Climate Talks
Climate Talks is a podcast hosted by Professor Jackie Peel, Associate Professor Cathy Oke, and PhD Candidate Bek Markey-Towler. It focuses on the annual United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs), covering news and interviews with experts. Each season follows the journey to a specific COP, from COP26 up to the upcoming COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. The show aims to inform listeners about key climate issues and negotiations in the lead-up to these global summits.
Episodes
The Pacific and Climate Change
Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Tina Stege, Marshall Islands Climate Envoy and the Regional Envoy for Oceania for COP31 and Wes Morgan, research associate with the Institute for Climate Risk & Response at the University of New South Wales join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the seventh episode of Season 6 of Climate Talks t
Youth, Biodiversity and Circular Economy
Sally Higgins, Youth Climate Champion for COP31, Brendan Wintle, Professor and Director of the Melbourne Biodiversity Institute at the University of Melbourne and Damien Giurco, Professor and Chair of Circular Economy at the University of Melbourne join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the sixth episode of Season 6 of Climate Talks to talk about the intersections between clim
Finance and Just Transition
Arj Dibley, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore and Amanda Cahill, founder of the Next Economy join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the fifth episode of Season 6 of Climate Talks to talk about finance and just transition. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from Bronwen Tucker, Public Finance Lead, Oil Change Internation
1.5°C Overshoot
Andy Reisinger, independent consultant and Honorary Associate Professor at the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Debra Roberts, a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and Lavanya Rajamani, Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Oxford join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Mark
Fossil Fuel Phase Out
Rebecca Byrnes, Legal Strategy Director, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Christoph Nedopil Wang, Professor at the University of Queensland Business School and Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the third episode of Season 6 of Climate Talks to talk about fossil fuel phase out. The clip at the be
Loss and Damage
Lisa Vanhala, Professor of Political Science and Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science, University College London, Hyacinthe Niyitegeka, Engagement Lead and Heidi White, Technical Expert at the Loss and Damage Collaboration, and Dr Roda Verheyen, partner in the law firm Rechtsanwälte Günther Partnerschaft, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the second episode
Looking ahead to COP31
Christian Downie, Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University and Steve Davison, Executive Director, Cambridge Zero at the University of Cambridge, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the first episode of Season 6 of Climate Talks to talk about the outcomes from COP30 last year and to look forward to COP31 this year. Th
What happened at COP30 and what comes next
Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor in the Discipline of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Roanna McClelland, Research Fellow, Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability and Jane Lomax-Smith, Lord Mayor of Adelaide, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the final episode of Season 5 o
What to expect from COP30
Marcele Oliveira, the Youth Climate Champion for COP30, Megan Bowman, Director of Centre for Climate Law & Governance and Professor of Climate Law, King’s College London and Arianna Griffa, Senior Policy Manager – Global, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change join hosts Jackie Peel and Bek Markey-Towler, in the ninth episode of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about what to expect f
Hot topics impacting the COPs: AI, an Advisory Opinion and Misinformation
Stephen Minas, Professor of Law, Peking University and Chair of the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network Advisory Board, Rohan Nanthakumar, international law consulting counsel at Blue Ocean Law and Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Melbourne Law School and Alfie Chadwick, PhD student at the Climate Change Communication Research Hub at Monash University, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke,
Youth and the COPs
Lilieta Soakai, Witness Stand Project Officer withPacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, Imogen Kane, a youth engagement specialist at UNICEF Australia and Amelia Pearson, a climate communicator based at the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, joinhosts Jackie Peel and Bek Markey-Towler, in the seventh episode of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about youth and the COPs.
