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 CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordMAY 20TH 2024"O Artifical Saviour" Re- broadcast by permision of Radio EcoShock. You can tune in to Radio Ecoshock every Sunday 6am at 3CR or get it here: https://www.ecoshock.org/EXTREME HEAT 2023 – THE FULL STORYSarah Perkins-KirkpatrickIn 2023, extreme heat waves rolled across Earth’s surface so fast and so long – who can remember? In some places heat up to 9 degrees C or 16 Fahrenheit hotter than normal.  Summer-level heat waves struck in winter, again in spring, followed by simply astounding heat on every continent but Australia.  Twenty twenty three wasn’t just the hottest year ever recorded.  It was a year when forests burned, cities cooked, and crops died.Let’s patch together the heat headlines, including many you did not see.  Our guest Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick led an international team of scientists, publishing their global overview paper “Extreme terrestrial heat in 2023”.Dr. Perkins-Kirkpatrick is with the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, in Canberra – and the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather at Australian National University. EARTH AT RISKCharles (“Chip”) Fletcher“The climate crisis is now well underway”That is according to a group of well-known scientists.  Their big picture overview was just published in a PNAS paper titled “Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future”.  Is it really that bad? Is there any way out of a hot-house disaster?From the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, we have reached scientist and interim Dean, Dr. Charles Fletcher, often known as “Chip”.  “Propelled by imperialism, extractive capitalism, and a surging population, we are speeding past Earth’s material limits, destroying critical ecosystems, and triggering irreversible changes in biophysical systems that underpin the Holocene climatic stability which fostered human civilization.”– from “Earth at Risk” AbstractAs Canadian author Leslie A. Davidson said:  “We are not lost, we are going in the wrong direction.”  We know a lot of what to do about climate change, but we continue on the wrong path – toward a world 3 degrees C hotter or worse.  As the paper says: “Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions set a new record in 2023, rising an estimated 1.1%, the third annual increase in a row since the COVID-19 recession.”Several co-authors of this “Earth at risk” paper will be familiar to Radio Ecoshock listeners as guests.  Beyond William Ripple, originator of the Second Scientists’ Warning, we find famous scientist  Michael Mann, science historian Naomi Oreskes, British climate advisor David King and one of my favorite experts on how heat kills, Camilo Mora from the University of Hawaii.This team writes: “The authors of this review believe that humanity stands at an inflection point in human history that will determine many characteristics of future life on Earth.” 

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien Langford May 13th 2024 RISE UP FOR SMART ENERGY   /    PUSH BACK AGAINST COAL&GAS Rise up at Kirribili House. Smart Energy Conference in Sydney. ETU secretary Interviewand why Australia has missed the boat for nuclear power in this energy transition Music by ECOPELA CHOIR Natasha Abhayawickrama AYCC leader at the Rise Up Gadigal  Rally  May 8th  https://www.aycc.org.au/This was part of 12 days of action nation wide before the budget to demand no hand outs to coal and gas. No permits to new fossil projects.https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/rise_up John Grimes  CE of Smart Energy Council at their Conference and Expo https://smartenergyexpo.org.au/in-person/ Christine Milne  is praised for her huge contribution to getting the right support for the massive energy transition we are achieving. She became part of the Smart Energy Council "Hall of Fame" Allegra Spender at the Smart Energy Council Conference on her People Powered transition and against the Nuclear Trojan Horse. Danny Kennedy https://www.dgfi.unsw.edu.au/danny-kennedy on why this budget must invest in  batteries and infrastructure for the energy transition. Simon Holmes A Court  https://smartenergy.org.au/our-people/simon-holmes-a-court/At the Smart Energy Conference he gave a  detailed argument on why  Nuclear Power in Australia  has missed the boat for this energy Transition and why we should put all our efforts into the Renewable energy transition. Michael Wright - National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union on why this Industrial Revolution has to be different that the first one. " Less Oliver Twist". Annie Mc Loughlin from Stick Together discusses the dangers for unqualified or unsupervised workers in remote solar or wind projects. Michael also spoke at the Smart Energy Conference where they have a big focus on upgrading trade certification.     

