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CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW NOVEMBER 29TH 2021 COP26 - RESTORED FORESTS BY 2030!Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) Australia did support this.COP26 : GLOBAL FOREST FINANCE PLEDGE. The Global Forest Finance Pledge - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) Australia didn't support this.Produced by Vivien Langford GUESTSPeg Putt -  Former leader of the Tasmanian Greens.Coordinator of the U.N.forest, climate and biomass working group of the Environmental Paper Network.  Elizabeth Wathuti -  Founder of the Green Generation Movement in Kenya. Following in the steps of Wangari Mathai and one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans about Us – Green Generation InitiativeIn Kenya, the United Nations warns some 2.4 million people are struggling to find food after a searing drought killed off livestock and led to widespread crop failures. Parts of northern Kenya have received less than 30

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests:Peter Nightingale - Doctor and Healthy Futures Activist Peter Nightingale is a GP Registrar in Victoria from 2022 with special interests in palliative care, improving healthcare delivery to disadvantaged communities and climate change.Annabelle Warren- Doctor and Healthy Futures Activist Dr Annabelle Warren is an Endocrinology clinical research fellow and PhD candidate at Austin Health in Melbourne, Australia.Find out more:https://www.healthyfutures.net.au/The Lancet Health and Climate Change reportshttps://www.thelancet.com/series/climate-and-health-2009Song: Thundercat - Dragonball DuragClimate updates from Climate for Changehttps://www.climateforchange.org.au/ 

Produced and presented by Carly Dober. I attended an incredible panel discussion that the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) facilitated.The panel shared their knowledge about the issues surrounding the topic, as well as the solutions that exist. The event was facilitated by CAHA President Dr Rebecca Patrick, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University.Panelists included:Dr Cybele Dey - Child & Adolescent PsychiatristTamara Cavenett - President, Australian Psychological SocietyAssociate Professor Fiona Charlson - NHMRC Research Fellow at the Queensland Centre of Mental Health Research and School of Public Health, University of QueenslandProfessor Alan Rosen - Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong; Brain and Mind Centre, University of SydneyCarol Ride - Founder and Acting Executive Director, Psychology for a Safe ClimateGeorgia Langmaid - Planetary Health Project Officer, Enliven VictoriaPlease ensure to check out their website https://w

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - NOVEMBER 1st 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordGLOBAL RACE TO ZEROON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW - EPISODE 5   Guest Quotes: Antonio Guterres -  UN Secretary General  " We are on the edge of the abyss. The time for diplomatic niceties is over. We need to speak the unfiltered truth"Press Conference with UN Secretary General António Guterres — Covering Climate Now  Nigel Topping - UK Climate Champion - At the Global race to zero conference organised by the Smart Energy Council. "Australia is confusing everyone.... you are in a great position to benefit from the race to zero. It's very serious..... It's not just an environmental race.. it's an industrial race."Global Race to Zero Summit 2021 - Nigel Topping - Smart Energy Council Professor Johan Rockstrom - Director of research at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research . "Irreversible changes are ahead... To reach Net Zero we must maintain land and ocean sinks. Agriculture must transition from emittor to sink... This is the Nature/Climate C

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 25TH 2021 - Produced by Vivien Langford WOMEN CLIMATE LEADERS inLaw, Media, Trade Unions, First Nations and YouthGuests:Professor Jacinta Ruru -  Co-Director, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research ExcellenceNga Pae o te Maramatanga. Otago University Aotearoa.Article : If the hills could sue: Jacinta Ruru on legal personality and a Māori worldview | The Spinoff Amy Goodman - Journalist and founder of  Democracy Now! | Democracy Now! Irene Hong Ping Shen -  Trade Unions for Energy Democracy – Energy Democracy Project Amelia Goonerage -  Global Voices who will be attending COP 26 in Glasgow Amelia Telford - Seed Mob - We are Seed Mob - Bing video Osprey Orielle Lake -  Director of WECAN . You can watch all six days of the Women and Earthn Alliance conference2021 Women's Climate Assembly | WECAN International Kae Guajajara - Song Essa Rua e Minha from Brazilian Amazonas Kaê Guajajara e Nelson D - Essa Rua é Minha (webclipe) - YouTube Mama Mihirangi and the Mar

