CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH  24th 2025Produced by Vivien LangfordKUMI NAIDOO and PEOPLE'S CLIMATE COP at UTShttps://www.philanthropy.org.au/news-and-stories/an-australian-cop31-should-be-a-peoples-cop-with-community-at-its-core/  Guests Kumi Naidoo - Head of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treatyhttps://fossilfueltreaty.org/australia-report-pr Professor Anne Poelina - Traditional custodian of the Martuwarra/Fitzroy River. Film Maker and Academichttps://www.100climateconversations.com/anne-poelina Tui Shortland - Director of  Te Kopu- Pacific Indigenous and Local Knowledge Centrehttps://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/protecting-worlds-biodiversity-tui-shortland Greg Mullins AO - Founder of the Eergency Leaders of Climate Action - Fire fighter and Member of the Climate Councilhttps://www.climatecouncil.org.au/2025-critical-climate-election/ David Crosbie - CEO of Community Council for Australiahttps://communitycouncil.com.au/2025/03/13/wheres-the-community-in-climate-action/ Alopi Latukefu - CEO Edmund Rice Centrehttps://www.erc.org.au/the_edmund_rice_centre_response_to_the_2025_2026_budget Song "My Child" from Small Island Big Sound Guy Retani - Part of the Haka at Newcastle Protestival at the biggers coal exporting port in the world puttingn us on a higher footing 

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien Langford17th March 2025D O N ' T   B U R N   OUR   F U T U R E“The PM’s Climate Speech we’ve been waiting for” from the SLF 2025 Join climate activists Violet CoCo, David Spratt and Mark Carter to view and reflect on the speech — that we all want to hear. They ask the government to safeguard the wellbeing of all Australians by responding at emergency speed to an honest, evidence-based, risk-averse assessment of our climate predicament. The panellists will discuss what that response could actually look like, why it is now necessary, and how it can provide climate-concerned Australians — those now despairing at current, demonstrably ineffective, national climate policy and actions — with a future they can demand.Remember with an election coming up:Pick your battles, Don't go alone, The Time is Now! Music by  James Brook featuring Violet Coco "Peoples' uprisinghttps://jamesbrook.bandcamp.com/album/yandoitViolet Coco https://greenagenda.org.au/author/violet-coco HEADLINES showing CLIMATE ACTION WORLDWIDE Our energy bills are torching the planetMarch 04, 2025 by Extinction RebellionActivists from Extinction Rebellion North and Axe Drax staged a banner-burning action on the day that tree-burning power station Drax announced earnings of over one billion pounds in 2024. The action called for an end to public money to burning trees for electricity. A spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion said: “Even the government’s own advisors say we need to end burning trees in power stations by 2027. So the fact that the government has committed billions of pounds of public money so Drax can keep doing this until 2031 doesn’t make sense. This decision needs to be urgently revisited.”  International Year  of Glacier Presrevationhttps://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159236#:~:text=2025%20key%20initiatives,engaging%20youth%20and%20local%20communities.  Lakenheath UKhttps://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/02/26/join-xruk-at-lakenheath-alliance-for-peace/Join XRUK at the camp organised by Lakenheath Alliance For Peace, culminating in a blockade of the largest US airbase in Europe:Where: Outside RAF Lakenheath, SuffolkWhen: 14–26 April 2025Militarism and climate change are catastrophically linked. Weapons-related activity causes significant emissions, and over half of the most climate-vulnerable nations are already in conflict.RAF Lakenheath is the largest US airbase in Europe and supports operations across the globe, hosting aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons with over 20 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb. The base is now getting ready to receive US nuclear weapons, putting the UK in the nuclear front line. CYCLONE AlfredDr Joelle Gergis connects the cyclone with the coal oil and gas which are warming the oceans to intensify storms. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/could-cyclones-become-a-new-norm-for-northern-nsw/105033536 https://www.echo.net.au/2025/03/leading-global-climate-scientist-based-in-northern-rivers-speaks-out-on-need-to-stop-burning-fossil-fuels/ 

