A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.
Climate News: Darwin dad worries day and night, fearing for his kid's future in a climate changed world
15 mins; July 31, 2023
Climate News: Lamenting the news coverage of the climate crisis; Climate change is impacting on our sex lives; Climate mobilisation is 'essential'; Protect your dog from heatstroke
13 mins; July 30, 2023
Climate News: 'There can be no wishful thinking, this will be the most difficult economic transition since the dawn of agriculture': Alan Finkel
28 mins; July 28, 2023
Interview: Australia's former Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, exposes Shepparton to the realties of the climate crisis during the annual Fairley Lecture
23 mins; July 26, 2023
Climate News: MP Kate Chaney points out how easy it is to promote disinformation as opposed to facts and hope; Like minds feel the anger, angst, despair about the climate crisis and yet feel hope
30 mins; July 25, 2023
Climate News: Climate induced bushfires/wildfires trap terrified tourists and locals on Greek island, largest ever evacuation
17 mins; July 24, 2023
Climate News: People confuse weather and climate and it all comes back to the critical element, water!
20 mins; July 22, 2023
Climate News: The world is on fire, the world is drowning; High temperatures and humudity threaten humans
16 mins; July 21, 2023
Webinar: Consumers win the praise of William Ellis from Pepco on Zpryme webinar when discussing The Off-Road to Net Zero
62 hours 54 mins; July 20, 2023
Climate News: Record heat and extreme weather blasts its way around the Earth; Gaia Vince talks with Andrew Marr about climate chaos
18 mins; July 19, 2023
Event: Author Jeff Goodell in conversation with Emma Bacon from Sweltering Cities
59 mins; July 18, 2023
Climate News: Soundtrack for the climate crisis?; Weird weather engulfs the globe and grim news swamps my inbox
26 mins; July 17, 2023
Bill Chandler: A skeptical optimist who saw good urban design as critical to combatting the climate crisis
16 mins; July 16, 2023
Climate News: Dr Alan Finkel talks climate change at SAM in Sheparton; Dr Genevieve Cowie explains the gas threat; Dry Sydney, deep snow; John Pettigrew talks on rural climate troubles - ABC interview
32 mins; July 14, 2023
Climate News: The evidence is hard and indisuptable; Bill McKibben talks about saying "No" and "Yes"; The military climate blind spot; Uganda oil pipeline has ‘devastated’ livelihoods
14 mins; July 13, 2023
Climate News: Brett Hennig talks about the 'big question'; Australia joins the 'Climate Club"; Heat records continue to be broken; El Nino is back!
27 mins; July 10, 2023
Climate News: More on record temperatures; Extreme Heat Will Change the World; No New Coal and Gas Public Forum
7 mins; July 09, 2023
Climate News: Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay; Why are so many climate records breaking all at once?; Heat Records Are Broken Around the Globe; Changing of the guard
25 mins; July 08, 2023
Climate News: 'Everything's connected' a friend says, Professor Professor Jeffrey Sachs says 'The world's gone mad'
29 mins; July 05, 2023
Climate News: 'Talking nonsense' when arguing petrol-powered cars are environmentally better than EVs; 'I'll miss the petrol-powered car' - Farhod Manjoo; 'Hottest year on record'; Climate migration
20 mins; July 02, 2023
Climate News: Canada ablaze; Extreme heat straining Mexican powergrid; Learn more about the movie 'Power On'; Texas Heat dome; To tackle climate change we need peace
14 mins; July 01, 2023
Interview: 'We can't look away, we, must do everything we can to make a better world', Dr Jeannet Kessels, Vets for Climate Action chair/founder
29 mins; June 30, 2023
Climate News: Amanda McKenzie in bid for Climate Council cash; Alan Finkel talks about new book, "Powering Up; Scientists consider cloud brightening to save Great Barrier Reef
14 mins; June 28, 2023
Climate News: 'To change everything, we need everyone' - echoing Naomi Klien's plea, yes, we need everyone, urgently
9 mins; June 27, 2023
Climate News: Jamie Alexander - Climate Crisis and capitalism; Transforming climate apocalypse fatigue into action; Extreme heat the deadlist of all disasters; Climate change journalism in SA
19 mins; June 24, 2023
Climate News: Rihanna - financial help for climate-struck communities; African cities and climate change; The kids are alright - Bill Mckibben; NSW push to stop climate protesters livestreaming
14 mins; June 23, 2023
Climate News: France's war-time coasts under assault again, this time from climate change; Nature outpacing our climate predictions; 'Peacock in the Pacific' - Australia’s bid to host COP31
14 mins; June 21, 2023
Climate News: Appeal for action from Geelong activist; 'No time to waste' getting off gas; UN to unmask fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks; Climate Parables - reporting from the future
25 mins; June 20, 2023
Swanpool Enviromental Film Festival: Professor David Karoly questions the ability of our exisiting instutions to deal with the changing climate
59 mins; June 19, 2023
Climate News: Coal - dig it up and its gone, a non-renewable resource - Queensland Treasurer; 'Mother Love' , a new book; Learning about socialism; And, of course, 'We don't have time'
15 mins; June 17, 2023
Climate News: The 'Big Idea' recorded at Bendigo's Climate Summit; Wildfire smoke and the human body; Killer heat takes girls and women; Pets and their carbon footprint
17 mins; June 15, 2023
Interview: Lesley Hodges, climate poet, trying to turn the tide on climate change, one poem at a time.