Climate Action Show October 18th 2021Produced by vivien Langford ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 3"The Earth is not Ours" Amazon Manifesto at Brasilia September 2021 Guests:1. Ane Alencar - IPAM Amazônia -Amazon on Fire : 2019 - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW5omLNYxt0  Greenpeace Media Archive 2. Peri Dias -  350.org – Latin AmericaUK to push plan to ‘halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030’ at Cop26 | Cop26 | The GuardianAMAZON WATCH » Thousands of Indigenous Women Will March in Brazil This WeekPRIMAVERA INDÍGENA: Acampamento luta pela vida continua - YouTubeThe UK’s environment minister, Zac Goldsmith, told a House of Lords committee this week that developing countries urgently needed new funds to keep their forests standing. “We know we need to massively increase finance for nature,” he said. “There are some highly forested, low-deforestation countries we are incredibly grateful to, but we can’t take that for granted, because any change in regime could easily change that equation. This is t

Climate Action Radio Show -  October 11 2021 Climate Geoengineering Part 2Produced byKay Wennagel GuestsProf Raymond PierreHumbertDr Daniel Harrison Julian Lennon song - Saltwater In Climate Geoengineering Part 1 David Spratt provided a comprehensive understanding of what geoengineeing is all about as well as the geoengineering options. Climate Geoengineering Part 2 delves into more specific issues scientists have with geoengineering options.   Prof PierreHumbert discusses the problems with the climate and solar radiation management. He talks about the carbon reduction as the the way forward in adressing climate change.    In the second half Dr Daniel Harrison who is the chief scientist in the cloud brightening experiment on the Great Barrier Reef, describes the stages and learnings so far.  As Daniel says this experiment is the first of its kind globally and there is a lot to learn at each stage.    ImagesThanks to the following for the images:https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1364032113008460-gr

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW - OCTOBER 4TH 2021Produced by Vivien Langford ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 2 Guests:Violet CoCo and Sasha Steindl from Extinction Rebellion - RECLAIM OUR FUTURE this October - Action Network A/Professor Rob Eisenberg - from Vote Earth Now - Vote Earth Now Rebecca Byrnes from The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (fossilfueltreaty.org) The pressure is on for politicians in the month we have before COP 26 in Glasgow.  If you have never contacted the PM or your MP before, now is the time , according to all four of our guests. Extinction Rebellion will be  escalating actions in Canberra as our Parliament sits. Their campaign is called (20+) Reclaim Our Future | Facebook Even if you are in lockdown you can phone  MPs,  Contact Your PM | Prime Minister of Australia or phone Scott Morrison's office on  (02) 6277 7700. At a webinar from The Climate and Health Alliance I learned that . "Health professionals are far more concerned about climate change than the general public. They feel fr

The Climate Action Show  - September 27 2021Produced by Carly Dober Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action & Extinction Rebellion VictoriaGuests:Jo Dodds - Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action PresidentBushire Survivors for Climate Action arte a group of bushfire survivors, firefighters, local councillors – and they have joined together to demand the Government take immediate action on climate change. The group recently had a win in court- with the landmark case finding that the NSW EPA must take steps to safeguard against climate change.Find out more here: https://www.bushfiresurvivors.org/The decision is here: Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Incorporated v Environment Protection Authority - NSW Caselaw EDO media release is here: Bushfire Survivors Hail Landmark Legal Win On Climate - Environmental Defenders Office (edo.org.au) The EDO’s paper on what the EPA should do next is here: Empowering the NSW EPA to Prevent Climate Pollution - Environmental Defenders Office (edo.org.au) Brad Homewood & Laresa

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWSEPTEMBER 20TH 2021ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW -  Part 1Produced by Vivien LangfordOn the road to Glasgow we will ask HOW the world can turn global civilization away from the 3 degrees of warming which our current nationally determined contribution project. Analysis: Despite “Code Red” on climate, target update momentum at a standstill | Climate Action TrackerPresidency Programme - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) John Grimes and Wayne Smith talk about how the annual $7billion Coal Keeper subsidy is holding us back. How we must aim much high with 1000 per cent renewables for Australia? ARENA boss says that is the goal | RenewEconomyNigel Topping says he was the son of a coal miner. When he went to Cambridge and studied mathematics he fell in love with systems. He outlines the systems that will help us prevent climate chaos if we stick together, fly in the same direction and allow for flexibility. It is well illustrated in the video behind his Ted

 Geo-engineering Part 1 1. What is geo-engineering?2. What types of geo-engineering are there?3. How do they work?4. What areas could they cover if implemented?5. Why should we care?6. Who will pay for them to be implemented?7. Are there any international rules to cover geo-engineering?8. What governance issues are there?9. Who will be the most affected? Listen to David Spratt, climate-policy analyst, and co-founder of the Carbon Equity network, and director of the Breakthrough - National Centre for Climate Restoration explain the fundamentals of geoenrgineering and the issues of the climate emergency our planet is facing.