The Climate Action ShowMarch 10th 2025The fight against climate disinformation in the mediaProduced by Hélène Goyat Interview with Eva Morel, co-founder of Quota Climat(Interview recorded on the 25/02/2025) During her role as parliamentary assistant in France, Eva Morel discovered the role media and journalists play in bringing climate issues to the political agenda. In 2022, she co-founded the organisation called Quota Climat, which works to improve media coverage of environmental topics through national, European, and international advocacy, outreach and data production.   “Our freedom of expression shouldn’t contradict our right to good information”, Eva Morel (E.M.), co-founder of Quota Climat.   “Climate change is a really particular and efficient topic to polarize opinion because it pushes on specific fears and values” (E.M.) "We know for example that people are afraid to lose their individual freedoms, so it is easy for people trying to polarize the debate to push on those specific topics, and this is what they are doing" (E.M.) "These actors are also trying to defame and discredit the voice of environmental defenders, scientists, NGOs, political leaders that are positioned on environmental subjects and propositions." (E.M.) "The difference between facts and opinions should prevent these narratives from emerging because it allows for specific regulations to be put in place. [...] We don't restrict freedom of speech and other values we are attached to, but try to position regulation in this difference." (E.M.)   To find out more about Quota Climat's work:  - https://www.quotaclimat.org/qui-sommes-nous   Other links: - The Digital Services Act: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en - The Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition: https://caad.info/ [Editor's note: at 10mn55s, the fine to CNews amounted to 20 000 euros, Source: https://vert.eco/articles/eva-morel-de-quotaclimat-cnews-est-lembleme-de-la-polarisation-de-lopinion]   Interview with Alfie Chadwick, PhD student at CliComm (Interview recorded on the 06/03/2025) Alfie is a PhD student at CliComm (Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub). With a background in software engineering, he brings a technical perspective to the study of climate communication, blending data-driven approaches with societal insights. Before beginning his PhD, Alfie spent several years at CliComm working on groundbreaking projects designed to detect and debunk climate change misinformation. This experience deepened his commitment to combating misinformation and inspired his current research into the role of media in shaping public understanding of climate issues. Nowadays, Alfie’s PHD research focuses on the automated analysis of climate change coverage in Australian news media.   "With misinformation nowadays, it's a lot about creating confusion, so being able to have a clear narrative helps cut through the fog [...] of misleading facts and helps [people] make the informed decisions they need to participate in democracy", Alfie Chadwick (A.C.), PhD student at CliComm   “We work as an education and communication program, being able to transfer the science into something that people can understand [...] and make informed decisions and build resilience against mis- and dis-information.”, A.C. Alfie mentions the research done at CliComm, where they looked into who the public trusts in terms of climate messaging. They found these people were usually radio presenters, or weather people (people you would wake up listening to in the morning, or in the evenings when turning your TV on): CliComm looks for ways to partner with them in order to deliver clear climate messaging where it might not have been the case before, and put weather into the context of climate, by giving weather presenters clear graphs and data that is easily understandable by the general public. This Flagship Communications program is planned to operate in six regions across Asia, Europe, UK, the Americas, Africa and Oceania and will train Universities in how to deliver high impact, non-partisan communications on climate to public audiences.   To find out more about CliComm's work:  - The MCCCRH website: https://www.monash.edu/mcccrh   Other links: - The Skeptical Science website, launched by John Cook: https://skepticalscience.com/about.shtml      

