Climate Conversations

Aaron Lewtas (pictured) is the Victorian/Tasmanian manager of Off-Grid Energy and has both the experience and knowledge to help you create and build your own power supply and so arrive at energy sovereignty. Aaron and his team were at the recent three-day Seymour Alternative Farming Expo and here talks with 'Climate Conversations' about how and why property owners can source their own power. Enjoy...

Ukrainian climate scientist Svitlana Krakovska (pictured) outlines how climate change relates to Russia's invasion of Ukraine - "Ukrainian climate scientist says Russia's invasion is a 'fossil fuel war'". NASA climate scientist Bill Putman helps us understand "A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2". The small Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu "went to" Glasgow to present its case and what they did is qu...

James Hansen (artist's impression) took a day off work in 2009 to join a protest - "The Climate Expert Who Delivered News No One Wanted to Hear". More takes from Hot Takes - "April 20 Is #FUBPday". I promised a story from The New Yorker by Bill McKibben, but now, it seems, I'm locked out but you might have more success and so here is the link. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "You ain't sn...

Hanabeth Luke (pictured) teaches at the Lismore campus of the Southern Cross University and is campaigning as an independent candidate for the Federal Electorate of Page. Heroics at the 2002 Bali Bombing saw her labelled as the "Angel of Bali" and a humble Hanabeth said the traits she won praise for were repeatedly on exhibit during the recent floods in northern New South Wales - she believes peop...

A three-strong panel at the recent WOMADelaide festival considered the question of whether or not the climate crisis felt like a fight and agreed that the answer was to be found in "heart", You can hear the whole panel discussion here: "Climate Fighting Farming. The Planet Talks - WOMADelaide 2022". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Democratic county executive candidates debate housing, cl...

A nameless correspondent has called me a "gullible fool and a pusher of lies" - you decide. He/she writes: "You are in need of a proper education! Going to only biased conferences, run by corrupt institutions, does not make you an expert, it make (sic) you a gullible fool and a pusher of lies". Meanwhile, Yale Climate Connection tells us "A switch to clean energy rapidly improves community health"...

The ABC's national environment reporter, Michael Slezak, ponders whether or not a billion-dollar funding boost will save Australia's Great Barrier Reef - in the story "Can $1 billion save the Great Barrier Reef?". And in the final episode of an eight-part series, Matt Bevan takes us back four decades to hear about the climate crisis - "The 49-year-old energy prophecy that is finally coming true"....

Retired Professor Mark Beeson appears on the 'Un-Diplomatic Podcast' to talk about this latest book, "Environmental Anarchy: security in the 21st Century". And Climate 200 crowd is celebrating having had 10 000 donors to its cause of seeing independent candidates elected in the May 21 Federal Election. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Australia’s climate failures could double spiralling d...

Phoebe Gardner (pictured), co-founder and CEO of Bardee, is so excited about her young company, that her positivity is almost palpably and, most certainly, infectious. The Melbourne-based Bardee is built around, or upon, the wonders of what could be one of our climate heroes, the Black Soldier Fly. Listen to Phoebe talk and you'll get a sense of just how important this small insect is with regard...

Amanda McKenzie (pictured) was the driving force behind the creation of Australia's Climate Council and was the host of a recent webinar featuring inventor, author, entrepreneur and scientist, Saul Griffith, and Climate Councillor, Dr Madeline Taylor, who is an expert on climate policy, gas and energy. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "The insect crisis: where did all the bugs go?"; "Prote...

Ricky-Lee Tyrell (pictured) said, upon hearing the name of this podcast, that we probably wouldn't have much to talk about as One Nation believes those who support the idea of climate change are desperately deluded. I quickly convinced her that whatever her views, the Climate Conversations audience needed to hear from her and so make its own judgement. The Invergordon dairy farmer, Invergordon is...

Trish Randles (pictured with her prized Tesla) is an enthusiast of the Tesla electric car and we met when she had her personal car on display at the recent Bendigo Sustainability Festival. This was the second year Trish and her husband had shown their car at the festival and Trish says the questions and interest had changed dramatically. She said that a year ago the car was simply a novelty, but n...

