Climate Talks (Melbourne Climate Futures)

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 Global Research and Action Agenda (GRAA) -  two key outcomes from the Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference, launched and discussed at ICLEI World Congress 2021-2022.

Coming  from the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh, USA we also have Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director of the Clean Planet Directorate in the European Commission's DG for Research and Innovation and Mission Innovation Vice Chair, and Giorgia Rambelli, Director of the Urban Transitions Mission - unpacking the Mission Innovation Urban Transitions Mission (UTM), a joint effort that aims to mobilize cities worldwide to advance their climate action planning, increase their ambition and implement systemic and innovative approaches to a net-zero, resilient, and people-centered urban future. They will go in more detail on what UTM will bring to the stage and its priorities for the first year. These guests join hosts Ben Jance, Cathy Oke, and Andy Deacon.

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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. 

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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.

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 Talks to talk about the role of finance in climate action.  

The clip at the beginning of the episode is from UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking at press conference on climate.  

You can hear the clip in full here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139162  

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. 

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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 here: https://unfccc-events.azureedge.net/SB58_91950/agenda  

Read an article by Elly Harrould-Kolieb on oceans and climate law here: https://theconversation.com/could-the-law-of-the-sea-be-used-to-protect-small-island-states-from-climate-change-208842  

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. 

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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 other environmental areas, particularly focused on the biodiversity crisis and ocean pollution and management. The poem is by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner and available in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpNTe4zfBgs. 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.

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 Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili of UN-Habitat. They’ll join hosts Ben Jance and Cathy Oke in our third installment of City Climate Innovation, special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast produced by GCoM. Continuing the third series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast in partnership with GCoM, these dialogues are focused on the key themes of the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference. Today, we will explore the potential for biodiversity & resilience-focused research & innovation to inform cities around the necessary safeguards to mitigate climate change and adapt effectively to its impacts.

The clip at the beginning of the episode is from Eleni Myrivili delivering a TED Talk on A 3-Part Plan to Take On Extreme Heat Waves.

You can hear the clip in full here.

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. And this podcast is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

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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 Melbourne Climate Futures; and Don Henry, Melbourne Enterprise Professor of Environmentalism, Melbourne Sustainable Society institute - all University of Melbourne.

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 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.

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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 the IPCC’s Working Group II Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.

You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E1hDTRH9_U

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.

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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.

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, and Andy Deacon to discuss the importance of networking and innovation for city climate action - and key activities in the lead up to COP27 from major city networks.

You can hear the clip at the beginning of the episode in full here.

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The GCoM Global Secretariat is grateful for the support of the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities in the production of City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast, produced by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.

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 the details involved in rolling out the Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) across the unique, multifaceted jurisdictions of Kloto from their current positions in Kloto I.

“The cities of Kloto are located in a geographical area with particularly favourable climatic conditions, which give their territory major assets, especially flourishing agriculture and important forestry resources. These assets favour the economic development of the region, while ensuring food security and carbon sequestration in the country. The Minister of the Environment and Forest Resources, Foli-Bazi Katari, described the Grand Kloto and Plateaux regions as "the lungs of Togo".”

The city of Kloto I , is the seat of Kloto Prefecture, home to approximately half the population of the area, and the challenge Mayor Dogbatse has recognized is one of the, “question of creating urban forests within the populations to mitigate the heat, to sow plants that can resist global warming and to bring sustainable added value to the coffee and cocoa sector,” providing appropriately considered livelihood opportunities for one of the more populous regions of Togo.

Mayor Dogbatse also recognized the leadership displayed by Kloto I sets precedent not only for National Committee for Sustainable Development (CNDD), but as a representative of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Covenant of Mayors, and Climate Talks is grateful to have these perspectives to share in this latest episode of the City Leaders series.

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 between Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario, Guelph contains over half the population of Wellington County, with over 143,000 residents as of the 2021 census. The city is home to the University of Guelph, an institution of over 30,000 students which leads the nation in Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine.

However, the City of Guelph hasn’t stopped there, having also provided the Circular Opportunity Innovation Launchpad as a mechanism for maximising coordination between its robust private sector, food producers, and research & innovation resources. 

