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EPISODE 24: How to talk about the climate crisis from the head of UN Climate CommsIn this special episode of News from a World in Flux, Clare Farrell is joined by Martina Donlon, Global Climate Communications lead for the United Nations. Clare and Martina discuss the challenges of climate communications in the current geopolitical situation and the role of climate movements in driving change.---------------------Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!https://chuffed.org/xr/ukExtinction Rebellion UK: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/ 

What if the only way to save the planet... is to cool it? Not figuratively—literally. Because the heatwaves, floods, and fires you've seen so far? They're just the beginning.

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At the U.N. climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators struck a deal at the last moment. Wealthy nations pledged $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change and to help their transition to cleaner energy. It's nowhere near the $1 trillion a year that many experts and analysts say is needed. William Brangham discussed more with Manish Bapna. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

At the U.N. climate talks in Azerbaijan, negotiators struck a deal at the last moment. Wealthy nations pledged $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change and to help their transition to cleaner energy. It's nowhere near the $1 trillion a year that many experts and analysts say is needed. William Brangham discussed more with Manish Bapna. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

On today's First Up pod: the UN Climate conference has finished, with wealthy countries pledging billions to poorer countries to help with climate change impacts; we hear from our correspondents in the US and Europe; young Tauranga runner Sam Ruthe has eclipsed the world best time for a 15-year-old over 3000m and Tenby Powell's back from doing good in Ukraine, and he's not slowing down. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

The United Nations Climate talks, also know as COP29, is wrapping in Baku Azerbaijan this week. In a disturbing trend over the past few years, the largest delegation at COP29 is the fossil fuel lobbyist delegation. At the same time the UN continues to have the talks in petrostates like Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates (COP28 in 2023) and limit civil society ability to message and take action. In our latest, Scott talks with Allie Rosenbluth (@allieeerose.bsky.social) with Oil Change International to discuss COP29, the fossil fuel delegation, social movements and resistance to genocide in Palestine at the climate talks. Bio// Allie (she/they) is the U.S. Program Co-Manager at Oil Change International, where she focuses on supporting grassroots organizing and strategic campaigns aimed at phasing out fossil fuels. Prior to joining Oil Change International, Allie spent seven years at Rogue Climate. There, she worked to stop the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and pipeline, developed local and statewide energy justice campaigns, trained youth organizers, and coordinated mutual aid in response to the devastating Almeda Fire in Southern Oregon. She serves on the Breach Collective Board, co-founded the Rogue Action Center, and was a SustainUS Youth Delegate to COP24. In 2019, Allie received the Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship for her work stopping fossil fuel projects. She lives on occupied Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa lands, also known as Talent, Oregon, where she enjoys gardening, backpacking, and spending time on the rivers. ---------------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// + Oil Change International: https://www.oilchange.org/ + Oil Change's "Behind the Barrel" Report (https://bit.ly/4g1t195) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast⁠⁠⁠ +Our rad website: ⁠⁠⁠https://greenandredpodcast.org/⁠⁠⁠ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/DonateGandR⁠⁠⁠ Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.laborradionetwork.org/⁠⁠ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.

AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on the latest from UN climate talks in Azerbaijan.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports COP29 hosts prepare to present first draft text, but complex issues still to be sorted.

The major UN climate conference, known as COP29, kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, last week. Tens of thousands of attendees are present, including members of civil society, the private sector, and delegates from every country on the planet. This long-planned summit, however, takes place just a week after the world's largest economy and second-largest emitter elected as president a man who denies climate change and intends to pursue American withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. What impact is the U.S. election having on these negotiations and on climate diplomacy moving forward? Joining me to explore this question and much more is Ryan Hobert, Associate Vice President for Climate and Environment at the UN Foundation. We begin with an extended conversation about this and another elephant in the room: the irony of a petrostate hosting a climate conference. We also spend much of our discussion focusing on the substance of this year's COP, particularly the effort to reach an agreement on funding for less-developed countries to help them adapt to climate change and mitigate its impacts.

