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Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines:Updates from GazaQueensland Government's decision to freeze access to hormone treatments for transgender children faces court challengeNew South Wales Department of Justice forced to release footage of officer assault on a teenage girl in custodyTasmanian Government plans to delay closure of Ashley Youth Detention CentreUpdates from Kashmir We heard updates from an 'australian' activist currently in Palestine, who shared recent developments in the area of Masafer Yatta, a collection of herding communities in the West Bank. This dispatch includes reporting on settler intimidation and land-grab attempts and the steadfastness of Palestinian herders' efforts to stay on their land.// James Godfrey from Free Gaza Australia joined us to discuss the May 2nd drone attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla's ship the Conscience, which occurred just off the coast of Malta. The vessel was carrying humanitarian aid to thousands of starving people in Gaza facing famine after a total blockade on aid imposed by the state of Israel since March 2nd. Free Gaza Australia is a member of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a people-to-people solidarity movement of initiatives from all over the world, working to challenge Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza by the state of Israel using non-violent direct action.// Katrina Kiernan-Walker, one of two vice-president candidates for the Community and Public Sector Union or CPSU Victoria's A Voice for Members ticket, talked with us about the rank and file demand for a fighting union representing public sector workers. Katrina has been in the Victorian public service for five years, and has spent four of those as a CPSU Victoria delegate and health and safety representative. There are still a few tickets left for tonight's CPSU A Voice for Members Trivia Night with Tom Ballard - grab one here.// Dr Chris Taylor, Research Fellow at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, unpacked the state of native forest regeneration in Victoria after the end of native forest logging at scale with the closure of Vic Forests in July 2024. Chris is an environmental researcher with expertise in landscape analysis and spatial ecology, working on modelling forest conditions, disturbance regimes, and biodiversity priorities. Chris has led and co-authored studies examining forest regeneration failure, fire severity, and habitat fragmentation across Victoria. At the Fenner School, Chris is currently contributing to interdisciplinary research on forest dynamics, conservation prioritisation, and environmental policy. Chris acknowledges the First Peoples of the Countries he works on, the People of the Bunurong, Gunaikurnai, Taungurong and Wurundjeri nations and their Elders.// Kate Allingham, CEO of Economic Justice Australia, discussed a newly-released report by EJA analysing barriers to service delivery for women attempting to access and maintain social security entitlements in regional, rural, remote and very remote australia. The report is the first release in a series of three pieces of work by EJA spanning key service delivery, law and policy issues related to social security access, and making substantial recommendations for reform.//
Professor David Lindenmayer (pictured). from The Fenner School of Environment & Society at the Australian National University, was the guest on a May 1 webinar organised by the "Victorian Forest Alliance".Professor Lindenmayer discussed "Disturbance and flamability: how logging and burning makes forests more flammable".His understanding of Australian forests, their history and how our interference with them, along with the challenges with the quickly unfolding dilemma of climate change, makes them significantly more susceptible to fire,
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor David Lindenmayer is Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University. He currently runs 5 large-scale, long-term research programs in south-eastern Australia, primarily associated with developing ways to conserve biodiversity in farmland, wood production forests, plantations, and reserves. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1
Australia's environment could be repaired - including saving threatened wildlife and restoring our rivers - for 0.3% of GDP. In dollar terms… it's about $7.3 billion a year for 30 years - the first time a dollar figure has been put on saving our environment.Sean Aylmer talks to Jamie Pittock, a Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU. He's a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, and a co-author of the Blueprint to Repair Australia's Landscapes.Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordMAY 20TH 2024"O Artifical Saviour" Re- broadcast by permision of Radio EcoShock. You can tune in to Radio Ecoshock every Sunday 6am at 3CR or get it here: https://www.ecoshock.org/EXTREME HEAT 2023 – THE FULL STORYSarah Perkins-KirkpatrickIn 2023, extreme heat waves rolled across Earth's surface so fast and so long – who can remember? In some places heat up to 9 degrees C or 16 Fahrenheit hotter than normal. Summer-level heat waves struck in winter, again in spring, followed by simply astounding heat on every continent but Australia. Twenty twenty three wasn't just the hottest year ever recorded. It was a year when forests burned, cities cooked, and crops died.Let's patch together the heat headlines, including many you did not see. Our guest Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick led an international team of scientists, publishing their global overview paper “Extreme terrestrial heat in 2023”.Dr. Perkins-Kirkpatrick is with the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, in Canberra – and the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather at Australian National University. EARTH AT RISKCharles (“Chip”) Fletcher“The climate crisis is now well underway”That is according to a group of well-known scientists. Their big picture overview was just published in a PNAS paper titled “Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future”. Is it really that bad? Is there any way out of a hot-house disaster?From the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, we have reached scientist and interim Dean, Dr. Charles Fletcher, often known as “Chip”. “Propelled by imperialism, extractive capitalism, and a surging population, we are speeding past Earth's material limits, destroying critical ecosystems, and triggering irreversible changes in biophysical systems that underpin the Holocene climatic stability which fostered human civilization.”– from “Earth at Risk” AbstractAs Canadian author Leslie A. Davidson said: “We are not lost, we are going in the wrong direction.” We know a lot of what to do about climate change, but we continue on the wrong path – toward a world 3 degrees C hotter or worse. As the paper says: “Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions set a new record in 2023, rising an estimated 1.1%, the third annual increase in a row since the COVID-19 recession.”Several co-authors of this “Earth at risk” paper will be familiar to Radio Ecoshock listeners as guests. Beyond William Ripple, originator of the Second Scientists' Warning, we find famous scientist Michael Mann, science historian Naomi Oreskes, British climate advisor David King and one of my favorite experts on how heat kills, Camilo Mora from the University of Hawaii.This team writes: “The authors of this review believe that humanity stands at an inflection point in human history that will determine many characteristics of future life on Earth.”
Professor David Lindenmayer, ANU's Fenner School of Environment & Society, joins Clinton to discuss new research that suggests traditional fire management strategies like hazard reductions have increased forrest flammability.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
World renowned forest scientist Professor David Lindenmayer discusses the breaking news that the Andrews Labor state government has announced that Victoria will end native forest logging and native forest timber production by January 2024 – 6 years ahead of schedule. David talks about the decades long campaign to end native forest logging in Victoria and the economics and science that supports ceasing it. After being promised a Great Forest National Park in 2014, David shares why we need one now more than ever. He also explains what the decision means for the regeneration of our native forests, as well as the plantation forest industry and forestry workers. David is based at the ANU's Fenner School of Environment & Society where he researches the Mountain Ash forests of the Central Highlands in Victoria. He is also a member of the Biodiversity Council.
