228 - Richie Merzian

Richie Merzian is the Director of the Climate & Energy Program at The Australia Institute.  With Australia embarrassing itself on the global stage when it comes to setting actual reduction targets that might actually do something, this was a great chance to check in with where the climate debate is at. Richie lays out just how lacking our commitments are, what they should be and what other countries are doing, as well giving me the rundown on electric vehicles, carbon accounting tricks, just transition models, fossil fuel subsidies and the (relatively straightforward) path to addressing this existential crisis.    If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you My 2021 show WE ARE ALL IN THIS is on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival NOW – just 6 shows left! My new show WE ARE ALL IN THIS is coming to Sydney for two nights only in May Or you can see WE ARE ALL IN THIS at the Newcastle Comedy Festival on May  I was on the latest episode of the Confessions of the Idiots podcast and it was great fun Support Shane Bazzi's legal fund because he's being sued by Peter Dutton  This was a great article on my friend Naser Moradi, a brilliant artist who has been in Australian immigration detention for more than six years @RichieMerzian australiainstitute.org Hot Mess - Richie's summary of Morrison's performance at Biden's climate summit The US is charging ahead on climate action, so where the bloody hell is Australia? by Richie Merzian ARTICLE: Labor backs coal beyond 2050 RESEARCH: Australian fossil fuel subsidies hit $10.3 billion in 2020/21  Cause of the Week: The Juice Media (thejuicemedia.com)