AP correspondent Naeun Kim reports on a silent protest held at the annual United Nations climate summit as authorities restrict demonstrations at the venue in Azerbaijan.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's 29th Conference of the Parties. Alden Meyer of the climate think tank E3G is a longtime observer of these meetings, and he shares his first impressions as these talks kick off. Although the global average temperature has been steadily increasing for decades, in 2023 there was a sudden jump of 0.2 degrees Celsius. Dr. Jennifer Francis, Senior Scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, joins us to discuss the temperature spike and its implications for the climate crisis. After Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico's power grid in 2017, much of the island was left without electricity for up to a year, leaving vulnerable populations in the lurch. Many Puerto Ricans are pushing for a reliable, sustainable electricity system, but a proposed utility-scale solar project has sparked concerns, explains environmental attorney Ruth Santiago. -- Interested in gaining hands-on experience with producing a radio show and podcast? Apply to be a Living on Earth intern this spring! The deadline is November 20th. To learn more go to loe.org and click on the About Us tab at the top of the page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

37:16 Liz Peek, Conservative Political Commentator, Fox News contributor and former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company Topic: ' The One Reason Trump Won That Democrats Cannot Admit'(Fox News op ed) 52:55 Daniel Hoffman, Ret. CIA Senior Clandestine Services Officer and a Fox News Contributor Topic: CIA Official Charged in Leak Regarding Israel's plans for Iran; Trump's CIA Pick1:02:45 - Eddie Dedi, Zuppa Restaurant Co-Owner Topic: Celebrating Yonkers1:28:56- Andrew McCarthy, Contributing Editor at National Review & Fellow at the National Review Institute, and a Fox News ContributorTopic: Matt Gaetz Nomination for AG; Jack Smith Halts Appeal Against Trump  1:38:55 - Anitra Parmele from Food for the Poor Topic: Food for the Poor2:04:35 - Corey Lewandowski, Trump 2024 Senior Official Topic: Trump Cabinet Picks 2:13:28 - Marc Morano, Former Senior Staff Member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, and the author of "The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown" Topic: 2024 UN Climate summit  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As climate negotiators meet in Azerbaijan, the latest study finds Earth's projected warming hasn't improved in the last 3 years. AP correspondent Jennifer King reports.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports the US's climate envoy at COP29 calls for action to avoid unimaginable climate disasters.

AP correspondent Peter Prengaman reports from Baku, Azerbaijan as climate talks launch at COP29.

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AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on The Taliban's attendance at the COP-29 climate summit.

Global climate talks begin next week. How will the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump affect them? Attracta Mooney of The Financial Times explains the environmental implications of his win. And, Democratic strategist David Axelrod breaks down what lessons the Democrats can learn from Trump's victory. Then, a new study found that a group of bacteria in wastewater can break down PFASs or forever chemicals. Northwestern University chemist William Dichtel joins us to discuss what the discovery means.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. UN climate group reports 2024 as warmest year on record, surpassing 1.5 degrees celsius threshold. President-elect Donald Trump names campaign manager Susie Wiles as first female White House chief of staff. Key San Joaquin Valley congressional races may decide House control in 119th Congress. Activists prepare to resist President-elect Trump's conservative agenda, says Bay Rising Action's Kimi Lee. Immigrant rights advocates rally at Los Angeles City Hall to address 2024 election, anti-immigrant sentiment. The post UN climate group reports 2024 as warmest year on record, surpassing 1.5 degrees celsius threshold – November 7, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

