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Climate Conversations

Robert McLean

A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.

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830 episodi

  1. 500 in 50: The eagerness of people have to talk about climate change and the knowledge they have is surprising 50:59
  2. Interview: Andy McCarthy's kindness, passion and embrace of his workers was key to taking his Gippsland Solar from the heart of coal country at Mirboo North to the glitter of the Melbourne-based RACV 18:41
  3. Climate News: Finally, 'motonormativity' explains why people are deaf to hearing about, and understanding the dangers arising from motor cars 58:24
  4. Event: Dr Ian Walker talks about 'motonormativity' explaining why people can't hear about problems/threats arising from motor cars, rather, they see them as 'unchangeable' and 'inevitable'' 1:05:03
  5. Climate News: Retiring U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres gives a firery outgoing speech arguing the climate crisis demands the same determination that unsettled Big Tabacco 28:35
  6. Conference: Founder and CEO of Enhar Regen, Demian Natakhan, explains reason for 'Responsible BESS Development Summit' 14:51
  7. Interview: Phil Bryant has chosen to represent One Nation in the hope of winning the Seat of Shepparton in the November 28 election 11:43
  8. Interview: Victorian November State election - independent candidate Lou Costa cares about the environment, cares about you and cares about the community from the Shepparton electorate 19:26
  9. 500/50: The weatherman, the data-driven guy, the farmer, the fellow whose career has been in water and Wilma - all have their say on climate change 1:24:56
  10. Climate News: Australian PM's New York observations 'offensive'; Walkable communities; Elites have no plan for climate collapse - Bill McGuire 44:41
  11. Interview: Climate scientist, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick admits to saying some 'horrendous' things about our climate, but doesn't want people to be overwhelmed, rather take action 29:01
  12. Opinions: Ten more people in my 500 in 50 weeks project answer 10 set questions 1:19:20
  13. Ten more voices: 500 people in 50 weeks - call for everyone to openly and more frequently talk about climate change, both its causes and impact 56:58
  14. Interiew: Charlie Prell says wind turbines took his farm from having a debt problem to a tax problem, and equates renewable energy with the rush of a rising tide 17:39
  15. Interview: Lia is the eptiome of the energy behind a Repair Cafe that runs counter to our throwaway world 6:53
  16. 500 in 50: A few see climate change as a hoax, most want more questions asked, and answered, some want to take the middle road 52:33
  17. Climate News: Naomi Klein on the war to survive and supremacist governments; AI centre threat in Melbourne; Heat deaths will continue, unconscionable behaviour in U.S. 28:24
  18. Webinar: Former Goanna folk-rock group band member Shane Howard says we are in 'nutso-world' 58:44
  19. Climate News: Leaders too afraid to acknowledge climate influence; EVs now Australia's top selling cars; The world rushes past 1.5 degrees celsuis 38:26
  20. Climate News: 'Bat-shit crazy' - Climate Council CEI Amanda McKenzie on the decision to proceed with the Beetaloo Basin project in Australia's Northern Territory 32:34
  21. 500/50: Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick explains the dilemma and the first 10 of 500 tell how they feel about climate change, why it matters, and what our future looks like 45:25
  22. Intervies: Kirsty Bishop-Fox talks about Victoria's Zero Waste Festival at Melbourne's Federation Square on Saturday, September 12 12:20
  23. Climate News: Atmospheric changes can make breathing difficult; Reasons for and thoughts about Nepal floods; Date centres debate - some supporters, many doubters and some just don't know 27:26
  24. Book Launch: 'In service to life on Earth, a new way of saying climate action' - Mik Aidt talks about his new book, 'Man of Earth' 43:08
  25. Interview: Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis is impressed with everyting about Tatura, especially the Sunday, August 23, event at which he will be the special guest 14:42
  26. Climate News: Europe roasts in heatwave - Rhine may split in two; Electric car emissions benefits are far greater than first thought; ‘Climate whiplash’ is not simply a buzzword 16:44
  27. Lecture: Our misunderstanding and misuse of our economic system results in societal ills, among them, the rapid worsening of climate change - it's our master we need to make it our servant 54:52
  28. Climate News: Monty Don travels The Rhine, exploring gardens and references the impact of climate change; Melbourne's Age zeroes in on our warming world considering both mitigation and adaptation 42:45
  29. Climate News: John Lewis came to Australia what seems like a lifetime ago, and although retired from full-time reporting at the Shepparton News, his column 'My Word', looks at climate change 45:17
  30. Climate News: Climate migration is an issue the world must address, soon; Wildfires around the Earth emphasise the urgency and the need for all to grasp the reality of climate change 48:40
  31. Australia's Biggest Book Club: Tim Flannery discusses the new book written by he and his daughter, Emma: 'A brief history of climate folly' 42:27
  32. Webinar: Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, activist, and public scientist, Tim Flannery talks about 'A Brief History of Climate Folly' 57:50
  33. Canal Street podcast: 'We are in for a world of disruption at the hands of the climate' - author of 'The Uninhabitable Earth', David Wallace Wells 56:34
  34. Climate News: Humanity must have a suicide pact with itself as an objective look around the world will take us to carbon-intensive wars and sporting events causing similar damage to our climate 53:55
  35. Climate News: Fossil Fuel companies ignore bushwalking philosophy; ‘Robust’ Ties Between Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events 33:12
  36. Climate News: Coming up - Climate specialist Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick and Counterpunch co-editor, Joshua Frank; France experiences the fragility of nucear power, worsened by heat. 40:27
  37. Climate News: Ketan Joshi from Crickey warns of data centre power consumption; Trump Administration Taps Climate Science Critic to Oversee Flagship Report 26:11
  38. NYT interview: Climate activist and author, Bill McKibben, points to Australia as an example as to how best exploit solar power 1:27:36
  39. Webinar: 'This is not just summer, we're past the point or showing people having fun in the sun' - Gareth Redmond-King, a panelist discussing 'Fuel omn Fire' 1:06:05
  40. Climate News: First Europe battled floods and now it is fires - climate change is here now; Wilderness Society update; Amy Remeikis urges us to take action 'before some other fucker does' 1:10:28
  41. Climate News: Greens leader, Senator Larissa Waters argues for taxing gas; Mad scamble to dim sunlight; EV myths busted, but charging fragmented and incomplete 29:19
  42. Climate News: Kare Aronof demands climate action from the Democrats; U.S. heat impossible without climate change; Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal; Value of billionaires questioned 1:04:41
  43. Press briefing: Helping reporters tell a better and more pointed story about extreme heat and the impact it has on their community 1:13:23
  44. Interview: Barry R. Davis has written a book about something for which there is no evidence - should 'The Preventioneers' be successful there is nothing to show 20:38
  45. Event: Carbon capture in the Asia-Pacific — Progress, policy and the path to net zero - 'Powering the Future' with the Melbourne Energy Institute 44:33
  46. Climate News: Pauline Hanson addresses the Nation Press Club illustrating that both she, her party and supporters are locked in the 20th Century and unaware that the world needs new thinking 1:34:26
  47. Climate News: The climate worsens and those who could make a difference are not watching or are so indoctrinated with the idea of quarterly profits, that they simply don't care or don't see the danger 45:42
  48. Climate News: David Spratt damns Federal Budget for not mentionin 'climate' even once'; Is diesel tax 'fit for purpose? ': BHP handles emissions truth rather loosely 20:05
  49. Interview: GV Home Energy Expo will enable people to live a cheaper, happier, more efficient and sustainable life 11:59
  50. Climate News: ANU School of Regulation and Governance webinar guest, Fernando Racimo, talks about his book, 'Science in Resistance' 1:12:19