Climate Action Radio ShowSeptember 6th 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordIPCC REPORT- Part 2 IMPACTS ON CENTRAL AUSTRALIA AND THE 14 NATIONS OF THE PACIFIC Guests:Bruce Robertson - Institute for Energy Economics and Financiual Analysis on collapsing LNG markets,record METHANE emissions even in a covid year, and the IEA proclamation of NO NEW GAS.Home - The Juice Media Carbon Capture and Storage Satire Larissa Baldwin -  First Nations' Justice Campaign Director  at Get UP!GetUp! - Origin: Don't Frack the NT Rev Lennox Yearwood : “Stop This Madness”: Rev. Lennox Yearwood Calls to Divest from Fossil Fuels Amid Climate Disasters | Democracy Now! David Rovics - Song "New Orleans." In sympathy with all those suffering Hurricane Ida  16 years later in the same place and on the same date as Hurricane Katrina. Dr Nikola Casule - Greenpeace Australia Pacific- Head of research and investigations. Read his report with Climate Warrior - Genevieve Jiva. :GREENPEACE PacifTe_Mana_o_te_Moana-The_state_of_the_Climate_in_the_Pacif

Climate Action Show – August 30th 2021. Produced by Vivien Langford The IPCC report 2021Greenpeace, Get Up! And Extinction Rebellion  Violet CoCo –Rebelling against destroying our children’s future.  Guests:Professor Will Steffen - The Climate Council David Ritter - CEO of Greenpeace AustraliaExtinction Rebellion Canberra - The Duty of Care ActionRichard Denniss - The Australia InstituteJosephine Baker - Singing "Reves" ,Admitted to the French Pantheon of National Heroes The appalling scenarios in front of us, shown by the extensive work of the IPCC scientists, prompt action.You might feel overwhelmed but the worst thing to do is act as if it's too late. Please put your toe in the water by listening to this podcast and passing it on to a friend. 1. Extinction Rebellion is organising for action in October.Events - Extinction Rebellion Australia (ausrebellion.earth) 2. So are the School Strike 4 Climate people. Home | School Strike 4 Climate Australia3. Get UP! has a "Code Red Climate Blitz" in the ten weeks le

The Climate Action Show  - August 23rd 2021Produced by Carly Dober Green Planet Protein & Stop Adani MelbourneGuests:Luke Stevanja - Founder of Green Planet Protein Green Planet Protein is Australia's first carbon negative plant based protein start up that champions sutainability.Find out more here: https://greenplanetprotein.com.auAnd here on ig @greenplanetproteinClaudia Lang & Siobhan Neyland - Climate Campaigners and Activists from Stop Adani Melbourne We chat to Claudia and Siobhan who recently went up to Camp Binbee in QLD to blockade the Stop Adani worksite, and get into how important climate activism is throughout pandemic restrictions, and how you can get involved in the important work to #StopAdaniFind out more here: https://www.stopadani.com/And here on ig @stopadanimovementMusic "Texas Sun" from Khruangbin feat. Leon BridgesClimate updates from Climate for Change https://www.climateforchange.org.au/Donate to the children's legal defence fund SHARMA VS MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENThttps://chuffed.or

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW AUGUST  16TH 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordEpisode 4 of our series based on "The Ministry for the Future"by KS RobinsonREWILDING THE HABITAT CORRIDORS  Guests:Professor James Watson -  Conservation Science at University of Queensland and former head of The Climate Programme at the Wildlife Conservancy. 3 global conditions – and a map – for saving nature and using it wisely (theconversation.com) Dr Amy Kamarainen - Salmon Coast Field Station on the Great Marine Heatwave  in 2021Heat Wave Kills Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures Off Canada's West Coast : NPR Professor Saleemul Huq - Prof Saleemul Huq | International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) commenting on the new IPCC report with Democracy Now.From Fires to Floods to Sea Level Rise, Human-Induced Climate Crisis Is Severely Disrupting Earth | Democracy Now! Readings from "This Changes Everything"  by Naomi Klein and "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley RobinsonMusic from the Heiltsuk Nation from British Colomb