A UN report suggests that the world is on track for up to +3.1°C of warming by 2100, An Israeli strike reportedly kills three journalists in South Lebanon, A report claims that Elon Musk has been in contact with Vladamir Putin since 2022, In India, four people are killed in an attack on army convoy in Kashmir, King Charles III discusses the "Painful Past" at the Commonwealth Meeting in Samoa, An ex-Lord's Resistance Army commander gets a 40-year sentence for war crimes, Polls show Harris and Trump virtually deadlocked in national polling and swing states, Pres. Joe Biden apologizes for the US' historic role in Indigenous schools, Voting ballots are destroyed after a ballot box arson incident in Arizona, and McDonald's removes onions from its menu following a recent E.coli outbreak. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

The Other Side of the Story with Tom Harris and Todd Royal – Instead of helping poor countries with the funds they need to mine their own abundant fossil fuel resources and build power plants to generate the electricity their desperate people need to rise out of poverty, wealthy elites in the Western world want Africa to rely on unreliable and expensive wind and solar power. The result is obvious — the poor will stay...

9/27/24 Hour 2     Vince speaks with Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director of Power the Future about the insanity of “UN climate week” which took place in NY.  The UN's climate advisor says if we focused more on helping trans women, the climate crisis may end.  The DOJ confirms that Iran is interfering in the election in an effort to hurt Donald Trump.  Vince speaks with Drea De Mateo, Emmy award winning actress with leading roles in The Sopranos, Desperate Housewives, and Sons of Anarchy about this weekend's RESCUE THE REPUBLIC RALLY on Sunday in which she'll be speaking at and how Hollywood went so woke.  Drea played Adriana in the Sopranos, Chris' girlfriend.      For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.   To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intro with clips - Prof. Jason Box (Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland), Prof. Kevin Anderson (Tyndall Centre for Climate Research), Prof. Heidi Sevestre (AMAP, Arctic Council), Joshua Aponsem (Green Africa Youth Organization, Ghana), Anni Pokela (Operatatio Arktis, Finland) Lord Rowan Williams (Fmr. Archbishop of Canterbury). I started recording interviews on geoengineering over ten years ago and the thought back then that in the mid 2020's nothing would have been achieved in global emissions reduction, would have been too depressing to contemplate. Yet here we are. The Paris Agreement was meant to steer the world towards a cleaner brighter future but it has been ignored. Emissions from forest fires and melting permafrost are way beyond their thresholds and extreme weather impacts are testing infrastructure and ecosystems all over the planet.  Climate activists are even being locked up with cruel prison sentences for trying to act for the collective good. I discuss this in my next episode with XR cofounder, Gail Bradbrook. The UN Climate summit, COP29 will be held in one of the most significant cradles of the fossil fuel industry - Baku in Azerbaijan. There is no expressed intention to reduce emissions but instead the the COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev has a (quote) a 'vision to enhance ambition and enable action.' - whilst the widespread extraction of fossil fuels continues unabated. With all this in mind, the conversation of engineering interventions to try and delay the most destructive impacts of extreme climate, is moving along. It is controversial and divisive and yet voices from across the world, including in the Global South are saying that we need to take the research seriously.  In this interview with Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, Director of the Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge, we discuss the controversy and the viability of schemes. The news broke during our recording that the UK government agency, ARIA, have put out a call for proposals, offering £56.8m in grant funding for geoengineering projects. The largest government funding of it's kind. The failure of the global negotiations is discussed in my book COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate that is available worldwide in paperback and audiobook format. Sadly, the failure of the 3 decades of global climate summits means we are getting much deeper into the era of consequences. Central Europe is experiencing deathly storms and flooding while the smoke from Portugal's forest fires are spreading a toxic blanket over Spain and beyond. From the Amazon to Asia, ecosystems and infrastructure are being pummelled by natures response to carbon pollution. Next week I will be recording a 3 way interview with Dr Paul Davies from the UK Met Office and Dr Hayley Fowler from Newcastle University about their recent research paper titled 'A new conceptual model for understanding and predicting life-threatening rainfall extremes' - which is both important and fascinating. Thank you to all subscribers - there is extra content being uploaded for Patreon and Youtube subscribers.