The clip at the beginning of the episode is Mayor Guthrie discussing circular economy around the launch of the COIL Lab. 

You can hear the clip in full here.

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, and is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri  Woi  Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

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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.

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 Executive of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat (or UNFCCC) Global Innovation Hub; Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy at ICLEI World Secretariat; Helen Watts, Senior Director Global Partnerships, Student Energy; Sheela Patel, Founder and Director of the Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) Founder and Innovate4Cities Advisory Group Co-Chair and Anna Reynolds, Lord Mayor of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia and GCoM Board Member.

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. And this podcast is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri  Woi  Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World.

Follow the City Climate Innovation podcast series by subscribing to the ClimateTalks podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or where you listen to your podcasts.

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, which gives rise to a range of governance considerations. Seeing an average temperature during summer months reaching 34 degrees Celsius with consistently high humidity, inhabitability is an imminent threat with wet bulb temperatures of 35 degrees becoming increasingly common. Additionally, subjected to the threat of the world’s most severe typhoons, the exposure to climate hazards is particularly pronounced for Makati. 

To address climate threats and improve resilience for the residents of Makati, Mayor Binay’s office has initiated a range of interventions, including the declaration of a climate emergency, and the establishment of their CafeTalks climate outreach series. With an Investment and Incentive Code put in place to reorient private sector action, mobilized capital, primarily through public-private partnerships, has helped to bridge adaptation financing gaps for major projects, with adaptation finance incorporated into core administrative policies.

We also have joining us today some crucial team members from the City of Makati, Merlina Panganiban - Head of the Makati City Urban Development Department, Xenon Walde - Environmental Planner and Manager, Department of Environmental Services, and Liza Velle Ramos - Research & Planning Division Head, Makati City Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Office. 

Providing a broader perspective on the value of municipal action, we’re joined by Dr. Bernadia Tjandradewi, Secretary-General, UCLG-ASPAC. These guests join hosts Ben Jance and Cathy Oke, in the third episode of City Leaders, special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast produced by GCoM, a series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast series, to discuss Innovate4Cities and consider the potential for multilevel support for climate action.  

The clip at the beginning of the episode is Mayor Binay speaking at the 14th Brunel International Lecture Series.

You can review the clip in full here: 

https://www.ice.org.uk/events/past-events-and-recordings/recorded-lectures/14th-brunel-international-lecture-series-south-east-asia 

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, and is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri  Woi  Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

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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.

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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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 played include Antonio Gueterras UN Secretary General and Vanessa Nakate Ugandan climate justice activist. You can listen to the clips in full here https://www.youtube.com/live/QqReqrHwfHY?si=62DUWmwpD5gecCh8 and here https://twitter.com/vanessa_vash/status/1734646886118707304/video/1  

The CHAMP pledge full details and list of endorses can be found here: https://www.cop28.com/en/cop28-uae-coalition-for-high-ambition-multilevel-partnerships-for-climate-action  

The $7 billion for the cost of the COP comes from here, which was the cost of building the venue: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/five-major-outcomes-from-the-latest-un-climate-summit/k8uaak3hn  

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. 

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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?

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 changing climate.  

The clip at the beginning of the episode is from youth activists at the Climate Strike in Bonn.  

You can hear the clip in full here: https://twitter.com/CANIntl/status/1667234831619465222/video/2  

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. 

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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 member of the Student-City Policy Innovation Team coordinated by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate Change, Student Energy, and the Melbourne Centre for Cities.

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 climate negotiations and the potential consequences if countries fail to fulfill their climate targets.

The clip at the beginning of the episode features Mr. Simon Stiell, the newly appointed UNFCCC Executive Secretary.

You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieeKvY3qsA

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.

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The Australian and Pacific Climate Change Litigation database records cases on issues of climate change in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: https://law.app.unimelb.edu.au/climate-change/

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 decision-making process to examine potential challenges Hobart and the rest of Tasmania may face in the decades leading up to 2100. Working with the community to build a Climate Strategy, the broader Hobart community across all sectors was brought into the consultation process from October through December 2023.

The Strategy will outline the actions Hobart knows it must take as a Council and a community to reach the intended goal of a Climate Ready Hobart.

