Stanley Johnson (pictured), the father of British PM, Boris, visits Australia heaping climate praise on Australia's wonderfully progressive LNP Government and was interviewed on ABC's RN Breakfast by Patricia Karvelas - "Stanley Johnson on climate, Brexit and Russia".

Other Quick Climate Links today are:

"Biolinks Alliance";

"Bendigo Sustainability Festival";

"Feds to pledge $1 billion for faster rail from Sydney to Newcastle";

"Budget to include $3.3 billion for Vic road and rail networks";

"Never mind the economy - the election outlook counts more";

"Property worth $25b at risk from coastal erosion";

"Whistleblower’s ‘fraud’ claim threatens integrity of $4.5 billion carbon offset scheme";

"Government ‘must guarantee’ gas funds won’t benefit Russian oligarch";

"Government pledges $5.4bn for North Queensland dam before business case";

"Dare I become a mum in a changing climate? The debate and guilt is shifting";

"Oil giants under scrutiny as climate pressure intensifies";

"L.A's asphalt-covered schoolyards are an environmental injustice";

"More than a million homes to be powered by offshore wind energy under ‘game-changing’ Victorian plan";

"Victorian towns plead for running water supply, sewerage systems";

"Volkswagen prepares for a deglobalized world";

"Here’s how food waste can generate clean energy";

"Property developers fight NSW bid to make houses more energy-efficient and climate-resilient";

"War Shakes Europe Path to Energy Independence, Climate Goals";

"No, sunscreen chemicals are not bleaching the Great Barrier Reef";

"In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse";

"FACT SHEET: United States and European Commission Announce Task Force to Reduce Europe’s Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels";

"Why wetlands are a versatile climate and biodiversity hack";

"Sweenies Creek Farm";

"Forage";

"Amid backlash, USPS orders more EVs — but will still mostly run on gas";

"Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?";

"From poop to power: partnership turns pig manure into energy";

"Why are my allergies so bad? Climate change may be partly to blame.";

"Top corporate lobbying group shows its true colors on climate change";

"‘Disruptive action’ on climate only preaches to the converted";

"Antarctic ice-shelf collapses after unprecedented heatwave";

"Severe coral bleaching hits the Great Barrier Reef just as the government is trying to say it’s not in danger";

"Russia’s murderous regime is propped up by oil and gas – Australia and the world must switch";

"Flood peak revised down for Lismore, severe weather threat moves to NSW Mid North Coast";

"Government plan to let renewable agency fund fossil fuels blocked after Liberal-led committee’s motion";

"Gold Coast suburb has $1.4bn in property at ‘very high risk’ from coastal erosion";

"“Perverse:” Australian fossil fuel subsidies will top $22,000 a minute this year";

"‘David and Goliath’ battle over waste-to-energy plan in Angus Taylor’s NSW seat generates electoral heat";

"‘Diverse genetics’: Queensland researchers hope Jagger the koala will help protect his species";

"Flood evacuation orders issued for Lismore after man and dogs die in Queensland";

"Insurers could have been climate heroes. Instead, they have risked a crisis to dwarf 2008";

"Energy regulator backtracks on assessing climate impacts of natural gas pipelines";

"Banks promised climate action. Where is it?";

"Maldives greenlights destructive dredging to build housing and luxury resorts";

"Great Barrier Reef authority confirms unprecedented sixth mass coral bleaching event";

"Meet the people shaping the future of our planet";

"Taylor’s latest $50m gas subsidy splurge deplored as “slap in the face for flood victims”".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

Climate Conversations was just one of the many exhibitors at the Sunday, March 26, Bendigo Sustainability Festival organized by the Bendigo Sustainability Group.

The festival was held at the city's Gardens for the Future, which is a part of the Bendigo Botanic Gardens.

Eight people volunteered to be interviewed for this episode, including one of those who operate "Sweenies Creek Farm".

President of the Bendigo Sustainability Group, Colin Lambie, said the festival had more than 60 stalls/exhibitions and about 1500 people enjoyed what was generally said to be a "much needed" event on what was a beautiful Autumn day at a spectacular venue.

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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Elyse Cunningham was scheduled to be my guest on Climate Conversations to talk about "Sweltering Cities", but I messed up the arrangements and so was forced to resort to creating something based on what I found on the group's website.

