John J. Berger has written a new book, "Solving the Climate Crisis" and he will soon feature in a new "Climate Conversations" episode.

An Emeritus Professor of Politics from La Trobe University, Judith Brett, has argued: "Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system";

"Our mood usually lifts in spring. But after heatwaves and bushfires, this year may be different";

"What the world would look like without fossil fuels";

"‘No good reason for ongoing nuclear ban’: Holmes à Court";

"Floodwaters clear as New York emerges from historic rainfall";

"NZ cancels final 21.5m Kyoto-era carbon credits";

"Our mood usually lifts in spring. But after early heatwaves and bushfires, this year may be different";

"Here’s how to fix Australia’s approach to soil carbon credits so they really count towards our climate goals";

"‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.";

"Three fires burn out of control in Gippsland, residents and campers flee";

"Mission Possible - achieving a sustainable future";

"In pictures: The 'crazy' floods that caused chaos in New York";

"National Grid starts using electric cars to help balance grid".

Dr Ben Abbott (pictured) see what is happening as a "call to action, not a declaration of defeat" - "Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann on what ‘doomers’ get wrong";

"Video: See Flooding in Some of the Hardest-Hit Areas of New York";

"UK Government Is Ignoring Public Opinion on Climate Change";

"Step Aside California, the South Could Become America’s Green Hub";

"Electric Vehicle Sales in US Hit the Accelerator Pedal — Even Beyond California";

"Electric car sales break new records with momentum expected to continue through 2023";

"America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up";

"Why New York City Keeps Flooding";

"With Climate Change, Smaller Storms Are Growing More Fearsome, More Often";

"Why One of the Nation’s Most Crucial Environmental Laws Is Being Modernized";

"On Its 15th Anniversary, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing";

"Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind";

"Feeling anxious about climate change? Check out these strategies.";

"The ‘climate safe rooms’ keeping low-income Australians cool during heatwaves";

"EPA Approves Permit for Controversial Fracking Disposal Well in Pennsylvania";

"Call for national strategy to force Australian vaping industry to clean up waste";

"Why Maryland Is Struggling to Meet Its Own Aggressive Climate Goals";

"New York flooding: State of emergency declared as life-threatening storm hits";

"For Sanibel, the Recovery from Hurricane Ian Will Be Years in the Making";

"Sustainability Battle of Brands: Toyota vs. Tesla";

"A Drop in Emissions, and a Jobs Bonanza? Critics Question Benefits of a Proposed Hydrogen Hub for the Appalachian Region";

"The cruise industry says LNG is a climate solution. It’s no";

"A Known Risk: How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere";

"Brazilian government eyes money from Amazon Fund for controversial road";

"U.S. Battery Storage Had a Record Quarter. Here’s Why It Could Have—and Should Have—Been Much Better";

"ADB set to launch first coal early retirement scheme in Indonesia";

"A new climate change report offers something unique: hope";

"Vietnamese climate activist jailed in ‘unjust’ government crackdown";

"Project Dandelion".

Tony Gleeson, a recent guest on "Climate Conversations", and two others from Extinction Rebellion disrupted yesterday's Grand Final parade in Melbourne.

"Climate resiliency funding needs to scale threefold to at least $160bn annually";

"Floods, fires and heat: Multiple weather dangers for summer";

"How much does aviation contribute to climate change? How will this change in the future?";

"Smoke ‘n mirrors budget: forests and koalas are great but logging and money are better!";

"A Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Show U.S. Isn't Ready for Climate Change";

"Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe?";

"This company is at the cutting edge of solar panel efficiency";

"‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief";

"The world’s poorest people won’t be able to migrate to escape climate disasters";

"Traditional owner challenges Woodside's seismic testing";

"Major car brands accused of trying to write 'loopholes' into Australia's looming fuel efficiency laws";

"After summer’s extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows";

"I thought fossil fuel firms could change. I was wrong";

"Peak fossil fuel demand will happen this decade";

"The Tories’ huge new oilfield is a moral obscenity – but Rosebank can still be stopped";

"Guterres calls for phasing out fossil fuels to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’";

"How Are Heat Waves Affecting Wildlife?";

"Exclude fossil fuel firms from Cop28 if they only want to obstruct, says ex-UN chief";

