A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.
Climate News: Going electric at Tatura; Win-win for solar farms and wildlife; Heating up in Great Britain; Global warming changing the water cycle
10 mins; February 06, 2023
Climate News: SA doctor questions fossil fuel sponsorships; Tributes to Professor Will Steffen; 2022 a remarkable year for the climate;
8 mins; February 04, 2023
Climate News: Letterman interview reflected in professor's new book; Shell profits obscene; Directors must face climate crisis or face sack; Snow and sweat in Australia
10 mins; February 04, 2023
Climate News: Climate campaigners talk up change, while turning down the temperature; Angry, burned out, blood sizzling in my veins; "Rather die in jail' - climate protestor
9 mins; February 02, 2023
Vale Professor Will Steffen - climate champion has died
8 mins; February 01, 2023
Climate News: Michael Grose from the CSIRO discusses 'climate whiplash'; Troubles in Enid Street; Breathtaking truck air pollution
18 mins; January 30, 2023
Climate News: Bill Gates blunt message on climate crisis; California wasnât prepared for the atmospheric rivers; Auckland floods are a sign of things to come; Books can help action on climate change
12 mins; January 29, 2023
Interview: Tesla takes Bruce closer to personal goal of living fossil fuel free
23 mins; January 25, 2023
Climate news: Catastrophic global warming âthe greatest challenge of our lifetimeâ - WA Minister; Doomsday Clock at 30 seconds to midnight; Richard Heinberg's bonus episodee
12 mins; January 25, 2023
Climate News: New Innovation Ag podcast; 'No miracles needed', Professor; Carbon price inadequate; Exxon's predictions increase legal peril
14 mins; January 24, 2023
Climate News: The carbon cost of the virtual world; McCubbin descendant lauds Woodside protesters; âSuper-tipping pointsâ could trigger climate action; Susatainable fashion
14 mins; January 22, 2023
Climate News: Climate talks boss defends fossil fuels; The high cost of cheap E-bikes; Extinction Rebellion says "We quit"; Climate change threatens songbird breeding
10 mins; January 20, 2023
Climate News: The climate crisis and mental health; National survey points to eco-anxiety; From floods to fires, El Nino returning
10 mins; January 19, 2023
Climate News: From climate appeasers to climate activists; Greta Thunberg manhandled at protest; Unprecedented extreme wearther coming
9 mins; January 18, 2023
Climate News: Fossil fuel companies knew about the cause and impact of global heating, but denied and obfuscated the facts
12 mins; January 16, 2023
Interview: Professor Bill McGuire - a wise and gentle man takes us through a complex and disagreeable problem
38 mins; January 13, 2023
Climate News: 'Hothouse Earth' author, Bill McGuire; Billionaire troubles stops massive Sun Cable project; Something for Project Drawdown supporters; U.S. carbon emissions still rising
11 mins; January 12, 2023
Climate News: Minister checks out record high floods in WA; Floods and storms cost $12.3 billion since 2020; Flood victims sleep rough
13 mins; January 09, 2023
Climate News: This going to take everyone, including story tellers - Saul Griffith; Scooting to zero; 2022 in photos; Why do we continue to widen highways?
12 mins; January 08, 2023
Climate News: GM bids to enter fossil fuel hungry Grand Prix scene; Women with climate fears postpone birth; Elephants suffer as climate change worsens
8 mins; January 06, 2023
Climate News: A letter to a gaoled climate activist; It's never been so hot - European winter feels like summer; We're living in a 'Fossocracy'
9 mins; January 04, 2023
Climate News: Amphibians face climate threat; Extinction Rebellion to tone down its actions; Thousands to die in climate induced bushfires
7 mins; January 03, 2023
Climate News: Our move to counter climate change begins in the home, according to Dr Saul Griffith
14 mins; January 01, 2023
Climate News: Richard Heinberg asks - "Can civilization survive"; The Huns and climate change; "The Amazon fires come to me"
12 mins; December 30, 2022
Climate News: Mary AnnaĂŻse Heglar discusses climate burnout, arising from carrying the world on your back
6 mins; December 28, 2022
Climate News: Warmer weather, less rain - Dr Andrew King; Disappointment on abandonement of greenhouse gas limit; And nature never rests
9 mins; December 21, 2022
Climate News: Coal seam gas approval for the Pilliga Forrest defies stance taken by Tanya Plibersek at Montreal
7 mins; December 20, 2022
Climate News: 'Australia was on the right side of history' - Rachel Lowry, reporting from COP15 in Montreal
11 mins; December 19, 2022
Climate News: Lawyer says climate protestors shouldn't be gaoled; EDO echoes that view; More on the Montreal biodiversity talks
8 mins; December 19, 2022
Interview: Mark Conroy - an ordinary bloke doing what he can through Extinction Rebellion to protect humanity
23 mins; December 18, 2022
Interview: 'If I'm a hero, they're all heroes', Violet Coco talking about the team that supports her climate protests
32 mins; December 15, 2022