Judith speaks with Dr Michael Vardon (Twitter @MichaelVardon), environmental accountant at Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University, discussing poor conditions of environmental data and reporting, and the need for better systems on economic costs of bad environmental policy and planning. To learn more, you can find Michael Vardon's initial response HERE Grace speaks with Dr Katherine Kent (@drkatherinekent), Public Health professor at the School of Health Sciences at Western Sydney University, discussing food insecurity surrounding university staff and students. You can read more via The Conversation article HERE The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China wrapped up on the weekend and there has been much speculation about what happened at the Congress and what the next five years under XiJinping's leadership will bring.Judith speaks with Yu Tao (@DrYuTao), Chinese Studies Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia, discussing how China will interact with the world over the next 5 years. You can read more via The Conversation article HERE. Grace speaks with Jahkarli Romanis (Instagram via @jucromanis), a proud Pitta Pitta woman, artist and PhD candidate at Monash University, discussing how she used art to explore problematic western maps such as Google Earth, and the myth of "Terra Nullius" (meaning: land belonging to no one). You can read more via The Conversation article HERE. Songs:1. The land that we love - Buck and Joe Mckenzie2. Happy Earth - Tiddas
World-leading forest scientist Professor David Lindenmayer AO joins Amy to discuss his book, The Great Forest: The Rare Beauty of the Victorian Central Highlands. David will also discuss his most recent scientific research on the mountain ash forests and the ongoing problems with native forest logging in Victoria. Professor David Lindenmayer is a world-renowned expert in forest ecology and resource management, and conservation science, based at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU. Broadcast on 20 September 2022.
Historian Dr Emma Shortis from RMIT stops by to discuss the latest in US politics and some of the major developments events in geopolitics.Cinematic legend and icon Jean-Luc Godard died at age 91 recently, so it was apt that Dr Andrew McGregor returned to delve deeply into the life and legacy of the revolutionary auteur. Andrew and Amy discuss the nouvelle vague movement that originated in the late 1950s into the 1960s in France and Godard's prominent place within it. They explore the innovative film-making techniques and artistic genius that distinguished Godard's work from others and transformed cinema forever. They also highlight and discuss a range of his most loved films. Amy and Andrew share their top 5 favourite Godard films for listeners to look into at their own pace or interest!Amy: Opération béton (1958), Une femme est une femme (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Alphaville (1965), Masculin Féminin (1966).Andrew: À Bout de Souffle (1960), Le Mépris (1963), Pierrot le fou (1965), Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle (2 or 3 Things I Know About Her) (1967), Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988).Dr Andrew McGregor is Senior Lecturer in French Studies at the School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne. ACMI in Melbourne are showing six Godard films as part of their Goodbye to Godard program from 22 September to 16 October 2022.To view Godard's films from home, they can be found at your local library, university library, Picture Search Video & Vinyl in Richmond, on Kanopy, Apple Movies and Google Movies, as well as distributed by Madman Entertainment and Umbrella Entertainment.In the original interview, we heard some of the iconic music from Godard's films, including 'La Ville Inhumaine' from Alphaville – Paul Misraki, and 'La Mort' from À Bout de Souffle – Martial Solal. The interview with music can be heard on the RRR website: https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/segments/uncommon-sense-the-cinematic-legacy-of-french-new-wave-director-jean-luc-godardWorld-leading forest scientist Professor David Lindenmayer AO joins Amy to discuss his book, The Great Forest: The Rare Beauty of the Victorian Central Highlands. David will also discuss his most recent scientific research on the mountain ash forests and the ongoing problems with native forest logging in Victoria. Professor David Lindenmayer is a world-renowned expert in forest ecology and resource management, and conservation science, based at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU.
Dr Valerie Brown is a Visiting Professor at the renowned Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University, and an international figure in the field of collective thinking, with a list of awards and accolades as long as your leg. But what brought me to her door was hearing doyen of regenerative agriculture, Charlie Massy, defer to her over the years. Charles was among her first students in the pioneering Human Ecology course in 1974 (a course the university establishment tried to have shut down). And when he returned to do the PhD that became the best-selling book Call of the Reed Warbler, Valerie was his supervisor. She's “one of Australia's greats”, he says. So after visiting the Massy farm earlier this year, Valerie was kind enough to welcome me to her place, up in the road in Canberra, for this conversation. Incidentally, my guest from episode 85, Cathy McGowan, was also a student of Val's – and features here in a great story. But there was another milestone on my way to Val's place too, that also goes back to the 70s. My old mate and mentor Professor Frank Fisher used to talk of the Fenner crew, and gifted me one of the many trailblazing books Val co-wrote, called Tackling Wicked Problems, published back in 2010. Though here, Valerie talks of how her work has progressed far beyond that, drawing on her considerable impact globally, including hundreds of workshops on collective learning as a tool for transformational change. This conversation was recorded in Canberra, 5 April 2022 (a month and a bit before the transformative federal election that resulted in so many more female independent MPs). Title slide image: In the backyard with Valerie Brown, at home in Canberra (pic: Anthony James). Music: Regeneration, composed by Amelia Barden, from the soundtrack of the new film Regenerating Australia, available for community screenings now - https://theregenerators.co/regenerating-australia/ Find more: The ABC Australian Story episode on Charles Massy features Valerie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58G9htz0hTk Valerie's extended bio, on her Collective Thinking website - http://www.collectivethinking.com.au/valerie-a-brown/ And at the Fenner School - https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/people/visiting/honorary-associate-professor-val-brown Thanks very much to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making this episode possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them to help keep the podcast going. Just head to the website at https://www.regennarration.com/support If you'd like to become a subscriber to the podcast, connect with other listeners and receive other benefits, head to my Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/RegenNarration I've added an offering in The RegenNarration shop too - https://www.regennarration.com/shop You can also support the podcast by sharing an episode with a friend or colleague, or rating or reviewing the podcast. Thanks for helping to keep the podcast going!
