Russell Klose (pictured) lived a life embedded in internal combustion engine cars, which he said "I loved", but now, eager to do something positive for the planet, he has shifted to importing and selling second-hand electric cars.

Along with his son, Cam, and Yakandandah solicitor, Matt Grogan, he is now importing and selling used electric Nissan Leafs through the Yackandandah business, "Kilowatt Cars".

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued what some say is humanity's "final warning".

And here is the IPCC "AR6 Synthesis Report".

"We have everything we need to fix the climate crisis. But we need to do it now";

"Our last climate chance: Act now on ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’";

"Schott fires at Bandt over climate policy as Greens double down";

"‘Australia is way behind’: Recycling targets fall out of reach";

"IPCC climate scientists issue 'a survival guide for humanity', warning window closing to reduce emissions";

"Earth to Hit Critical Warming Threshold by Early 2030s, Climate Panel Says";

"Five things we've learned from UN climate report";

"'Rapidly closing window': New UN report calls for urgent action on climate change";

"‘It can be done. It must be done’: IPCC delivers definitive report on climate change, and where to now";

"Introducing Fear and Wonder: The Conversation’s new climate podcast".

Founder and CEO of Common Ground, Liana Downey (pictured), invites us to join her on Common Ground.

"What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway?";

"How on-demand buses can transform travel and daily life for people with disabilities";

"The Innovators: Alan Kohler on Australia’s green entrepreneurs and the hidden cost of AUKUS";

"‘Aim higher, act faster, or risk losing it all’: Climate change report offers ‘final warning’";

"Farming: The next steps";

"Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration";

"Biden warns people 'can't deny' climate change, 'wrath' of Mother Nature: 'Whole generation is damned'";

"Australian fossil fuel subsidies hit $10.3 billion in 2020-21";

"Sydney breaks 165yo milestone after hottest four consecutive days in March on record";

"Mountain forests disappearing at alarming rate: study";

"Home, business buyers should be advised of climate risk";

"Good heavens: North Yorkshire village switches to dark sky-friendly lighting";

"To protect downwind states from smog, EPA cracks down on coal power pollution";

"Story of cities #29: Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal'".

A severe winter drought impacts on France's Lake Montbel (image) - "Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France's Lake Montbel".

The refusal to accept the realities/evidence of the climate crisis and the collapse of Nazi German have similarities.

"‘Irresponsible’: Labor won’t buckle on Greens’ demand to ban new coal and gas projects";

"Greenpeace files ACCC greenwashing complaint against Toyota";

"Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice. The World Bank Must Respond";

"Net-Zero Industry Act: European Commission unveils new vision for clean energy revolution";

"Alerts up and down the eastern coast as unseasonable heat hikes bushfire risk";

"Heat pumps work in NY. Don't believe misinformation — climate change is real | Opinion";

"Conservative MP Set to Pocket £153,600 from Fossil Fuel-Linked Firms";

"What Happened to All the Snow?";

"Yellen warns climate change could trigger asset value losses, harming US economy";

"Mafalda Duarte named as next chief of UN climate fund";

"This Hollywood star and his daughter took the subway to the Oscars to prove a point. Did it work?";

"Fueling the community" - public transit facts.

Kevin Anderson (pictured) says rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 - "Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 for a fair 1.5°C transition";

"Angry shareholders target Woodside directors over climate change";

"Does your gas stove produce pollutants? Dr Brigid Lynch was surprised at her results";

"As Melbourne gets hotter, some suburbs suffer more than others";

"You can help track the impacts of climate change in your yard";

"How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?";

"Texas Weakens Climate Science Education Guidelines";

"Chinese coal boom a ‘direct threat’ to 1.5C goal, analysts warn".

Violet Coco (pictured) walks free - "Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco’s 15-month jail sentence quashed on appeal";

"US lawsuit filed to stop Willow oil drilling project in Alaska";

"Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand’s summer of extreme weather?";

"‘Dead’ Electric Car Batteries Find a Second Life Powering Cities";

"Deadly cyclone Freddy has become Earth’s longest-lived tropical storm";

"Parts of California face ‘flooding emergency’ as storm kills at least 2";

"Battery breakthrough could put fossil fuels out in the cold";

"People in Paris are being asked to vote on whether electric scooters should be banned";

"Australia’s five biggest super funds failing on key climate promises";

"Fire, Then Ice: Are the Mountains Around My California Town Going to Collapse?";

"Track the Latest Atmospheric River to Hit California";

"Simple solutions could reduce heat inequities in Phoenix";

Global collapse of the climate world demands total attention, but Australia has been distracted by an expensive nuclear - "Details of AUKUS deal unveiled".

And former Australian Treasurer, Joe Hockey (pictured), says: "There is no option".

"How GDP Fetishism Drives Climate Crisis and Inequality";

"Whole Food Systems: Jessica Fanzo Looks at How Food Connects With Everything Else";

"How to live an ethical life and change the world";

"A tonne of fossil carbon isn’t the same as a tonne of new trees: why offsets can’t save us";

"Greenland temperatures surge up to 50 degrees above normal, setting records";

"Future warming from global food consumption";

"The Greens aren’t grandstanding on a new coal and gas ban – they’re negotiating well";

"Our Response to Climate Change Is Missing Something Big, Scientists Say";

"The Shell Game Behind Carbon Credits with Nick Feik";

"The great stock ’n’ coal swindle".

Clare Hymer (pictured) took to Twitter to explode the conspiracies around the 15 minute city and talked with George Monbiot about his then new book, "Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis".

"People Live in Cities: An Analysis of Urban Planning’s Role in Loneliness";

"Administration to Approve Huge Alaska Oil Project on Monday, Two Officials Say";

"What is the '15-minute city' conspiracy theory?";

"'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city'";

"Our electric future";

"Putting trees back into the urban jungle";

"Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loom";

"How to protect your homes from ice and snow";

"Aramco: Saudi state-owned oil giant sees record profit of $161bn";

"Forget the conspiracies, 15-minute cities will free us to improve our mental health and wellbeing".

Humanity's efforts to avoid the worst of the climate crisis hinge on bold, charismatic, innovative and farseeing leadership and it fell to Miriam Mohammed (pictured) o explain something about leadership when she appeared on ABC's "The Drum", although she was talking about Australia's indigenous Voice to Parliament, rather than climate change. Good leadership is, however, interchangeable and not necessarily topic dependent.

One who understands leadership is the author of "The End of Nature", Bill McKibben, in conversation here with "Ezra Klein". 

"A desperate race to avoid locking in the pathway to human extinction";

"Degrowth in a Green-Growth World";

"A Blanket of Snow for California";

"The first great energy transition: how humanity gave up whaling";

"‘Move people to rooftops’: Worst-ever Qld rain forces Burketown evacuation as power and sewers fail";

"At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels";

"The Trouble With "Market-Based" Climate Solutions."

 Economic anthropologist,  Dr. Jason Hickel (pictured), takes us on a journey through degrowth and exposes the failures of our existing economic system - hear him in conversation with neoclassical economist, Barbara Baarsma.

Read Jason Hickel's latest book "Less is More".

"China strengthens role of courts in meeting carbon targets";

"Meet the Teenage Private Jet Detective";

"Australia’s biggest electric vehicle show roars to life";

"Met Office issues FIVE new snow warnings as UK braces for overnight blizzards";

"Minns pledges $25 million to train hydrogen plumbers";

"A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming";

"EU agrees diplomatic push for fossil fuel phase out ahead of Cop28";

"CCC: Decarbonised power system by 2035 is possible but not at this pace of delivery".