23 mins; June 13, 2023
Climate News: Contradictions confuse and frustrate; Senator David Pocock on Climate Council webinar; Governments have task forces for climate protestors and leave Fascists untouched - The Drum
25 mins; June 10, 2023
Climate news: Canada's 'wildfires' (bushfires) blanketing the U.S. in smoke; Free public transport - could others do the same?; Fight climate change by simply taking about it
26 mins; June 09, 2023
No third Tullamarine runway: Alex Mungall, a flight free pledger and member of the NoThirdRunway coalition explains the group's goals at NxNW campaigns meeting
14 mins; June 08, 2023
Interview: Ian McBurney - the fellow who led the team that staged the May 27 Greater Bendigo Climate Summit
22 mins; June 07, 2023
Climate News: Joëlle Gergis talks about 'the land of flooding rains'; Libby Robin discusses her new book, What Birdo is That?; James Hansen’s new climate bomb; 'Our Fragile Moment' by Michael Mann
13 mins; June 05, 2023
Climate News: Cleaning out some files, sharing more climate news; Call for civil disobedience; Struggling to process the climate change doom; New book questions economic growth
9 mins; June 03, 2023
Climate News: Making an Impact; Unliveable regions in Australia; Podcasts and mental health; No 'sweetheart deals' for energy giants; Solutions to plastic pollution
42 mins; June 02, 2023
Climate News: Rockstar-like reception for Saul Giffith at Greater Bendigo climate summit; Heat likely to soar to record levels; Antarctic alarm bells; Car industry in climate lobbying push
16 mins; May 31, 2023
Protest: Message from Deputy Executive Director at Friends of the Earth Japan heard at Melbourne event outside Bourke St Japanese Embassy
4 mins; May 26, 2023
Interview: Talking with the former CEO of the Foundation for Climate Restoration, Rick Wayman
29 mins; May 25, 2023
Climate News: ‘Human climate niche’ threatened; The 'Carbon Counter'; Victoria's forest logging falls 'quiet'; Shifting gears to cleaner transport; Fast tracking wind and solar
20 mins; May 24, 2023
Climate News: Climate shock for coffee drinkers; Corporations and the climate emergency at Geelong; A botanical detective story; Keeping race horses cool; Warming puts biggest lakes at peril
25 mins; May 23, 2023
Climate News: Melbourne protest was small, quiet and yet effective in that the Japanese Consulate was closed for the day
7 mins; May 20, 2023
'Community Gas Retirement Roadmap': Friends of the Earth project co-ordinator, Freja Leaonard talks with Zero Carbon Tatura members
27 mins; May 18, 2023
Climate News: Foundation for Climate Restoration celebrates fifth year; Australia in a great position; Plibersek's pledge; No, You are not so Smart; National Renewable Energy Conference
29 mins; May 16, 2023
Climate News: The mild mannered, quietly spoken climate activist, Violet Coco, is back in the news; Climate change not a 'serious risk' - Fed's Waller says; Dangerous and dirty; Need to get off gas
18 mins; May 13, 2023
Climate News: Tell me what you think; Swiss are arming wines against climate change; Coffee growers feeling the heat of a warming world; Join me at 'Crazy Town'; Black Summer fires worsened La Niña
21 mins; May 11, 2023
Climate News: Vanessa Nakate - climate justice advocate; Asia's record-setting heat wave; 'Catastrophic' Congo flooding; New climate zones by 2100; Alleged green fraud at Chinese resort
15 mins; May 09, 2023
Climate News: Farmer's perspectives; ‘They can survive just fine’: Bernie Sanders; Who can veto a Beetaloo Basin gas project?; Cop28 urges tripling of renewables capacity by 2030
16 mins; May 08, 2023
Climate News: Acknowledging a great climate champion; New net-zero authority; Climate security risks too hot to handle; Swanpool Environmental Film Festival; Doing it differently
16 mins; May 06, 2023
Climate News: Kylea Tink panel considers net zero urgency; Wine wrestles with climate change; Disruptive protests - why?; Climate change and coffee; Just adaptation and the role of social capital
33 mins; May 03, 2023
My Hero: Alex N. Halliday - the Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute inspires me to do more to combat the climate crisis
26 mins; May 01, 2023
