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Climate Talks

By Melbourne Climate Futures

Join hosts Professor Jackie Peel and Associate Professor Cathy Oke as they bring you the information you need to know in the lead up to the annual United Nations Climate Change Conferences – or ‘COPs’.

Season 1 followed the journey to ‘COP26’ which took place in Glasgow in November 2021. Season 2 follows the journey to COP27 to be held in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt in November 2022. In each episode, Jackie and Cathy interview experts to discuss different climate-related topics including adaptation, mitigation, climate science, biodiversity, loss and damage, international and domestic Australian politics.

At COP26, nearly 200 countries made important progress to keep 1.5 degrees alive, in line with the Paris Agreement. But it was only the beginning. As put by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa, “As we look ahead to COP27, we must all work together to keep the pressure on governments to keep making more and more ambitious commitments. And once those commitments are made, holding them to those commitments”.

Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World.

Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present.
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What is COP26?

Climate TalksAug 15, 2021

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Greenwashing, climate change and the climate talk

Greenwashing, climate change and the climate talk

Guests Dr Andrew King Lecturer In Climate Science, at University of Melbourne’s Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ; Lisa Cliff Program Director Better Futures Australia Climate Action Network Australia and Dr John Cook Senior Research Fellow Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences join hosts Cathy Oke and Bek Markey Towler in the second episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks. They discuss how greenwashing and jargon of climate change and the climatetalks affects their progress, and the impact of companies and governments actions.    

The clip at the beginning of the episode is from the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Nature and Climate blog that also features a video of an expert panel talking about greenwashing. 

You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/greenwashing-stop-report-un-experts/  

 

Show guests: 

John Cook - https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1028119-john-cook  

article mentioned: John Cook, Cook et al (2022) ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2022.2085671  

Andrew King - https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/690702-andrew-king  

Lisa Cliff – Better Futures Australia 

The clip at the beginning of the episode is xx 

Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present. 

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May 14, 202331:15
Looking forward to COP28

Looking forward to COP28

Dr Fergus Green Lecturer in Political Theory & Public Policy at University College London, Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, and Janine Felson, Enterprise Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel, Cathy Oke and Bek Markey Towler in the first episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks. They look ahead to the climate agenda in 2023, summarising where we left off last year post COP27 in Egypt and the key issues already on the agenda for COP28 in Dubai; and discussed the latest IPCC synthesis report of the sixth assessment report  https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/  

You can see the generational warming figure Jackie discusses in the episode on page 8 of this document from the sixth assessment report: https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf


You can also read more about the proposed Safeguard Mechanism in Australia, which has now become law post-recording: https://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/NGER/The-safeguard-mechanism


The clip at the beginning of the episode is COP28 President and CEO of Abu Dhabi Oil Company - Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, speaking at the CERAWeek 2023 S&P Energy Conference early this month 

You can hear the clip in full here:  https://apnews.com/video/business-united-arab-emirates-videos-sultan-al-jaber-national-2c0494c18c584fa5a60b0e6d9de6f194  

 

See here link to read Fergus Green’s publications for more information: https://fergusgreen.net/ 

Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present. 

Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here: 

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Apr 12, 202330:12
Outcomes, Reflections from COP27
Dec 21, 202231:20
City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 3: Innovative urban solutions (Live from COP 27)

City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 3: Innovative urban solutions (Live from COP 27)

In this episode our impressive lineup of guests join hosts Ben Jance, Marnie McGregor, and Andy Deacon directly from COP27 in the third episode of City Climate Innovation, a podcast series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast to discuss networking and innovation for cities. We hear from a range of experts that we caught up with at the COP floor that are all working toward innovative climate solutions and research from a range of perspectives.

Our guests are Massamba Thioye, Project Executive of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (or UNFCCC) Global Innovation Hub; Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy at ICLEI World Secretariat; Helen Watts, Senior Director Global Partnerships, Student Energy; Sheela Patel, Founder and Director of the Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) Founder and Innovate4Cities Advisory Group Co-Chair and Anna Reynolds, Lord Mayor of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and GCoM Board Member.

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. And this podcast is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri  Woi  Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World.

Follow the City Climate Innovation podcast series by subscribing to the ClimateTalks podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or where you listen to your podcasts.

Nov 30, 202232:53
Our best guess for the outcomes of COP27
Nov 01, 202226:56
City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 2: Networked and Innovative Cities
Oct 25, 202224:41
Who goes to COP?
Oct 18, 202231:30
City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 1: Cities on a Mission

City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 1: Cities on a Mission

In this first episode of the City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast - Cities on a Mission- we shed light on the critical need for urban research and innovation, kicking off with GCoM Research and Innovation Technical Working Group co-chair Valentina Palermo, Scientific Project Officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) who shares what urban practitioners are saying through the lens of the City Research and Innovation Agenda (CRIA) and the Global Research and Action Agenda (GRAA) -  two key outcomes from the Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference, launched and discussed at ICLEI World Congress 2021-2022.

Coming  from the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh, USA we also have Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director of the Clean Planet Directorate in the European Commission's DG for Research and Innovation and Mission Innovation Vice Chair, and Giorgia Rambelli, Director of the Urban Transitions Mission - unpacking the Mission Innovation Urban Transitions Mission (UTM), a joint effort that aims to mobilize cities worldwide to advance their climate action planning, increase their ambition and implement systemic and innovative approaches to a net-zero, resilient, and people-centered urban future. They will go in more detail on what UTM will bring to the stage and its priorities for the first year. These guests join hosts Ben Jance, Cathy Oke, and Andy Deacon.

You can hear the clip in full here.

The theme music is by Music for a Warming World.

Follow the City Climate Innovation podcast series by subscribing to the ClimateTalks podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or where you listen to your podcasts.

Oct 07, 202221:38
Collisions of Crises
Sep 13, 202229:11
What is resilience?
Aug 11, 202223:38
Big talk, empty promises?

Big talk, empty promises?

Join host Cathy Oke and guest host Bek Markey-Towler in the fifth episode of Season 2 Climate Talks. This episode explores Nationally Determined Contributions and the implementation of climate targets. It asks: is the big talk backed up by action?
Jun 29, 202226:17
Halfway to COP27, what should we expect?

Halfway to COP27, what should we expect?

At the halfway point between last year's COP26 and COP27 this year, Kate Dooley, Research Fellow in Ecosystem Based Pathways in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Laura Hillis, Director of Corporate Engagement at the Investor Group on Climate Change join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the fourth episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. This episode revisits key climate ambitions and initiatives and their developments since COP26 and looks ahead towards what to expect from COP27
Jun 02, 202223:42
Why Australia needs to talk about climate change

Why Australia needs to talk about climate change

Nigel Topping, United Nations High-Level Champion for Climate Action for the United Kingdom, Jon Faine, former ABC Radio Melbourne broadcaster and regular columnist for The Age and Vice Chancellors Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Sally Capp, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the third episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. They discuss why Australia needs to talk seriously about climate change, and the issue of climate change in our Federal election.
May 10, 202223:21
The futures we imagine are the futures we get

The futures we imagine are the futures we get

Hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke are joined by guests Chandni Sing and Professor Kathryn Bowen, both Lead Authors of the Working Group II report to the IPCC's Assessment Report 6, and Professor Jon Barnett, to discuss the impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities related to climate change, and implications for policy makers.
Apr 12, 202227:49
Looking to COP27

Looking to COP27

Robyn Eckersley, Professor of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and David Karoly, Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne and previously Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the first episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. Topics discussed include what is COP27, what is the science, and what to expect in 2022 leading up to the conference.
Mar 03, 202221:39
A post-COP conversation

A post-COP conversation

In the final episode of this season of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke and Jackie Peel speak with the show guests about what decisions were made in Glasgow, what opportunities were missed, and what are the implications of these outcomes for climate science, climate finance, and sustainable development.
Nov 24, 202131:08
Special Episode: 'Climate Bites' from Week 2 of COP26

Special Episode: 'Climate Bites' from Week 2 of COP26

In this special episode of Climate Talks, previous and new guests to the show bring listeners their Week 2 updates live from the corridors of COP26 in Glasgow.
Nov 17, 202119:28
Special Episode: 'Climate Bites' from Week 1 of COP26

Special Episode: 'Climate Bites' from Week 1 of COP26

In this special episode of Climate Talks, prior guests to the show bring listeners updates live from the corridors of COP26 in Glasgow. Lisa Cliff, Program Manager of Climate Action Network Australia and organiser of the Better Futures Forum, and Don Henry, Melbourne Enterprise Professor of Environmentalism, Melbourne Sustainable Society institute at the University of Melbourne - and Climate Talks guests from Episode 1 and 4 - provide their updates from week 1.
Nov 09, 202122:33
How has COVID-19 impacted COP26?

How has COVID-19 impacted COP26?

In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke and Jackie Peel speak with the guests about the implications for health from decisions at COP26, the impact of COVID-19 on COP26 and the inequities it may expose, and the relationship between COVID-19 and climate.

Guests include Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Kathryn Bowen, Professor of Environment, Climate, and Global Health in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures; and Don Henry, Melbourne Enterprise Professor of Environmentalism, Melbourne Sustainable Society institute - all University of Melbourne.
Nov 01, 202122:47
What does COP26 mean for non-state actors?

What does COP26 mean for non-state actors?

In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke, Jackie Peel, and guests speak about what COP26 means for non-state actors, including cities, Indigenous Peoples, and youth. Guests include Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy at ICLEI, Dr Virginia Marshall, Executive Member of the Indigenous Peoples' Organisation-Australia, Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University, and Alison Fong, Master of Urban Planning student at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Student-City Policy Innovation Team coordinated by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate Change, Student Energy, and the Melbourne Centre for Cities.
Oct 12, 202126:16
Key issues at COP26: what is being discussed and what is left out?
Sep 19, 202126:47
Special Feature: IPCC's 'Code Red' report on the latest climate science

Special Feature: IPCC's 'Code Red' report on the latest climate science

In this special feature episode of Climate Talks, hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke discuss the newly released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 report. The episode features highlights from a seminar about the report hosted by the Climate and Energy College at the University of Melbourne, with presentations from Associate Professor Malte Meinshausen and Zebedee Nicholls.
Aug 31, 202130:28
What is COP26?
Aug 15, 202125:05