This week on Policy Forum Pod, Virginia Marshall joins us to discuss the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Australia's pathway towards healing. How can Australia place kindness and care at the centre of its policy-making? What do First Nations' knowledge systems tell us about protecting the land, waterways, and environment? And can implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart spark the truth-telling and healing Australia needs? On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, Dr Virginia Marshall joins us to discuss the future of First Nations' policy and Australia's journey to a fuller expression of its nationhood.Virginia Marshall is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. She is also a lawyer and solicitor and has been a regular guest and occasional host of Policy Forum Pod and Democracy Sausage. Sharon Bessell is Professor of Public Policy and Director of both the Children's Policy Centre and the Poverty and Inequality Research Centre at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.Arnagretta Hunter is the Human Futures Fellow at ANU College of Health and Medicine, a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at ANU Medical School.Show notes | The following were mentioned during this episode:Australian species on the brink, Policy Forum Pod, (2022) Close the Gap, Australian Human Rights Commission, (2022)Food, water and energy for all, Policy Forum Pod, (2022)The meaning of Country, Policy Forum Pod, (2021)The Uluru Statement, The Uluru Dialogue, (2017)Policy Forum Pod is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Subscribe on Android or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Josie Alec is a Kuruma Marduthunera custodian from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Josie joined Rosie earlier this week to speak about the ongoing destruction of rock art and country on Murujuga/The Burrup Peninsula and the Federal Government's recent announcement of a $255 million dollar loan to support the development of the Perdaman Urea Plant on sacred country.// Asher Wolf, activist, freelance columnist and general rabble-rouser, speaks with us about the lack of recognition of and support for chronic illnesses such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and how this intersects with growing awareness of long COVID. Find out more about current disability justice issues through People with Disability Australia and Women with Disability Australia, and support the grassroots organising of Disability Justice Network.// Debra Nicholl is the Programs Manager at Elder Rights Advocacy. Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety 2018 - 2021, the Federal Government is transitioning to a different model of service provision. Debra speaks about recent local council changes to home aged and disability care services, and what these changes mean for service users, workers, and the aged care sector.// We are joined by Sasha and Greg from Blockade Australia to speak about climate activism and strategic nonviolent resistance to the colonial extraction project called Australia. Sasha has been doing climate, anti-war and human rights activism for the last 3 years. Sasha found her niche in supporting direct action and has been arrested for the cause as well. Greg is a full time supporter of frontline nonviolent direct action.// David Lindenmayer is Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU. He is an expert in forest ecology and resource management, conservation science, and biodiversity conservation. David joins us today to discuss the science behind why the Victorian Government must put an end to native forest logging. You can read a recent article by David on this issue here in Cosmos.//
Timber industry advocates have lodged several freedom of information requests for correspondence between Australian National University scientist David Lindenmayer and journalists, including from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. One forestry advocate said the FOI requests were made to better understand the connection between ANU's Fenner School of Environment and Society and sections of the media. But the ANU said it would be concerned if the move dissuaded academics from speaking freely to journalists. Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Bianca Hall to discuss the rocky relationship between one of Australia's top climate scientists and sections of the timber industry. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Timber industry advocates have lodged several freedom of information requests for correspondence between Australian National University scientist David Lindenmayer and journalists, including from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. One forestry advocate said the FOI requests were made to better understand the connection between ANU's Fenner School of Environment and Society and sections of the media. But the ANU said it would be concerned if the move dissuaded academics from speaking freely to journalists. Today on Please Explain, climate and energy correspondent Mike Foley joins Bianca Hall to discuss the rocky relationship between one of Australia's top climate scientists and sections of the timber industry. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this Democracy Sausage, guest host Virginia Marshall has a yarn with Yawuru man Peter Yu, who reflects on his 40 years in Indigenous development and advocacy.What responsibility do universities have to ensure research contributes to advancing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians? And while sporting codes have taken a role in condemning racism, what more can governments do to tackle the issue? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Yawuru man and inaugural Vice-President (First Nations) at The Australian National University Professor Peter Yu AM joins guest host Dr Virginia Marshall to discuss his experiences of racism growing up in Western Australia, societal and institutional change, and the importance of education.Peter Yu is a Yawuru Man from Broome in the Kimberley region in North West Australia with 40 years experience in Indigenous development and advocacy, and is inaugural Vice-President (First Nations) at The Australian National University.Virginia Marshall is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with The Australian National University's School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. She is a Wiradjuri Nyemba woman from New South Wales.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, guest host Virginia Marshall takes over the tongs, fires up the barbie, and speaks to community pastor and advocate Ray Minniecon.How can Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander conceptions of truth-telling inform global reconciliation efforts? And why haven't Australian governments and society fully acknowledged the history and the damage of the frontier wars in the country? On this Democracy Sausage, guest host Dr Virginia Marshall speaks with Pastor Ray Minniecon, who reflects on life under Queensland's Aboriginal Protection Act, recognising the sacrifices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women, and what it means to belong to Country.Ray Minniecon is a community Pastor at St John's Anglican Church, Glebe and Director of Bunji Consultancies, which supports Aboriginal leadership and business initiatives.Virginia Marshall is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with The Australian National University's School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. She is a Wiradjuri Nyemba woman from New South Wales.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The news on climate change just keeps getting worse. A new landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says Earth's temperature is likely to sail past its predicted 1.5 degree increase in as little as a decade. The updated advice is being described as a code red for humanity, as the crucial UN summit in Glasgow this November creeps closer. Today on The Signal, the alarm is being sounded, louder than ever. So who's listening, and how will they respond? Featured: Emeritus Professor Will Steffen, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra and Councillor, Climate Council
The news on climate change just keeps getting worse. A new landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says Earth's temperature is likely to sail past its predicted 1.5 degree increase in as little as a decade. The updated advice is being described as a code red for humanity, as the crucial UN summit in Glasgow this November creeps closer. Today on The Signal, the alarm is being sounded, louder than ever. So who's listening, and how will they respond? Featured: Emeritus Professor Will Steffen, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra and Councillor, Climate Council
The news on climate change just keeps getting worse. A new landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says Earth's temperature is likely to sail past its predicted 1.5 degree increase in as little as a decade. The updated advice is being described as a code red for humanity, as the crucial UN summit in Glasgow this November creeps closer. Today on The Signal, the alarm is being sounded, louder than ever. So who's listening, and how will they respond? Featured: Emeritus Professor Will Steffen, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra and Councillor, Climate Council
It's an experience no Australian wants to relive, but bushfire seasons like that of 2019/2020 are likely to increase in frequency due to climate change. On this Policy Forum Pod, defence expert Brendan Sargeant, emergency law scholar Michael Eburn, forestry academic Peter Kanowski, and health professional Arnagretta Hunter discuss the bushfire royal commission and how policymakers should be preparing to manage more severe bushfires. The 2019/2020 bushfire season was a traumatic experience for so many Australians, but are the country's policymakers learning the right lessons from the Black Summer? Are the recommendations of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements being taken seriously? And, with Australia facing the prospect of increasingly severe weather patterns due to climate change, how can governments, emergency services, and citizens work together to protect their communities? On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, Professor Brendan Sargeant, Honorary Associate Professor Michael Eburn, and Professor Peter Kanowski join Dr Arnagretta Hunter to discuss what policymakers and citizens should learn from Australia's Black Summer. Michael Eburn is Honorary Associate Professor in the College of Law at The Australian National University. He is a leading researcher in emergency services, emergency management, and the law.Brendan Sargeant is Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and Professor of Practice in Defence and Strategic Studies at The Australian National University.Peter Kanowski is Professor of Forestry in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University. His work focuses on forest and environmental policy, sustainability, policy learning and development, and community engagement when it comes to forest-related issues.Arnagretta Hunter is a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer for ANU Medical School.The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements report is available online, as are recordings of the workshops run by ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions. Brendan Sargeant's recent Centre of Gravity paper, ‘Challenges to the Australian Strategic Imagination', is available via ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.Policy Forum Pod is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Subscribe on Android or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to
On this special episode of Democracy Sausage for National Reconciliation Week, Virginia Marshall, Peter Swanton, and Tahlia King from The Australian National University join us to discuss why Australia needs to have uncomfortable conversations about its past in order to achieve genuine reconciliation.Are there examples internationally Australia can look to as it goes through its own truth-telling process? Should all Australians be given the opportunity to learn Indigenous Australian languages? And how are some young Aboriginal scholars working to decolonise their fields? This week on Democracy Sausage, lawyer and legal scholar Dr Virginia Marshall, astrophysicist Peter Swanton, and psychology student Taliah King share their personal stories and professional insights in this special National Reconciliation Week episode. Listen now: Virginia Marshall is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with The Australian National University (ANU)'s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society.Peter Swanton is an astrophysics graduate from ANU and Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay man from Mackay, Queensland.Taliah King is a final-year psychology student at The Australian National University and a proud Aboriginal woman from the Yuin and Waanyi people.Mark Kenny is a Professor in the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the university after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.Peter Swanton's Sky Stories discussion from 2020 is available on YouTube.In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We'd love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, our expert panel - Professor Mark Howden and Dr Imran Ahmad from The Australian National University and ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment Dr Sophie Lewis - join us to discuss the Biden climate summit and Australia’s climate policy debate. How significant was the recent climate summit hosted by United States President Joe Biden? What has been the international reaction to Australia’s focus on “technology not taxes”? And can Australian policymakers translate this US-led push to do more into rapid change in Australia’s policy landscape? On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, Dr Arnagretta Hunter speaks to leading climate experts Professor Mark Howden, Dr Sophie Lewis, and Dr Imran Ahmad about the Biden summit and Australia’s climate policies.Sophie Lewis is Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment for the Australian Capital Territory and the 2019 ACT Scientist of the Year. Her research has focused on links between climate change and extreme weather events and she has been a lead author on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports.Imran Ahmad is Founding Director of Future Earth Australia, former Director of East-Asia and Pacific at the Global Green Growth Institute, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.Mark Howden is Director of ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions. Mark was a major contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports for the United Nations, for which he shares a Nobel Peace Prize.Arnagretta Hunter is a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer for ANU Medical School. Policy Forum Pod is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Subscribe on Android or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode, we have a Conversation over a Cuppa with Associate Professor Lorrae van Kerkhoff about why thinking about the future is hard, and the importance of institutional environments that allow for uncertain futures.Lorrae is the Director of the Institute for Water Futures and Associate Director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. Lorrae uses a multidisciplinary approach to solving complex environmental and water problems, and in this episode she explains the importance of creativity in problem-solving and planning for the future. She talks about how we, as humans, imagine our future selves as strangers, making it very difficult to anticipate the reality of the future.Have a listen and delve into futures thinking, uncertainty and the adaptive capacity we are all going to need to develop for today and tomorrow.