Climate News: Extreme weather wrecks Australia's roads; You can support Extinction Rebellion; Hear Peter Gleick talk about the Three Ages of Water; Record Asian heat; Eastsider News explainer
29 mins; April 30, 2023
Climate News: Watch/listen to Kate McBride; Climate fight is greatest feminist cause; Trying to understand Wynn Bruce; Disincentivise car travel to reach net zero
24 mins; April 26, 2023
Climate News: Protect the Pacific, act on climate; Climate breakdown, "Off the charts"; Rules change to push of electric car sales; Aussie military has climate in its targets U.K. hotter than Rome
20 mins; April 24, 2023
Climate News: Listen to one of our greater thinkers/writers, Rebecca Solnit; Ground breaking study from Net Zero Australia; Now it's wind droughts; Vast emissions from Beetaloo Basin; China takes hold
21 mins; April 22, 2023
Climate News: Climate crisis impacting on Aussie youth; Scepticism of the basic climate science is dying out; Taking climate action - Humanists Australia; El Niño is forecast to return in 2023
18 mins; April 20, 2023
Climate News: Talking about new grandson's problematic future; Flash droughts increasing; Fuel efficiency standards coming; G-7 officials haggle over climate details
14 mins; April 19, 2023
Climate News: Oliver Stone backs nuclear; Greenwashing in NZ; Fear and Wonder podcast; Rich fail to help climate poor; ‘Fast forward’ net zero targets' says UN
22 mins; March 27, 2023
Climate News: Plea from Climate Council; Fighting climate wars, losing the climate battle; Biden’s surprisingly ambitious climate plan; Saul Griffith's Rewiring Australia; Final warning - scientists
19 mins; March 25, 2023
Climate News: Institute seeking support to tell Australians about the dangers of fossil fuels; Bob Brown bails out of ACF; IPCC: Act now, liveable sustainable future still possible
23 mins; March 23, 2023
Interview: Russell Klose shifted from ICE cars to electric vehicles in a bid to do something positive for the planet
34 mins; March 22, 2023
A significant day: Our last climate chance: Act now on ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’
12 mins; March 20, 2023
Climate News: Finding some Common Ground on the climate; 'We are feeling the wrath of Mother Nature - Joe Biden; Plea to save Pacific nations from climate crisis obliteration
18 mins; March 20, 2023
Climate News: Winter drought threatens France's Lake Montbel; Collapse of Nazi Germany and the climate crisis have similarities; Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice - The New York Times
15 mins; March 19, 2023
Climate News: We have until 2034 - Kevin Anderson; Woodside directors targetted over climate change; Melbourne's 'heat continents'; Texas Weakens climate science education
9 mins; March 18, 2023
Climate News: Violet's charge quashed; Failure on Willow oil drilling project in Alaska; Drivers face fines for ‘ICEing’ electric cars; Parisians called on to judge electric scooters
21 mins; March 16, 2023
Climate News: Nuclear subs, it seems, more needed that climate solutions; Nick Feik exposes climate credits; Living an ethical life and change the world
17 mins; March 14, 2023
Climate News: Our response needs the 15 minute city, but not the conspirancies; Our electric future; Saudi state-owned oil giant's record $161bn profit; 15-minute cities free us
21 mins; March 13, 2023
Climate News: Charasmatic, farseeing leadership is missing, right when it is needed; Desperate race to avoid pathway to human extinction; Another view on degrowth; Worst ever Queensland floods
20 mins; March 12, 2023
Degrowth: Jason Hickel questions and doubts the endless growth philosophy; El Niño a preview fo what's to come; Pledge to pase out fossil fuels at COP 28
27 mins; March 11, 2023
Event: Shepparton City Council launches its Climate Emergency Action Plan
35 mins; March 10, 2023
The 'climate wars', it seems, continue; Zali Steggall calls for action on methane; Bandt urges end to coal and gas; Chris Bowen suggests a blanket ban on coal and gas would be irresponsible
37 mins; March 06, 2023
Climate News: We need action but Zoe Richards has hope; David Pocock questions government actions: Heatwave for NSW; From possible to impossible - Alan Kohler
21 mins; March 06, 2023
