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Em entrevista no Bom Dia, Ministro, o ministro das Relações Exteriores falou da preparação para a Conferência do Clima da ONU, em Belém (PA). A reunião vai avaliar os resultados alcançados a partir da COP de Paris (COP 21), realizada em 2015, e da Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica. Sonora:

 India's watershed moment in climate-terms was the Paris COP where commitments were made on co2 sequestration, co2 intensity and renewables. More recently at COP Last year more commitments were made including hitting Net Zero by 2070.  India is a developing industrial nation that needs to balance the right of a population to seek better overall living standards but which also needs to find the right response to internal and external calls for supporting its own industrials as they decarbonize.  Post-CBAM, discussions are ongoing about the nature of a carbon market or more carbon regulations – and from Decarb Connect's own experience, there are also highly motivated steel and cement organisations in India that are proactively trying to find routes forward.  Join Alex Cameron, CEO of Decarb Connect, as she talks with Jai Asundi, the Executive Director of CSTEP Centre for study of science, technology and policy). They explore the opportunities for domestic and foreign investment around the energy and decarbonisation transition – but also the unique challenges and landscape of India and how this alters the priorities being set.  Key discussion points: -          What will future electricity and co2-intensive materials demand look like in a nation that is on an economic and consumer-expectations journey?-          What kind of production-linked incentives are going to drive the tech ecosystem in India?-          What are the opportunities around pilots of critical tech for both domestic and international industrials?-          How are the CBAM headwinds driving policy discussions and planning?-          How will India's unique approach to expanding renewables open up opportunities for investors and others in this energy transition?-          The two big climate commitments in india are net zero emissions by 2070 and meeting fifty percent of electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030o   What are the practical implications for these targets (land use, water, carbon capture)o   What could this mean for a developing economy and how people will live?o   What is the size of the opportunity?o   What are the technology and alternative material requirements developing  Show links: -          Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect-          Connect to Jai Asundi and the work of CSTEP-          Read up on CSTEPS report in the Energy and Emissions Implications for a Desired Quality of Life in India-          Take a look at CSTEP's No Silver Bullet report, exploring the route and reality of achieving Net Zero in India Learn about our Sponsor: Janno MediaMany thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire. Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.  Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.  If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester, Houston, Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.  

This episode is part of our new Capital Series hosted by Jason Jacobs. This series explores a diverse range of capital sources and the individuals who drive them. From family offices and institutional LPs to private equity, government funding, and more, we take a deep dive into the world of capital and its critical role in driving innovation and progress. Jonah Goldman was a longtime managing director at Bill Gates' firm, Breakthrough Energy. Breakthrough Energy is dedicated to helping humanity avoid a climate disaster through investment vehicles, philanthropic programs, policy advocacy, and other activities. They're committed to scaling the technologies that we need to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Jonah helped establish the firm in 2015 and served as primary architect for all of the programs and funds. Currently, Jonah serves as the founder and Principal at North Cascades Strategies where he works with clients and partners to creatively commercialize critical climate technologies.  He also serves as a Senior Advisor for Public Affairs at Generate Capital and a Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group. We have a great discussion in this episode about the origin of Breakthrough, how Jonah found himself doing this climate work to begin with, how Breakthrough is set up, the different areas in which they operate, how they've evolved over time, and how that fits into the broader problem of climate change and the broader solution set. We then cover the nature of the problem of climate change, the best ways to address it, and some of the biggest opportunities and challenges with accelerating the transition.In this episode, we cover: [03:28]: Jonah's background[04:50]: The focus on traditional climate solutions at the 2015 Paris COP[06:56]: Breakthrough Energy's inception as a bridge between public research and private capital[08:34]: Bill Gates' commitment to real capital and the challenge to the public sector[09:49]: Factors that contributed to people saying "yes" to Breakthrough Energy[11:56]: Bill Gates' leadership and the global commitment to addressing climate change[13:12]: Differences between Breakthrough Energy One and traditional venture capital[14:12]: Need for purpose-built investment vehicles for climate technologies[16:04]: The firm's goal of creating a commercial environment for hard technologies[17:56]: Distinguishing climate-focused investments from general investments[19:19]: Integrating climate considerations into all sectors[22:10]: Perfecting purpose-built vehicles for climate investments[23:52]: Aligning financial incentives and solving challenges to drive investments[30:08] The need for existing players willing to take new models[36:52] Government's role in the clean energy transition[41:24] Need for a multifaceted approach to solving climate[45:15] BEV's focus on investing in hard tech[47:41] Jonah's thoughts on company climate commitments[52:34] His feelings about carbon markets[55:55] The role of behavior change[1:00:17] Jonah's current projects and who he wants to hear fromGet connected: Jonah Goldman X / LinkedInJason Jacobs X / LinkedInMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on Aug 4, 2023 (aired on Aug 30, 2023) 

“I am because of others” Pushpanath - ‘Push' - Krishnamurthy is a British citizen, originally from Bangalore, India. Push spent three decades at the leading edge of development work across three continents, with NGOs such as Oxfam and Save the Children.   At Oxfam he acquired legendary status for his pioneering work on campaigns, such as HIV/ AIDS, Make Trade Fair and Climate Change Hearings, which allowed ordinary people to tell policy makers about their direct experiences of climate change. An accomplished communicator and vivid storyteller, adept at motivating highly diverse communities, Push is skilled at taking complex issues and popularizing them for grassroots constituencies, using a blend of traditional advocacy and new approaches.   In December 2009, Push embarked on his first long walk - his ‘Walk for Climate Justice' - from Oxford, UK, to Copenhagen, Denmark, to raise awareness of the issues of climate change and poverty in advance of the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen, COP15. In 2011, he repeated this effort in another Walk for Climate Justice in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to call attention to the plight of small producers such as coffee growers in an era of climate change. This walk was supported by the Karnataka Growers Federation (KGF) and Centre for Social Markets (CSM), and reached 30,000 people directly, and through radio he was able to reach a million listeners a day!   In 2012 he walked in the UK to promote Oxfam's ‘Grow' campaign on Fair Trade, telling the stories of Coffee Growers in India. He undertook another climate justice walk in India in 2015/16 during the Paris COP 21. This covered 450 km from the Bay of Bengal to the hills of Ooty, and resulted in the first Fair Trade towns being declared in India and in South Asia.   In the more than a decade since his first walk to Copenhagen he has taken over 31 million steps and reached over 400,000 people directly - farmers, teachers, lawyers, environmentalists, organic associations, fair trade supporters and schools and citizens. People all over the world have connected with him.   Now 12 years on from his first walk, he is walking again during COP26, from London to Glasgow. On this journey Push will join with others and he encourages others to walk with him. He is looking to people, communities and citizens to host him for a night - a mat, a hot shower and a conversation, is what he is looking for.   Resources:      

