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 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWApril 3rd 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordHUMANITY'S MOMENT BY JOELLE GERGIS Guests: Joelle Gergis, CHristie Wilson and Charles Le FeuvreJoëlle Gergis – Humanity’s Moment : A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope is the first in our PSC in Conversation series for 2023. Begun in 2022, the series is designed to invite deeper conversation about the emotional and existential dimensions of climate change, looking at some of Australia’s most interesting thinkers on this topic. Dr Joëlle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and writer. She is an internationally recognised expert in Australian and Southern Hemisphere climate variability and change who has authored over 100 scientific publications. Joëlle is a lead author on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report — a global, state-of-the art review of climate change science.Joëlle will be talking with PSC’s Charles Le Feuvre, about her latest book, Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Cas

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW MARCH 27th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford VIOLET COCO,  ALAN GLOVER  and the  PHANTOM AMBULANCE"It's time for Courage" Violet CoCo"Be sand, not oil in the wheels of the world " Gunther Eich Rally outside Downing Centre Court 16th March 2023Lill, Nat -Maritime Union of Australia, Tonique, Deanne Coe, David Shoebridge -Greens MP, Rachel Evans S.A candidate, Bonnie, XR Drummers, Knitting nanas Unionist ARRCC, 350, Green Left. Press Conference after the court restored freedom to Alan and VioletViolet CoCo, Alan Glover - Fireproof AustraliaSue Higginson MP NSW Parliament Eddie Lloyd - Edwina (Eddie) Lloyd - Harm Reduction AustraliaBrenda Dobier - Psychology For A Safe Climate MusicMiguel Heatwole - Anthem Stand up proud you singers allSerge Quadrado - Heroes' March    

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW March 20th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford H E L L  O N  E A R T HAccording to Australian Climate Scientist , the late Professor  Will Steffen, we are risking billions of deaths and hell on earth. Tipping points are tipping and this generation will determine the fate of life on earth in all its bio-diversity. Let's convince Super funds that there is nothing better to invest your money in than the continuity of life. Tell them how to vote at the next bank AGM.  Guests :Pablo Brait  - Market Forces- https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/Fahimah, Chris, Bubbly and Manjot -  Move Beyond Coal - https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/who_we_are(link is external)Naomi Klein - The Intercept on Cop 27https://theintercept.com/2022/10/04/cop27-egypt-climate-summit/(link is external)https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/greenwashing-police-...(link is external)Ineza Grace from Rwanda - The African COP -https://theelders.org/news/loss-and-damage

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH 13TH 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD TRENDS TOWARDS THE GREEN TRANSITION GuestsGiles Parkinson and Tim Buckley in Conversation at the ReNEW Economy WebinarGile Parkinson is the Editor of ReNew Economy News and analysis for the clean energy economy (reneweconomy.com.au)Tim Buckley is the  Director of  Climate Energy Finance  Alex McInTosh and Nick Zeltser chatting about startups and technology predictions for 2023from A Positive Climate, This is part of  an uplifting podcast about tackling climate change - it is an inspiring look at the products, people and technologies making a real difference. If you would like to hear more :Episodes | A Positive Climate Music by Kangaroo Vindaloo -  Song for JohnI recorded this with a group of friends for our "brother" John, who at the time was on his death bed. John was a friend, father, brother and lover of life.I wanted to capture the sound of a place - that place is Lake Haridas in Fryers Forest, Victoria Australia. I wanted the song to come fro

 CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 6TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford T H E  C L I M A T E   D I S P O S S E S S E DGuests:Teall Crossen - Author of  The Climate Dispossessed (bwb.co.nz) Environmental lawyer at   environmentaljustice.co.nz  Dr Peter Sainsbury - Author of "Sunblock for Planet Earth" and many more articles in the independent Online Journal Peartls and Irritations. Sunblock for Planet Earth (johnmenadue.com)Are the climate dispossessed refugees in the eyes of the law?Teall Crossen, an Environmental Lawyer from Aotearoa NZ, says "No".She says  "NZ is stealing from the people of the Pacific. We are stealing their land, their homes. their water and possibly we may recolonize their future". Dr Peter Sainsbury asks "How can we best  reduce GHG emissions? Stop burning coal, eat less meat or block out the sun? He investigates  the latest IEA report and  asks should citizens  bail out the  9,000+ coal burning  commercial generators which are slowing down the transition to clean energy worldwide? 

