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  1. 1 day ago

    SANTA MARTA - MOMENTUM

    CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 22nd 2026Produced by Vivien Langford S A N T A   M A R T A M O M E N T U M  &   S E T B A C KGuestsProfessor Elisa Morgera U.N. Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human rightsShe is  Professor of International Law and Sustainability at Durham University (UK) and Professor in International and European Union Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland. Her Report to UN 2025https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/csdlp/news-and-events/news/2025/elisa-morgera-report-on-energy-transition-at-the-unga/ Stientje van Veldhoven - Netherlands Climate MinisterDescribing the talks as an "accelerator of work", she stated that Santa Marta provided an essential, informal space to collaborate and solve problems without the "de facto vetoes" that often stall formal U.N. (COP) negotiations.  Irene Velez Torres - Colombia Environment MinisterShe criticized governments for listening to "disinformation and lobbying" and argued that the Santa Marta talks were designed to close the growing gap between science and political decision-making. Ana Carolina Gonzalez Espinosa - A prominent  Climate Leader in Latin AmericaShe serves as the Senior Program Director at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and is a well-known associate researcher at the Universidad Externado de Colombia. Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez  - Panama As Panama’s first Special Representative for Climate Change, he became the youngest lead negotiator in UN history at age 28.  President of Colombia Gustavo Petro -  He made decarbonization and anti-extractivism central to his governance, advancing the global phase-out of fossil fuels, campaigning for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, and committing Colombia to a 51% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.He committed to stopping new oil, coal, and gas exploration contracts, attempting to break Colombia's historic dependence on resource extraction Fergus Green - 2015 Interview from 3CR Archive in celebration of its 50th birthday and contribution to public education on climate actionHe is  now Associate Professor, University College LondonConsultant - climate change policy, law and politicsIn 2015 just before the Paris Climate Conference Fergus spoke to me at Melbourne University about phasing out fossil fuels. His example of the  successful 1989 diplomatic initiative, led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke (alongside French Prime Minister Michel Rocard), to stop mining in Antarctica is still a beacon today.By Fergus Greenhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/how-to-get-coal-country-to-vote-for-climate-policy-the-effect-of-a-just-transition-agreement-on-spanish-election-results/25FE7B96445E74387D598087649FDCC3 BREAKING NEWSThe news that the Colombian Government is now in the hands of a Trump Ally is a real setback for many of the gains made by Gustavo Petro's Government. "Abelardo de la Espriella, the apparent winner of the presidential election, has vowed to expand oil, gas and mining production". I wonder what will happen to all the talent flowering at the Santa Marta Conference. See the previous programmes on Santa Marta in the Climate Action Podcast list to know which voices are out of power..... for the moment.https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22062026/colombia-de-la-espriella-presidency-fracking-projects/Background to achievement of outgoing Colombian President Gustavo PetroHe spearheaded regional efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest, hosting global summits to prevent the biome from reaching an ecological "point of no return. In today's speech he mentions the rivers in the sky which brings water from forest transpiration to the uplands of the Andes. The severe drought of 2024/25 raised awareness of the results of deforestation in the Amazon.https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/latinamerica/mantenerse-unidos-tiempos-crisis-lecciones-gestion-sequias-bogota

