March 31, 2022

Webinar/Quick Climate Links: Considering the urgency of climate change; The massive cost of climate-induced events;Twiggy Forrest talks more about hydrogen

50 minutes

Kate Orff (pictured) is the Faculty Director of the Centre for Resilient Cities and Landscapes at Columbia University in the U.S. and with the Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Marco Tedesco was on a webinar today (March 31) hosted by the Director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, Professor Alex N. Halliday.

The Independent for Warringah, Zali Steggall, was on RN Breakfast today talking with host, Patricia Karvelas - "Zali Steggall: Flood-crisis Australia's most expensive natural disaster".

Patricia Karvelas also talked with mining billionaire, Twiggy Forrest - "Andrew Forrest signs new hydrogen deal".

Other Quick Climate Links for today are;

"Climate groups say a change in coding can reduce bitcoin energy consumption by 99%";

"These new double-duty heat pumps can warm both air and water";

"Even east of the Rockies, wildfire smoke harms people’s health";

"Reading up on plastics and climate change";

"Many bird species nesting and laying eggs nearly a month early, study says";

"Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States";

"What is Sustainability?";

"The Worst Possible Candidate for Governor";

"The Long Death of Environmentalism";

"Natural Disaster Response Machines";

"A year of hope built on action";

"Climate change impacts our health";

"Supporting community-led regeneration";

"World Water Day 2022 – Groundwater, making the invisible, visible";

"Purpose-led projects can accelerate achievement of the SDGs";

"Voters say the government has failed them on this key issue";

"David Karoly, former CSIRO climate science head, accuses government of gagging criticism";

"Dashed hope: No platypuses left in the Royal National Park, research confirms";

"Wind and solar made record 10 per cent of world's power last year, report shows";

"Alex N. Halliday is the Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute";

"Barnaby Joyce abolishes body set up to advise on major water projects after dam announcements";

"Why can floods like those in the Northern Rivers come in clusters?";

"Poor policy and short-sightedness: how the budget treats climate change and energy in the wake of disasters";

"Federal budget: $160 million for nature may deliver only pork and a fudge";

"As cryptocurrencies take hold, NZ must address the climate impacts of their colossal energy demand";

"Climate action policies a ‘catastrophic failure’";

"Solar hydropanel pulls 10 liters of clean drinking water out of the air per day";

"Veterans can fight climate change by taking jobs in the solar industry";

"A poetic look at ‘Earth’s Black Box’ of data on humanity’s climate action and inaction";

"How to move Europe from gas heat to heat pumps — fast";

"How to shift building heat to electric? NY activists have lots of ideas";

"A cut-and-paste attack on electric vehicle batteries and renewables is spanning the globe. But is it right?";

"Many of New Zealand’s glaciers could disappear in a decade, scientists warn";

"Rex Murphy: Ignore what's happening in the world. The Trudeau government does";

"Evacuation orders remain as NSW flood danger shifts south";

"Here in Byron Bay we survived last month’s flooding – but this is something else".

Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".

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By Robert McLean