Là một trong 4 quốc gia gánh chịu những tác hại năng nề nhất của biến đổi khí hậu, tại Hội nghị Thượng đỉnh Paris COP 21, Việt Nam đã cam kết sẽ cắt giảm 8% lượng khí nhà kính phát thải vào năm 2030 so với năm 2005 và có thể giảm đến 25% nếu nhận được sự hỗ trợ hiệu quả từ cộng đồng quốc tế. Nhân dịp hội nghị khí hậu COP 26 vừa khai mạc ở Glasgow ngày 31/10/2021, chúng ta hãy tìm hiểu xem các biện pháp ứng phó với biến đổi khí hậu của Việt Nam có những mặt tích cực và những hạn chế nào? Mời quý vị nghe ý kiến của tiến sĩ Huỳnh Long Vân, Nhóm Nghiên cứu Văn Hóa Đồng Nai Cửu Long Úc Châu. RFI: Xin kính chào ông Huỳnh Long Vân. Trước hết xin ông cho biết là phát triển kinh tế của Việt Nam bị biến đổi khí hậu đe dọa như thế nào? TS Huỳnh Long Vân: Phát triển kinh tế của Việt Nam gắn liền với địa hình đặc biệt của một quốc gia trải dài từ Bắc xuống Nam dọc theo bờ biển dài 3200km với 112 cửa sông. Vùng duyên hải, nơi cư ngụ của hơn 74% dân số, là cột sống của nền kinh tế Việt Nam: 80 % sản xuất kỹ nghệ của Việt Nam tập trung trên vùng đất nhỏ hẹp dọc theo duyên hải từ Hải Phòng đến Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh. Sản xuất nông nghiệp chủ yếu ở những vùng đất thấp, đóng góp 24% GDP, 30% hàng xuất khẩu. Riêng châu thổ đồng bằng sông Cửu Long (ĐBSCL) đóng góp 45,8% lượng nông phẩm của toàn quốc và 80% lượng gạo xuất khẩu mỗi năm. Theo những dự đoán của bộ Tài Nguyên và Môi Trường Việt Nam (MONROE), đến năm 2100, mực nước biển dọc theo bờ biển Việt Nam có thể dâng cao 1m. Nước biển dâng cao, phối hợp với giông bão, sẽ là mối đe dọa nghiêm trọng lên các thành phố vùng duyên hải, các hải cảng, các cơ sở hạ tầng. Ngược lại trong trường hợp hạn hán gay gắt, nước mặn xâm nhập sâu hơn vào nội địa, đặc biệt ở vùng châu thổ ĐBSCL. Theo Phúc trình của Ủy Ban Liên Chính Phủ IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2007 về BĐKH, cho thấy khi nhiệt độ trung bình toàn cầu tăng 1,5°C mực nước biển ở Biển Đông sẽ dâng cao khoảng 0,51 - 0,66m vào năm 2100 và như thế sẽ gây ra những tác động như sau: Trung phần Việt Nam có nhiều dòng sông ngắn bắt nguồn từ dãy Trường Sơn, chảy ra các vùng đồng bằng duyên hải, nên trong tương lai khi mực nước biển dâng cao 0,5-0,6m và trong trường hợp có mưa to trong nhiều ngày, sẽ có những trận lũ lụt khủng khiếp kéo dài hơn so với hiện tại. Một phần của các khu kinh tế ở châu thổ sông Hồng, Đông Bắc phần (Quảng Ninh), Bắc và Nam Trung phần từ Quảng Bình, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Đà Nẵng, Khánh Hoà đến Bình Định và ở Đông Nam phần sẽ bị ngập nước vào mùa mưa.  Riêng ĐBSCL, do dòng chảy sông Mekong dao động rất mạnh theo mùa, nên hằng năm bị ngập lụt vào mùa mưa và ngập mặn vào mùa khô Khi nước biển dâng cao 0,5-0,6m tình trạng ngập nước và ngập mặn theo mùa sẽ trầm trọng hơn so với hiện nay. Tóm lại, dù những mục tiêu của Hiệp định Paris 2015 giới hạn nhiệt độ tăng 1,5°C có đạt được, nước biển vẫn tiếp tục dâng cao 0,51-0,66m vào cuối thế kỷ XXI, đủ để gây ra những tổn thất đáng kể đối với những khu kỹ nghệ tập trung ở vùng duyên hải, cũng như trong canh tác nông ngư nghiệp, gây khó khăn cho cuộc sống của người dân toàn quốc nói chung và ĐBSCL nói riêng. Phúc trình mới nhất của IPCC vào tháng 8/2021 cho thấy viễn ảnh đen tối hơn về những tác động của BĐKH, Trái đất đang trên đà bị hâm nóng thêm 1.5°C, và trong vòng 2 thập niên sẽ chạm ngưỡng 1.5°C, nếu khí nhà kính tiếp tục được phát thải như hiện nay. RFI: Về kế hoạch cắt giảm khí thải như đã cam kết tại hội nghị COP21, Việt Nam hiện đang tiến hành đến đâu? TS Huỳnh Long Vân: Việt Nam đang trên đà phát triển nhanh chóng, nên nhu cầu năng lượng và lượng khí nhà kính phát thải ngày càng gia tăng. Công nghiệp là ngành có tốc độ tăng trưởng cao nhất và đóng góp lớn vào nền kinh tế của Việt Nam. Cho nên, lượng phát thải khí CO2 ra môi trường là rất lớn và con số này đang tiếp tục tăng: Vào năm 2014, Bộ Tài Nguyên và Môi Trường (TN&MT) đã báo cáo kết quả kiểm kê khí nhà kính, xác định bốn lĩnh vực phát khí thải chính tại Việt Nam: năng lượng; nông nghiệp; sử dụng đất, thay đổi sử dụng đất và lâm nghiệp (Land Use, Land use Change and Forestry-LULUCF) và các khu chế xuất và giao thông vận tải. Ước tính công nghiệp Việt Nam sẽ phát thải 300 triệu tấn CO2 tương đương vào năm 2020 và 520 triệu tấn vào năm 2030. Mặc dù là một quốc gia đang phát triển, không có nghĩa vụ cắt giảm khí nhà kính, nhưng Việt Nam đã tích cực, nhanh chóng phê chuẩn Nghị định thư Kyoto và tự nguyện tham gia vào kế hoạch “Dự kiến quyết tâm đóng góp của từng quốc gia (Intended National Determined Contribution-INDC). Được sự hỗ trợ của các quốc gia Bắc Âu, Đức, Úc v.v..., Việt Nam đã thiết lập 24 phương án để cắt giảm khí nhà kính phát thải. RFI: Riêng về lĩnh vực năng lượng, Việt Nam đang phát triển các năng lượng tái tạo như thế nào để hạn chế tác động của biến đổi khí hậu? TS Huỳnh Long Vân: Trong bối cảnh tiềm năng thủy điện lớn cơ bản đã khai thác hết, nhiệt điện than khó thu xếp vốn quốc tế do cam kết chống biến đổi khí hậu toàn cầu, nhiệt điện khí hóa lỏng phụ thuộc vào nguồn nhiên liệu thế giới, cho nên việc phát triển năng lượng tái tạo nói chung được Việt Nam chú trọng. Ngoài điện gió, điện mặt trời là nguồn năng lượng tái tạo khác được Việt Nam khai thác. Việt Nam có tiềm năng lớn về năng lượng mặt trời, do ở gần xích đạo và tồn tại những vùng khô nắng nhiều, như vùng biên giới Tây Nam Bộ giáp ranh Cam