MUCH OF LATIN AMERICA OPPOSES UN CLIMATE SCAM RESTRICTIONS-SAM HONNOLD

This week, our guest is David Hobbs, Executive Chairman of Pantheon Resources PLC and Chairman of Proton Green LLC. David has an extensive background in energy research, having served as Head of Research at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research (KAPSARC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and as Chief Energy Strategist at IHS CERA (now part of S&P Global Commodities Insights).  The podcast is a new game-style format this week, where Jackie and David engaged in a lively debate on some of the big issues in energy, with Peter as the moderator. Some topics they discussed include: How would a second Trump presidency affect NATO's future? How do the US presidential candidates differ in terms of energy policy? When is the end of oil? How would a Pierre Poilievre-led Conservative Party of Canada alter energy policy in Canada? How are the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts impacting the oil market? How will AI impact the future of energy? What will be the next acronym after ESG? Should any change be expected as the UN Climate meetings mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement? Content referenced in this podcast:Remarkable digital notepad Roger Pielke Jr. from the University of Colorado  Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba Please review our disclaimer at: https://www.arcenergyinstitute.com/disclaimer/  Check us out on social media:  X (Twitter): @arcenergyinst LinkedIn: @ARC Energy Research Institute  Subscribe to ARC Energy Ideas Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Amazon Music Spotify

The Other Side of the Story with Tom Harris and Todd Royal – Mistake after mistake were committed by the CAFES introductory presenter, resulting in ICSC-Canada preparing a web page which listed the errors with direct quotes from the IPCC reports. When we tried to share the page URL in the public comments during the June 19, 2023, online dialogue, the last in the series, our posts were quickly deleted by the organizers...

Joe Robertson from Citizens Climate International talks with us about the UN climate process including its achievements, fossil fuel influence and potential improvements.

Steve Goreham is a public speaker, a frequent guest on radio and TV, and an independent columnist. He is also Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition and an advisor to The Heartland Institute. Recap UN climate conference, calls for a climate emergency, electric vehicle troubles, the faltering energy transition, and signs of the coming Green Breakdown.

We'll discuss California's role at COP 28 and dig into what the agreement to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels might mean for Bay Area refineries. Plus, we'll take a tour through the WPA murals of Coit Tower.

UN climate talks agree to ‘transition' away from fossil fuel. House approves impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden without evidence. Dow hits a record high as Fed signals future rate cuts. You can subscribe to Five Minute News with Anthony Davis on YouTube, with your preferred podcast app, ask your smart speaker, or enable Five Minute News as your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing skill.  Join our Patreon for bonus content, commentary and more, at patreon.com/fiveminutenews Subscribe to our YouTube channel membership www.youtube.com/fiveminutenews Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news, daily.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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COP 28 : A new deal agreed at the UN Climate summit in Dubai. Is it all talk and no implementation?Kenya's ambitious plan to provide employment in other countries for its youth. And will it really take 300 years to end child marriage ?

Nations strike a deal at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels. Zelenskiy leaves DC empty-handed after facing a skeptical reception from Republican lawmakers. Meanwhile in Europe, Hungary is threatening to veto a multi-billion euro aid package for Ukraine. Plus, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wins a key vote on his contentious immigration policy but his leadership and government are still risk.  Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising.  

AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on the end of the climate summit in Dubai.

We dive into this year's hot topic at COP: the f-words (fossil fuels). From Alberta's case for its oil and gas industry, to the controversial words of the COP28 president, along with a decades-old industry “playbook.” And a bonus! An emissions cap you can wear.

