Climate Talks

At the halfway point between last year's COP26 and COP27 this year, Kate Dooley, Research Fellow in Ecosystem Based Pathways in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Laura Hillis, Director of Corporate Engagement at the Investor Group on Climate Change join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the fourth episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. This episode revisits key climate a...

Nigel Topping, United Nations High-Level Champion for Climate Action for the United Kingdom, Jon Faine, former ABC Radio Melbourne broadcaster and regular columnist for The Age and Vice Chancellors Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Sally Capp, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the third episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. They discuss why Austr...

Hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke are joined by guests Chandni Sing and Professor Kathryn Bowen, both Lead Authors of the Working Group II report to the IPCC's Assessment Report 6, and Professor Jon Barnett, to discuss the impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities related to climate change, and implications for policy makers.

Robyn Eckersley, Professor of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and David Karoly, Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne and previously Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the first episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. Topics discussed include what is COP27, what is the science, and what to ex...

In the final episode of this season of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke and Jackie Peel speak with the show guests about what decisions were made in Glasgow, what opportunities were missed, and what are the implications of these outcomes for climate science, climate finance, and sustainable development.

In this special episode of Climate Talks, previous and new guests to the show bring listeners their Week 2 updates live from the corridors of COP26 in Glasgow.

In this special episode of Climate Talks, prior guests to the show bring listeners updates live from the corridors of COP26 in Glasgow. Lisa Cliff, Program Manager of Climate Action Network Australia and organiser of the Better Futures Forum, and Don Henry, Melbourne Enterprise Professor of Environmentalism, Melbourne Sustainable Society institute at the University of Melbourne - and Climate Talks...

In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke and Jackie Peel speak with the guests about the implications for health from decisions at COP26, the impact of COVID-19 on COP26 and the inequities it may expose, and the relationship between COVID-19 and climate. Guests include Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Kathryn Bowen, Professor of Environment, Climate,...

In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke, Jackie Peel, and guests speak about what COP26 means for non-state actors, including cities, Indigenous Peoples, and youth. Guests include Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy at ICLEI, Dr Virginia Marshall, Executive Member of the Indigenous Peoples' Organisation-Australia, Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National...

In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke are joined by Margaret Young, Professor of Law, Brendan Wintle, Professor of Ecosystem and Forest Science, Alexei Trundle, Research Fellow in Sustainable Urban Development, all at the University of Melbourne, and Stephen Minas, Associate Professor of Law at Peking University. Topics discussed include climate adaptation, climate fina...

In this special feature episode of Climate Talks, hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke discuss the newly released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 report. The episode features highlights from a seminar about the report hosted by the Climate and Energy College at the University of Melbourne, with presentations from Associate Professor Malte Meinshausen and Zebedee Nicholl...

What is COP26 and why it is important? Which non-state actors are mobilising around COP26, and what role do non-state actors play in our climate future? Join Prof Jackie Peel and Dr @cathyoke in conversation with special guests Prof @EckersleyRobyn and @Leese_rc @BetterFuturesAU in the first episode of Climate Talks: Journey to COP26' from #UniMelbClimateFutures and @networkedcities: https://law.u...