Environmental Issues

Climate change has placed our planet on the path of destruction, but is it something that we can reverse? David Spratt, founder of Carbon Equity and co-author of 'Climate Code Red' thinks it's not too late.

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Climate change has placed our planet on the path of destruction, but is it something that we can reverse? David Spratt, founder of Carbon Equity and co-author of 'Climate Code Red' thinks it's not too late.

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Climate change is currently a hot topic, and with the Copenhagen conference imminent, La Trobe University has sought a way to increase the accuracy of knowledge on the issues.

This audio documentary covers the science, diplomacy, politics and business aspects of climate change, as well as offer hope and a way to move forward.

Featuring Dr Ben Kear, Professor Carol Adams, Dr Andrew Glikson, Professor Clive Hamilton, Professor Joseph Camilleri, and author David Spratt.

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Climate change is such a global problem, that it's amazing sometimes that skepticism has such a strong role in it as it does. This discussion explores the scientific proof that exists behind the phenomenon.

Dr. Andrew Glikson is a climate change scientist and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University (ANU).

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Climate change is such a global problem, that it's amazing sometimes that skepticism has such a strong role in it as it does. This discussion explores the political agenda that exists behind the phenomenon.

Professor Clive Hamilton is a professor of public ethics at Charles State University.

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Professor Hamilton explores the balances being struck between environmental protection and economic growth in the context of the current advice from climate scientists. He also argues that our preoccupation with economic growth is inconsistent with protecting the Earth from severe damage due to global warming.

Clive Hamilton is Charles Sturt Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. Until 2008 he was the Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Australia’s foremost progressive think tank.

Recorded at the Albury-Wodonga campus of La Trobe University, 23rd September 2009.

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Professor Crase discusses the opportunity cost of water trade and the fundamental aspect of economics in treating water as a resource. Given the limited nature of resources, water can be and is traded on a water market dividing the haves and have nots of water supply.

Professor Crase has spent the past 15 years examining water policy and its implications for resource management. He has written and edited three books and published over 60 scholarly journal papers in this area. His work has covered the difficult public policy dilemmas associated with water allocation in Australia and India.

Recorded at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University, 26th August 2009.

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Has the global temperature always been changing, and are humans having an effect on it? An engineer's perspective on what needs to be done to change the course of the global climate.

You can view a transcript of this podcast at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2009/podcasts/global-melting-point-with-john-russell/transcript

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Dr Pittock touches on the fallacies of the Climate Change debate, those ideas that need not be explored further due to scientific evidence proving them redundant, as well as more complex and timely issues such as Green House Gas emissions and trading schemes. Dr Pittock used historical figures and statistics to highlight the devastating effects climate change is already having on society as well as forecasts to show the possible directions in which planet earth is heading.

Dr Barrie Pittock has over 250 scientific publications to his credit and has been on the editorial board of several scientific journals. Although he retired in 1999, Dr Pittock remains on the editorial board of the journal Climate Change. He is a respected author, academic, and has spent many years working for the the CSIRO, where he founded the CSIRO Climate Impact Group.

Recorded at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University, 4th August 2009.

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Dr Pittock touches on the fallacies of the Climate Change debate, those ideas that need not be explored further due to scientific evidence proving them redundant, as well as more complex and timely issues such as Green House Gas emissions and trading schemes. Dr Pittock used historical figures and statistics to highlight the devastating effects climate change is already having on society as well as forecasts to show the possible directions in which planet earth is heading.

Dr Barrie Pittock has over 250 scientific publications to his credit and has been on the editorial board of several scientific journals. Although he retired in 1999, Dr Pittock remains on the editorial board of the journal Climate Change. He is a respected author, academic, and has spent many years working for the the CSIRO, where he founded the CSIRO Climate Impact Group.

Recorded at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University, 4th August 2009.

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