November 21, 2023

Climate News: 2050 targets are just too late - Graeme Pearman; How to talk about climate change - Dr Katherine Hayhoe; Billionaires are out of touch - Rebecca Solnit

23 minutes

Listen as a retired Australian climate scientist, Graeme Pearman (pictured) , wonders about where he went wrong - "‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm";

"How to Talk About Climate Change at Thanksgiving Dinner";

"Billionaires are out of touch and much too powerful. The planet is in trouble";

"Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says";

"Uber driver switches to EV, saves money";

"The climate scientists who saw the crisis coming – Weight of the world podcast, part 1";

"The right is babbling about tax cuts while Britain burns. Pay no heed, Jeremy Hunt";

"C4C / ACF MNxNW Campaigns meeting";

"‘Climate Change Is Here’: Every Part of the U.S. Will Suffer Climate-Related Disasters, Report Finds";

"World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28";

"A fading coal town hitches its hopes to Bill Gates’s clean-energy dream";

"Concern for the Great Barrier Reef can inspire climate action - but the way we talk about it matters";

"Denial is over. Climate change is happening. But why do we still act like it’s not?";

"The World Solved Acid Rain. We Can Also Solve Climate Change";

"North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer";

"Global one-day temperature spikes above 2C for first time: EU monitor";

"Frustration as latest talks on global plastic treaty close";

"WA climate activist to appeal against conviction for denying police access to mobile and laptop";

"On tides of climate change, adaptability buoys hope";

"‘People have mortgages for houses that don’t exist’: a year on from Eugowra’s flood";

"‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging";

"We can still prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet – if we act fast to keep future warming in check";

"How Can Cities Fight Climate Change and Still Stay Within Legal Guardrails?";

"In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air";

"World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds: report";

"How Electricity Is Changing Around the World";

"What Happens When You Put a Fossil Fuel Exec in Charge of Solving Climate Change";

"‘A Beautiful Place That Has a Dragon’: Where Hurricane Risk Meets Booming Growth";

"What Happens When the Super Rich Are This Selfish? (It Isn’t Pretty.)";

"Paddy the green turtle spends winter in South Australian waters, defying 'natural history books'";

"Firefly season begins in NSW as bioluminescent beetles take flight in mating display";

"Learning How Trees Can Help Unlock Secrets of Our Climate Future";

"In Massive Project, Scientists to Probe Deposits Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet";

"Fire is consuming more than ever of the world’s forests, threatening supplies of wood and paper";

"The Lego-like way to get CO2 out of the atmosphere".

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By Robert McLean