The U.S. podcast "Rigged" tells us about the disinformation that nation is living with, and through. It's just day one of the Australian federal election campaign and already I'm exhausted - the election has been set for Saturday, May 21. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Michelle Grattan: An election fought on the political low ground"; "Wood and Gassco partner with European energy suppli...

Spend a few minutes and have a listen to the Drilled podcast - "More on the IPCC Report: Economics, Conflicts of Interest, Media Manipulation & More". Our troubled world, troubles podcast listeners less - "Podcast listeners likely to be more curious and less neurotic – study". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Column: The only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis"; "‘Mark...

Dr Grant Blaski (pictured) was the moderator for a webinar especially set up to acknowledge World Health Day. The Melbourne-based doctor is associated with both the University of Melbourne and Monash University, with event being set up with the cooperation of the latter and with support from Beyond Blue. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversati...

The podcast "The Good You Can Do"  is worth a listen: "What is the best way to take action on climate change?". And the Canary Media podcast, Political Climate asks the question: "Are the Paris climate goals still within reach?". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "‘It’s happening now’: how rising sea levels are causing a US migration crisis"; "I was targeted by Murdoch-owned media for suppo...

Bruce Willis (pictured) is well known to moviegoers and will retire from acting because of aphasia  - the troubles he experiences are well known to the host of Climate Conversations, Robert McLean. Learn more about aphasia from the National Aphasia Association's story - "Understanding Bruce Willis’s Aphasia Announcement". Hear about the devastation caused by New South Wales floods at Cabbage Tree...

Two Victorian farmers have successfully objected to a wind farm and their court case was discussed today on the Law Report during the story "Cheng Lei awaits China trial verdict, and Vic court rules on wind farm noise". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "UN offers new solutions to limit global warming"; "Residents between NSW central and south coasts urged to brace for more rain with over 3...

Professor Frank Jotzo (pictured), from the "Australia National University's Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions", of which he is the Director of Energy, was interviewed this morning on ABC's RN Breakfast by the host Patricia Karvelas in a session entitled: "Climate scientists say it's "now or never". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "'A file of shame': UN chief takes aim a...

RUOK? will play a vital role in helping us navigate the emotional perils of the climate crisis. It was Victoria's turn to receive a visit from the Sydney-based RUOK support team and so it was a delight to see the group represented at the recent three-day Seymour Alternative Farming Expo. Other Quick Climate Links for this episode from Climate Conversations are: "Online toolkit helps Muslims incorp...

Australia's Climate Council laments the lost years with its latest report: "The Lost Years: Counting the costs of climate inaction in Australia". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "The rot began with John Howard"; "Deadly ‘Smoke Waves’ From Wildfires Set to Soar"; "Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’"; "Indigenous Land...

Farmers for Climate Action is an organization mostly celebrated and applauded, but every so often someone comes along with some bizarre reasoning that obviously provides them with some emotional comfort, allowing themselves to be emotionally distracted from the impending difficulties, while attributing troubles the world faces to some other "thing", in the most recent case, plastic. The 'plastic m...

Retired doctor, Rob Peterson (pictured), was at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo talking with people, handing out hats, giving away T-shirts and encouraging people to vote for him and so endorse him at the next Federal Election as the Member for NIcholls. Rob is aligned with the Australia United Party, a party he believes clearly understands the values that resonate with, and are important to...

Kate Orff (pictured) is the Faculty Director of the Centre for Resilient Cities and Landscapes at Columbia University in the U.S. and with the Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Marco Tedesco was on a webinar today (March 31) hosted by the Director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, Professor Alex N. Halliday. The Independent for Warrin...

Climate Conversations today engaged with an independent candidate for the Federal Seat of Nicholls, Rob Priestly (pictured). From the "full bottle" of facts to speculation about what we should be doing, when we should be doing it and how we should be doing it - the subtle but noticeable change among our scientists. Quick Climate Links for today are: "Wilsons River at Lismore expected to peak at 12...