Ministers from more than 60 countries are meeting at the UN climate conference in Dubai to discuss the health challenges posed by global warming. It is the first time the agenda of the annual event has dedicated an entire day to public health.Also in the programme: Israel concentrates its renewed offensive on the south of the Gaza Strip; and we hear about the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela.(Picture: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Credit: MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The UN's Cop28 climate conference has kicked off in Dubai this week – but one notable absence will be the US president. Joe Biden pledged to make the fight against climate breakdown one of his top priorities when he took office, and news of his absence from this year's gathering has frustrated activists. Jonathan Freedland speaks to one such activist, Jerome Foster, who in 2021 became the youngest adviser to the White House when he was asked to sit on its environmental justice advisory council

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/01/2023): 3:05pm- On Friday, George Santos became the sixth congressman in U.S. history to be expelled from the House of Representatives. The House voted 311 to 114 in favor of removing him following numerous allegations of lying about his background and a 23-count indictment that includes allegations he “repeatedly, without authorization” charged donor credit cards—depositing funds into his own bank account. 3:10pm- According to a report from Ronen Bergman and Adam Goldman of The New York Times, “Israeli officials obtained Hamas's battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened…But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.” You can read the full report here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html 3:20pm- On Friday, Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres spoke at the 28th U.N. Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai. During his speech, Guterres called for “ending fossil fuel subsidies, and adopting a windfall tax on profits.” But most importantly, who does Secretary-General sound like—the Count from Sesame Street or Bela Lugosi in Dracula? 3:40pm- Comedian Mark Riccadonna joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss preparing for the holiday season—including cutting down the family Christmas tree in front of his very judgmental children. Plus, what defines a Christmas movie? Does a movie merely need to contain a Christmas scene in order to qualify? If so, Mark's favorite Christmas movie is Goodfellas. You can find a list of Riccadonna's upcoming shows here: https://markriccadonna.com 4:05pm- On Thursday, Fox News hosted a debate between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. During the 90-minute debate hosted by Sean Hannity, the governors debated their philosophical differences towards effective public policy—with DeSantis noting that Newsom's in-laws fled California for Florida. 4:15pm- Listeners weigh-in on the debate between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Did DeSantis do enough to threaten Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination? 4:30pm- The Associated Press writes that there has been a concerning “surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization.” China's health ministry has claimed the uptick “is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus.” Several Republican Senators are now calling on President Joe Biden to adopt a travel ban on China until more concrete information about the repiratory illness outbreak can be established. You can read more here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/26/china-respiratory-illnesses-cause-flu-pathogens-00128637 4:45pm- On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the weaponization of the federal government. During the hearing, journalist Michael Shellenberger explained: “We discovered that the Aspen Institute had created a workshop attended…by all major media, including social media platforms, to…pre-bunk, in advance, the Hunter Biden laptop story even though there was no evidence that it existed outside of the fact that the FBI knew they had it because they got it in December 2019." Meanwhile, journalist Matt Taibbi insisted the claim that government officials worked to suppress speech “isn't a crazy conspiracy theory. We have already had four federal judges rule that they believe this activity violates the First Amendment." 5:00pm- Daniel Turner—Founder & Executive Director of Power the Future—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the hypocrisy unfolding at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) being held in Dubai. For example, attendees expel massive amounts of carbon flying on private jets while reprimanding the rest of society for not adopting more stringent “green” policies. You can learn more about Power the Future here: https://powerthefuture.com/about-us/ 5:20pm- Restaurant chain McDonald's has announced it will be making changes to its cheeseburgers—which they hope to roll out nationally in early 2024. Heather Haddon of The Wall Street Journal writes that the new Big Mac will have “two all-beef patties…cooked in smaller batches for a more uniform sear. There's more special sauce. The lettuce, cheese and pickles have been rethought to be fresher and meltier, and the bun is now a buttery brioche, with the sesame seeds more randomly scattered for a homemade look.” You can read more here: https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/mcdonalds-burger-new-menu-2400d22b?mod=hp_lead_pos9 5:25pm- A man in Florida has collected 2,467 copies of the 1997 film Titanic on VHS—he's hoping to eventually own 1 million copies. Why??? 5:30pm- On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the weaponization of the federal government. During the hearing, independent journalist Michael Shellenberger testified that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) violated the First Amendment in 2020 when it actively censored political content on Twitter and Facebook. Shellenberger concluded that the campaign of censorship amounted to election interference—encouraging Congress to dismantle government organizations whose actions were violative of the Constitution. 5:50pm- During Thursday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Congressman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) bizarrely tried to equate murder and rape to freedom of political speech online. 6:05pm- Dr. Nicole Saphier—board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist, professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, & Fox News contributor—joins The Rich Zeoli Show. What can we expect when former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in January? You can find Dr. Saphier's latest book, “Panic Attack: Playing Politics with Science in the Fight Against COVID-19,” here: https://www.nicolesaphiermd.com/books 6:30pm- Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review Institute & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article, “Jockeying Over Hunter Biden House Testimony.” McCarthy writes: “Hunter [Biden]'s legal team has reacted to the [Congressional] subpoena by agreeing that he will show up but demanding that the testimony be held in public…A subpoena is not a suggestion. It is an order enforceable by legal penalties. By agreeing that he will attend, Hunter is putting a brave face on what's no more than an acknowledgement that he will do what he is legally compelled to do. He is demanding that the hearing be public because he knows Republicans will refuse.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/jockeying-over-hunter-biden-house-testimony/ 6:40pm- Senator Rand Paul—United States Senator from Kentucky & Author of “Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show. Throughout the book Sen. Paul presents evidence that COVID-19 likely originated in a Wuhan, China laboratory and was a by-product of dangerous gain-of-function research. Was the research funded by U.S. taxpayers? And did Dr. Anthony Fauci attempt to cover-up the virus's origin? Sen. Paul says, “if I had it my way, Anthony Fauci would already be wearing pinstripes.” Plus, Sen. Paul reacts to Elon Musk's assessment that, prior to his ownership, Twitter suppressed Republican posts at 10x the rate of Democrats—accusing the social media platform of ostensibly being “a state publication.” Sen. Paul believes “without question Elon Musk is right.” You can order Sen. Paul's new book here: https://www.regnery.com/9781684515134/deception/

Countries kicked off this year's United Nations climate summit with an agreement to create a loss and damage fund, which would help developing nations recover and rebuild from the impacts of climate change. But a separate deal to phase out fossil fuels is in trouble. POLITICO's Sara Schonhardt breaks down what is and isn't going well so far at COP28. Plus, the Biden administration is proposing to remove nearly all lead pipes from the nation's drinking water system within the next decade.   For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro:  https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy   Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO and the host of the POLITICO Energy podcast. Sara Schonhardt is an international climate reporter for E&E News. Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Kara Tabor is an audio producer for POLITICO. Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO.  Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.

The other day, H. Sterling Burnett, director of The Heartland Institute's Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy, was on the John Steigerwald Show on AM1250 The Answer in Pittsburgh. He was invited on to talk about how the agenda of the United Nations' annual climate conference — COP28 in Dubai — includes demanding everyone in the world eat less meat. To save the planet, of course.Sterling explains how all livestock in earth accounts for just 4 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, not 30 percent as Biden Climate “Czar” John Kerry claims. In fact, Sterling and Steigerwald talk about many of the dystopian proposals coming out of the UN Climate Regime. The climate elite enjoy a “high carbon lifestyle” — including flying thousands of private jets to oil-rich Dubai — while demanding the rest of us live poorer and more-miserable lives. But there is good news: People around the world are starting to throw their climate alarmist leaders out of power. More of that please.It's a great and informative interview, so have a listen.