Event: Louise talks about the personal and global challenges of having children in the face of a quickly unfolding climate crisis
14 mins; March 04, 2023
Climate News: People versus Fossil Fuels, fight the good fight; Cop City controversy; India braces for further heatwaves; Looking back at the climate issue
11 mins; March 04, 2023
Webinar: Climate Scientist and author, Joëlle Gergis in conversation with Psychology for a Safe Climate - 'We are in the midst of humanity's most profound moment'
80 hours 2 mins; March 03, 2023
Climate News: NT storm hit remote communities; Climate change amplifies human–wildlife conflict; Stop Lying To Our Kids About Climate Change; Assurances sought on Jabiluka uranium deposit
12 mins; March 01, 2023
Webinar: Emergency department used body bags to keep people alive during heatwave
78 hours 16 mins; February 28, 2023
Climate News: We need a 'Heart of Gold' and world choir to tackle climate crisis; Saul Griffith - 'The Transformer'; Bradshaw on the toll of climate emergencies; Climate Change Minister interview
14 mins; February 28, 2023
Event/DNA launch: Sociologist Terry Leahy questions life following introduction of renewable energy - 'There's no such thing as a free lunch'
23 mins; February 27, 2023
Event/launch: Anitra Nelson speaks at February 26 launch of Degrowth Network Australia (DNA)
20 mins; February 27, 2023
Celebration/Event: 'In order to save the village we had to destroy it' - Colin Long at the launch of Degrowth Network Australia (DNA)
26 mins; February 27, 2023
Climate News: Clearing up the capitalism comment; Part 3 of 'Faster, Higher, Hottter'; Remote wildlife wonderland triples in size; Heat waves killing more L.A. homeless people; 'Climate Book' a must
12 mins; February 25, 2023
Climate News: The Big Myth ends confusion - it's ideology, not facts that matter; France, Italy, Belgium: most at risk from floods, sea level rise; Majestic giants are under threat
15 mins; February 24, 2023
Climate News: David Spratt tells it straight; Wild storms in Sydney; Bushfire warning, post La Nina; Shell criticised; Great Lakes ice vanishing; Extreme heat costing Phoenix $2 billion a year
10 mins; February 21, 2023
Interview/Climate News: David Spratt says we are going to 'burst through 1.5 C at speed'; Eastern states most at risk from extreme weather; Climate integrity on the line
23 mins; February 21, 2023
Climate News: A book for every moment and now it's 'The Big Myth'; Economic growth will continue to provoke climate change; A dilemma for councils and councillors
11 mins; February 19, 2023
Climate News: Clashing climate philosophies; Starving Huns, climate crisis and the Roman Empire collapse; World Bank president claimed climate denier quits; Bandt on coal and gas - it must go!
20 mins; February 18, 2023
Climate News: Kate McBride and Farmers for Climate Action; Summit to discuss climate change chances; Sudden stratospheric warming event; 1.5°C – dead or alive?
19 mins; February 17, 2023
Climate News: Farmers for Climate Action bring electric ute to Shepparton; Alarming emissions divergence; Wind turbines and New York
15 mins; February 15, 2023
Solutions: Lyla June helps us understand 3000 year old solutions to modern problems
11 mins; February 14, 2023
Climate News: Chris takes on Victorian Government over electric car charges; UK urged to sack Abbott; Stopping native forest logging brings huge benefit; Electric utes power the weekend
10 mins; February 14, 2023
Climate News: U.N. Secretary General's 'searing' climate language; Climate concerns drives rego changes; BOM may alter climate terms
9 mins; February 13, 2023
Climate News: Global heating engulfs the world and staying abreast of events is near hopeless; UN climate summits need to evolve; Shell/BP profits soar
10 mins; February 12, 2023
Climate News: Environmment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, blocks Queensland coal mine; But it may never happen again; The benefits of trees explained - The Conversation
9 mins; February 10, 2023
Webinar: 'We need to be really concerned about climate change' - Professor Mark Howden, Australia National University
32 mins; February 08, 2023
ANU Climate update: Australia's Ambassador for Climate Change, Kristin Tilley, delivers first Australian address