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, researchers Rebecca Colvin and Jamie Pittock join Mark Kenny to discuss Australian attitudes to climate change, how they influence people’s voting patterns, and Australia’s increasingly severe weather events.Was the so-called climate election of 2019 lost, or simply never fought? Will a shock event like the recent floods in New South Wales, or Australia’s Black Summer a little over a year ago, change the way people vote? And what will more frequent and more severe weather events mean for vulnerable Australian communities? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, social scientist at Crawford School of Public Policy Dr Rebecca Colvin and environmental scientist at Fenner School of Environment and Society Professor Jamie Pittock join Professor Mark Kenny to discuss climate politics, and whether leadership can move Australia in line with the growing number of countries making more substantial emissions reductions commitments.Bec Colvin is a Lecturer at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy with the Resources, Environment & Development Group. Prior to joining Crawford, she was a knowledge exchange specialist for the ANU Climate Change Institute.Jamie Pittock is a Professor in the Fenner School of Environment and Society. Jamie is a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and the World Commission on Protected Areas and chairs the Eminent Scientists Group of the World Wide Fund For Nature Australia.Mark Kenny is a Professor in the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the university after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode, Siwan and Professor Jamie Pittock discuss whether raising dam walls is an effective management strategy to address our changing climate. They discuss the current proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall in outer Sydney, and whether the stated aims of it being to address flooding and protect downstream communities, will actually be achieved. Jamie has worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature, and is a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and World Commission on Protected Areas. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Nature Conservancy. He is now based at the Fenner School at the Australian National University where he teaches and writes across environment, society and climate change adaptation topics. In their conversation, Siwan and Jamie discuss the ecological and cultural consequences of the proposal to raise the dam wall, and highlight how a multi-million dollar ‘flooding' solution is likely to fail.
“The impact of the floods in the Hawkesbury – Nepean valley is due to poor governance rather than any act of God. Extreme floods have been recorded in the valley since the earliest years of British occupation over two centuries ago. And now climate change is likely to increase the frequency of dangerous floods,” says Professor Jamie Pittock from the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University. The post Impact of the floods due to poor governance: expert appeared first on Mitchell's Front Page.
To kick-off 2021, we listen to the voices of leading Indigenous Australians, who join us on Policy Forum Pod to discuss wellbeing. On the first episode, water expert Virginia Marshall speaks about what policymakers can learn from Indigenous knowledge of Country.What is Country and why is it significant for Indigenous Australians? Will Australian governments recognise First Nations Australians as the key decision-makers and knowledge holders of environmental management? And what impact would better policy in this area have on the wellbeing of Indigenous people? On this first episode in our mini-series on Indigenous wellbeing, lawyer, legal scholar, and water expert Dr Virginia Marshall discusses these questions and more with hosts Professor Sharon Bessell and Dr Arnagretta Hunter.Virginia Marshall is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with The Australian National University’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. She is a Wiradjuri Nyemba woman from New South Wales.Sharon Bessell is Professor of Public Policy and Director of Gender Equity and Diversity at Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU.Arnagretta Hunter is a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer for ANU Medical School.Policy Forum Pod is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Subscribe on Android or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We've always talked about avoiding climate change, but now the Australian Government is talking about adapting to it. With fires, floods and heatwaves getting worse all the time, the modelling suggests Australia's weather will become increasingly volatile in coming decades. So what's Australia's new plan for weather-proofing the nation, as global warming sets in? And could the Government's shift lead to other kinds of action on climate change too? Featured: Amy Remeikis, Political Correspondent, Guardian Australia Dr Liz Hanna, Honorary Senior Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University and Chair of the Environmental Health Working Group, World Federation of Public Health Associations
We've always talked about avoiding climate change, but now the Australian Government is talking about adapting to it. With fires, floods and heatwaves getting worse all the time, the modelling suggests Australia's weather will become increasingly volatile in coming decades. So what's Australia's new plan for weather-proofing the nation, as global warming sets in? And could the Government's shift lead to other kinds of action on climate change too? Featured: Amy Remeikis, Political Correspondent, Guardian Australia Dr Liz Hanna, Honorary Senior Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University and Chair of the Environmental Health Working Group, World Federation of Public Health Associations
On this Democracy Sausage Extra, we talk to Indigenous experts Professor Ian Anderson AO and Dr Virginia Marshall about the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the importance of shared decision-making, and whether Australia is taking meaningful steps towards genuine reconciliation.Will the commitment of governments to sharing decision-making with Indigenous Australians through the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap be a turning point for Indigenous health and wellbeing? What does this agreement mean for the broader reconciliation agenda? And with little for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the recent Federal Budget, will governments ensure progress is supported financially in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis? On this Democracy Sausage Extra, we’re joined by Dr Virginia Marshall, the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU), and Professor Ian Anderson AO, former Indigenous health practitioner, senior public servant, and now Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student and University Experience) at ANU.Ian Anderson AO is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student and University Experience) at The Australian National University. Before that, he spent three years leading Closing the Gap negotiations on behalf of the Australian government. Ian is a Palawa man from the northwest coast of Tasmania.Virginia Marshall is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with The Australian National University’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. She is a Wiradjuri Nyemba woman from New South Wales.Martyn Pearce is a presenter for Policy Forum Pod and the Editor of Policy Forum.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode, James joins with Russian environmental journalist Angelina Davydova to host a conversation about Russia, Australia and climate change. Both countries have recently seen extreme summers, and people are increasingly awakening to the impacts of climate change. We also share large fossil fuel export industries, and governments recalcitrant to act. Featuring:Angelina Davydova - Angelina is the director of the NGO Office of Environmental Information (based in St. Petersburg, Russia), which works in the area of cooperation between Russia and other countries in the climate and environmental sectors. She is also one of the leading climate journalists in Russia, regularly contributing to Russian and international media. She also teaches at a number of universities in Russia.Dr Alexey Kokorin - Dr. Kokorin is Director of Climate and Energy Program of the WWF – Russia. He served for the World Wide Fund for Nature from 2000. From 1984 to 1999, Dr. Kokorin worked in the Institute of Global Climate and Ecology of Russian Hydrometeorology Agency and Academy of Science including as Leading Scientist (1997-1999). In 2007, he was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize in large group of authors of the IPCC reports. Professor Will Steffen - Professor Steffen is Emeritus Professor at the Fenner School of Environment & Society at ANU. He has a long history in international global change research, serving from 1998 to 2004 as Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), based in Stockholm, Sweden, and before that as Executive Officer of IGBP's Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems project. Will was the Inaugural Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute, from 2008-2012. Prior to that, he was Director of the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society. From 2004 to 2011 he served as science adviser to the Australian Government Department of Climate Change. He is currently a Climate Councillor with the Climate Council.
