Climate Action Show

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 8th 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordSEA LEVEL RISE, GLACIERS AND OCEANS Featuring : Fear and Wonder Part 2 Guests:Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John  on Woodside's contribution to the Safeguards Mechanism Bill(20+) Senator Jordon Steele-John | FacebookHe refers to the IPCC Sixth report. If you want to dip in try Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate — (ipcc.ch) Journalist Michael Green with part 2 of his series Fear and Wonder, courtesy of The Conversation.Today, IPCC author Joelle Gergis introduces us to an  Icelandic Glaciologist and a British Oceanographer who also plays music. We learn about the causes of sea level rise.Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the climate is changing (theconversation.com)Join the Climate Council | Climate Council Music : David Rovics "Kiss behind the barricades from his new album  Killing the Messenger | David Rovics (bandcamp.com) As  you listen to this podcast consider supporting the Greenpeace Crew on the Rainbow Warrior.Rainbow Warrior docks in Fremantle as Greenpeace labels Woodside's Scarborough project a 'major threat' to WA - ABC News Their new campaign Whales not Woodside aims to stop the emissions from Woodside's project and thus take one source of ocean warming out of the mix. They will preserve the habititat for whale migrations too. For CampaignersA NEW VISUAL LANGUAGE FOR CLIMATE ACTIONCheck out About Climate Visuals - Climate Outreach which I discovered this week. If you are a campaigner or need climate images that help, have a look. Images are free to use with attribution under creative commons. They say  "All too often, the climate change imagery the world sees is ineffective at driving change – it may be aesthetically pleasing and illustrative but not salient or emotionally impactful. Our Climate Visuals evidence base and experience proves that imagery needs to embody people-centred narratives and positive solutions, and must resonate with the identity and values of the viewer – not just environmentalists. Only then can we truly drive engagement and promote positive action against climate change."

CLIMATEACTION SHOWMAY 1ST 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordUNITE TO SURVIVE +Fear and Wonder Part 1 MAYDAY is an internationally recognised radio word to signal distress.Our MAYDAY show highlights the 4 day Extinction Rebellion event in London. The Big One.Their banner on Westminster Bridge said "UNITE TO SURVIVE".The distress already felt by workers is shown in thiscomment by NHS Spokesperson Holly Blackler:"We've experienced a pandemic and a heatwave that took us to the limits of our endurance. These two issues are intertwined. The climate crisis unfolding in front of us... and we are deeply concerned for our patients. For that reason XR has our unfailing support" FEAR AND WONDER Episode 1By kind permission of The Conversation we bring you interviews with climate scientists. IPCC Author Joelle Gergis is our guide in this episode created by journalist Michael Green. We meet paleoclimatologist Kim Cobb underwater with the corals and learn about modelling and citizen science from Ed Hawkins.

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 24TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordGREENPEACE TAKES ON THE CLIMATE CRIMINALS GuestsDavid Ritter - CEO Greenpeace Australia/PacificChristine Rose -  Lead Climate Campaigner Greenpeace Aotearoa/New Zealand A thrilling case study in successful climate actionPower Play: Transforming Australia's biggest climate polluter | A Greenpeace Documentary - Bing video Brilliant video from the victims of floods and landslides in NZ North Island 2023.The Fonterra Company is their greatest climate polluter. They returned the debris from Cyclone Gabrielle to the sender and surrounded Fonterra's HQ with climate crime scene tape.Flooding Fonterra - Bing video

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 17TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford BOB BROWN -  NSW ! STOP NATIVE FOREST LOGGINGRecorded at  Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney, saved by Jack Mundey's Green BansGuests:Wendy Harmer - M.CJustin Field, Sue Higginson and Alex Greenwich - Members of NSW ParliamentSusie Russell - NE Forest Alliance - Bulga Blockade - Forest ProtectorTekeza Frank - South Coast Conservation Group - Tree sitter Brumen State ForestMark Graham - EcologistJoin the campaign to Protect Native Forest Australia’s Native Forests - Bob Brown Foundation Quotes from Ecologist Mark Graham “I have extensively and intensively surveyed these forests and can categorically state that Forestry Corporation NSW are currently destroying the very last bastions of the globally significant forest biota known to depend upon these forests.” “As good recent example of Forestry Corporation NSW shifting their operations at their leisure:  Bagawa SF was listed on Plan Portal as "Completed" until recent days. They then changed it to "Suspended" which means that they can go back in at any stage and grab the few remaining fragments of the globally significant Koala habitats that remain there.  Contact Forestry Corporation - Home Quote from MP Alex Greenwich who has a pivotal role in the NSW Parliament “Keeping our native forests intact is vital to stopping a biodiversity crisis through mass extinction of endangered species like the koala and erosion of much needed carbon sinks. Native forest logging runs at a loss that taxpayers subsidise only to produce low value products that have sustainable alternatives. The state will be in a better environmental and economic position if we transition to plantation timber. New jobs in eco-tourism and eco-timber with a transition package will ensure forestry communities are protected. There is no reason not to move forward.” You can contact him to give him your support:  [email protected]

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 Case for Hope.In Humanity’s Moment, Joëlle takes us through the science in the IPCC report with unflinching honesty, explaining what it means for our future, while sharing her personal reflections on bearing witness to the heartbreak of the climate emergency unfolding in real time. But this is not a lament for a lost world. It is an inspiring reminder that human history is an endless tug-of-war for social justice. We are each a part of an eternal evolutionary force that can transform our world. Joëlle shows us that the solutions we need to live sustainably already exist – we just need the social movement and political will to create a better world.