The group has a meeting tomorrow at 2:00 pm in Wyndham Park, Werribee, to talk about heat island developments in the west of Melbourne.

Also, tomorrow, March 27, Climate Conversations will be at the "Bendigo Sustainability Festival" in the Gardens for the Future at White Hills.

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Safe Ground - reducing the impacts for war";

"Public housing high-rise residents suffering in the heat with inadequate infrastructure";

"Make a submission to the NSW Design and Place State Enviro Planning Policy review";

"New HEATWATCH report for Western Sydney";

"February 2022 Melbourne Online Community Meeting";

"Heatwave fatalities in Australia, 2001–2018: An analysis of coronial records";

"How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK’s hidden weather history";

"A simple way cities can make it easier for people to go solar » Yale Climate Connections";

"Payday" with George Monbiot;

"Latest Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching puts climate pressure on Morrison government";

"Top videos: Elon Musk opens Tesla factory with a daggy dad dance";

"Smelter’s carbon credit subsidy slashed";

"Maldives greenlights destructive dredging to build housing and luxury resorts";

"After blackouts, China’s green goals take back seat to energy security";

"Australian government welcomes high fossil fuel prices, ships coal to Ukraine";

"Responses to Putin’s war risk impeding international cooperation on climate";

"Climate finance should not be made to compete with aid to Ukraine";

"We’re in a Fossil Fuel War. Biden Should Say So.";

"The energy fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine";

"Bendigo Sustainability Festival".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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The Durgas (pictured is the group's latest album) gives us the tools to endure the quickly unfolding climate crisis.

Also helping humanity survive and thrive are the World Citizen Artists, who are raising global awareness through creativity.

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"This urban farm is creating jobs for young Australians and refugees";

"Activists slam new anti-protest laws as ‘knee-jerk’ after three days of protests";

"Hundreds of students protest at PM's house";

"Eden scoped for $10 billion floating offshore windfarm";

"Microplastics found in human blood for first time";

"Five walks to save the world – how ‘psychogeography’ can help you confront the climate crisis";

"Alaska air pollution holds clues for other Arctic climates";

"‘Climate smart’ policies could increase southern Africa’s crops by up to 500%";

"‘Vulnerable to climate change in every way’: Mumbai eyes status as south Asia’s first carbon-neutral city";

"Conservation won’t save the Great Barrier Reef from climate: scientists";

"First Australian electric motorcycle wins Victorian design award";

"Is News Corp following through on its climate change backflip? My analysis of its flood coverage suggests not";

"Activists dismiss NSW government crackdown on Sydney port protests";

"Indigenous elders in WA say ‘gag clause’ denies them a say in industrial developments on their land";

"Community-led initiative is putting up Northern Rivers flood evacuees in vacant Airbnb properties";

"Put up for clean up, Govt tells oil drillers";

"Permafrost thawing faster than expected due to extreme summer rainfall";

"A crucial choice to make";

"Severe thunderstorms bring large hailstones to Florida";

"Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species";

"Will today’s booming carbon market be able to avoid a bust?";

"The world's most toxic town: the terrible legacy of Zambia's lead mines";

"Transitioning to zero-emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan";

"How this month produced a mind-boggling warm-up in eastern Antarctica (and the Arctic)";

"The ‘whys’ beyond the ‘what’ of the severe western U.S. drought";

"Tasmania’s forests are burning more as climate change dries them out. Our old tools can’t fight these new fires";

"72%";

"The importance of resource security for poverty eradication";

"How heat became the 'silent killer' stalking Australia";

"Farmers win wind farm battle, court rules turbines too noisy";

"Werribee Community Event: Urban heat islands in the West".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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This picture of Dr James Goldie has him with multi-coloured hair, but it always seems to be changing and I even saw one picture of him with green hair.

Dr Goldie is from Monash University's Climate Change Communication Research Hub.

