This week's Best in Climate episode features excerpts from Pope Francis' 2015 Encyclical letter on Climate Change & Inequality, "On Care For Our Common Home".

Visit the episode webpage at www.EaarthFeelsPodcast.com for links to download the entire Encyclical.

Rose and Christine offer updates on the extreme weather events in Australia linked to climate change, and discuss whether the apocalyptic fires, flooding, animal deaths and dust storms in a white, English speaking First World nation are enough for world leaders to finally act decisively to decrease the pollution that is causing the Climate Emergency. The World Economic Forum happening in Davos Switzerland right now is touched on as well, including Greta Thunberg's address to financial and political leaders.

In this BEST IN CLIMATE episode of Eaarth Feels Rose shares an excerpt from the opening chapter of Charles Eisenstein's book Climate, A New Story, where, having recognized our addiction to fossil fuels, the author asks us to dig deeper to uncover the wound that causes our addiction.

Christine and Rose discuss how, in our current economy, money and short-term profit are the key drivers behind most corporate decisions. Since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, 33 major global banks have poured 1.9 trillion dollars into financing fossil fuels, and JP Morgan Chase has put more money into funding these destructive projects than any other bank. How can we, as consumers, shift those corporate decisions? Specific actions we can all take are highlighted.

In this special Best in Climate episode of Eaarth Feels Rose reads aloud Diary an Evacuated Eurobodallan, Australian writer/photographer Elizabeth Walton’s recent Facebook post detailing days and nights in the midst of NSW bushfire crisis.

Rose and Christine talk with Gundi Rhoades, an Australian vet, about the bushfires and other devastating effects of the climate emergency that she is witnessing first hand. In this wide-ranging conversation, Gundi discusses how temperatures of 42°C and above impact cattle and wildlife, conventional farming's nutrient deficient soil and its link to climate change, and the heartbreaking animal deaths. She also shares her scientific understanding of how we have gotten in this mess and how we can move forward.

During EaarthFeels holiday hiatus, Rose ruminates on the catastrophic effects to wildlife  as evidenced by recent news articles . Included are news reports on Australian bush fires, the Galapagos oil spill,  insomniac Ukrainian bears and  boating accidents with Manatees in Florida.

For the holiday season, Eaarth Feels offers a shift from its usual format. In this Best in Climate episode, Christine reads from Australian author and sustainability advisor Paul Gilding's Cockatoo Chronicles blog. In this December 2019 blog post, Climate Contagion 2020 - 2025. So it begins, Mr Gilding outlines the four factors, including climate change, that he believes are coming together and are indications of a global economy on the verge of a radical and rapid shift.

Christine and Rose discuss the heavy-heartedness that climate-aware people are experiencing with the recent failure of COP25. The discussion acknowledges the grief associated with life as we know it ending and the fear of facing an uncertain future.

Rose & Christine give up brief but emotional update UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 that was held in Madrid Spain from December 2nd to the 13th. COP25 was designed to take the next crucial steps in the UN climate change process, but has it?