Podcasts about climate change coalition

The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) do not mince words. They say that “climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people.”  The quality of the public discourse on climate issues plays a role. A report released by the IPCC in February says that the “[r]hetoric and misinformation on climate change and the deliberate undermining of science have contributed to misperceptions of the scientific consensus, uncertainty, disregarded risk and urgency, and dissent.” An April installment describes how “opposition from status quo interests” and “the propagation of scientifically misleading information” are “barriers” to climate action and have “negative implications for climate policy.”  This week, a coalition of groups published a report titled https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/deny-deceive-delay-documenting-and-responding-to-climate-disinformation-at-cop26-and-beyond/ (Deny, Deceive, Delay: Documenting and Responding to Climate Disinformation at COP26 & Beyond) that outlines prominent discourses that seek to pervert and prevent efforts to address climate change. The report makes recommendations for governments, social media platforms platforms and the media on what to do to address the the issue. Tech Policy Press spoke to two individuals involved in the effort to produce the report to learn more: Jennie King, the head of civic action and education at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) Michael Khoo, the Climate Change Coalition co-chair at Friends of the Earth

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The Climate Leaders Coalition's third anniversary snapshot shows Kiwi businesses have invested $9.5b into emissions reduction.

The Climate Leaders Coalition's third anniversary snapshot shows Kiwi businesses have invested $9.5b into emissions reduction.

Impact Earth: A Roadmap to Resilience, Episode 5, The University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) is a coalition of distinguished universities from the United States, Canada and Mexico committed to mobilizing their resources and expertise to accelerate local and regional climate action in partnerships with businesses, cities and states, foundations, and other organizations. For North American […]

Following Tuesday's budget, Dollin speaks to Treasury Minister Alf Cannan MHK, Debbie Halsall of Unite the Union and Devon Watson of the Fare Free Campaign and Climate Change Coalition to reflect on the 2020 Pink Book.

Manx Radio's weekly programme looking at Manx life from a different angle, exploring the historical, social, linguistic and academic issues. This week we join the annual ceremony in memory of Illiam Dhone, William Christian, who was shot to death on Hango Hill near Castletown on 2nd January 1663. We hear Mark Kermode of Mec Vannin and the Manx Branch of the Celtic League, Devon Watson of the Climate Change Coalition and former teacher and now a promoter of information about climate change, Paul Craine, and also briefly from Maxine Cannan, who laid a wreathe on behalf of the Isle of Man Post Office.

Talking to the BBC at the annual Illiam Dhone commemoration ceremony at Hango Hill on Thursday, 2 January 2020, Ralph Peake MHK said Tynwald had the opportunity to "show some real leadership" in tackling climate change. The topic dominated this year's event, with speeches in English from Devon Watson of the Climate Change Coalition and Fare Free Campaign, followed by the author of the Isle of Man Population Atlas, Paul Craine, who is also the Isle of Man leader of the Climate Reality Project. Mr Peake attended the event, having been one of the members of a Climate Emergency Consultative Transformation Team, appointed by the Manx Government in July. That team was made up of representatives from government departments, climate change specialists, as well as two politicians - Mr Peake, and Jane Poole-Wilson MLC. It was chaired by a so-called independent expert, Professor James Curran, who was given six months to report back with an action plan for how the Island can play its part in mitigating the effects of global overheating. Those six months are now up - and the findings of that team, presented as a report, are expected to be laid before Tynwald at this month's sitting, which will take place on Tuesday 21st. On this week's episode of Perspective, we hear how that team was appointed in the first place, we listen back to what Professor Curran had to say about his project in October, and we listen to the speeches from the Illiam Dhone ceremony - all looking ahead to the release of the report this month. Ralph Peake says the subsequent examination of the document in Tynwald will prove "probably the most important debate we've had for decades."

Environment Minister Geoffrey Boot, Manx Utilities Chairman Alex Allinson and Joney Faragher & Andrew Netwon of the Climate Change Coalition talk climate change policy and solutions. In the second half of the program, we're joined by Devon Watson also of the CCC and representatives of the Isle of Man Student Climate Network, Ciara, Emily and Archie.

Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition Had a few questions recently which is topical. Mostly from friends and family. They know I take interest in politics and policy, and asked me “Who should I vote for?” Can’t tell you that, nor I did them   Today: Discuss 2 things to help make an informed decision Policy, what each party proposes and where they stand on the political and economic spectrum Next week: Where your vote is going with preferences Our political culture: Us vs Them mentality Voting tribalism Creates a dangerous element in any organisation Hate and violence towards the other Personal disclaimer: whoever provides more freedom in their policies Cost benefit and Pros and Cons Parties: 3 main parties: ALP, LNP and The Greens Most people are voting for 1 or 2 main issues For Labor voters, the environment was the top issue (40 percent), followed by the economy and health care (each 11 percent). For Coalition voters, the economy was the top issue (44 percent), followed by the environment and superannuation (each 10 percent). Among Greens voters, not surprisingly, the environment was overwhelmingly the major issue (63 percent) Run through each parties stance on the major issues and next episode we will go through healthcare and some minor issues Tax: Coalition – 10 year income tax cut package immediately doubling the low and middle-income tax offset - benefit 10m taxpayers raise the threshold for the 19% tax rate from $41,000 to $45,000 in July 2022; flatten tax brackets so everyone earning between $40,000 to $200,000 pays a marginal rate of 30% from 2024. No changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax or Franking Credit rebates Labor – tax cuts for people earning less than $48,000 Abolish negative gearing for existing properties Halve the capital gains tax discount and end the franking credit rebate – grandfathered for Age pension and existing investments Greens – Support Coalition low-income tax offsets, but block everything else Make Deficit Levy permanent, Remove all negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions Remove fossil fuel subsidies to raise approximately $21bn, increase Company tax rate back to 30% Climate Change: Coalition - reduce emissions and ensuring grid stability in the electricity sector - the national energy guarantee $2bn “climate solutions fund” to reduce emissions, with funding to be rolled out over 15 years Look at subsidising the mining and coal industry – based around an emissions study Labor - propose to regulate the electricity sector - set a higher emissions reduction target of 45%, beef up regulations to drive more rapid emissions reduction – but if these don’t pass plan B - $10bn for Clean Energy Finance Corporation - $5bn fund to modernise aging transmission infrastructure to retire coal stations over time. Introduce vehicle emissions standards - 105g of CO2/km - imposed on car retailers (not manufacturers) Wish to review a carbon emission tax – reduced scope compared to the 2013 tax Greens - proposing a carbon price (tax) – shut down coal exports by 2030 along with coal power create a new public authority, Renew Australia - a new government-owned energy retailer ban on new internal combustion vehicles by 2030 – lower EV tax, but raise Luxury taxes on fossil fuel cars $0 funding if fossil fuel cars are no longer allowed to be sold Industrial Relations and Economy Coalition - Stop employees who were misclassified as casuals from being back-paid entitlements, preventing them “double-dipping” and accessing both the casual loading and entitlements of permanent workers. Create a right for casual workers to request permanent full-time or part-time work Give the Federal Court power to deregister unions or disqualify officials for repeated or serious breaches of law and introduce a public interest test for union amalgamations Prevent enterprise agreements mandating which fund to pay workers’ superannuation into Labor - Change the rules the Fair Work Commission uses to set the minimum wage, reverse Sunday and public penalty rate cuts for retail and hospitality workers and prevent labour hire setting their own wages Introduce a new gender pay equity objective and lower the bar for making an equal pay order to boost women’s pay Amend laws to “improve access to collective bargaining, including where appropriate through multi-employer collective bargaining” Abolish specialist union regulators, the Registered Organisations Commission and the Australian Building and Construction Commission Greens - Legislate a minimum wage of “at least 60% of the adult median wage” Change the Fair Work Act so workers are free to bargain “at whatever level they consider appropriate and with whoever has real control over their work, whether at a workplace, industry or other levels” – increasing unions scopes massively Will it work? It is impossible to answer Voting is based on rhetorical over dialectic Tax - Lower taxes vs the government having money to spend Climate – Slow and steady to not impact our economy vs cut CO2 regardless of 2nd, 3rd, and so on consequences Economy/industrial relations – Giving Employers and employees ability to negotiate between themselves vs increasing the scope of unions and removing any oversight bodies into their actions Fiscal policy is one side of economy management Summary: Voting preferences show what people care about Most parties focus on 1 or 2 Actually breaks down communication and sharing of ideas How do some policies go after you play them out? Be considerate of what policy issues you are voting for Next episode: How you may end up unknowing voting against your major concern/issue. Doing a break down of polling and how preferences will affect the ultimate winner. Thanks for listening, if you want to get in touch you can do so here.    

Douglas Council's housing plans for Willaston, the DEFA Minister on the Climate Change Coalition, and why excessive hedge cutting comes at a cost.

Actors Charles Dance and Jason Isaacs are taking a lead in The Climate Coalition's Show the Love campaign this February. They've given their time to star in a short film made by Ridley Scott Associates featuring the poetry of Anthony Anaxagorou and the music of Elbow.  The things we love could change forever due to climate change and that's the message of the video. On this edition of Nature's Voice Jane Markham talks to Fiona Dear from The Climate Change Coalition about the film and campaign and to the RSPB's conservation director Martin Harper about special places under threat.

Last year the Somerset levels were experiencing the worst floods in living memory - a year on how did the cranes, which are being reintroduced there, cope.  And what about the other wildlife? On this edition of Nature's Voice Jane Markham visits Damon Bridge manager of the Great Crane Project at the RSPB's West Sedgemoor reserve. Plus  the RSPB's conservation director Martin Harper looks ahead to an important year for climate change negotiations and we hear the voices of stars from Stephen Fry to Alison Steadman, Raymond Blanc to Meera Syal in their video contribution to the Climate Change Coalition.