Climate Action Show

2019, Aug 26 Presenter/Producer:Erin JonesGuests:Louise Page - Save Westernport Timestamp- 2:43 minshttps://savewesternport.org/We continue following the campaign against new fossil fuel developments in the RAMSAR listed wetlands of Westernport Bay in Victoria Lachlan Rule - BZE Project Lead - Repower Our Regions - Collee WATimestamp - 13:40https://bze.org.au/research/We have a prelude of the research due to be lauched in October looking at potential for energy tranisition in Collee, Western Australia Jane Kou - Bring Me Home - Founder & CEOTimestamp - 35:35Bring Me Home is a startup business that connects consumers with local cafes and restaurants to minimise foodwaste.  If foodwaste were a country it would be the 3rd highest CO2 contributor https://www.birchal.com/company/bringmehomehttps://www.bringmehome.com.au/

STRIKING FOR CLIMATE ACTION Episode 3 ON THE FRONT LINESPresenter: Vivien LangfordProducer: Andy BrittIndigenous people are on the front lines of climate action all over the world. If you strike or take action on September 20th let their example and words ring in your ears."The traditional rules and laws of indigenous peoples would never allow this stripping of resources from our traditional homelands on this planet at a net cost to future generations and to life itself."Lil 'Wat elder from Wisdom of the Elders by David Suzuki & Peter Knudtson Vincent Sicari from The Pacific Calling Partnership at the Edmund Rice Centre talks about how Australia needs to live up to its international obligations. Pacific peoples want to live in harmony with us as family. However as Anote Tong says "Your policy cannot be dictated by the coal industry". Listen here to an ABC Radio National interview with Anote Tong from the 19th of August 2019. Andy Paine speaks to us from Central Qld. Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) are putting their bodies on the line to stop land clearing for a new coal mine.  We hear also from two people who have come up to the camp because they do not want the climate disaster that more coal will fuel. On the lock on equipment the words "One life, one chance, resist and defend" tell you all you need to know. They would be happy if you came up to join them. https://www.facebook.com/FrontlineActionOnCoal/videos/vb.278978455548385/548878268979925/?type=2&theaterGrey Power Earth Protectors is one group going up to Camp Bindi : https://www.facebook.com/GreyPowerEarth/ Adrian Burruguba  was not able to speak on tonight's show but  we broadcast part of his speech  to the Canberra rally organised by Bob Brown Foundation https://wanganjagalingou.com.au/our-fight/To keep up to date with their struggle and lend them every support read this: https://wanganjagalingou.com.au/bankrupting-of-first-nations-leader-adani-sets-brutal-new-standard-of-corporate-behaviour/ Winona la Duke  is an Ojibwe Environmental Leader and the executive director of Honor the Earth. This is a Native environmental advocacy organization that played an active role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Tonight we hear part of her talk on Democracy Now! updating us on  five tarsands pipelines that have been stopped, held up in court or are still a frontline of protest. https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/7/winona_laduke_calls_for_indigenous_ledFor a more in depth look at her ideas check out this Conversation: Winona la Duke +Naomi Klein Land Rights and Climate Change Jan 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDo-KtOKYZE On the Trade Union FrontlineTim Kennedy  is the general secretary of the National Union of Workers and says their members  have climate change very much in mind. They include  farm workers and oil rig workers .The headline might be  "Dairy giant Fonterra blames drought ... 100 jobs to go." or  "Labour exploitation on farms" The NUW is in there finding a way through. So they see the need for climate action now.https://www.sbs.com.au/news/nearly-100-jobs-to-go-in-vic-dairy-closurehttps://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/coles-and-woolworths-must-end-labour-exploitation-on-their-farmsOther members work on oil or gas rigs and so we hear from Tim why they might consider  Standing up to be counted on September 20th when the School strike for climate goes global. https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/Tommy-John Herbert is with the Maritime Union of Australia which is supporting the Strike for climate Action. He tells us about his experience as a seafarer and the environmental destruction he has seen around Australia's oil rigs. Of course the oil and gas Companies say"Our future remains bright, supplying  vital energy to Australians for many decades to come" but we explore the transition to jobs in offshore wind as an alternative. https://www.mua.org.au/campaigns/Australia%27s-Fuel-Security-Crisis