Bốt và các tỉnh nam Trung Bộ. Vì thế, điện mặt trời cũng đang được nhà nước Việt Nam khuyến khích phát triển khi dừng các dự án điện hạt nhân và giảm bớt các nhà máy nhiệt điện sử dụng nhiên liệu hóa thạch. RFI: Theo ông đâu là những mặt tích cực của các biện pháp ứng phó với biến đổi khí hậu ở Việt Nam? TS Huỳnh Long Vân:  Ngoài những phương án cắt giảm khí nhà kính phát thải và phát triển năng lượng tái tạo, Việt Nam còn có thêm hai dự án: Thứ nhất là dự án hợp tác giữa Viện Dầu khí Việt Nam và Tập đoàn quốc tế Großmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH (GICON®) ứng dụng các công nghệ mới: sử dụng điện gió - khi không được huy động- để sản xuất khí Hydrogen bằng nước biển; sử dụng công nghệ sinh học và điện giải nước để chuyển hóa sinh khối (Biomass) thành methane sinh học. Đây là điểm rất khích lệ cho thấy Việt Nam bắt đầu nhận ra giá trị về năng lượng và những ứng dụng hữu ích của của khí Hydrogen. Ước mong những dự án về khí Hydrogen XANH được triển khai rộng rải như, tồn trữ năng lượng Hydrogen dưới dạng Hydrogen pin và chuyên chở Hydrogen dưới dạng một chất liệu tiền-năng lượng (pro-energy substance) đến các trạm phân phối Hydrogen để đáp ứng nhu cầu năng lượng sạch của Việt Nam trong tương lai. Thứ hai là dự án “Lúa gạo: Nguồn năng lượng xanh” ,do GIZ Việt Nam và Sanofi Việt Nam, triển khai phát triển nguồn năng lượng sinh khối, chuyển đổi lò hơi sử dụng nhiên liệu hóa thạch sang sử dụng sinh khối trấu ở nhà máy Sanofi Việt Nam, nhằm giảm lượng chất thải và không khí ô nhiễm. Ngoài ra, sản phẩm phụ của quá trình đốt cháy trấu là tro trấu. Tro trấu có hàm lượng cao silica chính là nguồn nguyên liệu phụ gia cho các ngành công nghệ gạch ngói, xây cất, phân bón hữu cơ. Tuy nhiên, hiện tại tro trấu vẫn chưa được khai thác và sử dụng hiệu quả. Thông qua dự án này, nhà máy Sanofi Việt Nam sẽ giảm 40% chi phí hơi nước và đặc biệt sẽ sử dụng 100% nguồn năng lượng sinh khối trấu trong sản xuất, góp phần vào sự phát triển bền vững của kinh tế, xã hội và môi trường tại Việt Nam.  RFI: Nhưng bên cạnh đó, còn những lĩnh vực nào mà theo ông, Việt Nam chưa quan tâm đúng mức? TS Huỳnh Long Vân: Trước nhất là về sản xuất nông nghiệp. Quả địa cầu sẽ bị hâm nóng ít nhất là 1,5°C trong thời gian vài thập niên sắp tới, dù lượng khí nhà kính phát thải có được cắt giảm mạnh mẽ hay không và khi đó nước biển sẽ dâng cao thêm 0,51-0,66m. Như thế, tình trạng ngập lụt trong mùa mưa và ngập mặn trong mùa khô của ĐBSCL sẽ trầm trọng hơn so với hiện nay, như đã trình bày bên trên. Để tự cứu mình, Viện Quy hoạch Thủy lợi miền Nam đã phác họa kế hoạch ứng phó, để có đủ nước ngọt dùng cho sinh hoạt, cũng như thiết kế các công trình ngăn mặn, thoát lũ. Tuy nhiên, ĐBSCL không chỉ bị tác động bởi BĐKH, mà còn đứng trước những thử thách khác do chính các kế hoạch sản xuất nông ngư nghiệp tạo ra: Thứ nhất, trong khi nước biển dâng mỗi năm chỉ khoảng 2-3mm, việc khai thác nước ngầm thiếu kiểm soát khiến cho ĐBSCL bị sụt lún gấp nhiều lần so với nước biển dâng cao. Thứ hai là việc tiếp tục canh tác lúa vụ 3. Thứ ba là việc chuyển tải nước sông Hậu xuống vùng duyên hải để trồng lúa và nuôi trồng thủy sản nước ngọt/lợ làm trầm trọng thêm tình trạng xâm nhập mặn vào mùa khô. Những sinh hoạt vừa kể của người dân là do chủ trương thiếu nhất quán của các địa phương, khiến chúng ta không khỏi hoài nghi về hiệu quả của kế hoạch ứng phó ảnh hưởng của nước biển dâng cao do tác động của biến đổi khí hậu mà Viện Quy hoạch Thủy lợi miền Nam vạch ra cho ĐBSCL. Rừng đước, ngoài chức năng bảo vệ bờ biển chống sạt lở và giông bão, còn có chức năng hấp thụ khí nhà kính, nhờ phản ứng sinh học quang hợp và tồn trữ carbon dưới dạng than bùn. Đốn rừng đước để lấy đất đào ao nuôi tôm không chỉ làm mất đi 3 chức năng thiên nhiên quý báu đó, mà còn biến các ao nuôi tôm thành các trũng phát thải khí methane. Không giống như những bãi rác và các đống cỏ mụt rơm rạ, các ao nuôi tôm nằm rải rác khắp nơi, nên việc thu gom khí methane phát thải từ các ao này không thể thực hiện được. Methane phóng thích tồn tại trong bầu khí quyển 100 năm và gây ra hiệu ứng khí nhà kính gấp 28-34 lần so với khí carbonic. Những tác động tiêu cực này phải được nhận thấy, không nên vì cái lợi trước mắt của nuôi trồng loại thủy sản này mà cho phép các quận huyện vùng duyên hải tiếp tục đua nhau gia tăng diện tích ao đầm nuôi tôm. Còn về việc cắt giảm và thu gom khí nhà kính phát thải, tuy Việt Nam tỏ ra rất tích cực, nhưng vẫn còn một vài lãnh vực chưa được quan tâm đến trong kế hoạch cắt giảm khí nhà kính, như khu công nghệ lọc dầu, sản xuất xi măng, gạch ngói, doanh nghiệp sản xuất ô tô, xe máy, vật liệu xây cất, chế xuất thực phẩm, ở các chung cư, cao ốc, bến cảng, cảng hàng không, v.v.  Ngoài các nhà máy điện than, các nhà máy điện sử dụng dầu cặn, sinh khối và trấu, khí đốt thiên nhiên cũng đều phát khí thải, vì thế Việt Nam cần nghiên cứu phát triển “Công nghệ Thu gom khí nhà kính” có hiệu quả cao. Đây là lãnh vực chưa hề được Việt Nam quan tâm đến. Có được công nghệ thu gom khí nhà kính phát thải không chỉ đáp ứng mục tiêu net-zero phát thải, nhưng quan trọng hơn nữa là tạo ra điều kiện để tổng hợp sản xuất Methane sinh học (CO2 thu gom + H2 xanh tạo ra từ nguồn điện gió hay điện mặt trời). Nguồn Methane sinh học này sẽ là nhiên liệu cho các nhà máy điện khí của Việt Nam và Việt Nam có được một “Chu Trình Kín” sản xuất điện năng với net-zero phát thải.

