EPISODE · Dec 31, 2023 · 10 MIN
Climate News: Greta Thunberg on COP28; In 2024 the equation will be 'lives lost versus votes lost' so which will it be?
from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean
Greta Thunberg (pictured) is critical of COP28 and the whole Conference of the Parties process: "Greta Thunberg slams COP28 deal as 'toothless, insufficient, another betrayal’"; "How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers"; "Big-name EVs: here are the new models launching for the first time in Australia"; "‘Propaganda to infect children’s minds’: Climate misinformation textbook mailed to 8,000 US science teachers"; "A hot and heady year"; "Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’"; "Climate scientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era"; "A Known Risk: How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere"; "EVs and $9,000 Air Tanks: Iowa First Responders Fear the Dangers—and Costs—of CO2 Pipelines"; "2023 in Climate News"; "‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It"; "Many on Gulf Coast say time is running out for EPA to act on toxic air"; "Was Oslo paralysed after all of its electric buses broke down due to the cold?"; "Worst is yet to come with floods in Netherlands, Germany and Norway"; "Europe travel chaos as Eurostar services cancelled amid flooding"; "Time for Australia to admit it’s a petrostate"; "‘Act out of love not anger’: green trailblazer calls for unity in movement"; "EU Policy. Exhaust pollution limits frozen at current levels, but electric cars targeted with new restrictions"; "Extreme weather is turning many into climate migrants: How does it feel to face leaving home?"; "‘This is not climate leadership’: Vanessa Nakate says Biden must choose sides after youth support tanks"; "This Hollywood star and his daughter took the subway to the Oscars to prove a point. Did it work?"; "How to become human compost (and other ways to be environmentally-friendly, post-mortem)"; "Gina Rinehart says renewable energy could use one-third of Australia’s prime agricultural land. Is she right?"; "Queensland power supply to face strain as heatwave sends demand to near-record levels"; "‘There’s been some tears’: storm and flood-hit Queensland town battles heatwave as more wild weather forecast".
What this episode covers
Greta Thunberg (pictured) is critical of COP28 and the whole Conference of the Parties process: "Greta Thunberg slams COP28 deal as 'toothless, insufficient, another betrayal’"; "How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers"; "Big-name EVs: here are the new models launching for the first time in Australia"; "‘Propaganda to infect children’s minds’: Climate misinformation textbook mailed to 8,000 US science teachers"; "A hot and heady year"; "Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’"; "Climate scientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era"; "A Known Risk: How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere"; "EVs and $9,000 Air Tanks: Iowa First Responders Fear the Dangers—and Costs—of CO2 Pipelines"; "2023 in Climate News"; "‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It"; "Many on Gulf Coast say time is running out for EPA to act on toxic air"; "Was Oslo paralysed after all of its electric buses broke down due to the cold?"; "Worst is yet to come with floods in Netherlands, Germany and Norway"; "Europe travel chaos as Eurostar services cancelled amid flooding"; "Time for Australia to admit it’s a petrostate"; "‘Act out of love not anger’: green trailblazer calls for unity in movement"; "EU Policy. Exhaust pollution limits frozen at current levels, but electric cars targeted with new restrictions"; "Extreme weather is turning many into climate migrants: How does it feel to face leaving home?"; "‘This is not climate leadership’: Vanessa Nakate says Biden must choose sides after youth support tanks"; "This Hollywood star and his daughter took the subway to the Oscars to prove a point. Did it work?"; "How to become human compost (and other ways to be environmentally-friendly, post-mortem)"; "Gina Rinehart says renewable energy could use one-third of Australia’s prime agricultural land. Is she right?"; "Queensland power supply to face strain as heatwave sends demand to near-record levels"; "‘There’s been some tears’: storm and flood-hit Queensland town battles heatwave as more wild weather forecast".
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Climate News: Greta Thunberg on COP28; In 2024 the equation will be 'lives lost versus votes lost' so which will it be?
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