Connecting climate science to the COPs
Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Winston Chow, Co-Chair, Working Group II at the IPCC and Professor of Urban Climate and a Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow at Singapore Management University’s College of Integrative Studies and Virginia Marshall, Research Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance with the Australian National University and Membe
From Land to Sea: Forests, oceans and biodiversity at the COPs
Dirk Nemitz, Team Lead Agriculture, Forestry and Land-Use at the UNFCCC, Margaret Young, Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor at the Melbourne Law School and Brendan Wintle, Professor in Conservation Ecology and Director, Melbourne Biodiversity Institute at the University of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the fifth episode of Season 5 of C
Connecting COPs to communities
Graeme Reed, Post-Doctoral Associate at the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages at York University, Alexei Trundle, Associate Director (International) at the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne and Belle Workman, Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the fourth episode
The politics of climate (in)action
Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Founder and Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, and Neil Carter, Professor at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York join hosts Bek Markey-Towler
How to ‘break up’ with coal: Renewables, nuclear and beyond
Andrea Vecchi, Research Fellow in Clean Energy at the University of Melbourne, John Wiseman, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures and Adjunct Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne, and Fergus Green, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy, University College London join hosts Jackie Pee
COP turns 30: Expectations for climate negotiations in 2025
Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Janine Felson, Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, Arthur Wyns, Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne and Asif Saleh, Executive Director of BRAC in Bangladesh join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the first episod
What did we achieve (and not achieve) at COP29?
Kate Coleman, Associate Professor in Visual Arts and Design Education at the Faculty of Education, and Arthur Wyns, Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne join hosts Jackie Peel and Bek Markey-Towler, in the final episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about the outcomes from COP29.
The clip at the beginning of the episode is from COP29 President Mukh
Hopes and fears ahead of COP29
Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Janine Felson, Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, Don Henry, Professor, University of Melbourne and at the Climate Reality Project, and Kris Ebi, Professor in the University of Washington Center for Health and the Global Environment join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towl
Climate City Innovation Special: Innovate4Cities Outcomes Report
In this final episode of City Climate Innovation, special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast produced by GCoM, Melbourne Centre for Cities and Melbourne Climate Futures, we bring a “fire side chat” with the co-chairs of the Innovate4Cities 2024 Conference - Ben Jance, Head of Research and Innovation at GCoM; and Lea Ranalder Associate Programme Management Officer at UN Habitat; and two other key
Who else will go to COP29?
Linh Do, lead of the Wattle Fellowship, University of Melbourne and chair of Climate Action Network Australia, Gregor Robertson Special Envoy for Cities in CHAMP and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy Global Ambassador, Longest Serving Mayor of Vancouver, and Steve Davison, Deputy Director, Cambridge Zero at the University of Cambridge and international lead, UK Universities Climate
City Climate Innovation Special: Finance
In this fourth episode we kick things off with the Executive Director of the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure, Ms. Savina Carluccio and Ms. Joanna Masic, Lead Urban Specialist and Global Lead, Urban, Disaster Risk Management and Land Global Practice at the World Bank. We also have Mr. Georges Youssef, Mayor of Menjez, Lebanon discussing the finance of urban sustainability at
City Climate Innovation Special: Biodiversity & Climate Resilient Development
In this third episode we’d like to turn our focus to the role of nature in building resilient cities in consideration of the nature in which they are embedded. We welcome today Engineer Rigoberto Guerrero of the Municipality of Cuenca, Ecuador, alongside expert perspectives from Distinguished Professor Xuemei Bai of the Australian National University Fenner School of Environment and Society and Ch
City Climate Innovation Special: Digitalisation
We return in our second episode with an examination of a research & innovation trend touching not only local level governance but all aspects of how we process information and make decisions; digitalisation. We are pleased to announce we’re joined by Martin Wainstein, Executive Director of the Open Earth Foundation, and Pooja Mahapatra, Global Lead of the Climate & Nature program at Fugro.
City Climate Innovation Special: Multi-level Partnerships & Governance
In this first episode we kick things off with the Special Envoy for Cities in CHAMP (the Coalition For High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships), Global Ambassador for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, and former three-term mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Gregor Robertson.