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 27TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford PRESS BRIEFING  THE CLIMATE STORY IN 2023. This is an  edited version of the  webinar from COVERING CLIMATE NOWPress Briefing | The Climate Story in 2023 — Covering Climate Now Thanks to :Mark Hertsgaard -  American journalist and the co-founder and executive director of Covering Climate Now.  author of seven non-fiction books, including Earth Odyssey (1998) and Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth (2011). Dr Saleemul Huq - International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Dhaka, BangladeshTaxing air travel could fund climate victims | International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Bill Mc Kibben - Author and Co Founder of 350.org. and  Who we are - Third ActFrom Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution | The New Yorker Dr Marcia Rocha - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris Did you know that the average household in the United States has a new “bank account” of $8,000 to spe

 CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 20th 2023PACIFIC  PEACE  TALKS  DUNEDIN  NZ "NO ONE IS FREE 'TIL EVERYONE IS FREE " Father Walter Lini- First PM VanuatuINTERVIEWS AND SPEECHES FROM THE NUCLEAR  CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY IN AOTEAROA NZ Speaker bios - Nuclear Connections (mailchimpsites.com) As Cyclone Gabrielle fuelled by  a marine heatwave,  brings more floods and damage to Auckland NZ, we watch anxiously in February 2023In November 2022, I was invited to a conference by climate activists in Otepoti Dunedin.Nuclear Connections Across Oceania (November 2022) | Te Ao O Rongomaraeroa (otago.ac.nz)  I wanted to hear about climate action from Pacific people. There are three interviews and a speech but honestly most of the people found it hard to focus on  climate action with the immediate problem of Fukushima waste water about to be discharged into their part of the world The Pacific. They are worried too about the militarisation of the Pacific through RIMPAC military

Presented and produced by Carly Dober Guest: Julia Symons Julia is a psychologist and climate activist. I chat to her about the mental and emotional benefits to engaging in activism. Guest: Juliete LamontJuliete is a documentary maker and currently on the frontlines defending Bulga Forest in NSW.https://savebulgaforest.org/SONGS:  Arctic Monkeys- there better be a mirrorballFirst Biege- moon motion

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 6th 2023 AOTEAROA/NZ  - Climate Action beyond Ardern When I visited New Zealand before Christmas I was enchanted by its beauty and the friendly welcoming spirit in Dunedin.  I met a regular listener to our podcast and several of the people who are taking constant climate action there. When I told them how impressed I was at the Ardern Labor Governments achievements they told me not to be so starry eyed, that there was a long way to go. In fact they are part of the civil society that made offshore oil drilling unacceptable. They stood up against Nuclear armed ships in their ports and I was invited to a Nuclear Free Pacific conference to meet Pacific Leaders (Those interview on February 13th)Like Australians, New Zealanders are lying down in front of coal trains and lobbying politicians. Indeed as Rosemary Penwarden said the only way you can catch a train the length of the South Island now is if you are a lump of coal. They want to restore passenger rail an

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW- January 30th 2023First broadcast July 25th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT "We are living like aliens in this country" Richard Swain  As the State of the Environment report says " caring for Country is far more than environmental management – it is caring for Country as if land and seas are kin." Richard Swain, who features in a film set in the Kosciusko National Park, says there is a real yearning among some Australians to be connected to country. He invites us all to care for country. One place to start is getting rid of feral horses on the NSW side of the Alpine Park Region. Victoria has made progress to protect the fragile Bogong high plains from feral horses whereas NSW protects them under the 2018 Wild Horses Heritage Act .  He is the Indigenous Ambassador for the Invasive Species Council.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhtc-pnUjUw&t=21s(link is external)https://www.riverguide.com.au/about.html(link is external)https://invasives.org.au/our-w