Vanessa Nakate (pictured on the cover of Time magazine) is another calling for action on climate change. Her story can be found at "Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa". Yes, we are all invited to the big party,  the "Conference of the Parties" in Glasgow. Business Green is deeply involved and you can read about that here: "Net Zero Festival: Alex Steffen on why the climate crisis isn't taken seriously enough". Simon Holmes à Court is eager to see more independents in Australia's Federal Government and that idea is discussed in The Sydney Morning Herald podcast: "Simon Holmes à Court: ‘If it works, the payoff will be enormous". Also calling for action is the "Youth for the Pacific". Christiana Figueres played a key role in bringing success to the Paris COP event and has been heavily involved with the organization, "Global Optimism". 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Try multisolving"; "Ground zero: Australia's net-zero debate in Hunter coal country"; "G20 leaders expected to make 2050 pledge"; "A four-day work week would help save the planet"; "Zoe Daniel: If the PM's climate plan is ‘uniquely Australian', that's not my Australia"; "Why we need a Great Forest National Park"; "Oil giant Saudi Arabia sees opportunity in climate crisis"; "COP26: Here's what you need to know about the UN climate summit"; "How the gas lobby captured Morrison's Glasgow response"; "Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis"; "World's first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus travels to COP26"; "Climate challenges mount for California agriculture"; "Extreme weather: the worrying consequences of climate change ahead of Cop26"; "Tree planting 101: What corporations should know about tree planting"; "To close 1.5C gap, countries face call for another round of climate pledges by 2023"; "Modi's ‘gamechanger' palm oil push raises concerns for Indian forests and women"; "Australia is relying on offsets and future technology to meet 2050 net-zero target"; "Pope Francis urges leaders to take ‘radical' climate action at Cop26"; "Streaming's dirty secret: how viewing Netflix top 10 creates vast quantity of CO2"; "‘It still gives me nightmares': the firefighters on the frontline as the world burns"; "When the World Is on the Brink, $3.5 Trillion Is a Pittance"; "The Climate Summit in Glasgow: ‘Let's Choose Life'"; "Addressing the climate emergency at COP26"; "Political ‘branding rights' on methane a pinch point in 2050 fallout"; "The billionaire, the book and the PM: How Bill Gates convinced Scott Morrison on net-zero"; "High cost of electric vehicles make Australians hesitant to buy"; "Boris Johnson, an unlikely Captain Planet with global ambitions"; "On policy, there's less to Morrison's words than meets the eye"; "On COP26 eve, praise and scorn as Morrison's climate hand ‘forced'"; "Australia ‘placed a spotlight on itself' for backing coal on eve of COP26"; "Zero-sum game may reward Libs at the ballot box"; "Coalition electorates are becoming a climate battleground before the next election"; "Climate justice and digital rally at Glasgow"; "Climate experts warn world leaders 1.5C is ‘real science', not just talking point"; "Prof Peter Stott: ‘Denialists question the cost of climate action … doing nothing costs far more'"; "COP26 climate change summit: Fossil fuel industry's 'doomist' propaganda cannot hide the reality of global warming – Professor Michael E Mann"; "Which leaders will attend COP26? 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Pushpanath - ‘Push' - Krishnamurthy is a British citizen, originally from Bangalore, India. Push spent three decades at the leading edge of development work across three continents, with NGOs such as Oxfam and Save the Children. At Oxfam he acquired legendary status for his pioneering work on campaigns, such as HIV/ AIDS, Make Trade Fair and Climate Change Hearings, which allowed ordinary people to tell policy makers about their direct experiences of climate change. An accomplished communicator and vivid storyteller, adept at motivating highly diverse communities, Push is skilled at taking complex issues and popularizing them for grassroots constituencies, using a blend of traditional advocacy and new approaches. In December 2009, Push embarked on his first long walk - his ‘Walk for Climate Justice' - from Oxford, UK, to Copenhagen, Denmark, to raise awareness of the issues of climate change and poverty in advance of the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen, COP15. In 2011, he repeated this effort in another Walk for Climate Justice in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to call attention to the plight of small producers such as coffee growers in an era of climate change. This walk was supported by the Karnataka Growers Federation (KGF) and Centre for Social Markets (CSM), and reached 30,000 people directly, and through radio he was able to reach a million listeners a day! In 2012 he walked in the UK to promote Oxfam's ‘Grow' campaign on Fair Trade, telling the stories of Coffee Growers in India. He undertook another climate justice walk in India in 2015/16 during the Paris COP 21. This covered 450 km from the Bay of Bengal to the hills of Ooty, and resulted in the first Fair Trade towns being declared in India and in South Asia. In the more than a decade since his first walk to Copenhagen he has taken over 31 million steps and reached over 400,000 people directly - farmers, teachers, lawyers, environmentalists, organic associations, fair trade supporters and schools and citizens. People all over the world have connected with him. Now 12 years on from his first walk, he is walking again during COP26, from London to Glasgow. On this journey Push will join with others and he encourages others to walk with him. He is looking to people, communities and citizens to host him for a night - a mat, a hot shower and a conversation, is what he is looking for. Resources:  