We also have Professor Nicola Tollin, Chairholder and Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Urban Resili
Votes for climate change? Elections and COP29
Wes Morgan, Research Associate at UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, Fellow at the Climate Council, and Research Fellow Griffith Asia Institute, Professor Tom Daly, Director, Democratic Decay and Renewal at the University of Melbourne and Erwin Jackson, Managing Director, Policy, at the Investor Group on Climate Change join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the sixt
Transparency and accountability at the COPs
Max Van Deursen, PhD researcher international climate policy, Wageningen University & Research, Emilie Beauchamp, Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Adaptation to Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development and Joana Setzer, Associate Professor, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, London School of Economics and Political
The Trillion Dollar Question: Climate Finance at COP29
Janine Coye-Felson, senior level diplomat of the Government of Belize and Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, Dr Arj Dibley, Head of the Sustainable Finance Hub, Melbourne Climate Futures and Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, and Dr Pia Treichel, senior researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development join hosts Jackie Peel and Bek Markey-Towler, in the fourth epi
Deforestation, food security and health at the COPs
Produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities
Show notes for Ep 3:
Professor Kathryn Bowen, Deputy Director, Melbourne Climate Futures and Professor Environment, Climate and Global Health in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne, Dr Vili Lese, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director, Drought, Resilience and Climate in t
Stop the broken record: Bringing climate science to the COPs
Professor Mark Howden, Director of the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions and Vice Chair of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Dr Linden Ashcroft, lecturer, climate scientist and science communicator in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy
The Road Ahead: ‘29 going on ‘30
Stephen Minas, Professor at the School of Transnational Law, Peking University, and Senior Research Fellow at the Transnational Law Institute, King’s College London and Janine Felson, Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the first episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about bridging the gap b
Climate City Innovation Special: Investing in a climate-resilient Makati
In this episode we speak with Abigail Binay, Mayor of Makati, Philippines. Since 1975, the City of Makati has been part of the National Capital Region comprising the greater Manila area, incorporated as the seventh city in Metro Manila in 1995. With a population of over 629,000 within an area of 21.57 square kilometres, Makati is one of the most densely inhabited urban environments on the planet,
Climate City Innovation Special: Street smarts in Hobart
Australia's second-oldest capital is jumping into the future climate-first with its new Climate Futures Strategy, which involves modelling potential climate impacts across Tasmania with the support of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre.
Fostering the development of Local Government Area Climate Profiles, a range of climate variables were factored into the decisi
Climate City Innovation Special: Kloto I (French language)
In this episode, we speak with the mayor of the municipality of Kloto I in Togo, Monsieur Winny Yawo Dogbatsè. Mayor Dogbatse also serves as GCoM Board Member and the Chair of the Regional Mayors Forum of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA). He is joined by Monsieur Koffi Alowonou, Director of Community Technical Services for Kloto I. They have taken time to outline some of t
Two steps forward, one step back? Reflections on COP28
Join hosts Jackie Peel, Cathy Oke and Bek Markey-Towler in the tenth and final episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks to discuss their reflections on COP28. We will back for another series in 2024 to follow the journey to COP29.
You can hear the clip of UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell from the start of the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?lv=366vDJk14_s
Other recordings play
Climate City Innovation Special: Despenaderos (Spanish language)
In this special episode we speak with Carolina Basualdo, Mayor of Despeñaderos, Argentina. We also have Jorge Rodríguez, Coordinator, Permanent Technical Secretariat, Mercociudades, and Valentina De Marco, Coordinadora, Alianzas y Proyectos Internacionales, RAMCC. These guests join hosts Ben Jance and Cathy Oke in the fifth episode of City Climate Innovation, special episodes of the ClimateTalks P
Our best predictions for COP28
Dr Janine Felson, senior level diplomat of the Government of Belize and Enterprise Fellow of Melbourne Climate Futures and Professor Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor in Political Science at the University of Melbourne and Professor Kathryn Bowen Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the ninth episode of Seaso
The Global Stocktake
Professor Kathryn Bowen, Deputy Director, Melbourne Climate Futures and Professor, Climate, Environment and Global Health at the University of Melbourne and Professor Don Henry, Director, Climate Reality Project, Asia-Pacific Branch, join hosts Bek Markey-Towler, Associate Professor Cathy Oke, Deputy Director of Melbourne Centre for Cities, and Professor Jackie Peel, Director, Melbourne Climate Fu
City Climate Innovation Special: Guelph circles the square
In this episode we speak with Cam Guthrie, Mayor of Guelph, Canada. We also have David Messer, Executive Director Smart Cities Office, City of Guelph and Carole Saab, Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Canadian Municipalities. These guests join hosts Ben Jance and Cathy Oke in the first episode of the second season of the City Climate Innovation special series.