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-financing-will-mean-there-hop...(link is external) Birdsong from Botswana and Ballad sung by Robert Farmer: The coal owner and poor pitman's wife.News from  Environs Kimberley and The Beetaloo Basin WHITEHAVEN AGM /MOVE BEYOND COALORIGIN MOVES SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM GASThe Climate Action groups co operating with Move Beyond Coal are  the best of civil society. Some of those working for years to alert  us to the danger of new coal and gas projects  are 350 Pacific, Pacific Climate Warriors , lock the gate alliance, School strike4Climate, SAPNA South Asian  Climate Solidarity, Green Left, Doctors for the Environment, ARRCC, The sum of us and many more. They gathered outside The Mint in Sydney on Oct 26th for the Whitehaven Coal Company's AGM. Proxy shareholders inside proposed that Whitehaven use windfall profits  to manage down its mines and ensure the transition of the workforce. Later that day Market Forces sent us a message that MANY more shareholders this year supported the resoluion. Pablo Brait  explains  how this happened.Meanwhile Origin Energy is withdrawing from its gas exploration in the Kimberley WA according to Environs Kimberley and from the Beetaloo Basin in NT according to ABC.https://www.environskimberley.org.au/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-20/nt-origin-quitting-beetaloo-proje...(link is external) As Pablo says the trend away from coal at least is clear but it is all too slow. If  you are a member of a Superannuation Fund it will have shares in the big banks. It's a simple thing to ring your fund and ask them to support the Market Forces resolution at this year's AGM for NAB, Westpac or ANZ.CHECK it out here: https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/CBA shareholders have mostly voted against the resolution already so  lets pull out the stops: https://www.marketforces.org.au/tag/cba/

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 from the bush.

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 spend on clean energy, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act?Or that irreversible tipping points, notably in the Amazon rainforest, are approaching much faster than scientists had expected? And that 2023 will bring much more extreme weather, as El Niño turbo-charges climate change?Or that the world is making surprising progress on loss and damage compensation to the highly vulnerable countries bearing the brunt of climate impacts? Or that positive tipping points offer reasons for hope?These are some of the takeaways from  Covering Climate Now press briefing, “The Climate Story in 2023.” Three leading climate experts addressed journalists from around the world:Below are highlights from the event. McKibben  reports that The nonprofit "Rewiring America" has calculated that, “in essence, the IRA creates an $8,000 bank account for every American household” to buy things like heat pumps, window retrofits, and electric vehicles.McKibben also shared that climate activists this year plan to increase pressure on banks financing fossil fuel companies, starting with a day of protests on March 21. This will be March 27th in Melbourne Don't NAB our future: March from NAB Headquarters - Move Beyond Coaland online Digital storm targeting NAB bank decision makers online - Move Beyond CoalMarch 19th Heading for Extinction (and what to do about it). Online talk, 19 March 2023 - Action Network In Brazil, local deforestation and global warming are “driving the Amazon to a … self-perpetuating drying cycle,” said Rocha. “Almost 70% of the Amazon is … eating itself. It’s effectively dying much more than growing.”  Dr Marcia Rocha added that “The good news is that effective policy” could reverse this trend before the world’s biggest rainforest reaches an irreversible tipping point. Deforestation fell by 70% from the early 2000’s until 2016, she noted, before surging under then-president Jair Bolsonaro. The newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, vows to halt deforestation. That is a tall order but central to global climate survival, making it a story that journalists everywhere should follow. Rocha also urged journalists to cover new thinking on “positive tipping points” — developments that drive self-reinforcing progress towards rapid decarbonization. For example, in Norway public policies have made electric cars cheaper than gas ones, leading more consumers to purchase them; now, over half of the country’s new car sales are electric. Pointing to the devastating floods in California, Dr Saleemul Huq said that climate loss and damage is “a global phenomenon … happening every day somewhere in the world,” Journalists, wherever they live, should “watch your weather channels and connect it to climate change.” Huq also responded to climate scientist James Hansen’s new forecast that average global temperature in 2024 will hit (at least temporarily) the 1.5-degrees-Celsius limit stipulated in the Paris Agreement. Nevertheless, it remains essential to limit the overshoot of 1.5 degrees C, said Huq, which means that countries “must stop using fossil fuels as quickly as possible.” A bright spot: The $9 billion that international donors pledged on Monday to help Pakistan recover from last summer’s epic floods “is a very significant amount of support” that bodes well for future climate compensation to vulnerable countries, said Huq, who helped negotiate the loss and damage agreement at COP27. Negotiations over loss and damage continue, and Huq advised that journalists wishing to cover them should “follow the UNFCCC Glasgow dialogue on loss and damage” taking place in Bonn, Germany, from June 7 to 11, to prepare for COP28 next November.