"‘Triple whammy’ of extreme heat could make Earth uninhabitable for humans, climate models reveal";

"Ruapehu has had a great ski season – but we need to reimagine the future of NZ’s iconic volcano";

"California takes big first step toward floating offshore wind";

"China has put the world’s oil cartel into a death spiral";

"Critics of ‘degrowth’ economics say it’s unworkable – but from an ecologist’s perspective, it’s inevitable";

"Emperor Penguins forming colonies in diverse conditions";

"The Philippines is the most dangerous country in Asia to defend the environment, Global Witness report says";

"Muscle, wood, coal, oil: what earlier energy transitions tell us about renewables";

"Tree planting has the potential to increase carbon sequestration capacity of forests in the United States";

"I’m a Tory MP, but I know Rishi Sunak’s claims about the cost of net zero are false";

"‘An extreme record-breaking year’: Scientists see impact of climate change on Antarctic sea ice";

"Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold";

"Fremantle Dockers slammed for signing new sponsorship deal with Woodside Energy";

"Auto Strikes and Climate Change";

"The Power of Convening: Climate Week NYC";

"Citizen scientists collect more nature data than ever, showing us where common and threatened species live";

"Alan Kohler: Farmers beware, soil carbon cash is a trap";

"One of the most intense El Niños ever observed could be forming";

"These 25 utilities are united by one big goal: 80% less CO2 by 2030";

"How Long Can America’s Climate Hypocrisy Last?";

"One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain, say wildlife experts";

"Weather records smashed as spring heatwave arrives";

"Fireproofing your home can reduce insurance bills";

"‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief";

"Who are the young climate activists taking 32 European countries to court today?";

"Phase out or phase down? Fight over fossil fuels heats up in run-up to COP28";

"Protesters glue themselves to road during grand final day parade";

"Where America is failing and why women need to step up: Mary Robinson on the climate crisis";

"Society Watch: Drive to make ecocide an international crime gains momentum";

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Tonié and Sandy help us better understand degrowth and tell us something about the Degrowth Spring Festival coming up on Sunday, October 8.

The festival is to be held at Melbourne's "CERES", an environmental education centre, community garden, urban farm and social enterprise hub that wants people to fall in love with the Earth again.

To that end, the work of CERES spans environmental, social, economic, spiritual and cultural dimensions and so has many similarities with the core values of the Degrowth Movement.

The festival, which is free and epitomises the non-transactional values of the degrowth movement, begins at midday and continues through to 6:30 pm.

You can learn more about Degrowthby watching this Youtube clip, "Degrowth Week Australia: Where to from here?".

The image of a snail affectionally represents degrowth.

Bill Gates (pictured) doesn't plant trees as he is not into "brute force" solutions climate change.

"Black Saturday bushfires";

"Scientists found the most intense heat wave ever recorded — in Antarctica";

"Farmers are bracing for another drought. Here's what it might mean for food prices";

"Households boost renewable supply, but big projects dwindle";

"Antarctic winter sea ice hits 'extreme' record low";

"Hydrogen port gets funding deal as federal government spruiks Whyalla 'green steel' ";

"Don’t choose LEGO bricks made from recycled plastic Economy";

"Fishers fined for ignoring Mary River bans during endangered cod breeding season";

"Wooden Skyscrapers are Changing the Skyline and Our Environmental Future";

"Container deposit schemes reduce rubbish on our beaches. Here’s how we proved it";

"Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?";

"Countries vowed to ramp up climate pledges in 2022. Very few have.";

"U.N. report warns nations have ‘rapidly narrowing window’ to cut emissions";

"China’s coal plant approvals highest in seven years, research finds";

"Let’s end the silence on this canary in the climate coal mine";

"We looked at 1,200 possibilities for the planet’s future. These are our best hope.";

"El Niño is back, and is poised to turbocharge extreme weather";

"How do we raise trillions of dollars to fight the climate crisis? The answer is staring us in the face";

"Even HS2’s defenders are abandoning it. Rishi Sunak, it’s time to follow suit";

"Aerosol emissions drive Atlantic hurricanes, Sahel rain";

"Heat-related deaths in 2022 hit highest level on record in England";

"The Carbon Cycle";

"What’s the difference between geologic and biologic carbon sequestration?";

"Climate forward";

"Ancient Arrow Is Among Artifacts to Emerge From Norway’s Melting Ice";

"Meet the Climate-Defying Fruits and Vegetables in Your Future";

"Wind farms generate significant tax revenue for Iowa counties";

"The Turtle Mothers Have Come Ashore to Ask About an Unpaid Debt";

"‘Solar garden’ allows city dwellers to buy ‘plots’ in regional solar farms".