Situated in Southern Ontario be
Talking Climate Finance
Dr Arj Dibley, Head of the Sustainable Finance Hub, Melbourne Climate Futures and Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, Purdie Bowden, Program Lead – Policy and Sustainable Finance Solutions at the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, and Erwin Jackson, Director, Policy at the Investor Group on Climate Change join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the fifth episode of Season 3 of Climate Ta
Oceans and climate governance
Elly Harrould-Kolieb and Yvette Kerslake, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the fifth episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks to talk about oceans and climate governance.
The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue held during the Bonn Climate Conference in June 2023.
You can hear the clip in full
Equity and Just Transitions
Anthony Stark, Manager at Melbourne Climate Futures, Daniel Sherrell, Senior Advisor on Climate and Energy at the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Daniel Miller, CEO of the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation join hosts Jackie Peel and Bek Markey-Towler in the fourth episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks to talk about the need for equity and a just transition in the face of a
We’re All in This Together - COP Diplomacy, and Navigating National and Global Priorities
Guests Dr Kate Dooley Research Fellow School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Faculty of Science University of Melbourne, Professor Jackie Peel Director Melbourne Climate Futures , Dan Pejic Research Fellow Melbourne Centre for Cities and Theo Mendez(PhD Candidate in international relations and climate, University of Melbourne) join hosts Associate Professor Cathy Oke and PhD candida
Greenwashing, climate change and the climate talks
Guests Dr Andrew King Lecturer In Climate Science, at University of Melbourne’s Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences ; Lisa Cliff Program Director Better Futures Australia Climate Action Network Australia and Dr John Cook Senior Research Fellow Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences join hosts Cathy Oke and Bek Markey Towler in the second episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks. They discuss
Looking forward to COP28
Dr Fergus Green Lecturer in Political Theory & Public Policy at University College London, Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, and Janine Felson, Enterprise Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel, Cathy Oke and Bek Markey Towler in the first episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks. They look ahe
Outcomes, Reflections from COP27
Did COP27 deliver what the world needs to limit warming to below 1.5C? What were the losses, what were the gains, and where to from here? In the final episode of Climate Talks season 2, Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor in the Discipline of Political Science, and Janine Felson, Melbourne Climate Futures research fellow join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke to discuss the outcom
City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 3: Innovative urban solutions (Live from COP 27)
In this episode our impressive lineup of guests join hosts Ben Jance, Marnie McGregor, and Andy Deacon directly from COP27 in the third episode of City Climate Innovation, a podcast series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast to discuss networking and innovation for cities. We hear from a range of experts that we caught up with at the COP floor that are all working toward innovative cli
Our best guess for the outcomes of COP27
Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor in the Discipline of Political Science at the University of Melbourne, Omnia El Omrani, the COP27 President Envoy on Youth, and Kathryn Bowen the Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures and Professor of Environment, Climate & Global Health join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the 9th episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks to provide
City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 2: Networked and Innovative Cities
In the second episode of the City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the Climate Talks Podcast ‘Networked and Innovative Cities’, special guests Maryke van Staden, Director of Business Development, the carbonn Climate Center, and Interim Head of Climate Action at ICLEI World Secretariat, Jean-Baptiste Buffet, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy at United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and
Who goes to COP?
The guests joining us in the 8th episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks are Virginia Marshall, practising lawyer and the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with the Australian National University, Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy at the ICLEI World Secretariat, Lisa Cliff, Program Director for Better Futures Australia, and Megan Tran, Youth Coordinator for Student Energy. These guests
City Climate Innovation Special - Episode 1: Cities on a Mission
In this first episode of the City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast - Cities on a Mission- we shed light on the critical need for urban research and innovation, kicking off with GCoM Research and Innovation Technical Working Group co-chair Valentina Palermo, Scientific Project Officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) who shares what urban prac
Collisions of Crises
Alex Scott, Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics Programme Leader at E3G, Tony Wood, Energy program director at the Grattan Institute, and Rebekkah Markey-Towler from Melbourne Climate Futures and a former producer of this podcast, join host Cathy Oke and guest host Don Henry in the 7th of Season 2 of Climate Talks. Topics discussed include how the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine might impact on
What is resilience?
