Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld continue to be urgently concerned about mitigation, but now see adaptation to be the primary issue of concern for all levels of government - listen to Hamilton as he talks with Michelle Grattan on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’" "The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds"; "The impact of climate change on language loss"; "Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes"; "Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplace"; "A Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127 Degrees"; "Burning book festivals is not a climate solution"; "Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health"; "My Climate View: online tool allows Australian farmers to project changes out to 2070"; "Is it possible to fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's hot enough?"; "Vermont just became the first state to try to make big oil pay for climate damages"; "Tuvalu turns to the metaverse as rising seas threaten existence"; "The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare"; "Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun?"; "As global temperatures rise, are liberal democracies on trial?"; "The $50 billion gas deal Australia hopes will keep China quiet"; "‘People prefer that we’d never close’: Eraring lifeline a mixed blessing for a coal community in limbo"; "Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris"; "Scientists develop method of making healthier, more sustainable chocolate"; "Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature"; "What to Know About Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Newly Elected President"; "If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?"; "Heat can kill - here's how to help!"; "India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up"; "Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?"; "The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough)"; "Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification"; "Reality check: the Reform UK party’s claims on the climate crisis examined"; "ACCESS: Australia’s climate and earth systems model"; "U.S. Electric Bills Could Increase 8% This Summer Amid Rising Temperatures"; "‘Perfect storm’ hurricane season could be break records"; "Massachusetts kicks off first pilot to shift gas utilities to clean heat"; "'Sounding the alarm': World likely to temporarily pass 1.5C limit by 2028, UN weather agency warns"; "May breaks global temperature record for 12th month in a row. Will La Nina bring cooler weather?"; "Scientists say Earth is heating at a record rate, but there’s still time to stop crisis accelerating"; "‘Depressing and dystopian’: UAE used COP28 to boost fossil fuel deals, investigation says"; "EU Policy: Ambitions for global renewable energy capacity unrealised, says report"; "A year of record global heat has pushed Earth closer to dangerous threshold"; "How is climate change affecting heat waves in California and the West?"; "Half the world will vote in 2024, but how many elections will be fair?"; "‘An intergenerational crime against humanity’: what will it take for political leaders to start taking climate change seriously?"; "How animals are changing to cope with stronger heatwaves"; "Why the US oil majors may end up doing more for the green transition than their (slightly) more progressive European rivals"; "To tackle the climate crisis we need more democracy, not less"; "Rising authoritarianism and worsening climate change share a fossil-fueled secret"; "Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger"; --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
