Climate Conversations

The David Suzuki Foundation tells us that Quebec has set the standard for the world by banning all future fossil fuel developments - " Quebec climate wins ". Australia's Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has set out to help the country's journalists better report on climate change through the webinar: " Climate reporting - every journos round ". Other climate links are: " City of Sydney to con...

Cambridge University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen J. Toope (pictured), talks here about his institution's world-leading divestment plans . Other climate links for today are: " World's first 'sand battery' can store heat at 500C for months at a time. Could it work in Australia? "; " Better than Buckleys: a real plan to tackle energy prices, climate and the Budget to boot "; " Hidden 'Hunger...

A trio of authors, James Dyke, Robert Watson and Wolfgang Knorr, wrote an award-winning piece for The Conversation that was headed; " Climate scientists: concept of net-zero is a dangerous trap ". Renowned climate activist, Greta Thunberg, heaped praise on the acticle saying it was one of the most important texts she had ever read on the climate and ecological crisis. You can listen to the article...

Lisa Cliff (pictured) is optimistic about Australia's future with regard to the climate crisis and believes that optimism will be evident at next month's Better Futures Australia Canberra forum. As the Program Director of Better Futures Australia, Ms Cliff urges people to explore the program and seriously contemplate being a part of the forum, either in person or virtually. Details of how people c...

Eighteen-year-old Jean Hinchliffe and lead singer with "Midnight Oil" and former politician, Peter Garrett , were co-guests at the 2022 Gandhi Oration organized by the University of New South Wales . And U.S. writer, Mary Annaïse Heglar shows how white supremacy is the throughline between the gun crisis and the climate crisis.  Other climate links are: " Irreversible declines in freshwater st...

A critical care doctor, Anna Gunz (pictured), is exploring the emotional pressures of climate change and discusses eco-anxiety in the CBC story - " Climate change is hurting our mental health. These researchers want to help ". The rise of Neoliberalism equates with the worsening of climate change and that is explored here on a " Crazy Town " podcast. Other climate links are: " For 110 years, clima...

Dr. Manasa Saripalli (pictured) is a Critical Care Resident at Melbourne's St Vincent’s hospital and, along with that, the convener of the 2022 national conference for Doctors for the Environment . The conference, " iDEA 2022 ", will be held soon at the University of Melbourne . "We know this (climate change) is a problem, but it's a massive problem and the best way for us is to tackle it together...

The Western U.S. is experiencing a period of dryness so extreme that some experts say it no longer qualifies as just a drought. Rather, it might be described as a more transformative trend of “aridification” — the most significant drought to descend on the American West in 1,200 years, according to Zore Teirstein (pictured) from Grist magazine. Other climate links are: " Europe’s heatwaves, drough...

Dr Brigitte Knopf (pictured) is the Secretary General of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and here discusses the group's " Carbon Clock ". Other climate links are: " Ice Covering Swiss Mountain Pass Since at Least Roman Era Will Soon Be Gone "; " Energy ministers power up renewables transition with new deal "; " IAG chief says climate change is adding to rising...

John Cook (pictured) created ' Sceptical Science ' and through the story " Shocked By Climate Change Denial? How To Deal With Misinformation " gives us a better grasp of what climate denial is and what form it takes. People from around the world talk frequently about net-zero, but eight authors have combined their skills to encourage us to think seriously about what happens once we have achieved n...

Climate activist shareholder groups have slammed Commonwealth Bank’s new fossil fuel targets for failing to rule out lending for oil and gas extraction projects, according to a story from today's Melbourne Age by Simone Fox Koob. Her story - " ‘Smoke and mirrors’: CBA climate lending targets under fire " - helps us understand how the climate crisis will never be resolved using existing economic to...

Bill McGuire (pictured) is a Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at the University College of London and has written many books, the latest being " Hothouse Earth: an inhabitant's guide ", and he has agreed to chat with Climate Conversations just as soon as he has navigated fallout from the book. Writing in the Melbourne Age, Ben Cubby tells us about " Nation in clean car traffic jam af...