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordMarch 3rd 2025C L I M A T E   M O R A L I T Y+ Focus on Papua New Guinea "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any". Alice Walker Polly Hemmings from The Australia Institute speaks at the Climate Integrity Summit.https://australiainstitute.org.au/expert/polly-hemming/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etR2MXInies MUSIC FOR A WARMING WORLD new album Only One way ahead by Simon Kerrhttps://www.musicforawarmingworld.org/ Dr Gianluca Grimalda in conversation with Nick Breeze at Zurich courtesy of Climate Genn.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYE-s5Oh85A Gianluca Grimalda, a climate change researcher, lost his job after he refused to fly back from fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. Gianluca has been “slow travelling” for decades. He thinks his former employer tried to make an example out of him because of his climate activism. It’s one of those stories that reveals the madness of the world—he was sent to research how vulnerable communities are responding to climate change as the seas consume their villages, and then told he could no longer continue that research if he did not commit an act of harm.Subscribe: https://www.planetcritical.com/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Guardian December 31st 2024Rebecca Bush in Port Moresby"As well as fishing, many in the province earn a living from coconut and betel nut farming. In recent years, residents say the tides have been rising and weather patterns have shifted, making it harder to grow crops or fish in the oceans, and affecting their livelihoods.“Many are moving to the mountaintops in Kerema town, while those who have land [further inland in nearby] Murua have moved there,” Trevor says.“We need a proper count of the population in the area to come up with a way to address it, all land are customarily owned so authorities can’t just relocate people,” she adds. Papua New Guinea is in the process of conducting its first census in many years, which experts say may reveal the population of the Pacific country to be far higher than current estimates of about 10 million people."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/31/moving-to-the-mountaintops-rising-seas-displace-tens-of-thousands-in-papua-new-guinea

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWFebruary 17th 2025Produced by Vivien Langford C O L L I S I O N   C O U R S E  from The Sustainable Living Festival 2025 Guest speaker: David Spratt with Emily Rice from The Breakthrough Foundation “The very act of trying to look ahead and to discern possibilities and offer warnings is in itself an act of hope.” – writer Octavia Butler  This is  the idea which guides David Spratt's unflinching look at the collsion course we are on towards an unliveably climate changed world.This is an edited version of the talk he gave to the Sudstainable Lioving Festival on 11th February. The MC was Emily Rice from the Breakthrough Foundation. He desribes the tipping points and the unpredictability of the future unless we draw down current emissions.If Saudi Aramco says we should "abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas", we need to know how to push back, keeping in mind at least seven of the generations of all species that we hope will follow us.For the slides and full report : https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/collisioncourse Many Climate Action Radio listeners will be impatient to take action and David Spratt looks at the political context within which we must act. The guiding idea here is: “Political reality must be grounded in physical reality or it’s completely useless.” – Prof. Hans Joachim SchellnhuberWe hear about  a risk report commissioned by the Albanese Government. It was presented in 2022 but will "never to be seen again" as the risks documented make a nonsense of current policies to subsidise and permit new coal and gas projects. Checkout Slide 8 to see how the proposed development at Fisherman's Bend will look as sea level rise and tidal surge swamp it.file:///C:/Users/61424/Downloads/2502%20Collision%20Course%20NSF%20events-1.pdf“Australia’s largest urban renewal project … by 2050 will be home to approximately 80,000 residents and provide employment for up to 80,000 people with a plan for parks, schools, roads, transport and community facilities and services to ensure liveability as the precinct grows over the next 30 years … supported by a suite of evidence-based research reports, strategies and plans.” (fishermansbend.vic.gov.au)   

 Deep Sea Mining in 2025: A Critical Year for the Pacific | Marine Species on the Moveby Hélène Goyat Anne-Sophie Roux, Deep-Sea Mining Activist and Ocean scientist Our oceans plays a vital role in the regulation of our climate and harbor a whole world underneath their surface that we still know very little of. Anne-Sophie Roux explained why protecting these marine ecosystems is vital to our survival and how deep-sea mining could destroy habitats that are already so fragile and still largely unknown. Backed by scientific consensus, Anne-Sophie campaigns against deep-sea mining to raise awareness and spread the word on the disastrous consequences it would have for marine biodiversity, our climate and humanity.She emphasized the importance of individuals taking part in these campaings and the powerful impact that collective small actions have had in winning campaings against deep-sea mining so far.A critical decision on the future of deep-sea mining in the Pacific region will be made in July 2025, potentially allowing the industry to begin if there is no pushback. Anne-Sophie calls for Australia to join the moratorium against deep-sea mining to protect our oceans. Find Anne-Sophie Roux on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ansroux/  Professor Gretta Pecl, Marine Ecologist and Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology at the University of Tasmania.  With ocean temperatures rising due to climate change, species distribution are shifting worldwide. Professor Gretta Pecl studies these changes in marine ecosystems to better understand their impacts biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and human health, well-being, and culture.Her research focuses on species redistribution - such as the decline and disappearance of kelp populations - and how marine ecosystems respond to climate change. She explores the interactions between ecological and social aspects of marine conservation and management, using socioecological approaches to adapt natural ressource management for changing climates.Professor Gretta Pecl's work highlights the effects of species shifts on fisheries, Indigenous communities that rely on local fish populations, and more broadly, on all of us. She emphasizes the importance of sustainable fisheries management and how it can help mitigate these changes.Beyond her research, Professor Gretta Pecl's love for the ocean brought her to actively engage in raising awareness about marine life and ecosystems, by advocating for citizen science, science communication and public engagement.She was a also lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report. To know more about Professor Gretta Pecl's work: https://discover.utas.edu.au/Gretta.Pecl/aboutState of the Climate Report: http://www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the-climate/2024/documents/2024-state-of-the-climate.pdfRedmap program: https://www.redmap.org.au/about/redmap-team/Reef Life Survey: https://reeflifesurvey.com/ Song: Warrior by Meraki Mae 