Australia has always experienced natural booms and busts of droughts and floods, but these cycles are becoming increasingly unpredictable as the climate warms. Lamis is joined by Professor Jamie Pittock from the Fenner School of Environment and Society to discuss Australia's water security, and what we could do to improve it.
On this special episode during National Reconciliation Week, we speak to Dr Virginia Marshall and Professor Tony Dreise about Indigenous health, listening to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, and the ongoing march for equality.With outcomes on many key indicators of Indigenous health falling short of those for non-Indigenous Australians, how can policymakers better listen to Indigenous voices and improve community wellbeing? How will the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic impact Indigenous Australians? And what does National Reconciliation Week mean for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the context of ongoing policy failure? On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, Professor Sharon Bessell speaks with Dr Virginia Marshall and Professor Tony Dreise about Indigenous health policy, the COVID-19 crisis, and what’s needed for Australia to achieve genuine reconciliation.Dr Virginia Marshall is an Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society.Tony Dreise is Professor of Indigenous Policy Research and Director of the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR).Sharon Bessell is a Professor at Crawford School of Public Policy, where she is co-leader of the ANU Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) team. The IDM is a new, gender-sensitive and multidimensional measure of poverty.Policy Forum Pod is available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Subscribe on Android or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
If the (once) mighty Murray could sing, how would it sound?
If the (once) mighty Murray could sing, how would it sound?
In this episode of Policy Forum Pod, our expert panel counts the cost of inaction on climate change.In recent times, much attention has been paid to the costs of new climate change policies. From job losses, to higher electricity prices, to new taxes, these tolls have been touted far and wide. But what about the cost of inaction? On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, we’re joined by an expert panel - Professor Quentin Grafton, Dr Arnagretta Hunter, and Honorary Associate Professor Imran Ahmad - to ask what Australians are paying, and likely to pay into the future, if the country continues on its current trajectory.Dr Imran Ahmad is Founding Director of Future Earth Australia, former Director of East-Asia and Pacific at the Global Green Growth Institute, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.Dr Arnagretta Hunter is a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer for The Australian National University Medical School.Professor Quentin Grafton is Professor of Economics at Crawford School, an ANU Public Policy Fellow, and Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Policy Forum.Martyn Pearce is a presenter for Policy Forum Pod and the Editor of Policy Forum.Policy Forum Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Subscribe on Android or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Part 2 of a three-part series. Listen to part one first at www.climactic.fm/103 In December, as this intense summer got into full swing, most of the country dried out. Drought held tight in western Queensland, Perth swooned through a series of record breaking heatwaves, and then the south-east and west caught fire with powerful implications for human life, livestock, native animals, plants, and our landscape. In the Hot Summer Land project RN Earshot and ABC Open teamed up to ask our audience—you—to paint us a word picture of how your landscape changed over the three months of summer. You posted over 200 evocative stories from around the country. Some of these were chosen to be part of a three part series, tracking the impact of summer as we lived it. In part two we use some of these stories to show how fire attacked the southern part of the country, and how the bush and the community responded. Stories in this program are from: David Barton - First fire of the season Polly Musgrove - October garden GuestsCaptain Steve WarringtonDeputy Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire Authority Professor David LindenmayerProfessor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Dr Andrew Watkins Supervisor, Climate Prediction Services at the Bureau of Meteorology Captain Leigh PilkingtonDeputy Group Captain for the Gosford district of the NSW Fire Brigade. Professor David BowmanProfessor of Environmental Change, at the University of Tasmania Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Part 2 of a three-part series. Listen to part one first at www.climactic.fm/103 In December, as this intense summer got into full swing, most of the country dried out. Drought held tight in western Queensland, Perth swooned through a series of record breaking heatwaves, and then the south-east and west caught fire with powerful implications for human life, livestock, native animals, plants, and our landscape. In the Hot Summer Land project RN Earshot and ABC Open teamed up to ask our audience—you—to paint us a word picture of how your landscape changed over the three months of summer. You posted over 200 evocative stories from around the country. Some of these were chosen to be part of a three part series, tracking the impact of summer as we lived it. In part two we use some of these stories to show how fire attacked the southern part of the country, and how the bush and the community responded. Stories in this program are from: David Barton - First fire of the season Polly Musgrove - October garden Guests Captain Steve Warrington Deputy Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire Authority Professor David Lindenmayer Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Dr Andrew Watkins Supervisor, Climate Prediction Services at the Bureau of Meteorology Captain Leigh Pilkington Deputy Group Captain for the Gosford district of the NSW Fire Brigade. Professor David Bowman Professor of Environmental Change, at the University of Tasmania Support Climactic Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/