This week representatives from across the globe are gathering in Dubai for the 28th Conference of the Parties, or COP, of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Wildlife Conservation Society will have a large delegation attending. They're focused on issues essential to addressing the climate crisis that range from preserving ecological integrity to the empowerment of Indigenous peoples. WCS President and CEO Monica Medina leads the delegation and spoke with Wild Audio for this report. Reporting: Nat MossGuest: Monica Medina

The text of the climate loss and damage fund is heading to the COP 28 climate summit in Dubai this December without a mandate that wealthy, industrialized nations pay into it, says Brandon Wu, director of policy and campaigns at ActionAid USA. Frequent Mongabay contributor and journalist Rachel Donald joins the Mongabay Newscast as co-host to speak with Wu about why he says this global climate fund “requires almost nothing of developed countries." Related reading: COP27: Climate Loss & Damage talks now on agenda, but U.S. resistance feared Please invite your friends to subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast wherever they get podcasts, from Apple to Spotify, or download our free app in the Apple App Store or in the Google Store to get access to our latest episodes at your fingertips. If you enjoy the Newscast, please visit www.patreon.com/mongabay to pledge a dollar or more to keep the show growing, Mongabay is a nonprofit media outlet and all support helps! See all our latest news from nature's frontline at Mongabay's homepage: news.mongabay.com or find and follow Mongabay on all the social media platforms. Image Caption: The most recent negotiations from the UN Transitional Committee on the climate loss & damage fund completed the fifth and final round in Abu Dhabi. Image by Daniel Moqvist via Unsplash (Public domain).

When the Paris climate pact was gaveled into existence at the COP21 UN climate summit in 2015, it was met with a standing ovation. After more than two decades of talks, 196 countries had signed on to a climate pact requiring countries to set emissions targets and report on them, with the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 or “well below” 2 degrees Celsius. Each subsequent summit hammered out the details of the historic agreement until, in Glasgow in 2021, COP26 President Alok Sharma declared the Paris “rulebook” complete. “For the first time ever, we will be able to see that when a country makes a commitment,” he said after the summit, “whether or not they have stuck to those.” Optimism soared after the Paris Agreement was established in 2015. But progress at UN climate talks since then has been incremental at best.“There's nothing more to negotiate,” said Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and longtime fixture at the climate summits. And yet, he said, “We're seeing no progress. We're actually regressing. We need to globally reduce emissions by 6-7% per year, and now, we're increasing [by] 1% per year.”Even if countries slash emissions as much as they've promised, global temperatures are expected to increase by between 2.5 and 2.9 degrees Celsius from preindustrial levels by the end of the century, according to the UN Emissions Gap Report released last week. Rockström argues the system of countries setting voluntary targets and then reporting on their progress isn't working. “At least not so far,” he said. “So, there's a great and rising frustration. And the frustration is at a point of urgency.”Faith in the ability of the UN process to deliver meaningful results on climate change has waxed and waned over the years. And this year, it's at a low point. Rockström and others have called for a rethinking of the COP meetings, shifting them from what he sees as a showcasing of best intentions to an exercise in accountability. Rachel Kyte, a former World Bank climate envoy and dean emeritus of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, argues the Paris Agreement is working, just not nearly fast enough.“Governments have dropped the ball in many cases, or have struggled to pick up the ball, for countries with less capacity, since Paris,” she said. The COP28 president himself has said the world is “way off track” and needs a “major course correction.”But there's added skepticism that this climate summit, in particular, can deliver meaningful results, in part because of who that COP28 president is: Sultan al-Jaber, the head of the United Arab Emirates' state-owned oil company. He argues that oil and gas companies need to be part of the solution and at the table during climate talks.  “This is a global challenge that calls for global solutions from every stakeholder,” Jaber said at an industry conference in May. “And this industry, in particular, is integral to developing the solutions.”But critics have called his dual postings a conflict of interest. Environmental leaders have criticized his appointment, and more than 100 lawmakers in the US and EU called for his removal in May. This week, leaked documents and reports published by the Centre for Climate Reporting show that Jaber was prepared to lobby for oil and gas deals in official COP28 meetings.  “I think these documents show that the United Arab Emirates is not playing a neutral, impartial role in the COP process, which is its job,” said Michael Jacobs, professor of political economy at the University of Sheffield and former climate adviser to the UK government. One of the big debates set to happen at COP28 is whether to phase out fossil fuels. “So, it's really not appropriate for [the UAE], in the very same meetings that it is discussing the negotiations, which are aimed at phasing out fossil fuels, to be frankly trying to phase them up.” Jacobs said to get nearly 200 countries with widely divergent interests to agree to anything, COP presidents must be seen as advocating for the whole world's best interests, not just the host country's.  “And it will be very difficult, I think, for many countries to trust the UAE if it's been doing this, if it's basically been promoting its own interests through this process.” In response to questions from The World, a COP28 spokesperson wrote that the documents are “inaccurate” and “not used by COP28 in meetings.” They did not respond to questions about whether oil and gas business was discussed in meetings set up for Jaber in his capacity as COP28 president. Even with the controversy dogging this COP, there are some bright spots heading into the UN summit in Dubai.The US and China are talking about climate change again, and this month agreed to work together on increasing renewables and decreasing methane, the potent greenhouse gas. “It's not yet real change, but it is, I think, a clear signal that both countries recognize that China and the US have to work together, or else, we will fail to achieve anything at COP that's worth talking about,” said Gina McCarthy, a former US national climate adviser.Meanwhile, former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has warned of the “self-fulfilling prophesy” of despair and has been cheered by recent economic indicators. “The cost of renewable energy has plummeted, meaning at this COP, countries can readily commit to tripling renewable energy by 2030,” Figueres said. That's on the table at COP28, along with a likely contentious debate about phasing down or out fossil fuels. Another key outcome to look for at the summit is how much money richer countries commit to a newly established loss and damage fund to help poorer nations deal with the devastation already being caused by climate change.  