Listen to Melbourne's Dr Dimity Williams talk about her new book: "Nature our Medicine - How the natural world sustains us".

Dr Williams was guest on a webinar organized by the "Australian Earth Laws Alliance".

And Dr Williams is a member of "Doctors for the Environment".

"Rishi Sunak pushes to axe northern HS2 rail line ahead of Tory conference";

"Race is on for the world to reach net zero emissions";

"Community solar project shining a light on Australia's renewable energy transition";

"‘Imagine Westminster under water’: stricter tests needed to see how City copes with climate disasters";

"Hannah Ritchie";

"Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey";

"UK one of 32 countries facing European court action over climate stance";

"Rooftop solar meets all of South Australia demand in major new milestone";

"It’s official. An El Nino has been declared. What does that mean?";

"Northern NSW growers lead the way to 'climate-smart' rice amid concern over crop emissions";

"Foreign-owned Griffin coal mine a 'time bomb' as WA energy consumers brace for the fallout";

"Possible ‘compounding and cascading’ disasters looming";

"Canberra putting Australian states in the shade on electric cars";

"Carbon removal: why ambitious ‘no nonsense’ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2℃";

"Nuclear energy won’t solve Australia’s energy woes, but legislative ban ‘doesn’t make sense’";

"Alan Kohler: Move to renewables bundles false hope, bad policy and slow progress into giant mess";

"We need urban trees more than ever – here’s how to save them from extreme heat".

Hannah Ritchie (pictured) says date will enable us to think differently about the world - "Are we the last generation -- or the first sustainable one?";

"‘Fossil fuel industry speaks with forked tongue’: Al Gore tells Big Oil ‘get out of the way’ in climate battle";

"In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein says the world is broken: conspiracy theorists ‘get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right’";

"California plans big insurance shifts as climate change hits home";

"Can the cotton industry protect its workforce in a changing climate?";

"Chart: The remarkable rise of California’s grid battery capacity";

"Amid expansion plans, Venture Global LNG plant faces compliance order after 100+ violations";

"US, UK and other major polluters sidelined at ‘no-nonsense’ UN climate ambition summit";

"Seven in 10 Brits don’t believe UK will reach 2050 net-zero target";

"Delivering the Paris Agreement ‘a $275trn investment opportunity’, asset owners tell policymakers";

"As El Niño Arrives, Australian Region Sees ‘Catastrophic’ Fire Conditions";

"The inequality of heat";

"A saltwater wedge climbing the Mississippi River threatens drinking water";

"Junking green policies, junking investment: scorched-earth Conservatism is all Sunak offers now";

"Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee’s Carbon Footprint";

""Living with water": Lessons from the New Orleans flood disaster";

"Climate Week Is Pointless. The Protests Inspired by It Aren’t.";

"Midwesterners Lament Lack of Transparency as Coalition Seeks Federal Aid for Proposed Hydrogen Hub";

"In Miami, It’s No Coincidence Marginalized Neighborhoods Are Hotter";

"Earth Systems Treaty: The emerging cross-cultural commitment";

"Twitter Ranked Dead Last on Climate Misinformation Scorecard";

"UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years in contentious climate shift";

"Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns";

"This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters";

"Dams Worldwide Are at Risk of Catastrophic Failure";

"Climate costs imperil unique, diverse Detroit neighborhood";

"Inundation and Injustice: Flooding presents a formidable threat to the Great Lakes region";

"In northern Minnesota, wild rice is being threatened by climate change and increased rainfall";

"Sharma v Minister for the Environment";

"Wong flags spring bushfire threat as UN head says ‘humanity has opened the gates of hell’";

"Only 22% of Britons trust Sunak on climate, finds Guardian poll".

