Climate News: Protect the Pacific, act on climate; Climate breakdown, "Off the charts"; Rules change to push of electric car sales; Aussie military has climate in its targets U.K. hotter than Rome episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 25, 2023 · 20 MIN

Climate News: Protect the Pacific, act on climate; Climate breakdown, "Off the charts"; Rules change to push of electric car sales; Aussie military has climate in its targets U.K. hotter than Rome

from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean

Listen as Patricia Karvelas talks with the former President of Kirabati, Anote Tong (pictured): "Push for Australia act on climate change to protect the Pacific"; "Works to commence on Australia’s largest wind farm"; "Scientists save ancient Arctic ice in race to preserve climate history"; "No rain in Spain pushes olive oil prices to record levels"; "Which tool best coaxes climate-friendly habits: Information, money, or social signals?"; "Why EV conversions could become more mainstream for classic cars through to 4WD utes"; "Remember that record $443m of funding for the Great Barrier Reef? This is what happened to it"; "UK hotter than Rome as Easter weekend brings brief temperature highs"; "Global warming can aggravate multiple sclerosis symptoms. Here’s what you can do."; "E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold"; "A Composer’s Prayers for the Earth, and Humanity, in the Age of Climate Change"; "This Dime-Sized Battery Is a Step Toward an EV With a 1,000-Mile Range"; "Why Kentucky Is Dead Last for Wind and Solar Production"; "Earth Could Warm 3 Degrees if Nations Keep Building Coal Plants, New Research Warns"; "A University of Maryland Health Researcher Probes the Climate Threat to Those With Chronic Diseases"; "Global Warming Could Drive Pulses of Ice Sheet Retreat Reaching 2,000 Feet Per Day"; "‘Off the charts’: UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown"; "The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil"; "Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast"; "Climate isn’t a distraction from the military’s job of war fighting. It’s front and centre"; "Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe".

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