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWJanuary 23rd 2023 First broadcast March 21st 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD SEEDS , SOLIDARITY AND SEATS AT THE CLIMATE TABLE GUESTS CAMILLA BECKET - Film maker of The seeds of Vandana Shiva  SCREENING AT TFFThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva - A documentary film (vandanashivamovie.com)(link is external)Enquire about a screening - The Seeds of Vandana Shiva (vandanashivamovie.com)(link is external) GEORGE WOODS -  Poet and Lock the Gates Alliance campaignerhttps://www.facebook.com/Lock.The.Gate.Alliance/(link is external) TACK DANIELS - with AMELIA GOONERAGE  . A Maori perspective on negotiating. Keep our shared future front of mind. As people at the top flounder, local climate solutions can be found in farming, flood preparedness and at high level negotiations where indigenous perspectives are sidelined or misunderstood. It's urgent that we let local people and First Nations protectors lead the way in climate adaptation.  Vandana Shiva knew this when she paid attention to the Chipko women i

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW January 16th 2023  First broadcast: August 1st 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordL I V I N G   W O N D E R S  &  MINISTER TANYA PLIBERSEK “I’m going to make a decision on any project that comes before me based on the information and the science that I have before me at the time…” Tanya Plibersek, Environment Minister . The Environment Minister’s decisions this year could shape the next thousand.   GuestsNgarigu woman Professor Jakelin Troy - Sydney University and Friend of The Living  Wonders Project. Meet the client - Living Wonders Christine Carlisle - President of The Environment Council of Central QueenslandHelp fund a landmark climate legal intervention #beforeitsgone | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising(link is external) Hollie Kerwin - Lawyer at Environmental Justice Australia Our living wonders - Living Wonders The LIVING  WONDERS website is a vault of information on the climate impact of 19 coal and gas projects. Proposals for these 19 projects are sitting

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  - SUMMER SEASONJANUARY 9th 2023. First broadcast February 2nd 2022Produced at Radio 3CR by Vivien LangfordM E T H A N E COP26:111 countries signed a pledge to slash methane by 30%. Australia didn't signMethane is bubbling up from the permafrost on land and sea. There is nothing we can do about that according to Dahr Jamail except slow the climate disruption which is melting the Arctic.In this season on accountability we look at the COP26 Methane pledgeGuestsUrsula von der Leyden - President of the European Comissionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgkwfWiH_ic(link is external) Dahr Jamail -The End of Ice - Author and winner of the Martha Gelhorn prize for investigative journalismhttps://theintercept.com/2019/05/04/climate-change-book-end-of-ice/(link is external)  Mark Howden -  interviewed by guest producer Amelia GoonerageDirector, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University. https://theconversation.com/australias-refusal-to-sign-a-global-meth

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWNOVEMBER 28TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford PACIFIC ISLAND ELDERS -  ANOTE TONG  and TOMMY E. REMENGESAUCourtesy of Pacific Elders Voice, Edmund Rice Centre and The Australia Institute GuestsHis Excellency Former President of Kiribati - ANOTE TONGHis Excellency Former President of Palau - TOMMY E.REMENGESAU JnrIn conversation with Ebony Bennett and Richie Merzian at The Australia Institute 13/09/22 

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW NOVEMBER 21st , 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE MODERATE FLANK    and LOSS and  DAMAGEGuestsMark Hertsgaard from Covering Climate Now on Loss and Damage at COP27Interviews with Nicolas Haque in Senegal and Lagipoia Cherelle jackson from Samoa. Nick Breeze from Climate Genn  on "The Moderate Flank"Duscussion with professor Rupert read and  Culture Change Strategist Paddy Loughton

