The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today urged a suite of actions and investments to protect the future of the Murray-Darling Basin in the face of climate change, which is threatening the river’s health and sustainability. In a new essay series A thriving Murray-Darling Basin in 50 years: Actions in the face of climate change, ATSE urges more investment in technologies to monitor the river for climate impacts and in sustained governance with...

"I’ve done the sums. All we need is 1,200 square kilometres. That’s not much. The area devoted to agriculture is about 3,500 times larger at 4.2 million square kilometres. The area of land that would be taken away from agriculture works out at about 45 square metres per person – about the size of a large living room. "We can ditch fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse emissions with negligible impact on agriculture. And, in many cases, farmers can be paid for hosting renewable energy...

Those who understand climate change see adaptation and mitigation as key planks in national security and former international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chair of the Australian Coal Association and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Ian Dunlop, writes on Pearls and Irritations - "Climate security risks and Australia’s failure"; "Australia’s National Defence Strategy: Where ideology trumps strategy"; "As climate change pushes deer north, other animals may lose...

Nuclear energy was given a brief platform on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Q&A program and was championed by the National Party Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie. "Charged up: WA town to home Australia’s biggest battery"; "GV Community Energy"; "Farmers must innovate or risk profits says CSIRO"; "Colbinabbin residents oppose huge solar farm"; "Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts"; "Dangerous heat kills dozens, closes schools, prompts...

The much loved ARIA and AIR Award-winning children’s act Teeny Tiny Stevies, featuring sisters Byll and Beth Stephen, released their fifth record The Green Album via ABC Music. It is launched into the world with a new single and accompanying video, Climate Change. "Growing leaders in Maryborough: How a school groundsman and students tackle climate change"; "The Nymphageddon with Dr. Trebicki"; "The great distribution dilemma – can public interest journalism survive?"; "Green petrol and...

Life often stands in the way of goals, but eventually, the fog lifts and you get back to the essence of those aims - "Playing God With the Atmosphere"; "Why won’t Chris Packham have a real debate on climate?"; "‘Outrageous’ climate activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?"; "Global battery rollout doubled last year – but needs to be six times faster, says IEA"; "Deadly Dubai floods made worse by climate change"; "E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From...

Kyla Brettle (pictured) drops the first two episodes of her new podcast: "Everything We Need"; "Lessons in Climate Storytelling"; "America’s biggest wind farm | Repowering the West"; "Chris Stark: Rishi Sunak has set us back, head of climate change watchdog says"; "What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know"; "LSU’s fossil-fuel partnerships"; "Uncharted Oceans"; "Cristina Mittermeier"; "Consumer watchdog refuses to certify green labelling scheme"; "Thoughtful Threads:...

Joining a Melbourne workshop and arriving early, as I always do, I was helping a woman adjust some blinds and upon hearing me speak she said "Are you a podcaster?" In answering yes and adding that I host "Climate Conversations", she said she was a follower. I was thrilled! Anne is the co-host of RadioMMT, a program that can also be found on YouTube. "What is a passive house?"; "Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts"; "Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from...

Executive Secretary at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Steel (pictured during Q&A at London's Chatham House), has declared we have "Two years to save the world". As a bonus, you can follow this link and go to "Outrage and Optimism" to hear an interview with Simon Steill and then listen as hosts, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson, take a deep dive into what Simon Steill said. On climate, the world has gone from denial to...

"Investor heavyweights failing to boot directors on climate commitments"; Samantha Helps is full of praise for Violet Coco (pictured) in her piece on Pearls and Irritations: "XR blocking arteries of capitalism labelled “catastrophic inconvenience”"; "Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action" - Dana R. Fisher; "The EV revolution has stalled. Can these nifty bikes kick it back into gear?"; "Unprecedented spread of coral bleaching along Great Barrier Reef"; "After years of...

Just 40 minutes, along with a fair bit of research, with Gabrielle Bond (pictured), the woman behind the Modern Money Lab at Adelaides Torrens University, changed, no, exploded my views about economic ideas, particularly those of Federal Government deficits. Gabrielle is an enthusiast of the Modern Money Theory (MMT) and an ardent supporter of her contemporary from the university, Assistant Professor Steven Hail, who explained MMT through an article in The Conversation, entitled, "Explainer:...

The Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie (pictured) talks about "Seizing the Decade"; "Consumer Energy Summit"; "Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe"; "Does "Every Little Thing" REALLY Stop Climate Change?"; "‘Historic’ European Court of Human Rights ruling backs Swiss women in climate change case"; "Solar canopy over Denver school parking lot will provide energy to low-income families"; "Climate complacency: study finds...