Climate Action Radio ShowProduced by Vivien LangfordMonday February 3rd 2025 Less Landfill Methane, More coal  Mines and Pacific Diplomacy GUESTSLeigh Naunton - Move Beyond Coal on the three new coal mines set to be approved by Tanya Plibersek ou Minister of the Environmenthttps://www.movebeyondcoal.com/labors_climate_betrayal Alopi Latukefu and Rosaline Parker - Edmund Rice Centre - Pacific Calling PartnershipMelting ice caps reveals the scourge of colonialismBy ‘Alopi Latukefu. Published on The Interpreter, a daily by The Lowy Institute. https://www.erc.org.au/melting_ice_caps_reveals_the_scourge_of_colonialism Florian Amlinger -  An agronomist and director of Compost – Consulting & Development (Austria)The COP29 Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste will push for national climate policies that set concrete targets to reduce methane from waste and food systems, aligning with the 1.5°C goal. Methane contributes to half a degree of current warming and has 80 times the warming effect of CO2 over 20 years.  

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWDECEMBER 16TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford NEWCASTLE 2024 PROTESTIVAL WITH RISING TIDE Recorded on the beach and at the Protestival village, you will hear voices from many climate action groups and concerned citizens.After a week of informative quiet and peacefulworkshops and a concert with Peter Garrett the Sunday morning opened on  a day of arrestable action in the shipping lanes of the greatest coal port in the world.I had sat throught the supreme court case weeks before, which only suceeded in making the event more newsworthy and risky. There was a lot of media there but I am not sure they will convey to you just how well informed, strategic and committed this diverse group is. You will hear:A 16 year old girl tearful about the cruel future we are creating. A 90 year old woman who kayaked out  fpour times into the shipping lanes and was disappointed that the police just kept towing her back.Sunday began with a Maori climate warrior taking us up a notch with the haka.Julie Fraser a unionist from Darwin speaks about a shift in priorities from subsidising coal exports, to supporting the care sector in all its forms. A Doctor for the environment and former ecologist spoke about th unexpected consequences of bush fires and floods. June Norman intoduced Oldies Rising Dr Roger Smith spoke of the peaceful nature of this gathering and a woman in Turquoise explained the urgent need for our government to tax the coal exports and support a workers transition. NSW MP Sue Higginson described what had happened in  the Supreme Court and how the NSW Premier Minns had tried to stop this very determined protest against new coal and gas projects. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/24/climate-activism-rising-tide-protest-newscastle-coal-port  Greens Leader Adam Bandt was there, fielding questions about our international reputation and the folly of our government continuing to open new coal and gas projects.https://www.instagram.com/adambandt/reel/DCv2iPtzp6C/  Federal MP David Shoebridge praised the people of Newcastle and those who have come from all over the country to protest this ongoing trade. Zack Schofield the media spokesperson from Rising Tide deftly handled "gotcha" questions from the media asserting that surely an industry that ruins a safe climate for future generation is criminal. Two intrepid knitting nanas who have locked themselves on to logging machinery because saving the forests is climate action, tell us a circus story. It features Barnaby Joyce, Tanya Plibersek and Anthony Albanese with a tiny wind turbine and  a giant submarine stuffed down his pants. As in all circus acts there is a tight rope and in this case "the tightrope of our future" is navigated by a two year old child, her mother and grandmother. Bev Smiles from Mudgee Coal Alert speaks about how  coal  mine expansions will endanger the underground water resource. Bob Brown once called Bev a true patriot and a national treasure as she keeps up the battle against the mining giants.Here she is speaking to NSW Parliament.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxXNePCX3EcIf you are inspired by these voices and would like to get involved : https://www.risingtide.org.au/