STRIKING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: Episode 2/ Trade UnionsPresenter: Vivien Langford Producer: Andy Britt Trade Unions are responding to the global call for action on September 20th. Will you join them?This will be 3 days before the UN Emergency Climate Summit in N.Y. Greta Thunberg will arrive by sailboat bringing with her the hopes of many children unable to vote.Naomi Klein starts the show with a question "What are climate jobs?".Dr Colin Long answers. He is the Just Transition Officer for the Victorian Trades Hall Council. STRIKING in Australia involves harsher penalties than in any other OECD country. But workers from many unions are up for the task of a transition whose scale and cost is unprecedented. They want jobs they can be proud of but do not want to be abandoned as in previous restructuring.  Dr Janet Roden takes us to the coal and gas communities she visits for the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association. You will be horrified to learn of the impact on babies even born 200km away from the climate changing pollution. She finds community members confused because there is no clear transition plan. "It's just steam" they say. This is highlighted in her research report for the NSWNMA, "Muswellbrook: between eight coal mines and two power stations". We cannot see the climate impact of the emissions from coal stations and gas wells  but the effect on babies and children is witnessed by midwives and nurses every day. She explains why the NSW NMA wants to stand with the children on September 20th. Erima Dall was inspired by the Green Bans and AYCC when she was at university. Now a member of the MUA she drives a crane and is well aware of the tragedies caused by our emissions overseas. She is an eloquent speaker and tells us why  MUA members will join the strike on September 20th. Chris Breen is a teacher and member of the AEU. His article "Lessons we can learn from the last Climate Movement" takes us beyond the vague slogans of " Climate action" and "Just transitions". He wants the climate movement to be on the front foot as BZE is, to find where jobs can be created by a nimble government  e.g. building the first solar thermal plant at Port Augusta or kickstarting the export of renewable energy from the Northern Territory. Thanks to the MUA who hosted the meeting about the September 20th strike, where I met or heard about today's guests. Thanks to Stephen Langford for liaising.

Presenter: Vivien Langford     Production: Andy Britt Students are calling on adults to strike for climate action on September 20th.We start with emotional voices from Melbourne City Council as they declare a Climate Emergency. As Mayor Cathy Oke says "If we don't, I don't think I could say, hand on my heart, that we have done enough".Vivien then talks to secondary students in Sydney, Daisy Jeffrey and Jean Hinchcliff.From Geelong, Australian Youth Climate Commission's Kai Bowie tells us how his knowledge about Climate Chaos and the ability to act was massively boosted by AYCC. He calls on teachers to permit a free discussion and sharing knowledge in the classroom. Uni students are represented by Cooper Forsyth whose objective in  striking on September 20th is not to leave workers behind.These students have been on a steep learning curve since the "climate election" and are determined that the transition to a zero emissions society is a fair one and urge all workers to join them in a strike for climate action on Sept 20th. They would also like teachers to make their education underpin the new climate realities. At the recent Education International conference in Thailand  Susan Hopgood spoke to teachers."Colleagues, no discussion of the future can be conducted outside the context of an emergency situation that touches us all....The most significant thing we've seen is the youth mobilisation.... their determination and commitment are exactly what we need at this crucial moment......Schools  must be spaces for learning about the power and privilege that a handful of humans are given to perpetuate climate injustice and stifle opposition." We speak to Inez Harker-Schuch from Copenhagen University. Her computer game "CO2peration" will bring more climate science into the curriculum and she's calling for teachers to test it in Australian classrooms.  Tarun Whan is a Science and Digital Technologies teacher from Caroline Chisholm school in Canberra. He is workshopping teachers to incorporate more relevant knowledge about climate change across the curriculum.Thanks to Mik Aidt and Jodie Green for Intellectual support and encouragement.Tune in to 3CR August 12th /5pm for Episode 2 ,where we will talk to Unionists about striking for Climate Action.

