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 candidate Bek Markey Towler in the third episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks. They discuss how National pr...
Jun 11, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 3
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 how greenwashing and jargon of climate change and the climatetalks affects their progress, and the ...
May 14, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 2
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 ahead to the climate agenda in 2023, summarising where we left off last year post COP27 in Egypt and t...
Apr 12, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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 outcomes of COP27. Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities ...
Dec 21, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
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 climate solutions and research from a range of perspectives. Our guests are Massamba Thioye, Project Ex...
Nov 30, 2022•33 min
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 some of their best guesses for the outcomes of COP27. Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate...
Nov 01, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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 Rachel Huxley, Director of Knowledge and Learning at C40 Cities, join hosts Ben Jance, Cathy Oke, a...
Oct 25, 2022•25 min
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 join hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke to talk about the different stakeholders that attend COP and w...
Oct 18, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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 practitioners are saying through the lens of the City Research and Innovation Agenda (CRIA) and the Glob...
Oct 07, 2022•22 min
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 the climate negotiations ahead of COP27. This episode also considers fair share in relation to the ...
Sep 13, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 7
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 talk about resilience. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from Debra Roberts, Co-Chair of t...
Aug 11, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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?
Jun 29, 2022•26 min
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 ambitions and initiatives and their developments since COP26 and looks ahead towards what to expect f...
Jun 02, 2022•24 min
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 Australia needs to talk seriously about climate change, and the issue of climate change in our Federal el...
May 10, 2022•23 min
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.
Apr 12, 2022•28 min
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 expect in 2022 leading up to the conference.
Mar 03, 2022•22 min
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.
Nov 24, 2021•31 min
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.
Nov 17, 2021•19 min
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 guests from Episode 1 and 4 - provide their updates from week 1.
Nov 09, 2021•23 min
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, and Global Health in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and Deputy Director of Me...
Nov 01, 2021•23 min
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 University, and Alison Fong, Master of Urban Planning student at the University of Melbourne and a m...
Oct 12, 2021•26 min
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 finance, carbon markets, the relationship developments in the international climate regime and those in ...
Sep 19, 2021•27 min
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 Nicholls.
Aug 31, 2021•30 min
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.unimelb.edu.au/centres/mcf/cop26/podcast-climate-talks
Aug 15, 2021•25 min