 Climate Action Radio showProduced by Vivien LangfordMay 6th 2024PALESTINE - The climate impacts of war and occupationGuestsProfessor Mazin Qumsiyeh - Bethlehem University - Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability. https://www.bethlehem.edu/ic/pmnh/ Nina Lakhani - Guardian Journalist- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-changeHadeel Ikhmais - Palestine Environmental Quality Authority documenting the climate crisis.Interviewed by Nermeen Sheikh and Amy Goodman Courtesy of Democracy Now!  Fahimah Badrulhisham and  Iqbal Barkat  from the Muslim Collective. Authors of  "Decolonise and Decarbonise Every River and Every Sea". This is a touring exhibition exploring the intersectionality of problems arising from the climate crisis. They look throught the lens of women, water, food, health, biodiversity loss, greenwashing, and the threat from fosill fuel expansion eg the Tamar Gas field just off the coast of Gaza. They reach us not just through facts but through poetry and an appeal to our humanity.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aDbJ5rxFrmukI-hVpbbO9IWjgswtV-8-/view?usp=sharing 

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 29TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford "IT'S LIFE OR DEATH FOR OUR DREAMING" Gurridyula WangguPROTECTING THE DOONGMABULA SPRINGS IN THE QLD SUPREME COURTandThe real cost of burning our future with guest researcher Sarah Biermann Becker from Global WitnesGuests:Adrian Burrugubba - Senior Custodiuan Wangan and Jagalingou People Gurridyula Wanggu - Environmentalist of the year 2021- https://bobbrown.org.au/about/bbf-awards/ Alison Rose - Ninox law dedicated to Human Rights cases  especially for First Nations people protecting country. Sarah Biermann Becker -  Global witness- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/schools-close-and-crops-wither-as-historic-heatwave-hits-south-east-asia This item is courtesy of Alex Smith and Radio Ecoshock   

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordApril 22nd 2024 First broadcast on October 23rd 2023VETERINARIANS FOR CLIMATE ACTIONhttps://www.vfca.org.au/volunteer Guests: Dr Ron Glanville Former Chief Veterinarian Officer for Queenslandtalks about livestock and the increase of vector borne diseases in floods and rising heat. Biosecurity consultant says Victorian farmers need to be more aware of mosquito-borne viruses - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Dr Michelle Marquardt - In the Blue Mountains talks about caring for your dog in a heatwave,preventing your cat becoming a pest and rescuing wildlife from bushfires.Do Birds Pant Like Dogs? - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Music by Flume A call to Nature The Environmental Music Prize – Amplifying the voices of artists who inspire action for climate and conservation.(link is external) Watch this to see beautiful birds of the Northern Rivers Inspiration from HEAT by Jeff Goodall -‘The Heat Will Kill You First’ is a chilling book — and a warning | Grist(link is external)Check out his chapter :The Mosquito is my vector

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 15TH 2024PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDRISE UP AGAINST MORE COAL AND GASGuests:Gavan Mc Fadzean - Climate and Energy Programme Manager AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION Court Case 2024 (acf.org.au) Natasha Abayawickrama - Australian Youth Climate Co alition- Rise Up! 12 Days of Action: 29 April - 10 May - Move Beyond Coal David Rovics -  "Land and Freedom" a song from his new album Notes from a holocaust Notes From A Holocaust | David Rovics (bandcamp.com)King Coal is opening up what they call "greenfields sites" in this country. And they are green sometimes when the rains come, and they are already inhabited. The Doongmabulla Springs in Wangan and Jagalingou country are a sacred place and should be sacred to all of us, but Adrian Burrugubba, who is a senior custodian is taking the Qld Government to the Supreme  court on human rights grounds. The Adani company has already overstepped the environmental limits imposed to protect the springs. In a statement I received Mr Burrugubba said "If water extraction and pollution from the Adani mine are allowed to continue, the springs will be destroyed forever. [ermanently breaking our spiritual connection to our ancestors and creation stories." On April 29th we will hear their legal council Alison Rose explain their case. Meanwhile if you care about these people on a front line of climate change,trying to stoip a coal mine, trying to preserve a water source in this dry continent please donate to their legal fund W&J Nagana Yarrbayn Cultural Custodians Legal Defence Fund | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising Also on April 29th you can join the "Rise up like the flood and flames"  action organised by Moive beyond Coal Rise Up! 12 Days of Action: 29 April - 10 May - Move Beyond Coal