  2. 25 May

    SANTA MARTA - ECONOMIC & POLITICAL RESET

    CLIMATE ACTION SHOW25TH MAY 2026Produced by Vivien Langford SANTA MARTA - AN ECONOMIC & POLITICAL RESETHAS THE Fossil Fuel  INDUSTRY ROBBED US OF OUR IMAGINATION? Guests:Louise  Morris -  THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE  and participant at Santa Marta Conferenec in Colombia Emily Ghosh -  Senior Scientist and the Program Director of the Equitable Transitions program at STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE  and participant at Santa Marta.  At Santa Marta in April the First International Conference on the fossil fuel transition happened. Only  those states and communities willing  to make the transition from fossil fuel dependendence  were invited.This was a fresh start in the midst of an oil crisis holding the whole world to ransom.President Gustavo Petro said " We are already seeing wars, a desperate fight for resources like oil and a breakdown in internationmal law. We are heading towards barbarism as if there is no alternative. Global democracy is impossible if we stop the transition beyond fossil fuels.Susana Muhamad  - Special Envoy for the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative and former Environment Minister of Colombia said "The fossil fuel industry had robbed us of our imagination" Today's programme reports on the transition that is happening and the pragmatic people there who are getting behind it. Louise Morris from Australia  and Emily Ghosh from Canada were there. They attended sessions  with Parliamentarians from around the world (but not from Australia)  and top scientists who announced  the creation of a new Global Energy Transition Panel, an international scientific body intended to advise policymakers on the energy transition.They will provide roadmaps whenever Governments ask them to do the modelling.Pictured above :Carlos Nobre- World reknowned Brazilian Earth System and climate scientistIrene Velez Tirres - Colombia's Environment MinisterJohn Rockstrom -Director of Potsdam Institute for global governments with specific roadmaps to transition away from foissil fuels.

  3. 18 May

    Interview with Sarah Wilson about accepting oncoming complex systems collapse

    Shae interviews Sarah Wilson about her recent book, I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World. Together, they explore Sarah’s journey from climate activism grounded in hope to a deeper acceptance that the world is undergoing irreversible change and that many of the systems we rely on are beginning to unravel.They discuss what we might do with and make of that acceptance, and how we might start to cultivate new and meaningful ways of living amid instability. https://sarahwilson.com/

  4. 11 May

    Sea Shepherd Australia beach cleanup, Australian Conservation Foundation presentation on Australia's Safeguard Mechanism, and Murray Darling Basin Plan Review

    Shae speaks to Sea Shepherd Australia spokesperson Grahame Lloyd about a recent beach cleanup in remote Cape York, which removed 12 tonnes of plastic pollution from a culturally significant coastline.Annika Reynolds from the Australian Conservation Foundation presents to the Climate for Change club about Australia's Safeguard Mechanism and its upcoming review. Priya from the Thursday Breakfast team chats with Craig Wilkins from the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan review.seashpherd.org.auclimateforchange.org.auacf.org.aumdca.org.au

  5. 4 May

    SANTA MARTA.GOLDMAN PRIZE . VIGIL . MARCH IN MARCH . FLIGHT FREE.

    CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordMay 4th 2026IN THE DYING DAYS OF FOSSIL FUELSSANTA MARTA .GOLDMAN PRIZE .  VIGIL .  MARCH IN MARCH . FLIGHT FREE LIVING Guests: Speech from Yuvelis Morales Colombian Anti Fracking winner of the Green Nobel -Goldman Prize for EnvironmentalistsElizabeth Maddox reviewing George Saunder's novel VigilScott from Bob Brown Foundation at the Marc h in March (Sydney)Mark Carter - Flight Free Australia As it becomes increasingly ludicrous to depend on imported oil, coal and gas those states and organisations willing to pursue the transition met in Santa Marta Colombia. We hear the first news from the conference and inspiring words from Yuvelis Morales who was there. She said "Today I begin by prioritising life, the river and our dreams because every dream of peace is fished from the rivers of life"Colombia is just about the most dangerous place for someone to be an environmental activist. She says the Goldman prize "honours those who have suffered violence for defending their territory, water and life itself". They have "endured the horrors of war and still choose peace."

  6. 20 Apr

    SANTA MARTA Episode 4. Prof Elisa Morgera and Laura Restrepo

    Climate Action ShowProduced by Vivien LangfordApril 20th 2026 Professor ELISA MORGERA U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE  LAURA RESTREPO FROM CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK LATIN AMERICASANTA MARTA : Episode 4. In this forth episode about Santa Marta we speak to two real champions of climate action. Professor Elisa Morghera is a dynamic element in the UN system which often gets bogged down. Her report makes it imperative to defossilize our economies.  Laura Restrepo is part of a great network of civil society groups all over Latin America trying to preserve rainforest, accelerate the transition to renewable energy and fend off first the fossil fuels and now  the un- regulated critical minerals industry.As Laura in Colombia says "This is not about a loss of power. The transition is about a new way of understanding power. For us this is a profound act of courage. Elisa says :"Failure of a State to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions — including through hashtag#FossilFuel production, consumption, the granting of fossil fuel exploration licences or the provision of fossil fuel subsidies — may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that State"Santa Marta is a game-changer for hashtag#HumanRights!Check out her brilliant report https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/ahrc5942-imperative-defossilizing-our-economies-report-special

  7. 13 Apr

    Australia's Unstable Fossil Fuel Dependancy

    To get a better understanding on Australia’s unreliable fossil fuel dependency, we’ll be hearing from the Doctors for the Environment Australia’s Afterhours Webinar: Quitting Our Oil Dependency discussing the effects the fuel crises is having in agricultural, medical and renewable energy sectors. Dr Kate Wylie, Executive Director of DEA, hosts with guests Peter Holding from Farmers for Climate Action, Dr Kim Humphrey also part of DEA and Francis Vierboom from Rewiring Australia. Exploring the opportunity we have been presented with from this exposition to move to more reliable, cleaner renewable energy in Australia. If you would like to hear the rest of the Webinar you can go to YouTube and go to Doctors For the Environment Australia and go to the video: Quitting our Oil Dependency: Protecting our communities from global oil volatility for our healthYou can also learn more about DEA through their website, dea.org.au, where you can also find an open letter to Australian governments urging them to break out dependance on global oil and chose a healthier future. One of our Climate Action Show members, Antimony, ran into a few local activists outside of MP Sarah Witty’s office in Fitzroy, Melbourne, this last Friday, protesting Labour’s plan for coal and gas expansions. If you’re interested in getting involved they’ll be there every Friday, 12:30-1:30pm, and they love to have a coffee and chat about what they’re all about.

  8. 6 Apr

    SANTA MARTA : WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME CANOE

    CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 6TH 2026Produced by Vivien Langford WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME CANOE ON THE SEA SANTA MARTA Episode 3. Guests:Dr Simon Bradshaw - Greenpeace Australia COP 31 LeadThe Hon Chris Bowen - President of Negotiations COP31Bill Mc  Kibben - on How Cuba , helped by China is standing up to the weaponisation of oil. Read by Actor Rosie Whiley https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/surviving-on-trumps-dangerous-planetCovering Climate Now Webinar answers 3CR Question."Has the current war has made the transition away from fossil fuels UNTHINKABLE?As over 45 countries and civil society groups prepare for the Santa Marta Conference in Colombia,we are in the middle of a hideous oil and gas crisis. Beyond the  death and terror, the  climate changing emissions of war should rattle our dependence on oil and gas.SANTA MARTA is the bravest venture creating a safe place for importers and exporters alike to work out HOW to reduce that dependence... together.In this show we hear Dr Simon Bradshaw speak of the Talanoa meetings he has had in the Pacific. What will be uppermost for them at the conference including the connection between plastic in the ocean and the climate changing petrochemical industry? He says the message from most meetings is "We are all in the same canoe".To inform yourself about the high ambition at Santa Marta this month check out https://transitionawayconference.com/ We will report more on it this month and in May. Colombia has set a great example to the fossil fuel exporters of the workPresident Gustavo Petro has actively sought to reduce Colombia's reliance on coal and oil by stopping new exploration permits, raising taxes on fossil fuel companies, and joining the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. He aims to transition to a cleaner economy, steering the state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol, toward renewable energy, despite concerns about economic impacts.Read Andreas Malm's  article COLOMBIA against the FOSSIL FUEL AGE.https://jacobin.com/2025/08/colombia-fossil-fuels-climate-petro#:~:text=Given%20the%20global%20 David Rovics is writing brilliant lyrics for our time. Support him on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/cw/davidrovicsHere's his song for Cuba under siege "Staving us for liberty"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCQrLWOVmJ4

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Climate change - what's hot and what's not. Find out what is happening in community campaigns around the country, as well as the latest science and the solutions that are available now.

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    Climate Action Collective
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    2015 - 2026
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