Climate communicators have long grappled with the question of how to move people from being concerned about climate change to doing something about it. In this episode Macarena Aguilar talks to journalist and climate communicator, Mariana Castaño, about her experience on the UN communications team for the landmark 2015 Paris COP, which saw people mobilized around the world. They also unpack Mariana's recipe for moving people to action, which involves a careful mix of alarm, hope, inspiration and empowering communications efforts. With her newly founded 10 Billions Solutions initiative, Mariana is striving to use communications to inspire every single person on this planet to have a positive footprint by 2050.10 Billion Solutions: https://10billionsolutions.comBe sure to subscribe to Changing the Climate Conversation for alerts when new episodes drop: Apple, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from! Stay up to date with news from Small World Stories on Linkedin, Facebook and TwitterFollow Macarena Aguilar, the episode's host, on Twitter, LinkedIn

In 2015, the United Nations gathered for the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. What resulted is arguably the most significant global agreement on the reduction of climate change: The Paris Agreement. On Earth Day 2016, 174 countries signed the agreement, including the United States (which withdrew in 2020 but officially rejoined in February). But what exactly does the Paris Agreement do? And what are the consequences if those ambitious goals are not attained? Two leaders on climate change who led the negotiations, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac joined us in conversation with Grist’s Brady Walkinshaw to answer those questions, and more. Asserting that climate change is the most urgent and consequential issue humankind has ever faced, they shared from their book The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to the Climate Crisis about how the choices we make in the next 30 years will determine the kind of word we will live in for generations to come. With cautious optimism, they outlined two possible scenarios for our planet: one that describes Earth in 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris climate targets, and the other where we live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. They advocated for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism. Beyond imagining three decades into the future, they presented actionable calls for what governments, corporations, and each of us can and must do to fend off disaster. Christina Figueres is an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2010-2016.She successfully directed the international negotiations from 2010, culminating in the historic Paris Agreement of 2015, signed unanimously by 195 countries. Together with Tom Rivett-Carnac she is a founding partner of Global Optimism, a purpose driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change and host of the podcast Outrage + Optimism!. Tom Rivett-Carnac is a leader in the fields of international diplomacy, energy policy, and climate change. From 2013 to 2016, Rivett-Carnac was Senior Strategy Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, a position he held up to and during the successful negotiations in Lima (COP 20) and Paris (COP 21), which resulted in the unanimous signing of the Paris Agreement. Together with Christiana Figueres, he is a Founding Partner at Global Optimism, a purpose driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change and co-host of the podcast, Outrage + Optimism! Brady Piñero Walkinshaw is the CEO of Grist, a leading national environmental media nonprofit dedicated to climate, justice, and solutions. Grist reaches an audience of millions with vital journalism and Fix, Grist’s Solutions Lab, lifts up the leaders and the ideas to solve the climate crisis. Before joining Grist in 2017, Walkinshaw represented central Seattle in the Washington State Legislature and spent several years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buy the Book: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9780593080931  Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Grist. 

From the core of British politics, Amber Rudd joins Michael Liebreich for a conversation. She is the former MP for Hastings and Rye representing the Conservative party, the Home Secretary for 2 years from 2016, and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019.   Bio Amber Rudd is currently the Chair of the International Advisory Group for Equinor, a major Norwegian energy company.   Amber Rudd is also an advisor for several firms in the security and communication space. She is also a trustee of the Climate Group, an international non-profit focusing on climate and energy. Prior to this work, she was at the core of British politics. She was an MP for Hastings and Rye between 2010 and 2019. She held numerous ministerial posts: the Home Secretary between 2016-2018. She led the response to the tragic 2017 London Bridge terrorist attack. From 2015-2016, she was the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, representing the UK during the triumphant Paris COP in 2015. She also served as Minister for Women and Equalities.   Amber read History at Edinburgh University. Links Climate change: COP26 head must be made full-time role to tackle global emergency, Amber Rudd says (December, 2020) https://news.sky.com/story/climate-change-cop26-head-must-be-made-full-time-role-to-tackle-global-emergency-amber-rudd-says-12156315   Amber Rudd on the Windrush scandal, Priti Patel and the No 10 ‘frat house’ (December, 2020) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/amber-rudd-interview-priti-patel-windrush-wbvgwhx75   Amber Rudd: ‘The prime minister is clearly more comfortable with men’ (July, 2020) https://www.ft.com/content/fce1e522-a82a-42e2-bf79-57d14bbe15ed   Equinor www.Equinor.com   Under2 Coalition https://www.theclimategroup.org/under2-coalition   Teneo https://www.teneo.com/uk/   About Cleaning Up: Once a week Michael Liebreich has a conversation (and a drink) with a leader in clean energy, mobility, climate finance, or sustainable development. Each episode covers the technical ground on some aspect of the low-carbon transition – but it also delves into the nature of leadership in the climate transition: whether to be optimistic or pessimistic; how to communicate in order to inspire change; personal credos; and so on. And it should be fun – most of the guests are Michael’s friends. Follow Cleaning Up on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLCleaningUp​​​​​ Follow Cleaning Up on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clea...​ Follow Cleaning Up on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MLCleaningUp...​ Links to other Podcast Platforms: https://www.cleaningup.live​​​​

