Climate News: Professor demolishes public transport arguements; Emma Bacon on Sweltering Cities; And Country Breakfast

Assistant Professor David Keith (pictured at the Melbourne Energy Institute's Symposium23 on Friday, December 8, mounted a convincing argument about why public transport will never replace, totally, the privately owned motor car. His argument overlooked, I would argue, the fact that the modern mind had been colonized by the individualism promoted and encouraged by capitalistic and neoliberal thinking. "$700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed"; "Storms, wind bring ‘catastrophic’ fire danger to SE Australia"; "Forests will offer mammals refuge as climate warms"; "Alok Sharma says COP28 agreement on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘vital"; "COP28 creates fund for vulnerable countries for loss and damage from climate change—but will it reach vulnerable people?"; "Porsche plans to use CO₂-reduced steel in its sports cars from 2026"; "‘Devil will be in the detail’: Australia’s $80b merger talks spark questions"; "How Kirsha Kaechele brought the logging industry’s most powerful players together"; "Sweltering through this heatwave? Here's how to stay cool"; "COP28 oil company to spend $1 bn a month on fossil fuels this decade despite ‘green’ claims"; "Azerbaijan weaponises conservation law in conflict with Armenia"; "Next year’s climate summit still lacks a host"; "Australia's set to sizzle this weekend. Here's how hot it will be, and how to avoid heat stroke"; "Fraught battle over fossil fuels at centre of Cop28 as we enter second week"; "Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis"; "COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia’s decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters"; "Clash Over ‘Fossil Fuels’ Pits U.A.E. Against Public Health Experts"; "Drastic Emissions Cuts, Transition to Renewable Energy Crucial as ‘Humanity’s Fate Hangs in the Balance’, Secretary-General Tells World Climate Action Summit"; "Al Gore Wants to Weaken Petrostates’ Power Over Global Climate Decisions"; "We have one planet and it's our collective responsibility to preserve it by reducing our impact and transitioning to a nature positive future."; "A Country Breakfast - rural news"; "The battle to phase out fossil fuels has little or no precedent — but isn’t lost"; "Coral Scientist Predicts Massive Bleaching Events in 2024"; "2023 Will Be Hottest Year on Record, EU Climate Service Says"; "Paris Plans an Urban Forest for a Busy Roundabout"; "Adjusting Frozen Food Temperature Could Reduce Carbon Emissions While Improving Food Security, Researchers Say"; "A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28"; "Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers"; "COP28: with a ‘loss and damage’ fund in place, protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever"; "Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28"; "Fossil CO₂ emissions hit record high yet again in 2023"; "Reporting from COP28: The People at the Heart of It All"; "How Amy Westervelt Sees Through the Smokescreen of COP28"; "Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit"; "Rod Oram: Words, crowds and Kiwis at global climate summit"; "An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28"; "Wind and solar pose climate threat too, oil giant Saudi Arabia argues"; "Kerry indicates US backs ‘largely’ phasing out fossil fuels"; "‘No climate justice without peace’: Gaza becomes flashpoint for climate activists"; "Activists say their voices are stifled by increasing rules and restrictions at COP28 climate talks"; "UAE 'repressive environment' complicating COP28 activism: Amnesty"; "Exclusive: Moldova volunteers to run COP29 climate summit, Serbia also mulls bid"; "November is the sixth straight month to set a heat record, scientists say"; "As Australia braces for a heatwave, 2023 is officially the hottest year on record".