Quick Climate Links: A farmer's warning and then the scientific reality

Professor Frank Jotzo (pictured), from the "Australia National University's Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions", of which he is the Director of Energy, was interviewed this morning on ABC's RN Breakfast by the host Patricia Karvelas in a session entitled: "Climate scientists say it's "now or never". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "'A file of shame': UN chief takes aim as damning new climate report urges phase-out of coal and oil"; "'It’s undemocratic': NSW anti-protest laws spark a civil society backlash"; "How Officeworks is integrating sustainability into all its decision-making"; "Building a Climate Resilient Community Sector Conference"; "Stop Talking About Climate Change and Start Envisioning Climate Health"; "IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster"; "UN chief attacks Aust climate approach"; "Offshore oil and gas industry to foot bill for first phase of Northern Endeavour's decommissioning"; “No prohibitions”: Renewables funds can be spent on fossil hydrogen and CCS, officials"; "Hundreds of thousands of fish dead after NSW floods"; "'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN"; "U.S. Coal Prices Top $100 a Ton for First Time Since 2008"; "Hot climate to stretch Adelaide hospitals"; "Rockefeller's $105M plan to produce climate-friendly food"; "‘They are lying’: UN chief attacks Australia’s climate approach as IPCC report released"; "IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them"; "We urgently need to cut emissions – the good news is we can do it quickly and relatively cheaply"; "IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity"; "IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them"; "6 Takeaways from the 2022 IPCC Climate Change Mitigation Report"; "Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns"; "Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA"; "Damages caused by fossil fuel subsidies"; "A deeper dive into 24/7 carbon-free energy"; "Charging Up: Celebrating gender diversity and career moves in climatetech"; "Organised Lying" - George Monbiot; "Federal budget could see more money for climate programs: Guilbeault". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations