Climate News: Seizing the Decade - Amanda McKenzie; Climate rights decision in Switzerland could ripple across Europe

04/13/24 • 32 min

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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 even the most informed people would rather take the easy option"

"Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it";

"The Permian Basin Climate Bomb Series";

"How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster";

"The Rising Tide";

"The Peoples' Blockade";

"Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe";

"Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests";

"How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality";

"How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change";

"Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?";

"This is an emergency - climate silence is climate denial. #EndClimateSilence now";

"The Olympics are usually a sustainability disaster. Can Paris be different?";

"Australia could reach an ‘ambitious’ emissions cut of up to 75% by 2035, advisers tell Labor";

"Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Mad...

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 even the most informed people would rather take the easy option"

"Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it";

"The Permian Basin Climate Bomb Series";

"How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster";

"The Rising Tide";

"The Peoples' Blockade";

"Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe";

"Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests";

"How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality";

"How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change";

"Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?";

"This is an emergency - climate silence is climate denial. #EndClimateSilence now";

"The Olympics are usually a sustainability disaster. Can Paris be different?";

"Australia could reach an ‘ambitious’ emissions cut of up to 75% by 2035, advisers tell Labor";

"Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Mad...

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Interview: Modern Money Lab founder, Gabrielle Bond, helps me understand the myths of deficits

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: what is modern monetary theory?".

In that article, he discussed one of MMT's pioneers, Professor Bill Mitchell, who has long explored the workings and application of the Modern Monetary Theory.

Of course, the real modern hero of MMT is U.S. economist, Stephanie Kelton, who can be seen in this TEDx talk "The big myth of government deficits" and again in this "Stony Brook University Presidential Lecture Series".

My journey to interview Gabrielle began when I listened to Professor Kelton in Melbourne, where she talked about many things, including the movie "Finding the Money".

It was in 2021 that reporter Gareth Hutchins wrote a story for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) entitled: "Modern Monetary Theory: How MMT is challenging the economic establishment".