The Australia Institute has many fascinating webinars and an equal number of fascinating guests and the latest, from Wednesday, March 23, was Chris Barrie: "A Climate for Leadership: how Australia should respond to increasing disasters".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"We need to talk about these floods | with Sue Higginson";

"SEC Proposes Landmark Rule Requiring Companies to Tell Investors of Risks Posed by Climate Change";

"Huge cost blowout causes some farmers to withdraw support for new Queensland dam";

"Seymour Alternative Farming Expo";

"Farmers for Climate Action";

"The Australia China Business Council invites you to the Australia-China Agribusiness Summit";

"Donate to create marine parks for our wildlife";

"Shell U-turn on Cambo oilfield would threaten green targets, say campaigners";

"Why we need to get back to thinking of co-operative and mutual enterprise as a social business";

"Mutuals see greater role in disaster resilience";

"Tornado Cuts Destructive Path Through New Orleans as Storms Threaten South";

"The Wentworth Project: polling shows voters prefer Albanese for PM, and put climate issue first in ‘teal’ battle";

"Saving the Great Barrier Reef: these recent research breakthroughs give us renewed hope for its survival";

"Thinking of swerving high fuel prices with an e-scooter or e-bike? 5 crucial questions answered";

"If the UN wants to slash plastic waste, it must tackle soaring plastic production - and why we use so much of it";

"Insider blows whistle on Australia's greenhouse gas reduction schemes";

"Morrison government committed $5.9bn for dams without advice from water infrastructure board";

"UN mission must see coral bleaching to get ‘whole picture’ of Great Barrier Reef, experts say";

"Dropping seeds by drone, Telstra starts carbon farming to offset its emissions";

"There is something acting a lot like a carbon price in our economy and it is called risk";

"The global system for rating companies’ ethical credentials is meaningless";

"France's TotalEnergies 'unable to end' Russian gas purchases";

"Opinion: Why Food Production Is Critical to Climate Change";

"River: Australian documentary narrated by Willem Dafoe highlights the importance and precarity of rivers worldwide";

"For a successful green transition, a data-driven culture is vital";

"Pilbara rock art custodians want WA government, Woodside to hit pause on Burrup projects";

"Leave the car keys at home. We need to get back on public transport";

"Can wind and solar power replace coal in Texas?";

"The remote Shetland Islands are a surprising leader in the race to net-zero";

"Hurricane Michael Hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018 With 155 MPH Winds. Some Black and Low-Income Neighborhoods Still Haven’t Recovered";

"In almost every state, over half of all women of color earn less than a living wage";

"How Europe Got Hooked on Russian Gas Despite Reagan’s Warnings";

"Spain mulls price cap for gas plants to bring down power bills";

"Activists protest tanker as Russian oil imports flow into US ahead of ban";

"Span raises $90M to make smart panels the gateway to home electrification";

"Why ​‘maladaptation’ is getting so much attention";

"We need to talk about how we talk about natural gas";

"Insider blows whistle on Australia's greenhouse gas reduction schemes";

"‘We need support’: Councils beg federal government for stronger climate action";

""Everyone disagrees with him”: Turnbull takes aim at Angus Taylor";

"UN chief calls for extreme weather warning systems for everyone on Earth";

"Inside Dan Ilic’s latest plan to take on fossil fuel-funded candidates at the election";

"Kids born in 2

Jamie Gilbert is the key player behind the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo but immediately points out that he is just one of a committed and enthusiastic small team that makes the annual event a reality.

But it is more than Jamie and his small team, as working equally diligently to ensure the success of the expo are more than 30 community organizations from in and around Seymour.

Seymour's Kings Park will be packed with exhibitors for the three-day event, opening on  April 1, and among them will be Farmers for Climate Action which will help farmers better understand the complexities and challenges of climate change.

The final night in Seymour will see the launch of a six-town roadshow by Farmers for Climate Action (details on the group's website) with the goal of those events being the establishment of a structure that ensures support, connection and knowledge for all farmers.

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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UN Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres (pictured) has been described by Australia's Communications  Minister, Paul Fletcher, as being of the "chattering classes" and you can read about that in The Guardian story: "‘Chattering classes’: Australian government dismisses UN secretary general’s climate criticism".

