Climate Conversations - Degrowth: Jason Hickel questions and doubts the endless growth philosophy; El Niño a preview fo what's to come; Pledge to pase out fossil fuels at COP 28

Degrowth: Jason Hickel questions and doubts the endless growth philosophy; El Niño a preview fo what's to come; Pledge to pase out fossil fuels at COP 28

03/11/23 • 27 min

Economic anthropologist, Dr. Jason Hickel (pictured), takes us on a journey through degrowth and exposes the failures of our existing economic system - hear him in conversation with neoclassical economist, Barbara Baarsma.

Read Jason Hickel's latest book "Less is More".

"China strengthens role of courts in meeting carbon targets";

"Meet the Teenage Private Jet Detective";

"Australia’s biggest electric vehicle show roars to life";

"Met Office issues FIVE new snow warnings as UK braces for overnight blizzards";

"Minns pledges $25 million to train hydrogen plumbers";

"A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming";

"EU agrees diplomatic push for fossil fuel phase out ahead of Cop28";

"CCC: Decarbonised power system by 2035 is possible but not at this pace of delivery".

Read Jason Hickel's latest book "Less is More".

"China strengthens role of courts in meeting carbon targets";

"Meet the Teenage Private Jet Detective";

"Australia’s biggest electric vehicle show roars to life";

"Met Office issues FIVE new snow warnings as UK braces for overnight blizzards";

"Minns pledges $25 million to train hydrogen plumbers";

"A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming";

"EU agrees diplomatic push for fossil fuel phase out ahead of Cop28";

"CCC: Decarbonised power system by 2035 is possible but not at this pace of delivery".

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Event: Shepparton City Council launches its Climate Emergency Action Plan

About 50 people gathered at Shepparton's "Woolshed" on Tuesday, March 7, to acknowledge and celebrate the launch of the City of Greater Shepparton's "Climate Action Emergency Plan".

The speakers included a member of Australia's "Climate Council", Professor David Karoly, a representative of the Waranga Landcare Management Collective, Ms Lou Costa, and the Director of La Trobe University's Carbon Neutral Strategy, Andrew Jennings (pictured).

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Climate News: Charasmatic, farseeing leadership is missing, right when it is needed; Desperate race to avoid pathway to human extinction; Another view on degrowth; Worst ever Queensland floods

Humanity's efforts to avoid the worst of the climate crisis hinge on bold, charismatic, innovative and farseeing leadership and it fell to Miriam Mohammed (pictured) o explain something about leadership when she appeared on ABC's "The Drum", although she was talking about Australia's indigenous Voice to Parliament, rather than climate change. Good leadership is, however, interchangeable and not necessarily topic dependent.

One who understands leadership is the author of "The End of Nature", Bill McKibben, in conversation here with "Ezra Klein".

"A desperate race to avoid locking in the pathway to human extinction";

"Degrowth in a Green-Growth World";

"A Blanket of Snow for California";

"The first great energy transition: how humanity gave up whaling";

"‘Move people to rooftops’: Worst-ever Qld rain forces Burketown evacuation as power and sewers fail";

"At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels";

"The Trouble With "Market-Based" Climate Solutions."