Special episode today where Matt talks about some of the major environmental agreements in the past 50 years. He then dives intoa few of the recent UN Climate Change Conferences (COP21, COP 26, and COP27) before discussing the goals of COP28.Sources for today's show:Montreal ProtocolKyoto ProtocolCOP1: downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/cop-01Paris (COP21): Key aspects of the Paris Agreement | UNFCCCGlasgow (COP26): The Glasgow Climate Pact – Key Outcomes from COP26Sharm el-Sheikh (COP27): What are the key outcomes of Cop27 climate summit?COP28 official page: UN Climate Change ConferenceCOP28 goals: What will be on the COP 28 agenda? Here are 7 issues to watchHe ends the show with a quick environmental policy roundup about Michigan's new clean energy bill (Michigan just passed one of the country's most…) and Cheetahs adapting to extreme heat (Cheetahs become more nocturnal on hot days. Climate change may trigger fights among predators).Make sure to check out our sponsor for today's episode at valaalta.co/TPT for 15% off.

International climate negotiators finally reached an agreement this weekend on how to set up a fund that would help developing nations recover and rebuild from the impacts of climate change. But no one's happy with the compromise agreement. POLITICO's E&E News reporter Sara Schonhardt breaks down the highlights of the deal, why it pleased no one and what it means for the upcoming United Nations climate talks. Plus, the leaders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation are warning against closing a liquified natural gas terminal in New England.    For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro:  https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy   Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO and the host of the POLITICO Energy podcast. Sara Schonhardt is an international climate reporter for E&E News. Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Kara Tabor is an audio producer for POLITICO. Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO.  Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres only invited leaders with credible new climate pledges to speak at this year's UN climate ambition summit. But the UN has limited power to cajole nations when it comes to climate. And, Armenian separatist forces in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh surrendered on Wednesday, 24 hours after Azerbaijani forces began an offensive to take full control of its territory. Also, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden have been at odds over proposed judicial reforms in Israel, which Netanyahu backs. On Wednesday, the two leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Plus, reparations for Japanese Canadians may be seen as too little, too late.