 The Climate Action Show  - August 9th 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordARE OUR LEADERS JUST "ACTING "ON CLIMATE?Episode 3 Exploring "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson Guests:Mark Spencer - Podcaster and Founder of Climactic CollectiveMeg Clancy - Actor, Dancer and  Major Contributor to NITVLyn Bender - Psychologist and former Manager of Lifeline Melbourne Hope lies beyond latest climate shock therapy (eurekastreet.com.au)Greta Thunberg - Founder of Fridays for Future and Cassandra to the Climate Movement  (229) Austrian World Summit 2021 - Greta Thunberg Speech - YouTubeKim Stanley Robinson and Naomi Klein at Rutgers University Institute for  Earth, Ocean and Atrmospheric Sciences.Kim Stanley Robinson Special Event - Rutgers EOASMusic "Nada:" a tango from La Tabu. This is a theatrical and intense episode. We use KS Robinson's novel as a springboard to explore the themes of being overwraught with insufficient leadership. What are the  many ways forward?It starts with a dramatised reading of t

Climate Action Radio Show -  August 2 2021Produced by Kay WennagelCOULD ELECTRIC BUSES AND TRUCKS BE THE NEW MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA? Guests: Luke Todd, CEO True Green Mobility - https://truegreengroup.com/Missy Higgins song - When the machine starts up againBryce Gaton, Founder EVChoice - http://evchoice.com.au/about.html Ever since Sanjeev Gupta tried to build electric cars in South Australia but didn't, it seemed like the vehicle manufacturing industry was totally extinct in Australia. Slowly, quietly and successfully a number of companies have started manufacturing electric vehicles including buses, trucks, vans, motorbikes, utes and more. CEO Luke Todd discusses the work his company Truegreen Mobility is doing building electric buses, trucks and the opportunities there are for manufacturing in Australia. In the electric vehicle space a tsunami is coming and the federal government can't see it! Then Bryce Gaton EV Choice founder, talks about electric cars in Australia, what cars are available

Climate Action Radio Show -  July 26th 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordREHYDRATING THE EARTH  Episode 2 on Ministry for the FutureGuests: Michal Kravcik -    People and Water, Slovakia — The Flow PartnershipNicky Chirlian and Craig Carter - Upper Mooki Rehydration Project — NSW Landcare GatewayDidi Pershouse - About - REHYDRATE CALIFORNIA. / (191) Can We Rehydrate California? (Didi Pershouse & Walter Jehne at Paicines Ranch, 2018) - YouTubePeter Vandilevoo - Song Fight for the Trees.Molly - Reading from Ministry for the Future about Rehydrating California Soil carbon sponges, perennial grasses, slowing down creeks, we will find out how rehydrating the land affects the climate crisis.This is episode 2 of our series inspired by Ministry for the Future. There are many climate solutions dramatised by Kim Stanley Robinson and just this week flood waters have been wiping out towns in Northern Europe, India and  Inner Mongolia.Floods - The Watchers.In the novel Molly reads about rehydrating farm lands. I thought I wo

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - JULY 19TH 2021PRODUCED BY  Vivien LangfordMINISTRY FOR THE FUTUREEpisode 1 - HEATWAVES(161) Gravitas: Canada heatwave: 1 Billion sea animals dead - YouTubeThe Marine Heatwave washing up millions of  clams, star fish and mussels dead on the beaches of Vancouver prompted me to call Alex Smith, the host of Radio Ecoshock. Then I called David Rovics about his new  song "116degrees in Portland Town". We discuss why the connection between our exported coal and gas and their exported oil and tar sands is not made front and centre in the present tragedy.Their raw response illustrates the urgent question motivating KIm Stanley Robinson's novel: What will motivate us to take the necessary climate action?   We start with Mark Spencer reading an extract from the first chapter of Ministry for the Future. He takes us to India, where the combination of heat and humidity creates a tragedy, which leaves the hero traumatised. The political effect of millions of deaths prompts a change of government .Lizzy

 Activism in new places- Coal Miners Driving TeslasCarly interviews Daniel Bleakey, an engineer, activist and electric vehicle enthusiast who is spearheading a new project to change the conversation around Australia by getting coal communities into his Tesla one drive at a time.Daniel is on a mission to travel across the country filming people's reactions and talking about a clean tech, post carbon economy for Australia. He wants to do this full time from present day up to the next Federal election. Links for Coal Miners Driving Teslas Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0JcHf7dSYHlsnUNDgmTww Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinersInTeslas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoalMinersDrivingTeslas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CoalMinersDrivingTeslas  We also hear a little about my monthly online yoga fundraisers that champion a different climate group each month, get involved and check out more on Instagram @yoga_for_cl