And the World Wildlife Fund wants us all to become a part of its "Earth Hour".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Climate crisis is greatest threat to Australia’s future and security, former defence leaders warn";

"The federal government is pouring millions more into gas projects. Does this fit with its net-zero" ambitions?";

"Federal funds of $5.4 billion for Qld dam";

"Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine";

"‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late";

"Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously. Here’s what’s driving them, and how they’ll impact wildlife";

"The Morrison government wants a ‘khaki’ election. How do the two major parties stack up on national security";

"The legacy of Lake Pedder: how the world’s first Green Party was born in Tasmania 50 years ago";

"Coming of age: research shows old forests are 3 times less flammable than those just burned";

"ADVISORY: Press Call on Energy and Food Implications of Ukraine Invasion";

"6 Pressing Questions About Beef and Climate Change, Answered";

"17 Countries, Home to One-Quarter of the World's Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress";

"Climate change stands to worsen seasonal allergies";

"Report calls for UK to rethink strategy to ensure success of landmark agricultural support reforms";

"UK and Turkey agree clean transport deal worth £1.7 billion in boost to British rail industry";

"How one California transit agency electrified its fleet 18 years ahead of schedule";

"From trash to treasure: Illinois dump becomes community solar farm";

"Rich countries must stop producing oil and gas by 2034, says study";

"‘Easiest thing to help the planet’: How grocery startups are tackling food waste";

"Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins";

"The 2021 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard";

"U.N. Chief Warns of ‘Catastrophe’ With Continued Use of Fossil Fuels";

"178 Texas fires have torched more than 108,000 acres in the past week. But one major fire is now under control";

"California’s Climate Reputation Tarnished by Inaction and Oil Money";

"Councils’ rubbish deal crumbles over 25-year trash commitment";

"‘Easiest thing to help the planet’: How grocery startups are tackling food waste".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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George Marshall is one of the world's clearest thinkers in the climate change conversation and just yesterday (Tuesday, March 23) he was the special guest on a webinar organized by the Melbourne-based "Psychology for a Safe Climate".

George is the founding director of Britain's "Climate Outreach" and is presently in Australia adding to research for a new book with the working title of "What happens next?".

He was last in Australia in 2015 when he spoke at the annual "National Sustainable Living Festival" and while there was able to find a free evening to visit Shepparton in northern Victoria to speak at an event organized by "Slap Tomorrow".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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Yale Climate Connections has recognised the fact that children are, in a sense, excluded from the climate conversation and so have recommended a book - "New children’s book explains systemic nature of climate change".

Quick Climate Links is not about pedagogy, rather it's about helping you better understand the climate crisis and subsequently be in a stronger position to make your own choices and decisions.

A Melbourne Age story by NIck Toscano - "ExxonMobil fires warning over Victoria’s plan to turn off gas" - needs to be read with a critical mind and looked at through a doubting and questioning prism.

Listen to RN Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, talk with an atmospheric scientist with the Australian Antarctic Program, Dr Andrew Klekociuk - "Record heatwave hits eastern Antarctica".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Flood victims dump debris at PM’s house";

"Wirral RSPB reserve ravaged by fire police suspect was started deliberately";

"Putin Is a Fossil-Fuel Gangster. Clean Energy Could Cut Him Off at the Knees";

"Weather Conditions Continue to Fuel Texas Fires";

"There’s a Messaging Battle Right Now Over America’s Energy Future";

"Problem plastic chip, bread packets tackled with $60 million recycling fund";

"A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater";

"Hundreds of schools, organizations to host teach-in on climate and justice";

"Extremes of 40C above normal: what’s causing ‘extraordinary’ heating in polar regions?";

"We need to talk about how we talk about natural gas";

"Natural gas explained";

"Realtors can be ambassadors for energy efficiency";

"International Day of Forests 21 March";

"‘Urgent national priority’: Pandemic’s staggering mental toll on young Australians";

"Why electric pickup trucks are so hot";

"‘Chattering classes’: Australian government dismisses UN secretary general’s climate criticism";

"Why boomers are set for intergenerational payback as Australian millennials look to square the ledger";

"Grid-scale battery 'really exciting' option as AGL Liddell power station site winds down — analysts";

"Record fuel prices to usher in 'unaffordable' petrol, $7 coffees and costlier holidays, industry warns";

"UN boss: ‘Madness’ to back fossil fuels as global energy crunch bites";