Part 2 of a three-part series. Listen to part one first at www.climactic.fm/103 In December, as this intense summer got into full swing, most of the country dried out. Drought held tight in western Queensland, Perth swooned through a series of record breaking heatwaves, and then the south-east and west caught fire with powerful implications for human life, livestock, native animals, plants, and our landscape.In the Hot Summer Land project RN Earshot and ABC Open teamed up to ask our audience—you—to paint us a word picture of how your landscape changed over the three months of summer.You posted over 200 evocative stories from around the country. Some of these were chosen to be part of a three part series, tracking the impact of summer as we lived it.In part two we use some of these stories to show how fire attacked the southern part of the country, and how the bush and the community responded.Stories in this program are from:David Barton - First fire of the seasonPolly Musgrove - October gardenGuestsCaptain Steve WarringtonDeputy Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire AuthorityProfessor David LindenmayerProfessor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National UniversityDr Andrew Watkins Supervisor, Climate Prediction Services at the Bureau of MeteorologyCaptain Leigh PilkingtonDeputy Group Captain for the Gosford district of the NSW Fire Brigade.Professor David BowmanProfessor of Environmental Change, at the University of TasmaniaSupport Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It's been a hectic few months of weather here in Australia. We've had fires tearing apart lives, families and towns. And now, floods? Will this unprecedented rainfall see the end to the long drought facing farmers? And has it been getting to the right place to put out the bushfires? Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri Guests: Fiona Simson, President of the National Farmers Federation; Professor Janette Lindesay, Climatologist, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University. CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to? You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Climactic member Gretchen Miller brings us a three part series from ABC and Radio National, Hot Summer Land. Intense fires, drought, rain in unexpected places, and temperature records smashed—this El Niño summer in Australia both lived up to expectations, and surpassed them. In the Hot Summer Land project RN Earshot and ABC Open teamed up to ask our audience—you—to paint us a word picture of how your landscape changed over the three months of summer. You posted over 200 evocative stories from around the country. Some of these were chosen to be part of a three part series, tracking the impact of summer as we lived it. In part one of our series, Hot Summer Land, we travel back in time to the beginning of the season, and hear your stories of fear and anticipation at the start of the antipodean El Niño. Stories in this program are from: Natalie Lincoln - Anticipation Polly Musgrove - October garden Mary Mageau - From our back verandah Viki Cramer - No change coming Guests Dr Andrew Watkins Supervisor, Climate Prediction Services at the Bureau of Meteorology Captain Steve WarringtonDeputy Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire Authority Professor David LindenmayerProfessor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Jenny GordonFarmer at El Kantara, near Longreach, Queensland Support Climactic Links: National Climate Emergency Summit - Schools Workshop Tickets, Fri 14/02/2020 at 2:00 pm | Eventbrite See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Climactic member Gretchen Miller brings us a three part series from ABC and Radio National, Hot Summer Land. Intense fires, drought, rain in unexpected places, and temperature records smashed—this El Niño summer in Australia both lived up to expectations, and surpassed them.In the Hot Summer Land project RN Earshot and ABC Open teamed up to ask our audience—you—to paint us a word picture of how your landscape changed over the three months of summer.You posted over 200 evocative stories from around the country. Some of these were chosen to be part of a three part series, tracking the impact of summer as we lived it.In part one of our series, Hot Summer Land, we travel back in time to the beginning of the season, and hear your stories of fear and anticipation at the start of the antipodean El Niño.Stories in this program are from:Natalie Lincoln - AnticipationPolly Musgrove - October gardenMary Mageau - From our back verandahViki Cramer - No change comingGuestsDr Andrew Watkins Supervisor, Climate Prediction Services at the Bureau of MeteorologyCaptain Steve WarringtonDeputy Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire AuthorityProfessor David LindenmayerProfessor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National UniversityJenny GordonFarmer at El Kantara, near Longreach, QueenslandSupport ClimacticLinks:National Climate Emergency Summit - Schools Workshop Tickets, Fri 14/02/2020 at 2:00 pm | Eventbrite See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Climactic member Gretchen Miller brings us a three part series from ABC and Radio National, Hot Summer Land. Intense fires, drought, rain in unexpected places, and temperature records smashed—this El Niño summer in Australia both lived up to expectations, and surpassed them. In the Hot Summer Land project RN Earshot and ABC Open teamed up to ask our audience—you—to paint us a word picture of how your landscape changed over the three months of summer. You posted over 200 evocative stories from around the country. Some of these were chosen to be part of a three part series, tracking the impact of summer as we lived it. In part one of our series, Hot Summer Land, we travel back in time to the beginning of the season, and hear your stories of fear and anticipation at the start of the antipodean El Niño. Stories in this program are from: Natalie Lincoln - Anticipation Polly Musgrove - October garden Mary Mageau - From our back verandah Viki Cramer - No change comingGuests Dr Andrew Watkins Supervisor, Climate Prediction Services at the Bureau of Meteorology Captain Steve Warrington Deputy Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire Authority Professor David Lindenmayer Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Jenny Gordon Farmer at El Kantara, near Longreach, Queensland Support Climactic Links: National Climate Emergency Summit - Schools Workshop Tickets, Fri 14/02/2020 at 2:00 pm | Eventbrite Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/
Public interest in Indigenous fire management practices like ‘cool burning’ has grown significantly in the wake of Australia’s unprecedented bushfire crisis. But what is cool burning, and what does the attention it has received tell us about how Indigenous knowledge is valued in Australia? On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, Dr Virginia Marshall and Dr Annick Thomassin join us to talk about the impact of the bushfires on Aboriginal people, why Indigenous knowledge should be central to policy-making, and the state of reconciliation in Australia.Annick Thomassin is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research. She is the primary investigator of the Seachange: Aboriginal marine pathways to social inclusion project, a grassroots, research-action initiative developed in collaboration with Mogo and Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Councils.Virginia Marshall is an Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society.Sue Regan is a PhD Scholar and tutor at Crawford School of Public Policy. Previously, Sue was Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, a UK-based research institute focusing on the well-being of low earners.Policy Forum Pod is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook.If you’d like to help with the recovery effort or contribute to firefighting services, here’s how you can donate to bushfire appeals. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on Fuzzy Logic, Broderick is joined by some local experts to share the science behind the bushfires that are currently the focus for all Australians. Dr Geoff Cary from the Fenner School at the Australian National University shares his research and all the science behind bushfires, while Dr Arnagretta Hunter, a local cardiologist and member of Doctors for the Environment Australia, shares some insights behind what long term health effects might be caused by these fires, both physically and mentally.