In the last few years, Kiribati has become one of the most potent symbols of climate change. The previous president Anote Tong toured around Paris in 2015 trying to get the message out that his island the unique way of life of his people are drowning, that is under existential threat due to climate change and rising seas. I have been to the tallest point of the South Tarawa is a paltry 3 metres above sea level.  Without the small dented sign there there would be no other way to know.We will spend the whole show today in the Pacific. We have Paul S. Kench, the Dean of science at Canada's Simon Fraser University. Paul has done some fascinating research on the nearby coral Islands of Tuvalu. His research might offer some hope for Kiribati - as the atolls that he had studied over multiple years appear to be dynamic structures actually expanding in area as sea levels rise. We will also ask him about the role of narrative within the climate change movement. We will also have Dr Aaron Jenkins on the show. Dr Jenkins is Sydney University's only graduate from the school of planetary health. In fact he;s the only one in the country. It was in a car ride through Fiji's capital Suva that Aaron told me about the School of planetary health's basic thesis - it brings together multiple disciplines like public health, climate change and environmental science to understand get a more holistic understanding of issues, ones you would never get with each discipline on it's own. But it would not make sense to have a show about Kiribati without talking to someone from there.  For this we have Pelenise Alofa. She is National Coordinator for the Kiribati Climate Action Network otherwise known as Kirican. We've had her on the program before to talk about Kiribati. I first heard about her when I went to see Bill Mckibbens talk. She is a very passionate speaker on the people of Kiribati but I think you will find her quite pragmatic as well. I chat to her about the future of her country and how Kiribati has served as a symbol in the climate change debate. I chatted with her over the phone and unforunately we got cut off before we could finish and I wasn't able to get back on - so the end is a bit abrupt but I thought it was still a good interview and worth playing to you.

July 22 2019Presenter: Erin Jones Today we have more interviews from my visit to the Fully Charged EV show in the UK, and look at more local issued in Victoria: Alexander Sims Formula E Drive for BMW/Andretti MotorSportJulian O'Shea - Solar TukLouise Page - Save WesternportJohn Grimes - Smart Energy Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshowhttps://fullycharged.show/podcasts/https://www.fiaformulae.com/https://solartuk.org/https://savewesternport.org/https://www.smartenergy.org.au/events/victorian-solar-rally

Presenter: Erin Jones July 15 2019EVs a Snapshot Following my trip to the Fully Charged Show in the UK - we look at some of the current developments in the Australian EV space including: the first EV produced in Australia, fleet managers looking at EVs, and the national EV CouncilGuests:Tim WashingtonChair - EV Council & CEO JetChargeGreg McGarvieCEO ACE-EVRichard LovellExecutive Director - Investment -Clean Energy Finance Corporation

TRANSITIONWhat next after you declare the climate emergency?Ian Dunlop- Advisory Board of BreakthroughOliver Yates and Giles Parkinson - Insiders Podcast at Renew EconomyMik Aidt - radio journalist at The Sustainable Hour Greta Thunberg - Austrian World Summit of leaders implementing the Paris climate AgreementEytan Lenko - Chairman of the Board at Beyond zero EmissionsThe Last  Shell AGM at  # story changeProduction : Andy BrittInterviews : Vivien Langford

Beyond Zero Emissions Community                         1-7-19 Hobart Council is the first capital city council to declare a climate emergency. Will it be as exciting as dark Mofo? XR was there dressed in long red velvet gowns and deathly white faces. Vivien introduces you to the people who are taking climate action to a whole new level. Bill  Harvey - Hobart City Coumcil Tom Remenyi - Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Cooperative Research Centre, David Hamilton - Climate Tasmania Greta Thunberg - At the Austrian World Summit of leaders implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. Music by Tiny Tim Team : Vivien Langford -  Interviews  Andy Britt  - Production

We chatted with Stephen Long who was the journalist on the ABC Four Corners program: Digging into Adani to get an idea for how the Adani Group operates and how it has performed financially, environmentally and legally in the past, particularly with its projects in India. Vivien recorded a speech by the Wangan and Jagalingou people about their battle upholding native title. And we spoke with Jenny Weber, the Campaign Manager at The Bob Brown Foundation, about the long running protest movement against the Carmichael mine that has come to define the climate change movement in Australia, about how it has evolved to combat changing tactics by the Adani group.