Shepparton's Foott Waste is trialling an all-electric garbage truck and principal, Peter Foott (pictured behind the wheel of this revolutionary truck) took me for a "test ride" just a few days ago. "Understanding Climate Change: All the Natural and Human Causes"; "Split inside conservative green group over new nuclear agenda"; "Ontario's Nuclear Advantage"; "Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between"; "Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic...

Former Federal Minister, Greg Combet (pictured) was a guest this week on the National Press Club talking about getting to net zero: "Greg Combet - Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority"; "After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking"; "Dive in: Climate change is affecting all types of weather"; "States brace for collision of weather systems"; "A man has died in Queensland floodwaters, as heavy rain lashes east coast"; "Australia’s soil to become net carbon...

Catherina McKenna (pictured) heaps praise on COP21 during an address to Columbia Climate School - "Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations"; "Ugly, treeless, hot: Push to force developers to plant trees in Melbourne’s outer suburbs"; "‘Opportunistic’ fraud and scams target disasters in a warming world"; "Ready or not, self-driving semi-trucks are coming to America’s highways"; "Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"; "Energy giant...

Mooroopna's Rick Maloney (pictured) wrestled emotionally with the flood and now he is battling the insurance company: "Under water and under pressure: The fight to fix flood insurance"; "'Not the End of the World' author on tackling climate change"; "A data scientist’s case for ‘cautious optimism’ about climate change"; "Book review: ‘Saving Ourselves’ author says we can’t wait on global leaders to save the climate"; "Group to monitor air pollution in 12 U.S. cities with large Hispanic...

George Broyles was one of the guests on the "Big Burnout", a webinar presented by ProPublica. Remy Shergill (pictured) talked about and explained how to accurately, comfortably and conveniently talk with others about climate change. Remy was a guest on a webinar presented by Vets for Climate Action entitled: "How to talk about Climate Change and Health". While discussing how to talk about climate change, Remy pointed towards the recently released toolkit from the 'World Health...

The Program Coordinator with Geelong Sustainability, Karina Donkers (pictured) encouraged me to talk about my time working with an oil and gas exploration company, The Western Geophysical Company of America. This word journey began for me following an unexpected meeting with the Melbourne-based Friends of the Earth. "VFF names policy and advocacy leaders"; "Fuels versus food fight becoming ‘less emotional’"; "Crackdown on dark roofs in plan for growth suburbs"; "Three homes lost as fire...

Melbourne's Grand Prix is economically costly, but no one's talking about the carbon cost: "The Australian Grand Prix is here to stay, but at what cost?"; "Scientists struggle to explain ‘really weird’ spike in world temperatures"; "I’ll be dead before the worst of it, but I’m fearful for those who won’t"; "Yes, nuclear’s an option. But let there be no confusion about its flaws"; "Climate change threatens snow cover at ski destinations worldwide"; "Peter Dutton in standoff with state...

Melbourne-based home energy guru, Tim Forcey, was at a recent meeting of Zero Carbon Tatura to talk about what he does and his soon-to-be-released book, "My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to Slash Your Energy Bills, Protect Your Health & save the Planet". The advice offered by Tim is available, equally, from GV Community Energy CEO, Geoff Lodge, who was at the Wednesday, March 20, meeting of Zero Carbon Tatura. Interested people can also hear and watch Tim as he goes through a...

Life sometimes gets in the way of living and so brings on silence, but that has not been the case for Violet Coco (pictured) and her Extinction Rebellion counterparts: "‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists who shut down West Gate Bridge"; "'Red alert': Heat records were smashed in 2023, and 2024 is likely to be even hotter"; "‘How many lives do you put at risk?’: Anger after man dies at music festival during heatwave"; "The family of an athlete who died...

Traffic on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge was disrupted and slowed to a halt when three people from Extinction Rebellion blocked two lanes of traffic with a large truck - the trio was arrested: "Three charged after climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco and others block traffic on Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge"; "Serial climate protesters jailed for blocking West Gate Bridge"; "View from The Hill: Peter Dutton talks up nuclear replacements for coal-fired generators"; "New rules will force U.S....

Tim Forcey has delved into his experience of helping thousands of people improve the energy efficiency of their homes and written the soon-to-be-published book "My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to slash your energy bills, protect your health & save the planet". He was asked about what he had learned while helping people upgrade their homes to make them more energy efficient, more comfortable, personally safe and, of course, vastly cheaper to run, Tim has realised that he has the...

"Climate One" is an interesting and educative podcast worth listening to, please give it some of your time. "What on Earth is happening to the weather? These charts help explain"; "Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year"; "Climate change is fanning the flames of NZ’s wildfire future. Port Hills is only the beginning": "Let’s Build a Climate Wall of Shame"; "Just How Many People Will Die From Climate Change?"; "What’s really happening with emissions and the...