"Reef mission arrives amid access concerns";

"Australian government ‘aggravating extinction’ through land-clearing approvals, analysis finds";

"‘It’s not supposed to be white’: one of the Great Barrier Reef’s healthiest reefs succumbs to bleaching";

"Gladstone hydrogen, renewable energy transition prompts strategy for change";

"Business groups and economists call for tax reform as politicians remain silent";

"How Victoria got hooked on gas, and why the heat’s on to find new fuel";

"Push to turn off gas to help reach state’s climate goal" (published 10 months ago);

"Guardian Essential poll: voters mark Morrison government down on flood response";

"Cicada wings inspire packaging innovation";

"Nations vet climate solutions as world 'sleepwalks' to catastrophe";

"Better use of groundwater could transform Africa, research says";

"Adapt, move, or die: repeated coral bleaching leaves wildlife on the Great Barrier Reef with few options";

"Governments love to talk about ‘shared responsibility’ in a disaster – but does anyone know what it means?";

"No future without safe water";

"The S.E.C. moves closer to enacting a sweeping climate disclosure rule.";

"India installed 1.2GW of unsubsidized solar in 2021";

"Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research, say academics".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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Georgia Steele (pictured) is unhappy about the 'climate vandals' running Australia and so has decided to contest the Seat of Hughes as an independent in the forthcoming Federal Election.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is about to have its health assessed by a delegation from the United Nations and you can hear an advisor to the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Imogen Zethoven, talking about this critical event with RN Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, at "UN delegation to assess health of Great Barrier Reef amid bleaching".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are:

"Political fight develops over delayed aid for flood-hit towns";

"Why Is the World Ignoring the Latest U.N. Climate Report?".

"Is Australia really beating other countries at cutting emissions?";

"‘Streets were flowing’: Broken Hill reeling after record rainfall and deadly flash flooding";

"As his ‘fauxgan’ act wears thin, desperation is driving Scott Morrison deeper into the dress-up box";

"Repowering Australian manufacturing through renewable energy industrial precincts";

"Australia Security Leaders Climate Group on Mad As Hell";

"Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm?";

"School Strike for Climate - March 25 Strike & Election Actions!";

"How we discovered that sea turtles in Seychelles have recovered from the brink";

"Barnaby Joyce tags $500m for Queensland dam despite lack of environmental approvals";

"The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEx)";

"Connection to Sea Country: Cultural fisheries program launched for Tasmania's Aboriginal people";

"Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says"';

"‘Obsessed by coal’: former Queensland LNP minister hits out at Morrison government";

"Black Summer bushfire smoke altered ozone-depleting chemicals in atmosphere, study finds";

"Two years after devastating bushfires donated funds remain unspent";

"Motor homes for flood-affected Lismore residents empty while more temporary housing yet to arrive";

"To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable";

"‘May you always taste the sweetest fruit’: uncovering the history and hidden delights of your neighbourhood";

"The audacity of oil";

"H.G. Wells, the Rational Escapist";

"Grief, like death, is still taboo for many of us. But is that starting to change?";

"Europe taps Australia’s coal miners to replace Russian supplies";

"When will EV trucks be ready for large-scale adoption? It’s complicated";

"Solar canopies over Indiana airport parking lot provide shade and power";

"Green groups worried new ‘unchecked powers’ will lead to more logging";

"Government offers $150 million in flood funding, signals more to come";

"Implementation of Ogoni clean-up: Govt seeks effective stakeholder cooperation";

"Environmental policies are taking a back seat in the SA election. Should voters be worried?";

"How lightning killed nine Queensland cattle in one strike – and what it has to do with climate change";

"Urannah Dam funding would direct $500m to company run by LNP-linked figures";

"Most of Australia’s threatened species not monitored by government, audit finds";

"Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching";

"More trees and EVs won’t hack it";

"Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals";

"Biden to Withdraw Nomination for Fed’s Top Bank Cop";

"Citing a Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports";

"Nations Should Conserve Fuel as Global Energy Crisis Looms, Agency Warns";

"How the War in Ukraine Could Slow the Sales of Electric Cars";

"Europe moves forward with carbon border taxes";

"Beavers return to London more than 400 years after they were hunted to extinction";

"The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless As