Climate Conversations Robert McLean

Dr Allan Patience (pictured) an honorary fellow in political science at the University of Melbourne joined Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, Convener of Conversation at the Crossroads, and Co-Convener of SHAPE (Saving Humanity and Planet Earth), Professor Joseph Camilleri to discuss "The bleak picture of Australian politics: this is how we change".

"This week in Australia energy and climate collided; it’s a global story";

"Experts: What are the biggest geopolitical risks to climate action in 2024?";

"Scientists fear planetary shift as record ocean heat enters second year";

"Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds";

"Seniors More Vulnerable to Heat Waves and Hurricanes, Both Forecasted to Be Severe this Summer";

"Climate and weather-related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives - WMO report";

"Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it.";

"‘Knight in spiny armor’: could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?";

"NOAA 2024 Hurricane Forecast Is for More Storms Than Ever Before";

"Where heat waves might cause blackouts: Look up your area";

"In Two New Studies, Scientists See Signs of Fundamental Climate Shifts in Antarctica";

"Agricultural enigma: A mysterious decline in his harvests leaves a farmer searching for a solution";

"Behind the ‘Bechdel test for climate change’ in movies";

"The enduring influence of “The Day After Tomorrow,” 20 years later";

"What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic".


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Stunning interview with Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (pictured) - "The InterviewThis Scientist Has an Antidote to Our Climate Delusions";

"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Madeleine King on investment incentives and the pivotal role of gas";

"In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar";

"‘The fear has properly set in’: how it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea";

"The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy?";

"Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds";

"Interview: Catherine Bertini on eliminating hunger in a changing climate";

"New report chronicles toll of climate crisis on Latin America and the Caribbean";

"Economic implications of the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act";

"Critical minerals for the world – or just for the US? Turning Australia into a green minerals powerhouse comes with risks";

"A new ruling says countries – including NZ – must take action on climate change under the law of the sea";

"A portrait of pollution around Canada’s busiest port";

"Corporate welfare may keep the lights on. But backing Eraring power station will have other costs for the NSW government";

"Snow worries: Australia’s ski resorts turn to snowmakers with slopes bare ahead of winter";

"‘Above normal’ hurricane season could bring summer of natural disasters to US";

"Nature’s ghosts: how reviving medieval farming offers wildlife an unexpected haven";

"This hurricane season could be among the worst in decades, NOAA warns";

"Florida school district offers kids a cleaner ride to school";

"Extreme weather is coming for your house. Passive energy retrofits can save lives.";

"Would capping the number of years a car can be on the road reduce emissions? Not so much.";

"Businesses and directors could face multi-million dollar penalties if they fail to disclose their climate impact";

"Are some routes more prone to air turbulence? Will climate change make it worse? Your questions answered";

"Australia banks on batteries in plan to move away from ‘dig-and-ship’ economy";

"Australia’s SUV obsession could wipe out emissions gains from EV sales and efficiency standards";

"AIIMS-Bhubaneswar opens heat stroke unit";

"‘Supply gap’: Labor was warned last year Victoria will run out of gas";

"$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO";

"Powering ahead: Dutton to name nuclear sites within weeks";

"States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court";

"Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave";

"Scaremongering won’t keep Australia’s lights on. Picking up the pace of energy transition will";

"The world is obsessed with forests’ climate benefits. Here’s the problem.";

"Biden and Big Oil Had a Truce. Now, It’s Collapsing.";

"Surge in India’s renewables tendering set to keep coal’s share below 50% in total installed capacity";

"Workshop Accelerates Heat Preparedness Action in India";

"Cost of climate change comparable to economic damage caused by fighting a war";

"This private school has banned water bottles from classrooms. Here are the results";

"A science festival that envisions our planet’s future";

"Popular car uses 31% more fuel than advertised while other makes fare poorly in Australian efficiency test";

"Brazil’s deadly floods represent the country’s ‘Katrina moment’";

"Brazil’s floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out, trapping water in for weeks — and exposing social woes";

"Delhi orders schools to close early for holidays as temperatures hit 47.4C";

"Northern India Endures a Heat Wave, and a Wave of Deaths";

"In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable";

"After Devastating Floods, Surfers are on the Frontlines in Southern Brazil";

"Brazil’s Historic Floods Create a ‘Katr

Amory Lovins (pictured) is in Australia for an energy conference and was a guest on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's RN Breakfast and talked with host, Fran Kelly - "Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins on Future Made in Australia";

"Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run entirely on renewables. Is that correct?";

"Labor’s Future Gas Strategy: The greatest capitulation of any Australian government to the fossil fuel industry";

"WA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb above 2005 levels despite net zero pledge";

"Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice";

"Australia and Tuvalu finalize historic treaty to welcome climate refugees";

"Inside the Labor gas rebellion splitting the party";

"Climate Science Initiative, presented at Murdoch University";

"Q&A: The Dire Consequences of Global Warming in the Earth’s Oceans";

"94% of psychologists are concerned about the impact of climate change on mental health";

"China makes some of the hottest new EVs. Most aren’t sold in the U.S.";

"Europe hit by severe floods in the north and heatwaves in the south";

"Future Gas Strategy";

"World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target";

"State of Sustainability Report 2023";

"Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint";

"Eco-anxiety affecting more than two-thirds of Australians aged 16-25 years, study finds";

"Forgotten Keepers of the Rio Grande Delta: a Native Elder Fights Fossil Fuel Companies in Texas";

"Contemplating an EV? Here’s the buzz on the pros and cons";

"Biloxi, Mississippi, is losing a foot of salt marsh shoreline a year":

"Climate change made the deadly heatwaves that hit millions of highly vulnerable people across Asia more frequent and extreme";

"Global projections of heat exposure of older adults";

"Australia's offer of climate asylum to Tuvalu sparks controversy";

"Global experts and leaders convene for Vatican climate summit";

"Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet";

"'Catastrophic floods' kill more than 300 in Afghanistan, wash away entire villages";

"Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers";

"BP Grabs The Opportunity to Take Over Tesla’s Supercharging Sites":

"Data Centers Power Demand Fuel U.S. Utility Q1 Earnings Discussions";

"Climate change is affecting mental health literally everywhere";

"Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest";

"Carbon Offset Deals and the Risks of ‘Green Grabbing’";

"Electric Drive: How China’s BYD Is Racing Ahead in the EV Market";

"A water war is brewing between the U.S. and Mexico. Here’s why.";

"Days after climate talks, US slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels";

"Paris summit unlocks cash for clean cooking in Africa, side-stepping concerns over gas";

"'Civil Disobedience Has to Become the New Norm.' Jane Fonda on the Fight Against Climate Change";

"It’s a Climate Election Now";

"Azerbaijan pursues clean energy to export more ‘god-given’ gas to Europe";

"In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s net zero vision clashes with legacy of war";

"In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas";

"Climate Change Puts U.S. Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising, Federal Agencies Warn";

"Coal's Dying Light: The decline of coal is hurting Kentucky and communities across the country";

"New Rules Help to Answer Whether Clean Energy Jobs Will Also Be Good Jobs";

"America’s Green Skills Gap Raises Concerns About Energy Transition";

"Can Biden’s new jobs program to fight climate change attract women and people of color?";

"The Civilian Conservation Corps";

"Flash floods in Afghanistan devastate lives and livelihoods";

"Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say";

"What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billi

Richard Denniss (pictured) heads The Australia Institute and is alarmed at the Australian Labor Government's latest Budget that champions gas, a fossil fuel.

"More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel";

"Solicitor general to appeal over case of climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights";

"Wet winter could cut UK food self sufficiency by about a tenth";

"Talking Shop: Telling the Climate Story Locally";

"The unsung heroes keeping our lights on";

"The 1.5C global heating target was always a dream, but its demise doesn’t signal doom for climate action";

"DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law";

"Estuaries provide more than a billion dollars in environmental benefits, research shows";

"Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on";

"Consumer groups criticise energy companies charging solar panel owners for exporting power";

"Gas giants dodge tougher tax hike in Labor-Greens deal";

"Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it";

"Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity";

"Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports";

"How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s";

"Copernicus: Record May wildfire emissions in British Columbia mark the start of the Canadian wildfire season";

"Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30%";

"Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds";