Prof Sarah Bell, City of Melbourne Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation at the University of Melbourne, Dr Kate Strachan, Manager of Climate Change Resilience at ICLEI Africa, and Dr Janine Felson, Enterprise Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the sixth episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks to discuss what we mean when we
Big talk, empty promises?
Join host Cathy Oke and guest host Bek Markey-Towler in the fifth episode of Season 2 Climate Talks. This episode explores Nationally Determined Contributions and the implementation of climate targets. It asks: is the big talk backed up by action?
Halfway to COP27, what should we expect?
At the halfway point between last year's COP26 and COP27 this year, Kate Dooley, Research Fellow in Ecosystem Based Pathways in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Laura Hillis, Director of Corporate Engagement at the Investor Group on Climate Change join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the fourth episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. This episode revisits key climate a
Why Australia needs to talk about climate change
Nigel Topping, United Nations High-Level Champion for Climate Action for the United Kingdom, Jon Faine, former ABC Radio Melbourne broadcaster and regular columnist for The Age and Vice Chancellors Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Sally Capp, Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the third episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. They discuss why Austr
The futures we imagine are the futures we get
Hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke are joined by guests Chandni Sing and Professor Kathryn Bowen, both Lead Authors of the Working Group II report to the IPCC's Assessment Report 6, and Professor Jon Barnett, to discuss the impacts, adaptation and vulnerabilities related to climate change, and implications for policy makers.
Looking to COP27
Robyn Eckersley, Professor of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and David Karoly, Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne and previously Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO Climate Science Centre, join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke in the first episode of Season 2 of Climate Talks. Topics discussed include what is COP27, what is the science, and what to ex
A post-COP conversation
In the final episode of this season of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke and Jackie Peel speak with the show guests about what decisions were made in Glasgow, what opportunities were missed, and what are the implications of these outcomes for climate science, climate finance, and sustainable development.
Special Episode: 'Climate Bites' from Week 2 of COP26
In this special episode of Climate Talks, previous and new guests to the show bring listeners their Week 2 updates live from the corridors of COP26 in Glasgow.
Special Episode: 'Climate Bites' from Week 1 of COP26
In this special episode of Climate Talks, prior guests to the show bring listeners updates live from the corridors of COP26 in Glasgow. Lisa Cliff, Program Manager of Climate Action Network Australia and organiser of the Better Futures Forum, and Don Henry, Melbourne Enterprise Professor of Environmentalism, Melbourne Sustainable Society institute at the University of Melbourne - and Climate Talks
How has COVID-19 impacted COP26?
In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke and Jackie Peel speak with the guests about the implications for health from decisions at COP26, the impact of COVID-19 on COP26 and the inequities it may expose, and the relationship between COVID-19 and climate.
Guests include Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Kathryn Bowen, Professor of Environment, Climate
What does COP26 mean for non-state actors?
In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Cathy Oke, Jackie Peel, and guests speak about what COP26 means for non-state actors, including cities, Indigenous Peoples, and youth. Guests include Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy at ICLEI, Dr Virginia Marshall, Executive Member of the Indigenous Peoples' Organisation-Australia, Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National
Key issues at COP26: what is being discussed and what is left out?
In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke are joined by Margaret Young, Professor of Law, Brendan Wintle, Professor of Ecosystem and Forest Science, Alexei Trundle, Research Fellow in Sustainable Urban Development, all at the University of Melbourne, and Stephen Minas, Associate Professor of Law at Peking University. Topics discussed include climate adaptation, climate fina
Special Feature: IPCC's 'Code Red' report on the latest climate science
In this special feature episode of Climate Talks, hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke discuss the newly released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 report. The episode features highlights from a seminar about the report hosted by the Climate and Energy College at the University of Melbourne, with presentations from Associate Professor Malte Meinshausen and Zebedee Nicholl
What is COP26?
What is COP26 and why it is important? Which non-state actors are mobilising around COP26, and what role do non-state actors play in our climate future?
Join Prof Jackie Peel and Dr @cathyoke in conversation with special guests Prof @EckersleyRobyn and @Leese_rc @BetterFuturesAU in the first episode of Climate Talks: Journey to COP26' from #UniMelbClimateFutures and @networkedcities: https://law