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW -  DECEMBER 2ND 2024  Produced by Vivien Langford                         AZERBAIJAN - COP29  Guests:Michael Oyta - President of the Australian Azerbaijan Association Harjeet Singh - Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty https://cen.acs.org/environment/climate-change/Low-income-nations-slam-COP29/102/web/2024/11 Mia Mottley - Prime Minister of Barbados Antonio Guterres -  Secretary General of the United Nations As António Guterres,  “The world must pay up, or humanity will pay the price. Climate finance is not charity, it’s an investment.” Chandni Raina - Representative from the Indian Delegation - in the last session revealed the inequity of the finance deal. The banners outside said "Trillions not Billions.""This has been stage managed, and we are extremely, extremely disappointed with this incident" followed by joyful applause as the truth is spoken. https://thewire.in/environment/we-have-seen-what-you-have-done-india-accuses-cop29-presidency-un-of-stage-managing-decision https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/26/how-late-deal-left-a-sense-of-dissatisfaction-and-betrayal-at-cop29-baku   

 Climate Action Show Produced by Vivien LangfordNovember 18th 2024CLIMATE ACTION IN KOALA PARK  and NEWCASTLE COAL PORT Rising Tide Protestival Register now - https://www.risingtide.org.au/blockade-rego Rising Tide Protest organisers outside NSW Court this week- Photo Wendy Bacon at Michael West media Speakers at the Bob Brown Foundation Rally in Sydney to Protect Native ForestsMark Graham - "Our forest are our future. They keep us safe"Phil Zylstra - Associate Professor at Curtin University, and as Honorary Fellow at the University of Wollongong.Alex the Astronaut - https://www.youtube.com/c/AlextheAstronautKate Carol - National Parks association - Citizen ScienceEmily Mitchell   - Rising TideTO REGISTER - https://www.risingtide.org.au/blockade-regoThe courtcase : https://michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-climate-protestival-to-go-ahead-despite-court-ruling/Little Green - https://littlegreenmusic.com/homeUncle Bruce Shillingsworth - https://www.facebook.com/mundagutta/Video: Bob Bown and Alexa Stuart :  From saving the Franklin to shutting down the world's largest coal port      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqvHnYt0aNg PLUS : Rising Tide Spokeperson Zack Schofield****************************************************************************************************Rising Tide climate ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court rulingby Wendy Bacon | Nov 9, 2024 | Government, Latest Posts"NSW Police argued that the risks to safety outweighed the right to protest. Rising Tide barrister Neal Funnell told the court that the group did not deny that there were inherent risks in protests on water but pointed to evidence that showed police logs revealed no safety concerns or incidents during the 2023 protest.Although he accepted the police argument about safety risks, Justice Fagan acknowledged that the “organisers of Rising Tide have taken a responsible approach to on-water safety by preparing very thorough plans and protocols, by engaging members of supportive organisations to attend with outboard motor driven rescue craft and by enlisting the assistance of trained lifeguards."In his judgement, Justice Desmond Fagan affirmed that protesting without a permit is lawful".NSW Council for Civil Liberties is one of more than twenty organisations that supported the Rising Tide case.In response to the prohibition order, its Vice-President Lidia Shelly said, “Rising Tide submitted a Form 1 application so that NSW Police could work with the organisers to ensure the safety of the public. The organisers did everything right in accordance with the law. It’s responsible and peaceful protesting. Instead, the police dragged the organisers to Court and furthered the public’s perception that they’re acting under political pressure to protect the interests of the fossil fuel industry.”