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 from COP30. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at Climate Week in New York. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRRqeo-xW48 A new article from Megan Bowman is available here: M Bowman and T Tayler (2026) ‘Law and the International Financial Architecture: Pathways and Pivot points for achieving Paris objectives’ in A Research Agenda for Law, Finance and the Environment (M Bowman and L Mai (eds.), Edward Elgar, forthcoming): https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5632470 Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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, in the eighth episode of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about ‘hot topics’ impacting the COPs, specifically focusing on the impacts of AI, the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion and climate misinformation. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from a webinar introducing the COP30 Climate Action Agenda, hosted by the COP30 Incoming Presidency, the Climate High-Level Champions, and UNFCCC.You can hear the clip in full here. You can also hear a longer panel discussion from the Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) at the Melbourne Law School on the ICJ Advisory Opinion here: https://on.soundcloud.com/GBnRFuhyR00kGzbopi Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/climate-talks/
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. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from youth climate activist Selena Marwaha.Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futuresand Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced.
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 Member at the Climate Change Authority, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the sixth episode of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about the role of climate science in the COPs. You can read the COP30 Presidency’s fourth letter here: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Fourth_CPD_Letter.pdf The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at the final day of the UN June Climate Meetings in June in Bonn. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtGqsg4-VM4 Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
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 Climate Talks to talk about the role of forests, oceans and biodiversity in the COPs. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell at the 62nd session of the IPCC speaking about the need to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. You can hear the clip in full here.Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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 of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about the connecting COPs to communities. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from COP30 President, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago speaking at the Instituto Rio Branco in Brasilia earlier this year talking about the importance of other actors, including communities, for climate action. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHXgokQTjQA Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks to stay up-to-date with our latest episodes.
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 and Cathy Oke, in the third episode of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about politics and climate action. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from Johan Rockström speaking for a TED talk, highlighting that many citizens want climate action. But, as what we are talking about in this episode, shows that sometimes politics gets in the way. You can hear the clip in full here: Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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 Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the second episode of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about the just transition away from fossil fuels and what the energy mix might look like in the future. All Net Zero Australia results and reports are publicly available: https://www.netzeroaustralia.net.au The book referenced is ‘Regional Energy Transitions in Australia: From Impossible to Possible’ edited by Gareth A. S. Edwards, John Wiseman, and Amanda Cahill. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from a debate between Chris Bowen, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy and Ted O’Brien, the Shadow Minister, on renewables versus nuclear speaking on the ABC’s 7.30 program. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4TVLvJ5n4 Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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 episode of Season 5 of Climate Talks to talk about expectations for COP30. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, incoming COP30 president, speaking about the upcoming climate conference. You can hear the clip in full here. Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/climate-talks
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 Mukhtar Babayev and Chandni Raina, Indian delegation representative speaking at the end of COP29. You can hear the clip in full here. Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here.
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-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the eight episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about expectations for COP29. This episode was recorded prior to the results of the US election being announced. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development Programme Virtual Event. You can hear the clip in full here. Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here.
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 Network, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the seventh episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about who else, besides governments, will go to COP29. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from Eduardo Maher, First Nations climate activist, speaking with ABC Radio National. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/climate-activists/104326986 Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/climate-talks
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 sixth episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about the impact of politics and elections on COP29. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at an event at Chatham House. You can hear the clip in full here. In June 2024, Demoptimism (democracy + optimism) was launched as the new phase of the Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC) online research hub established in 2018: this reimagined research hub seeks to foster evidence-based hope by not only identifying the many challenges facing democracy worldwide, but also showcasing the expanding work globally to resist threats and to repair, renew, and strengthen democracies: demoptimism.org Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here: Climate Talks
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 Science, join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the fifth episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about transparency and accountability at COP29. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from Yalchin Rafiyev, Lead Negotiator of the COP29 Presidency and Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asO1EEysa9g Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here.
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 episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about climate finance. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at the closing of the June climate meetings in Bonn. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/live/-kP2oYOs03A Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here.
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 the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and Janet Hallows, Director, Climate Programs and Nature-based Solutions at the Carbon Market Institute join hosts Jackie Peel, Bek Markey-Towler and Cathy Oke, in the third episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about how deforestation, food security and health will be represented at COP29. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations speaking at the opening of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltaKWEn3EIE Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which this podcast was produced. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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 Oke, in the second episode of Season 4 of Climate Talks to talk about bringing climate science back to the annual climate conferences. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from IPCC Chair Jim Skea at the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial in March 2024. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7eDJ_0CpZU Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/climate-talkshttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/climate-talks
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 between COP28 and the road ahead to COP29 and COP30. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber speaking at an International Energy Agency event in February. You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Br5yq2seY Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/climate-talks
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 Season 3 of Climate Talks to talk about their best predictions for COP28. The clip at the beginning of the episode features Greta Thunberg condemning the London oil conference at a rally in October You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEWpn_M-R7I Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
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 Futures and Professor, Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne in the seven episode of Season 3 of Climate Talks to talk about the global stocktake. The clip at the beginning of the episode is from Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Simon Stiell speaking at the launch of the technical paper for the Global Stocktake. You can hear the clip in full here. Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present. Subscribe to Climate Talks on Spotify and Apple Podcasts