Produced & presented by Carly Dober   Webinar hosted by The Climate Council, facilitated by Dr Simon BradshawGuests: Dr Joëlle GergisShe is an internationally recognised expert in Australian and Southern Hemisphere climate variability and change who has authored over 100 scientific publications. Her research focuses on focuses on providing a long-term historical context for assessing recently observed climate variability and extremes.Between 2018 and 2021, Joëlle served as a lead author on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report – a global, state-of-the art review of climate change science.  https://www.joellegergis.com/ https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW NOVEMBER 7TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford H E L L  O N  E A R T HAccording to Australian Climate Scientist Professor  Will Steffen, we are risking billions of deaths and hell on earth. Tipping points are tipping and this generation will determine the fate of life on earth in all its bio-diversity. Let's convince Super funds that there is nothing better to invest your money in than the continuity of life. Tell them how to vote at the next bank AGM.  Guests :Pablo Brait  - Market Forces- https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/Fahimah, Chris, Bubbly and Manjot -  Move Beyond Coal - https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/who_we_areNaomi Klein - The Intercept on Cop 27 https://theintercept.com/2022/10/04/cop27-egypt-climate-summit/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/greenwashing-police-state-egypt-cop27-masquerade-naomi-klein-climate-crisisIneza Grace from Rwanda - The African COP -https://theelders.org/news/loss-and-damage-financing

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW  OCTOBER 31ST 2022Produced by Vivien Langford ROSS GARNAUT -  SUPERPOWER  TRANSFORMATIONKAY WENNAGEL  - ELECTRIC VEHICLE BULK BUY Guests ROSS GARNAUT -  Professor Emeritus in  Economics at Melbourne University. His new book isThe Superpower Transformation  - Making Australia's Zero Carbon Future.https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/superpower-transformationRoss sees two disruptive events this year. The election of the ALP in Australia and the disruption of oil and gas exports to Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine. He says "Europe hesitated then COMMITTED decisively to the new economy" Will Australia make the same committment?We talked about :Regional transformations, such as making agricultural UREA with green hydrogen instead of importing 92% from countries where it is produced using coal  or gas as feedstock. Industrial Transformations, such  as helping China lower its costs of decarbonisation by producing GREEN STEEL here with local iron ore. Methane Transformations by stopping sub

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW24TH OCTOBER 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordON THE ROAD TO SHARM EL SHEIKHLOSS AND DAMAGE AND FOSSIL FUEL NON PROLIFERATION FOR COP27 The Financial Times ' Camilla Hodgsen reports that "Many developing countries, such as the low-lying Pacific island states vulnerable to sea level rise, are stepping up their demands. They want to see the creation of an international loss and damage finance facility — a type of fund — at November’s COP27 UN summit, hosted by Egypt. “Wealthier countries bear a moral responsibility” to help poorer nations recover, adapt and build resilience to disasters, said António Guterres, UN secretary-general on Friday. “Let’s not forget that 80 per cent of emissions driving this type of climate destruction are from the G20.”The ARRCC multifaith Climate event at Parramatta Cathedral called on  Prime Minister Albanese to support the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty at Cop 27. To stop subsidies to fossil fuel producers and to prevent new coal and gas projects.Maria Timon

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW October 17th 2022produced by Vivien LangfordF.O.E. RUSSIA AND SIBERIA MELTING  "The first-ever climate lawsuit in Russia has been filed by a group of activists demanding that the the government take stronger action over the climate crisis.The group wants the Russian authorities to take measures that will reduce the country’s greenhouse emissions, in line with targets of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5C agreed under the 2015 Paris climate accords.Russia is the fourth biggest producer of carbon emissions worldwide, and its average temperatures have risen twice as fast as the global average. The country’s emissions are predicted to reach 2,212m tons of carbon dioxide by 2030." Waseem Mohamed - The Guardian We learn from Vitaly Servetnik that emissions from the oil and gas pipelines from Russia into Europe are greatly adding to Russia's status as fourth greatest emitter. Like Australia they have often received the Colossal Fossil award at UN conferences. But unlike in Australia,