Michael R. Boswell is Department Head and Professor of City & Regional Planning at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo. He has a Master of Science (M.S.P.) and Ph.D. in Urban & Regional Planning from The Florida State University. He has published on topics such as climate action planning, hazard mitigation, adaptive management and governance, local government planning, autonomous vehicles, and sustainable development. He is lead author of the book Climate Action Planning published by Island Press. Dr. Boswell served as an expert advisor on ‘Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning’ for the UN-Habitat Cities and Climate Change Initiative and attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP-21) to launch the report. In 2017, he represented the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning in the Planners for Climate Action initiative launched at COP-23 in Bonn. Since 2006 he has served as a senior advisor and Project Director, for the California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan update. He is a founding member and served on the Organizing Committee of the Central Coast Climate Collaborative and he is the Director of the California Climate Action Planning Conference. Dr. Boswell worked as a professional planner for Brevard County, Florida, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. His public service leadership includes having served on the board of the non-profit Bike SLO County and as a member and Chair of the City of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission. Michael Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: The basics to climate action planning for communities. The roles of engagement and collaboration in climate action planning Including both mitigation and adaptation in climate action planning Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Michael's Final Five Question Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? One piece of advice I have is that you have to find some way to deal with the overwhelming challenge that we face and how it can affect you mentally. I talked to so many fellow professionals in this field who seem to kind of go through these peaks and troughs in terms of their sense of the problem and their ability to make a difference with the problem. Part of this is about taking care of yourself and your own physical and mental health and part of this is about developing good professional networks that provide some support. But, it can be difficult. There are certainly days where you can wake up and feel this problem is overwhelming and it's unsolvable. I remember after I read, David Wallace Wells, Uninhabitable Planet, I just sort of wanted to stay in bed for the day. A great book, but not a feel good book by any means. So, I think that's a real struggle for sustainability professionals and I think we have to help each other with that. We can do that through good networking and communicating with each other, and then taking care of ourselves. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? There's a lot to be excited about. You have to find the exciting things because that's what really gives you hope. I think there are a couple of important ones for me right now. I've come a lot more focused on getting better up to speed on energy and our energy situation. It just really seems like we are finally at that moment where we are really about to make rapid progress on renewable energy, both due to the cost of renewable energy, continuing to come down but also some of the other real benefits to things like electrification, electric vehicles, that sort of thing. I really feel like we're really finally at that moment we all hoped we would get to on energy. Also, there seems to be a resurgence in the global movement on climate change. We seem to be again in a moment of real activism around climate change, particularly with young people. I think that's always really exciting, although we need to get things done now today on this issue. It feels good that there seems to be this next generation coming up that's highly motivated to push really aggressive action on climate change. What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read? Now, the worst thing you can ever ask a professor is to recommend one book. We want to recommend 20. For me, the classic book on this was Earth in the Balance by Al Gore. I have to admit, I haven't gone back and read it recently, but I remember when I first read it, it really was the kind of book that inspired me and got me on the path to sustainability and climate change. I do want to give a recommendation for one of my fellow Island press authors, and that's Designing Climate Solutions by Hal Harvey. Island presses who publishes our book. They're a nonprofit publisher and they do a lot of great books on the environment, sustainability and climate change. Hal just spoke locally recently and I thought he gave a great talk and the book's full of interesting ideas on how we develop solutions for climate change. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? Yeah, I was trying to figure out a way to answer this where I wouldn't just going to detail a bunch of boring government reports and things of that nature, which tends to be at least for me, a lot of the tools I use things like the Global Protocol for doing greenhouse gas emissions inventories. It's interesting, but it's not a page turner. I thought one set of things I could potentially mention were some of the newsletters that I read. Like I said, there's so much going on in the field of climate change, it's very difficult to keep track of the field. There's a couple of newsletters I'm really dependent on. There's Climate Nexus, which is a daily news digest. That's really great. There's something called EcoAdapt CAKE (Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange). They have a periodic newsletter that's excellent in terms of going over like case studies and new tools and things like that. One greeat energy related resource is called Utility Dive. There's a number of podcasts like this podcast I think are great. I also always try to listen to the Cimate One podcast and the Interchange from Greentech Media. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and your work? Yeah, you can find me on LinkedIn of course and then my email mboswell@calpoly.edu. I'm periodically on Twitter, and that is at @mboswell  