Climate News: Energy expert, Bruce Mountain, on Radio National; Burning trees for energy worsens climate crisis; Floating farms in Bangladesh; Europe reaches deal on carbon tax
24 mins; December 14, 2022
Climate News: Plan to curb power bills criticized; Now it's nuclear fusion; Complete elation over Plibersek plan to protect nature
10 mins; December 12, 2022
Violet Coco is alarmed that many Canberra decision makers don't understand, or don't care, that their children, and grandchildren, are no safer than those of anyone else
7 mins; December 11, 2022
Climate News: Biodiversity moves to centre stage; It's the 'Apocalypse Papers'; U.S. is rogue State leading on ecological collapse
8 mins; December 10, 2022
Climate News: Dr Stefan Rahmstorf cried when he heard Donald Trump had won the U.S. Presidency; Australian Government moves to cap energy prices; Britain approves new coal mine
10 mins; December 09, 2022
Climate News: Powerful presentation from Professor Lesley Hughes; Five minutes with Dr Sali Bache; Young woman's jail time "ugly"
11 mins; December 09, 2022
Climate News: 'We are living in the most dangerous times of human history' - from the executive director of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change, Aisha Khan
14 mins; December 08, 2022
Climate News: The book - 'Disasterology'; The Cage considers Violet Coco's predicament; The Climate Council and the great deluge; Tackling Greenwashing
11 mins; December 05, 2022
Climate News: Professor concerned about Great Barrier Reef; Pigeons on the pill; Wind turbines become the 'Skybrator'; Global energy bill dwarfs climate bill
8 mins; December 04, 2022
Climate News: Net-zero by 2050 is misleading, simply wrong and does nothing but provide emotional comfort, for some
Climate News: Peter Fiekowsky talks about climate restoration; Grist tells readers climate change made deadly rainfall 80% more likely
10 mins; December 02, 2022
Interview: Australia's first climate refugee has his piece of paradise burn in the Black Summer bushfires
54 mins; December 01, 2022
Micro-Mobility Conference: Australia's first Active Transport Minister, Rob Stokes, welcomes delegates to the country's first Micro-mobility conference
22 mins; November 29, 2022
Climate News: 'Climate change effects will drive political will for change' -Professor Jacqueline Peel
25 mins; November 27, 2022
Climate News: 'World votes for climate hell' - Julian Cribb
9 mins; November 27, 2022
Climate News: Greg Mullins points to a year of extremes and asks people to sign up for a webinar
9 mins; November 25, 2022
Climate News: Climate champion, Anna Rose, talked about the relationship between a warmer atmosphere and more rain at Shepparton in 2013
8 mins; November 24, 2022
Climate News: Australia faces worsening extreme weather events latest BoM and CSIRO climate report finds
4 mins; November 22, 2022
Climate News: Hothouse Earth author, Bill McGuire, sees COPs as 'Bloated global talking shop'
10 mins; November 22, 2022
Climate News: Is 'loss and damage' procrastination, denial, a subterfuge, or is it real?
4 mins; November 21, 2022
Climate News: BOM warns of Australia's weird weather
6 mins; November 21, 2022
Climate News: Anti-climatic end to climate summit, yet a breakthrough was secured
9 mins; November 20, 2022
To my friends: Although feeling, lonely, disempowered, disillusioned and disenchanted, it's shoulders back and a return to the struggle
6 mins; November 19, 2022
Workshop/webinar: Soccer in a Warming World - special guest, Samantha Mewis
45 mins; November 18, 2022
Greenprints webinar: It's simple, the International Energy Agency says no new coal, no new gas and no new oil - Professor Ian Lowe
79 hours 52 mins; November 18, 2022
Climate News: Getting parochial and finding there is little urgency about climate change
9 mins; November 16, 2022
Climate News: The climate crisis demands everyone gets on board as we have to re-imagine and change everything
8 mins; November 14, 2022
Climate news: Grim warning at COP27 from UN Secretary-General, Antonia Guterres
12 mins; November 12, 2022
Webinar: Listen to Jon Foley and Jamie Beck Alexander with good advice from the Drawdown Project as they explain their climate 'Roadmap'
88 hours 55 mins; November 11, 2022
Climate News: COP27 and Shepparton are physically far apart, but the issue brings us together
29 mins; November 10, 2022
Climate News: Podcasting challenge; Mandela's courage can guide us; Win for developing countries at COP27
17 mins; November 07, 2022
Climate News: 'Party time' for fossil fuel companies, this is not what climate experts had been hoping for
8 mins; November 06, 2022
Climate News: Greta Thunberg talks about COP27 and her new book, 'The Climate Book' during ABC TV interview
19 mins; November 04, 2022
Interview: Should you be an 'Angry Victorian', then Mark and Nickee can help you convert that political anger into political action
27 mins; November 03, 2022
Outlook Conference: Scant comments about climate change by Federal Treasurer , Dr Jim Chalmers, at Melbourne event.