Anjali Sharma (pictured) played a lead role in arguing that the Federal Government owed all young Australians a duty to take reasonable care to protect them from climate change harm - they case initially fell in their favour, but then was lost on appeal.

Anjali and her contemporaries not disheartened by that "defeat", continued with preparation of their argument and now with the support of Australian Capital Territory Senator, David Pocock, a private members Bill calling for a duty of care is now before the Senate.

People can learn more about the BIll's proposals through the Duty of Care website.

Also, you can make a submission via this link: "Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023".

England's PM Rishi Sunak (pictured) has backtracked on carbon emissions - "Sunak planning to drop net zero policies in pre-election challenge to Labour";

"Plibersek versus the environment";

"Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message";

"Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track";

"Spring heat records shattered as Australia warms towards a long, hot summer";

"It’s official. An El Nino has been declared. What does that mean?";

"E-bike manufacturers are fighting right-to-repair. That’s a problem";

"Australia now in El Niño climate pattern, increasing bushfire risk, BOM says";

"A subtropical storm could drench the East Coast this weekend";

"Double whammy: What El Niño and a positive IOD will mean for spring and summer in Australia";

"‘Missing half the equation’: scientists criticise Australia over approach to fossil fuels";

"Massive climate change protests in New York aim to turn up heat on Biden";

"Insurance 'under pressure' from extreme weather events";

"Tech, energy deals top the list for manufacturing fund’s first $5 billion";

"France used 10% less electricity last winter – three valuable lessons in fighting climate change";

"‘Delightfully British’ climate activism: Hundreds of business leaders to queue in London with green demands for MPs";

"Can We Put a Price on Climate Damages?";

"Al Gore leads international chorus of disapproval for Sunak’s climate U-turn";

"Earth’s Annual Average Temperatures Set to Breach 1.5°C for the First Time";

"Rate of climate-induced extinction is ‘shocking’";

"Addicted to cool";

"Business behemoths push shipping suppliers for zero-emission options";

"SDG funding gap swells to $137trn";

"Does the UK need a Regenerative Farming Task Force to boost biodiversity?";

"Electric cars will be cheaper to buy than fossil fuel vehicles within three years";

"California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception";

"‘Worst risk since black summer’: NSW south coast fire danger upgraded to ‘catastrophic’";

"NSW behind on hazard reduction burns as NSW Premier Chris Minns warns of a “horror summer";

"The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim";

"Efforts to clean up power sector too slow: watchdog";

"UK backtracks on net zero environmental policies";

"Worried about climate change? You can make a difference — here’s how";

"Duty of Care";

"Thousands of California wells are at risk of drying up despite landmark water law";

"Column: The oil companies lied to us about climate change. California should sue them into the ground";

"El Nino announcement comes with grim climate warning";

"How climate change worsened the catastrophic flood in Libya";

"A Young Architect’s Designs for the Climate Apocalypse";

"The push for nuclear energy in Australia is driven by delay and denial, not evidence";

"Startup hits milestone in its bid to cut concrete’s dirtiest ingredient";

"Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike";

"See Sunak’s green retreat for what it is: a ruthless short-term electoral gamble";

"Queensland braces for high temperatures, threat of bushfires";

"‘Unacceptable costs’: Britain delays petrol car ban, weakens net-zero targets";

"Net zero by 2050? Too late. Australia must aim for 2035";

"Which of the World’s Hundreds of Thousands of Aging Dams Will Be the Next to Burst?";

"U.N. Chief’s Test: Shaming Without Naming the World’s Climate Delinquents";

"BoM declares El Nino, amid ‘catastrophic’ fire risk in NSW";

"‘Nature positive’ isn’t just planting a few trees – it’s actually stopping the damage we do";

"Here are all the climate and environment bills that California just passed";

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LA Times reporter, Rosanna Xia, writes news stories for the newspaper about where the ocean meets the shore and her new book, "California against the Sea: vision for our changing coastline" is about to be published.

Rosanna was a guest on an LA Times webinar "Ask a Reporter, Our Climate Change Challenge" and with her was energy reporter, Sammy Roth.

The book "California against the Sea" is the work of Rosanna and is about to arrive in the bookshops.

The webinar is more than an hour-long,but it is worth your time.