As the nation is ravaged by bushfire and drought, and as yet another political row breaks out over the role of climate change in all this, our Great Green Debate all-star team comes back for the second leg of the Great Green Debate cup clash. On this episode, Shane Rattenbury MLA, Dr Liz Hanna, and Dr Imran Ahmad take on a wide range of audience-submitted questions from our recent live event, looking at why it is high time to speak about climate change in the context of Australia’s dramatic bushfires, how we can ensure a just energy transition, and what peaceful protests can really do to spur climate action.Imran Ahmad is Founding Director of Future Earth Australia, former Director of East-Asia and Pacific at the Global Green Growth Institute, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.Shane Rattenbury is the ACT government’s Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability.Liz Hanna is a Fellow in the ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment and Chair of the Environmental Health Working Group, World Federation of Public Health Associations.Marija Taflaga is a lecturer in the ANU School of Politics and International Relations. Her major research is on political parties and particularly the Liberal Party of Australia. She has previously worked in the Australian Parliamentary Press Gallery as a researcher at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Martyn Pearce is a presenter for Policy Forum Pod and the Editor of Policy Forum.Show notes | The following were referred to in this episode:Podcast: Great Green DebateClimate emergency rejected by Australia’s ParliamentSuper-Power (Ross Garnaut)Bushfires in AustraliaDemocracy Sausage: David SpeersReview of Labor’s 2019 Federal Election CampaignHazelwood power station closureDeclaring a water emergency - Quentin Grafton and John Williams (Policy Forum)The Great StinkPolicy Forum Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Subscribe on Android or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on Policy Forum Pod we head out of the studio for our first ever live pod, as a stellar cast of experts tackle a burning question – Should Australia declare a climate emergency. Our panel – John Hewson, Imran Ahmad, Liz Hanna, and Shane Rattenbury – share their views on what it would mean, how it might help, and what the barriers to making it work might be.This event was recorded at The Australian National University on Thursday 17 October. It was the annual Great Green Debate organised by ANU Learning Communities – a student-led organisation dedicated to bringing people together in areas of common interest. The panel was co-hosted by Policy Forum Pod’s Professor Sharon Bessell and Martyn Pearce.Imran Ahmad is Founding Director of Future Earth Australia, former Director of East-Asia and Pacific at the Global Green Growth Institute, and an Honorary Associate Professor at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.Shane Rattenbury is the ACT government's Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability.John Hewson is an economic and financial expert with experience in academia, business, government, media, and the financial system. In 2014, Dr Hewson joined ANU as Professor at the Crawford School, and Chair of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute.Liz Hanna is a Fellow in the ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment and Chair of the Environmental Health Working Group, World Federation of Public Health Associations.Sharon Bessell is a Professor at Crawford School of Public Policy, where she is co-leader of the ANU Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) team. The IDM is a new, gender-sensitive and multidimensional measure of poverty.Martyn Pearce is a presenter for Policy Forum Pod and the Editor of Policy Forum.Show notes | The following were referred to in this episode:Sir Nicholas Stern on climate change being a market failureLabor announcement to declare a climate emergencyClimate emergency Canberra transitions to 100% renewable electricityThe Guardian changes language changes concerning the environmentclimate health allianceTheresa May announces Climate Change ActUK Parliament declares climate emergencyAdani (Carmichael) coal mine in AustraliaHealth Care Without Harm (Green and Healthy Hospitals)Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (book by Tim Jackson; ‘decoupling’)Australian local councils declare climate emergency
Show Notes 0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:15 "Chemtrails" on TV Ken Mcleod is a retired air traffic controller and national manager of aviation search and rescue, Australian aviation representative on two UN committees, and once upon a time a private pilot. Recently he appeard on national TV in Australia to cross swords with a Chemtrail Conspiracy Theorist. Video: Studio 10 segment https://youtu.be/UkLfPtYiidQ 0:18:36 UFOs - the first 50 years From the pages of 'The Skeptic', the journal of Australian Skeptics. Dr Steve Roberts takes a look at how UFOs and movie cultures have interacted from the 1940s up to the 1990s. http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:38:06 Pint of Science in Canberra Belinda Wilson is a conservation ecologist who specialises in reintroduction biology, behavioural ecology, and spatial dynamics. She has worked in the university, government and private sectors, and is currently undertaking a PhD in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University, researching the reintroduction biology of the eastern quoll. Interview by Kevin Davies. https://www.facebook.com/ecologibel https://belindawilsonresearch.weebly.com 0:43:43 Maynard's Spooky Action.... Join Maynard and Lance Leopard in Glebe, Sydney on the 4th of June for Maynard's Movie Night. http://maynard.com.au/maynard-lance-leopard-barbarella/ Also Skepticon 2019 https://skepticon.org.au Skepticamp Brisbane https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/skepticamp-2019-tickets-60661983626
With the Industrial Revolution and the development of a mechanistic mindset, we have come to view ourselves as entities separate from the earth. In fact, the earth has become a subset from which we extract profits. This attitude has led to industrial farming practices that destroy the land and an industrial food complex that strips the nutrients from the foods we consume. What if we combined the best of science and mechanics with the indigenous understanding that we are dependent on the earth to sustain us? What if we adopted—on a large scale—the regenerative agricultural practices that produce nutrient-rich foods, restore the soil, and remove carbon from the atmosphere? Dr. Charles Massy is a farmer, writer, and self-professed shit-stirrer. He has managed a 5K-acre sheep and cattle property for the last 40 years and conducted research in the areas of innovation in the Merino sheep and wool industries, regenerative landscape management, and climate change. Charles is a research associate with the Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University and the author of Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth. Today, Charles joins Ross, Christophe and Paul to explain how the industrial approach damaged his own family farm and how draught and debt led him to the practices of modern regenerative agriculture. He discusses the dangers of economic rationalism and how we can work within the capitalist framework to profit from sustainable practices. Charles offers insight around the lack of nutrients in food produced by the industrial complex, describing the health impacts of processed and fast food as well as the opportunity to reestablish a human connection to our food through community gardens. Listen in to understand how an emergent mind combines the best of science with an indigenous or organic worldview and learn how regenerative farmers and urban consumers can collaborate to initiate the healing process and reverse climate change along the way! Resources Climactic Podcast Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth by Charles Massy In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Aldo Leopold A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Books by Wendell Berry Books by Carolyn Merchant Ian and Dianne Haggerty Companies vs. Climate Change Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno Mary Oliver Don Huber The Poison Papers Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science by Carey Gillam UN Food & Agriculture Organization Patagonia Acres USA Landcare Australia Paul Hawken Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming edited by Paul Hawken Connect with Nori Nori Nori’s Crowdfunding Campaign Nori on Facebook Nori on Twitter Nori on Medium Nori on YouTube Email hello@nori.com Nori White Paper Subscribe on iTunes Key Takeaways [1:28] Charles’ path to regenerative agriculture Took over 5K-acre family farm at 22 Industrial approach led to damage/debt Search for alternative led regenerative ag [6:16] The geology of Australia 2/3 up to 3.8B years old (scarce nutrients) Western prototype suited for different climate [7:58] The indigenous mindset People indivisible with Mother Earth Mechanistic mind views as separate [10:42] The profitability of regenerative practices Must function within capitalist framework Haggerty’s doubled yield with 1/6 cost input [14:36] The idea of economic rationalism Must revolutionize system from within Danger in arrogance, focus on profits [19:56] The truth about industrial agriculture Food empty of most essential nutrients Poisoned by chemicals (e.g.: glyphosate) [23:16] The myth around the necessity for industrial ag 70% of food supply comes from peasant farms Current farmland could feed 11B [24:57] The cost to consumers for shifting to regenerative Low if grow own food, use community gardens Opportunity cost to human health if don’t change [30:00] The idea of the innovator’s dilemma Big companies lose connection with consumer Difficult for mammoth corporations to pivot [31:53] Charles’ insight on developing an emergent mind Combine best of science with caring for earth Humility keeps open to adaptation [35:00] How self-interest is tied to sustaining the earth Best regenerative farmers are top businesspeople Take care of ecosystem that facilitates profitability [37:58] Who Charles is trying to reach Farmers open to new practices Health-conscious urban consumers [43:12] How agriculture can take the lead in healing the earth Industrial agriculture played major role in destruction Best climate solutions come from regenerative ag [45:08] Charles’ take on our spiritual connection to the earth Spiritual element critical to emergent mind Elimination is ‘what got us into trouble’