Ian Dunlop (pictured) is the chair of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group and leads listeners through a webinar during which they hear about the unfolding challenges of climate change. The webinar was entitled " A Nation at Risk ". The Melbourne Age newspaper published an editorial today (August 8) pointing out that arrival at a position to tackle climate change will be "messy" - it says...

Miki Perkins (pictured) reports about climate matters for both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Age and was on of a trio of speakers on a webinar organised by the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance . The webinar was entitled: " Climate Reporting - Every Journo's Round " And Climate One talks wonders: " Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines? ". Other climate links are: " How flo...

Helen Haines (pictured) has always campaigned on climate matters and was delighted to hear that the Lower House of Australia's Federal Parliament had adopted the Labor Party's Climate Change Bill, particularly because that move had included four amendments for which she had been the prime mover and had effectively written them. The Independent for the Seat of Indi was, sadly, not in Canberra, for...

Adam Bandt (pictured), leader of the Australian Greens Party, received a rock star-like reception when he spoke on Wednesday, August 3, at the Canberra National Press Club . Bandt argued that his party is the only true social democratic party in Australia and is the only party truly concerned about the quickly unfolding climate crisis. During his address that he said: "Our house is on fire and it...

Dr Kate Wylie (pictured) is a South Australian General Practitioner who, in colloquial terms, has "stepped up to the plate" to do what she can to combat the world's ever-worsening climate crisis. She sees climate change as a massive global problem that can only be resolved if we are "all in", that is with each of us doing what we can, using our skills to make the world a safer and more secure plac...

Sam Birrell (pictured) as the newly elected Member of Nicholls has delivered his maiden address to the 47th Parliament of Australia and confronted climate change head on, but then deftly stepped around the issue in which was a smoke and mirrors-like denial. The former Independent Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan, was one of four speakers at the Shepparton campus of La Trobe University and heaped pra...

Terry Court has stepped up and created Zero Carbon Tatura with the aim of seeing his small northern Victorian town significantly reduce, ideally to zero, its carbon dioxide emissions. Subsequently, he has pulled together a diverse group of about 14 people to help orchestrate this ambitious goal, among them the fellow in charge of GV Community Energy , Geoff Lodge. Terry and Geoff are under no illu...

Hothouse Earth (pictured) by Bill McGuire warns us of both challenging and difficult times ahead. Read the story " ‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert " from The Guardian by Robin McKie. Other climate links for today are: " What can I do about climate change? 14 ways to take positive action "; " Study Sees Potential Ways to Mitigate India's Risk...

Brett Lemin (pictured) coordinated the gathering of about 50 members of the " Victorian Waste Management Association " in Shepparton recently. Brett, who is the association's Executive Officer, introduced representatives of " Recycling Victoria " and the Victorian Government's " Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning ".  An invitation to the recent breakfast meeting came from Pet...

Al Gore (pictured), probably the most famous of climate activists, equates the failure by police to act at the Ulvade mass shooting with climate denialism - it's a failure to walk through the door. You can read the story and hear Al Gore's comment at the story from The Independent: " Al Gore compares climate denialism to police inaction during Uvalde mass shooting ". And on The Conversation, Ivan...

Anika Molesworth (pictured), who is on the board of directors of Farmers for Climate Action , is on the New South Wales Committee of the Crawford Fund and is a Governor of WWF, Australia , regularly turns to Twitter to air her views about the urgency of our need to address the climate crisis. Anika's argument, which aligns with most other climate-conscious people around the world, was underlined w...

Clinton Rodda (pictured) is excited about the future of electric cars in Australia and through the company with which he works, Jet Charge is helping Australians better understand what role these massive mobile batteries will play in powering the country. As the head of operations at Jet Charge, Clinton has an integral role in not only enabling and ensuring the company's expansion by ensuring Aust...

Tanya Plibersek (pictured) was a part of the Labor Party that won government in Australia at the federal election on May 21 this year and on July 19 was the guest as the Federal Environment Minister at the Canberra gathering of the National Press Club . It was there that she formally released the 2021 State of the Environment Report , a report she described as "shocking". Other Quick Climate Links...