LINKS CONTACT:  podcast@worldorganicnews.com Podcast Like a Pro: mrjonmoore.com FREE .PDF One Square Metre Garden: square@worldorganicnews.com Blog: www.worldorganicnews.com Facebook Page:  World Organic News Facebook page.   While politicians question the reality of climate change, farmers and businesses act http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-05/farmers-and-businesses-take-action-on-climate-change/9502320 The  Cairns Group http://cairnsgroup.org/pages/default.aspx   What happens when we start producing more electricity than we can consume? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-07/solar-power-what-happens-when-theres-too-much/9522192   This is the World Organic News for the week ending the 12th of March 2018. Jon Moore reporting! As I discussed last month with the new vision statement for the podcast and blog, “Decarbonise the air, recarbonise the soil.”, in mind I’m calling on my listeners to put forward ideas for an interview episode once a month. If you know anyone who is doing either part of the vision, I’d love to hear from them or, indeed, from you if you are on the front line doing the work. This week we have an article for the ABC news site entitled: While politicians question the reality of climate change, farmers and businesses act This article is the written version of a TV program aired last Monday night here in the antipodes. The title pretty much says it all but let’s dig a little deeper. Quote: David Bruer has been growing vines and making wine at his Temple Bruer vineyard in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia since 1978. In his vineyard laboratory, weather records for every vintage for nearly 40 years are stacked in plastic folders. They clearly show a steady increase in maximum temperatures over that time of about 1 degree. It might seem like a relatively small change but the impact has been dramatic. And from further in the article: "Thirty-four years ago we used to pick in the middle of March," he said. "We're now picking in the middle of February." End Quote. Grapes have always been a marker of world climatic conditions. During the Medieval Warm Period when Vikings were able to navigate a relatively ice free north Atlantic ocean, reaching Newfoundland as well as colonising Iceland and Greenland, grape vines were growing in England. Because grapes are a perennial crop, they are in the ground for many years. Planting requires a commitment to the future. Changes, rapid changes in climate can have catastrophic effects on the grower. David Bruer’s quote above shows rapid change in a relatively short period. Clearly n=1 is not a reason to raise concerns but the article and the TV program goes onto to talk with a wine making company with weather records going back much further. Quote: About 800 kilometres to the east of Temple Bruer, Ross Brown from Brown Brothers Wines has an even longer weather record on file. His family has been making wine in Milawa, Victoria, for almost 130 years. Mr Brown says he used to be a climate change sceptic but his vintage charts are indicating things have changed. In Milawa, Brown Brothers is also picking earlier and their records show temperatures are rising. Some of the cool climate varieties his family always used to grow here — like pinot noir and sparkling whites — have now become too unreliable so the company has moved some of its operation to cooler country in Tasmania. End Quote. If this is effecting wine growers it will be effecting orchardists, soft fruit growers and pretty much anyone in agriculture. The perennial growers have movement issues, that is vines and trees are pretty much going to stay where they are. Cereal growers and graziers have a little more flexibility but not as much as they’d like. The real punch from the article and the program came at the end. Farmers in Australia don’t receive the subsidies that US and EU farmers do. They are, as a result of Australia being part of the Cairns Group, free traders, even if they’d happily receive subsidies. However all the other regulatory requirements for businesses do apply to the agricultural sector and things are changing. Quote: Brown Brothers is a big operation. Their winemaking is on an industrial scale and the decision to adapt to the changing weather was driven by the company's board. It's a shift being seen in boardrooms around the country. Corporate Australia has been warned. The changing climate is something they can no longer ignore. Last November, Geoff Summerhayes, an executive member of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), told businesses climate change posed a material risk to the entire financial system. His message was that boards and directors had a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to take it into account. He cited legal opinion that found company directors who failed to consider and disclose climate risk could be in breach of the Corporations Act. End Quote Let that sink in. If companies ignore climate change in their risk assessments and shareholders suffer losses as a result, the boards of those companies are, probably, subject to legal action. While our federal government is controlled by a rump coalition party with ties to coal, gas and oil production whose allies have complained about the “ugliness” of wind turbines and the beauty of coal mines, I kid you not, legal opinion based upon science is taking reality into concern. For grape growers at the big end of town who have nowhere to go after Tasmania become too hot, those corporate entities who ignore climate change effects on their businesses will find themselves sued. Meanwhile the National Party whose supporters are on the frontline of agriculture keep pushing the world’s biggest coal mine development in Central Queensland with the likelihood of it destroying aquifers, causing air pollution in the local area and running the risk of shipping accidents on the Great Barrier Reef, an ecosystem suffering 50% coral bleaching from the last two summers. The dichotomy of political nonsense and the feet on the ground food producers is not helping anyone. As the agricultural sector is a free trading one as a result of government decisions, perhaps it’s time to remove corporate subsidies from the energy sector, both fossil and renewables. The price of renewables is now less than fossil fuels, without subsidies and falling as economies of scale, research efforts and price signals drive demand. In another article from the ABC Solar power: What happens when we start producing more electricity than we can consume? Quote: While Australia leads the world in the use of rooftop solar power, some experts say there could soon be too much power coming online — and governments will have little choice but to cut subsidies. Government figures show 3.5 million solar panels were installed on Australian rooftops last year, an average of almost 10,000 every day. That is a 41 per cent increase on the previous year, driven by the twin incentives of cheaper solar panels from China and rising power bills. End Quote The obvious answer when too much power is being produced is to save the excess not punish the producers. I don’t know, maybe some sort of battery could help. I’ve discussed pumped storage in earlier episodes and that’s a safe, proven, relatively inexpensive form of storage. What all this comes down to is: The climate is changing, the evidence from the agricultural sector is overwhelming, the federal government in Australia is, if not in the pockets of fossil fuel producers, at least inclined to accept their arguments. What’s happening to science based policy in the US doesn’t bare thinking about but I will have an episode on that soon. While all that’s going on individual households are following the obvious price signals and throwing PV cells on their roofs. The odd one out in this story is government. If only there was some way we could change governments and some way we could have an actual real choice between alternatives. The conservitive Coalition in power now bows to fossil fuel types, the Labor opposition does so through the mining unions, so the same thing, where is a rational , evidence based party that could step into the breach before Paris COP looks like  fine ideal but not a reality? And with that I’ll draw this episode to a conclusion. Remember: Decarbonise the air, recarbonise the soil! As a podcast listener you may be thinking of producing your own podcast but you’re not sure where to begin,  drop over to mrjonmoore.com and check out my course. I have been teaching this at Community Colleges around town and have developed an online version. There’s a link in the show notes. Classes start whenever you’re ready, I’d love to help you into this way of communicating. A transcript of this episode is available at worldorganicnews.com Thank you for listening and I'll be back next week.  

The 2015 Paris COP 21 was hailed as a historic show of solidarity among nearly 200 nations. The pact aims to curtail greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees C in the hope of averting natural disasters, like proliferating floods and wildfires. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also launched by the UN in 2015, offer companies an additional opportunity to merge climate and sustainability practices with larger business goals. Business is buying into the Agreement. The large business presence at the Paris negotiating table and support from corporate leaders of all stripes to cut GHGs are positive signs. This panel will examine how leading businesses are adapting to climate change and moving to mitigate its impact, while seeking ways to engage the SDGs in the years to come. Panelists will include civil society leaders and executives from companies spotlighted in Adapting to Change: The Business of Climate Resilience, authored by panel moderator Dr. Ann Goodman. The session will offer attendees a change to explore: -The progress of companies in building climate resilience into operations and goals; -What corporate leaders have done to make their companies more resilient - before, during and since the Paris Agreement - and their plans going forward; -What motivates companies to build climate resilience; -How it benefits them and other stakeholders, and; -Costs incurred and obstacles that remain

The 2015 Paris COP 21 was hailed as a historic show of solidarity among nearly 200 nations. The pact aims to curtail greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees C in the hope of averting natural disasters, like proliferating floods and wildfires. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also launched by the UN in 2015, offer companies an additional opportunity to merge climate and sustainability practices with larger business goals. Business is buying into the Agreement. The large business presence at the Paris negotiating table and support from corporate leaders of all stripes to cut GHGs are positive signs. This panel will examine how leading businesses are adapting to climate change and moving to mitigate its impact, while seeking ways to engage the SDGs in the years to come. Panelists will include civil society leaders and executives from companies spotlighted in Adapting to Change: The Business of Climate Resilience, authored by panel moderator Dr. Ann Goodman. The session will offer attendees a change to explore: -The progress of companies in building climate resilience into operations and goals; -What corporate leaders have done to make their companies more resilient - before, during and since the Paris Agreement - and their plans going forward; -What motivates companies to build climate resilience; -How it benefits them and other stakeholders, and; -Costs incurred and obstacles that remain