“Review: Sediment-Related Controls on the Health of the Great Barrier Reef” with Dr. Peter Hairsine. In 2016, a catastrophic bleaching event killed off around 30% of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral. The reef has been in a precarious spot for decades, but climate change and human-caused pollution have amplified the threats to its existence. Dr. Peter Hairsine is a scientist with The Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National Univ., Canberra, Australia, working on the front lines of monitoring and researching the reef’s responses to these changes, with an ultimate goal of preserving it as one of the world’s richest and most unique ecosystems. Join us as Dr. Hairsine and I discuss the stresses that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) currently experiences. Warming ocean temperatures, deteriorating river water quality, and tropical storms all threaten the fragile coral that houses thousands upon thousands of native species. You’ll learn the three ecosystems of reef within the GBR, as well as the sources of sediment and attached pollutants that currently feed into it. Also in the episode: Why is the reef considered a “nutrient desert”? Why is that a good thing? What is a bleaching event? Why does it happen? How does a “plague” of starfish occur? How do reservoirs help trap sediment before it can reach the reef? What is an evidence based way of prioritizing the locations where rehabilitation money should be spent? If you would like more information about this topic, today’s paper is available here: dx.doi.org/doi:10.2136/vzj2017.05.0115 This paper is always freely available. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/podcast Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don’t forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Peter, you can find him here: pbhairsine@gmail.com Resources Mentioned around 6:30 in the interview: De’ath, G., Fabricius, K.E., Sweatman, H. and Puotinen, M., 2012. The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, p.201208909. https://www.pnas.org/content/109/44/17995 The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/about-the-reef/reef-health Australian Institute of Marine Science: https://www.aims.gov.au/ The Australian Government’s Reef Trust: http://www.environment.gov.au/marine/gbr/reef-trust Queensland Government Reef Water Quality Improvement Plan: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/reef-program Fighting the crown-of-thorns foe video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGN0z29e3fM Crown of Thorns Starfish video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBkv_SSvm5U Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
From a drought-stricken countryside to Murray-Darling mismanagement, Australia is facing a number of water-related issues. But it’s not just urban and agricultural water supplies that are under pressure. Also threatened are the many Indigenous Australians who depend on ailing waterways for their economic and cultural survival. On this week’s podcast, presenter Quentin Grafton hears from Virginia Marshall and Katherine Taylor about why water governance can’t ignore the issue of justice, and how Australian policymakers can turn the tide of water policy for the better. This episode is hosted by Martyn Pearce and Sue Regan. Virginia Marshall is an Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and the Fenner School of Environment and Society. Katherine Taylor is a PhD scholar at Crawford School of Public Policy, where she focuses on water governance and Indigenous water policy in Western Australia. Quentin Grafton is Professor of Economics and ANU Public Policy Fellow at Crawford School, and Editor-in-Chief of Policy Forum. Show notes | The following were referred to in this episode: Podcast: A vision for the North – with Peter Yu Australia’s ‘suicide prevention plan’ is barely worth the name – by Gerry Georgatos Losing our heads about compulsory helmets – by Craig Richards Technology, research and development, and national security – by Lesley Seabeck Crawford School of Public Policy Facebook poll Policy Forum Pod is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. This episode of Policy Forum Pod was written, produced and edited by Martyn Pearce. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mon 30th October 2017In the land of the lyrebirds everyone is enthralled.Scientists measuring the carbon stock, citizens battling the pulp mill, visionaries with maps of the linked up forests, all pause.The first people who came in to this moist forest with its giant trees going back hundreds of years, must have laughed to hear the lyrebird imitate a kookaburra, imitate a cracking branch, imitate them. When the wildfires went through what a thing to be mourned.As we learn new words like eco- system services and legacy industries, what will be the future of this carbon dense series of forests from central Victoria to Southern NSW?. They are our richest ecological asset.Bringing you a narrative of restoration in these febrile times of climate disruption:Paul Payton from the Great Southern Forest AllianceDr Heather Keith from The Fenner School of Environment and Society A.N.U.Steve Meacher from The Great Forest National ParkDaisy Barham from Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W.Interviews by Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson. Production by Andy Britt. Podcast by Jodie Green and Roger VizeYoutube by wildlife artist Stephen PowellFurther reading :Tom Griffiths- Forests of Ash . An environmental history.Heather Keith -The Conversation “Money can’t buy me love, but you can put a price on a tree. Oct 11th 2017The Great Forest National ParkThe South East Forest AllianceProf. David Lindenmayer AO Keynote Presentation Great Forest National Park Launch 29 Oct 2017|Categories: Community Show
This week on Uncommon Sense, New Matildas Ben Eltham chatted to host Amy Mullins on the latest in federal politics, and Amber Jamieson, Breaking News Reporter for Buzzfeed US dialled in from New York to talk American politics. Professor David Lindenmayer from the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU discussed the unique and critically endangered Mountain Ash forests and their ecosystem in Victoria's Central Highlands, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, film critic and co-editor of Senses of Cinema spoke about her Overland essay on the history of women's film criticism in Australia.
In this special Uncommon Sense podcast, ProfessorDavid Lindenmayerfrom the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU discussedthe unique and critically endangered Mountain Ash forests and their ecosystem in Victoria's Central Highlands with host Amy Mullins.
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Climate finance and in particular adaptation finance has never been higher on the climate change agenda. The Paris Agreement in December 2015 confirmed the goal of providing US$100 billion each year by 2020 for climate action in developing countries, with balanced allocation between adaptation and mitigation, and agreed to set a new, longer-term collective goal by 2025. Adaptation finance is of particular relevance for Pacific island countries, which are among the states in the world most vulnerable to climate change. Australia is one of the main providers of assistance for climate change adaptation in the region. Other forms of finance in response to climate change impacts are also increasingly advocated, including finance for loss and damage. The regional strategy for climate change and disaster resilient development is still to be finalized. This panel brings together experts on international climate change policy and climate finance in the Pacific. Presenters will discuss the extent and nature of climate financing in the Pacific, its governance, and Australia’s contribution. Speakers include: Jonathan Pickering, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra Carola Betzold, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Antwerp, and Visiting Research Fellow, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School, ANU Ian Fry, Lecturer, Fenner School, ANU, and Ambassador for Climate Change and Environment for the Government of Tuvalu George Carter, PhD Candidate, State Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, ANU This panel is co-hosted by the Australian National University’s Development Policy Centre and the University of Canberra’s Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance.
The first people to settle in Australia, ancestors of present day Aboriginals, arrived in Australia about 50,000 years ago. They took advantage of the lower sea levels that were the norm throughout the last 100,000 years and were the result of a cooling global climate - part of the last ice age cycle. The first people who entered Australia encountered a cooler and drier continent than at present. From about 35,000 years ago global temperatures and water availability declined even further culminating in the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), about 21,000 years ago. At this time, the Australian continent entered its driest and coolest period since modern humans colonized it. By 12,000 years ago the climate warmed rapidly, sea levels rose and climate began to ameliorate. How did populations in Australia respond to these climate fluctuations? This episode of the podcast explores this question with Alan Williams, an archaeologist and graduate student in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University in Canberra, and an Aboriginal Heritage Team Leader at AHMS Pty Ltd. Alan’s research explores the responses and adaptations by Aboriginal people to climate change through time. Music credit: "Homesick" by keytronic, available from ccMixter
Guest : Prof. Libby Robin This week Think Globally Radio welcomes Prof. Libby Robin, an environmental historian at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. An array of topics pertaining to the encounter of man and nature will be discussed, including ideas such as rewilding … more >>
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