climate chance: Act now on ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’ "; " Schott fires at Bandt over clim...

Founder and CEO of Common Ground, Liana Downey (pictured), invites us to join her on Common Ground . " What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway? "; " How on-demand buses can transform travel and daily life for people with disabilities "; " The Innovators: Alan Kohler on Australia’s green entrepreneurs and the hidden cost of AUKUS &qu...

A severe winter drought impacts on France's Lake Montbel (image) - " Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France's Lake Montbel ". The refusal to accept the realities/evidence of the climate crisis and the collapse of Nazi German have similarities. " ‘Irresponsible’: Labor won’t buckle on Greens’ demand to ban new coal and gas projects "; " G...

Kevin Anderson (pictured) says rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 - " Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 for a fair 1.5°C transition "; " Angry shareholders target Woodside directors over climate change "; " Does your gas stove produce pollutants? Dr Brigid Lynch was surprised at her results "; " As Melbourne gets hotter, s...

Violet Coco (pictured) walks free - " Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco’s 15-month jail sentence quashed on appeal "; "US lawsuit filed to stop Willow oil drilling project in Alaska"; " Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand’s summer of extreme weather? "; " ‘Dead’ Electric Car Batteries Find a Second Life Powering Cities "; " Deadly cyclone Freddy has...

Global collapse of the climate world demands total attention, but Australia has been distracted by an expensive nuclear - " Details of AUKUS deal unveiled ". And former Australian Treasurer, Joe Hockey (pictured), says: "There is no option". " How GDP Fetishism Drives Climate Crisis and Inequality "; " Whole Food Systems: Jessica Fanzo Looks at How Food Connects With Everything Else "; " How...

Clare Hymer (pictured) took to Twitter to explode the conspiracies around the 15 minute city and talked with George Monbiot about his then new book, " Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis " . " People Live in Cities: An Analysis of Urban Planning’s Role in Loneliness "; " Administration to Approve Huge Alaska Oil Project on Monday, Two Officials Say "; " What is the '15-minute...

Humanity's efforts to avoid the worst of the climate crisis hinge on bold, charismatic, innovative and farseeing leadership and it fell to Miriam Mohammed (pictured) o explain something about leadership when she appeared on ABC's " The Drum ", although she was talking about Australia's indigenous Voice to Parliament, rather than climate change. Good leadership is, however, interchangeable and not...

 Economic anthropologist,   Dr. Jason Hickel (pictured), takes us on a journey through degrowth and exposes the failures of our existing economic system - hear him in conversation with neoclassical economist, Barbara Baarsma . Read Jason Hickel's latest book " Less is More ". " China strengthens role of courts in meeting carbon targets "; " Meet the Teenage Private Jet Detective "; " Aus...

About 50 people gathered at Shepparton's "Woolshed" on Tuesday, March 7, to acknowledge and celebrate the launch of the City of Greater Shepparton's " Climate Action Emergency Plan ". The speakers included a member of Australia's " Climate Council ", Professor David Karoly , a representative of the Waranga Landcare Management Collective, Ms Lou Costa,  and the Director of La Trobe University'...

Zali Steggall (pictured) was elected as an Independent Member for the Federal Seat of Warringah with the mandate to take action on climate change and here you can see, hear and read the message that Ms Steggall took to parliament - " Zali Steggall MP calls government to regulate methane emissions ". Also, Greens leader Adam Brandt has called on the Albanese Labor Government to end its coal and gas...

Zoe Richards (pictured) discussed coral reefs and hope on Ockham's Razor - " The coral reef you didn't know you needed to know about "; " 60 Scientists Call for Accelerated Research Into ‘Solar Radiation Management’ That Could Temporarily Mask Global Warming' ; " NSW government called out on net zero goal as own data projects coal and gas emissions until 2050 "; " Alan Kohler: To defeat climate ch...

Rushworth's Lou Costa (pictured) joined those who gather Beneath the Wisteria in Shepparton (imagined only as the wisteria that was once the group's home a fallen prey to so-called progress) to talk about the personal and global challenges of having children in the face of a quickly unfolding climate crisis. During her presentation, Lou mentioned that Wales had a " Well-being of Future Generations...