"How Wild Rice Forecasts Climate Change";

"The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining";

"Industrial emissions aren’t falling fast enough to meet US climate goals";

"‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists";

"Wildfires keep thousands evacuated in Canada, even as conditions improve";

"Northeast B.C. was parched throughout winter. It’s already on fire";

"How wildfire smoke is erasing years of progress toward cleaning up America's air";

"New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research";

"As Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Spin and Whirl, a New Effort to Rescue Them Begins";

"Climate Change Concerns Dip";

"La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane
season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon";

"New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power";

"How Wildfires Can Affect Climate Change (and Vice Versa)";

"Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest";

"An NRL player died at training due to exertional heat stroke. What is it and what should coaches and athletes know?";

"Car companies spending up on ads for SUVs despite Australia’s new fuel efficiency standards";

"Breathing Wildfire Smoke Could Raise Dementia Risk, New Study Finds".


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Retired Admiral, Chris Barrie (pictured), who once led the Australian Defence Force and who was speaking recently on the webinar, "Too Hot to Handle - the scorching reality of Australia's climate security failure", finds the rapidly unfolding climate crisis as "pretty scary".

"Fossil fuel subsidies hit $14.5 billion in 2023-24, up 31%";

"Nations must go further than current Paris pledges or face global warming of 2.5-2.9°C";

"Brook trout are in trouble in Adirondacks lakes";

"Opposition questions government's inflation forecast";

"How a long-lost fish species was brought back to Bendigo";

"Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World";

"15,000 squares, 500 hours, 19 months: how I used embroidery to make sense of Australia’s catastrophic fires";

"Where did money come from?";

"Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest buildings creates high emissions";

"How Texas became the hottest grid battery market in the country";

"Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023";

"Scrapping the waste export levy threatens Australia’s emerging lithium battery recycling industry";

"Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay";

"Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference":

"Field workers, farm owners, and buyers band together to protect workers from heat";

"Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system";

"Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire";

"Phoenix Braces—and Plans—for Another Hot, Dry Summer";

"The Arctic ice between Russia and the US is melting. What’s at stake at the top of the world?";

"Is the Coalition planning to overtake Labor and tax rich inner-city EV drivers?";

"Climate Extremes Slammed Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year. A New UN Report Details the Impacts and Costs";

"More Australians are looking to ditch their cars. But the alternatives haven’t quite arrived";

"Why Highway 1 is the climate challenge that California can’t fix";

"Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages";

"Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra";

"Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2024";

"Malaysia’s appetite for oil and gas puts it on collision course with China";

"Academics and Lawmakers Slam an Industry-Funded Report by a Former Energy Secretary Promoting Natural Gas and LNG";

"Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not.";

"‘We can’t defeat nature but we can be climate-resilient’: how plant roots can help stop landslides";

"Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like";

"‘No alternative’: EU climate chief urges MEPs not to use crisis as political tool";

"77% of top Climate Scientists think 2.5°C of warming is coming – and they’re horrified";

"As Extreme Weather Batters Schools, Students Are Pushing For More Climate Change Education";

"Floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan, UN says";

"Mining lobby: Fast-track bill’s ministerial powers ‘not unusual":

"Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals";

"It looks like the Batmobile, works on solar energy, and could be the future of cars";

"World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target";

"The Climate Crisis Is Already Transforming the Family";

"Horse’s rooftop rescue gives flood-hit Brazil ‘something we could root for’";

"Here are three common recycling myths you should discard";

"How one Oregon county plans to make big oil pay for the 2021 heat dome";

"Europeans see natural disasters as a bigger threat than armed conflict, study reveals";

"‘False promises and phantom emissions’: How was Shell able to double its carbon credits in Canada?";

"Foodwise: A kid’s guide to fighting

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Susan Lengel (pictured) champions conversation about climate change, but beyond that, and critically, "Conversation at the Crossroads".

Susan, who hails from South Australia and once worked for that State's National Parks and Wildlife Service", enriched her climate change experience and knowledge while working with "The Royal Parks" in London.

Check out the group's website and you'll learn that Susan has vast experience in grassroots activism.

Also, check out the group's coming events and I'm sure you will find something there to capture your interest and stimulate your mind.


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