27 mins; November 03, 2022
Climate News: U.S. mega drought; Cannon-Brookes gains ground; U.K. PM's behaviour prompts questions on climate legitimacy
8 mins; November 01, 2022
Climate News: Rapid transformation of societies - Emissions Gap Report 2022
14 mins; October 30, 2022
Climate News: Melbourne Age digs deep to find a glimmer of hope; art climate protests persist; electric buses; where do we stand on COP 26; will private investors save nature?
11 mins; October 29, 2022
Climate News: Beyond catastrophe, a new reality; 'a really bleak moment'; time is running out 'really, really fast'
17 mins; October 28, 2022
Climate News: Praise for Federal Budget, but more needs to be done ensure renewable energy sources can cut cost of living
12 mins; October 27, 2022
Climate News: Australian farmers defenceless against extreme weather events, Peter Mailer writes in The Guardian
7 mins; October 25, 2022
Climate News: Australian Federal Government stance prompts confusion, anger and alarm
7 mins; October 24, 2022
Climate news: Deep in the cascades; climate anxiety explained; city's water dries up; 'Climate change is not negotiable'
9 mins; October 22, 2022
Climate News: 'If you dislike art protests, come up with something better' - Jeff Sparrow
7 mins; October 21, 2022
Webinar: 'Climate change is about surprises and shocks' - Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School, Alexander Halliday
77 hours 8 mins; October 21, 2022
A question of hope: Greta Thunberg calls on us not greenwashed to make a stand
3 mins; October 19, 2022
Five part series: 'The Green Line' takes both a broad and deep look at climate change
6 mins; October 19, 2022
Keeping the conversation going: I'm a long way from home, but climate change never rests and so neither can I
7 mins; October 11, 2022
Today's climate news is tomorrow's fish 'n chips wrapper
5 mins; October 05, 2022
Reuters Impact: 'Waiting for perfection is not going to solve the existential crisis around climate change' - Warren East, Rolls Royce CEO
23 mins; October 05, 2022
Reuters Impact: Call for governments to be bold - Chevron New Energies, Offsets and Emerging vice-president, Barbara Harrison
18 mins; October 04, 2022
Reuters Impact: 'Humanity has been too slow off the blocks' - London Mayor, Sadiq Hahn
16 mins; October 04, 2022
Climate stories: Lizard Island, the Great Barrier Reef, and Andrew Forrest is 'locked and loaded'
3 mins; October 02, 2022
Arguing climate change in the face of 'dams full to the brim' can be challenging, but it underlines changeability
3 mins; October 01, 2022
The climate crisis goes from a drought to deluge in just years
5 mins; October 01, 2022
Conversation: Johann Hari talks with Rosalind Dixon about his new book, 'Stolen Focus: why you can't pay attention'
59 mins; September 29, 2022
Climate change tightens its grip, from the Swiss Alps to "Ian" in Florida
4 mins; September 29, 2022
BIEN2022 Congress: Dario Vacirca talks about the nexus between art the UBI and, tangentially, how to navigate the climate crisis
19 mins; September 28, 2022
BIEN 2022 Congress: Professor Michael Howard spells out climate change challenges and the benefits of the UBI
16 mins; September 27, 2022
BIEN 2022 Congress: Iain Middleton talks about New Zealand's experience with the Universal Basic Income
26 mins; September 27, 2022
BIEN 2022 Congress: Australia Basic Income founder, Josh McGee, discusses a National Department of Automation
11 mins; September 26, 2022
Climate Forward: Former U.S. vice president Al Gore was the first of many guests on the New York Times 'fire-side' chats
37 mins; September 21, 2022
It's going to take everyone to change everything, and maybe at just one starfish at a time
18 mins; September 20, 2022
Climate news: 'Critical issue is moving from commitment to action' - Helen Clarkson, Climate Group CEO
13 mins; September 19, 2022
An Australian COP?: Adam Morton writes about what a COP would mean for us
3 mins; September 18, 2022
Super typhoon Nanmadol: winds at the centre of the storm blowing at 198kph and gusting up to 270kph
4 mins; September 17, 2022
Death of a Queen, saturated media; death of Earth is largely ignored
5 mins; September 17, 2022
The Conversation's 'Weekly' podcast considers how our buildings are ill-equiped for a warming world