The 2015 Paris COP 21 was hailed as a historic show of solidarity among nearly 200 nations. The pact aims to curtail greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees C in the hope of averting natural disasters, like proliferating floods and wildfires. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also launched by the UN in 2015, offer companies an additional opportunity to merge climate and sustainability practices with larger business goals. Business is buying into the Agreement. The large business presence at the Paris negotiating table and support from corporate leaders of all stripes to cut GHGs are positive signs. This panel will examine how leading businesses are adapting to climate change and moving to mitigate its impact, while seeking ways to engage the SDGs in the years to come. Panelists will include civil society leaders and executives from companies spotlighted in Adapting to Change: The Business of Climate Resilience, authored by panel moderator Dr. Ann Goodman. The session will offer attendees a change to explore: -The progress of companies in building climate resilience into operations and goals; -What corporate leaders have done to make their companies more resilient - before, during and since the Paris Agreement - and their plans going forward; -What motivates companies to build climate resilience; -How it benefits them and other stakeholders, and; -Costs incurred and obstacles that remain

Climate scientist Richard Somerville completes the “Climate Change at the Crossroads” series presented by the UC San Diego Library with a talk recounting his experiences at the Paris COP 21 conference and his ongoing efforts to widen public understanding of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30489]

Climate scientist Richard Somerville completes the “Climate Change at the Crossroads” series presented by the UC San Diego Library with a talk recounting his experiences at the Paris COP 21 conference and his ongoing efforts to widen public understanding of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30489]

Climate scientist Richard Somerville completes the “Climate Change at the Crossroads” series presented by the UC San Diego Library with a talk recounting his experiences at the Paris COP 21 conference and his ongoing efforts to widen public understanding of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30489]

Climate scientist Richard Somerville completes the “Climate Change at the Crossroads” series presented by the UC San Diego Library with a talk recounting his experiences at the Paris COP 21 conference and his ongoing efforts to widen public understanding of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30489]

Climate scientist Richard Somerville completes the “Climate Change at the Crossroads” series presented by the UC San Diego Library with a talk recounting his experiences at the Paris COP 21 conference and his ongoing efforts to widen public understanding of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30489]

Climate scientist Richard Somerville completes the “Climate Change at the Crossroads” series presented by the UC San Diego Library with a talk recounting his experiences at the Paris COP 21 conference and his ongoing efforts to widen public understanding of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30489]

Paige Donner hosts-produces this half-hour radio show, Paris GOOD food + wine, airing on World Radio Paris. This show, Episode 13, features interviews from master chocolatier and sculptor Patrick Roger, Chef Rafael Gomes of Paris' Le Grand Coeur, and a segment about Wine and Climate Change as a follow up to the Paris COP 21 climate talks. Contact Paige for show hosting, Voice Over and speaking engagements at about.me/paigedonner.

Presenting episode 166, the last Dissident Island Radio of the year, with lots of treats for all the grrls n boys out there in radio land including: – Shaun from Reel News fresh back from the Paris COP to give us the low down on the so called agreement and the week of counter-organising (00:01:25) – An update from the ZAD (Notre Dame des Landes) about France's “state of emergency” (00:26:09) – Members of London housing coops talking about the pretty dramatic Housing and Planning Bill – the government's newest toy in its social cleansing toolkit (00:38:38) – Another Dissident-i-rant, this one called “plugging: the art of shoving drugs up your arse for shits and giggles” (01:06:20) – Prisoner info and a healthy dose of announcements for upcoming and ongoing fun & games (01:15:23) – Squeaky Grinder with an end of year special DJ appearance beamed directly from Ireland (01:20:05)

The COP 21 UN Climate Talks in Paris are where decisions are made...or not among 200 Nations. How do they get everyone to agree. How will fossil fuels be dealt with. There is so much happening between Nov30- Dec 12 and Aly Tharp and Ethan Bodnaruk are two Young Adult UUs who dig deep into what's happening as they attend the 2015 COP 21. Ethan's Cohert will be inside attending workshops and being directly involved, while Aly will be at the 2nd half attending activist events outside the building in solidarity with others from around the world. Once they are back I'll bring you a recap of their experience. Aly's Bio: Aly Tharp is the staff network coordinator for the UU Young Adults for Climate Justice, a covenanting community of activists aged 18 to 35 years old, supported by the UU Ministry for Earth. Aly graduated from Austin College in May 2012 with a Bachelors of Art in Environmental Studies and has devoted most of her time over the last three and a half years to grassroots movements for environmental and climate justice. Aly resides in North Texas with her family and twelve pets.   Webpage: UU Young Adults for Climate Justice Twitter: @UUYACJ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uuyacj LinkedIn: Aly Tharp  Favorite Quote:   "Dream lucid and wide awake" - Gini Von Courter, in a speech she once gave in Texas    Ethan's Bio: Ethan Bodnaruk is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ecological Engineering at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, NY and is a co-leader of the Religions for Peace, North American Interfaith Youth Network.  He is active in Citizens' Climate Lobby which advocates for a revenue neutral carbon fee and will be attending the Paris COP with a small cohort of interfaith youth sponsored by Religions for Peace USA.  He has a MS in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University and a BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.  He lives in snowy Syracuse, NY with his wife and two dogs.  Webpage: www.ethanbodnaruk.com Twitter: @ethanbodnaruk LinkedIn: Ethan Bodnaruk  Favorite Quote: "Know the rules well so you know when to break them"  - Gandhi Other Links:  The Condor and the Eagle video Final Credits: music thanks to: "Carefree", "Open Those Bright Eyes", "Sweeter Vermouth" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Australien och Nya Zealand, Hobbit Öl (Southfarthing Amber Ale), Påven, avbön och annat smått. Vi tittar särskilt på FN:s Agenda 2030 och klimat toppmötet i Paris COP 21. Dessutom granskar vi förstås VW Skandalen och gör ett semi-reklaminlägg för Alingsås … Läs mer →