In this episode we hear from Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds, talking about research and innovation in the City of Hobart, and how it will shape  the new City climate-ready. Jess Robbins, Climate Futures Lead, City of Hobart talks aout the participatory process underway to develop the new strategy,  - and speak with ICLEI World Secretariat's Pourya Salehi to understand just how important digital transformations are for city climate action.

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, and is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri  Woi  Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

Follow the City Climate Innovation podcast series by subscribing to the ClimateTalks podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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.

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 from 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 expect in 2022 leading up to the conference.

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 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.

Find COP27 analysis and commentary on the Melbourne Climate Futures COP27 webpage.

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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. 

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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. 

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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 election.

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 the key issues already on the agenda for COP28 in Dubai; and discussed the latest IPCC synthesis report of the sixth assessment report  https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/  

You can see the generational warming figure Jackie discusses in the episode on page 8 of this document from the sixth assessment report: https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf

You can also read more about the proposed Safeguard Mechanism in Australia, which has now become law post-recording: https://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/NGER/The-safeguard-mechanism

The clip at the beginning of the episode is COP28 President and CEO of Abu Dhabi Oil Company - Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, speaking at the CERAWeek 2023 S&P Energy Conference early this month 

You can hear the clip in full here:  https://apnews.com/video/business-united-arab-emirates-videos-sultan-al-jaber-national-2c0494c18c584fa5a60b0e6d9de6f194  

 

See here link to read Fergus Green’s publications for more information: https://fergusgreen.net/ 

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. 

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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. 

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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. Today’s guests join hosts Ben Jance and Cathy Oke in episode two of City Climate Innovation, special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast produced by GCoM. This installment continues the third series of special episodes of the University of Melbourne ClimateTalks Podcast series in partnership with GCoM. Turning to the key themes of the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference, we’ll dive into the rapidly deepening world of digitalisation efforts to address city-level research & innovation demands in the face of climate change, because we can’t manage what we can’t measure.

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. And this podcast is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

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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 the local government level. These guests join hosts Ben Jance, and Cathy Oke in the latest episode of City Climate Innovation, special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast produced by GCoM. This marks the third series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast series produced in partnership with GCoM, now focused on the key themes of the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference. Today, we will explore the enduring need for finance to catalyze climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban environments.

The clip at the beginning of the episode is Ms. Savina Carluccio speaking at the IABSE Manchester 2024 keynote address. 

You can hear the clip in full here. 

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. And this podcast is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

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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 Podcast produced by GCoM, a series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast series, to discuss Innovate4Cities and consider the potential for multilevel support for climate action.  

Fifty kilometres south of the state capital of Córdoba, Despeñaderos stands out for the progressive action Mayor Basualdo has taken towards gender equality and community engagement of all citizens, young and old, in climate change action to safeguard the future of their city.

When Despeñaderos joined GCoM in March of 2022, they were in the midst of launching the innovative “Resilient Women” program, aiming to achieve climate change mitigation goals while providing opportunities for women who have experienced gender-based violence to engage in entrepreneurship in circular economy initiatives. 

Recognized by the Ibero-American Union of Municipalities and the government of Córdoba, Despeñaderos is leading the way in the fight against gender-based violence and promoting gender equality in the region.

The clip at the beginning of the episode is Mayor Basualdo speaking at #Innovactoras2022 on the topic of including youth in the urban planning process.

You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9JWTuQp-ag

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, and is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri  Woi  Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

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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 impact of companies and governments actions.    

The clip at the beginning of the episode is from the World Economic Forum’s Centre for Nature and Climate blog that also features a video of an expert panel talking about greenwashing. 

You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/greenwashing-stop-report-un-experts/  

 

Show guests: 

John Cook - https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1028119-john-cook  

• article mentioned: John Cook, Cook et al (2022) ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2022.2085671  

Andrew King - https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/690702-andrew-king  

Lisa Cliff – Better Futures Australia 

The clip at the beginning of the episode is xx 

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. 

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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. 

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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 Resilience at the University of Southern Denmark - perhaps more recently known for spearheading the research on the urban content of the nationally determined contributions (NDCs). These guests join hosts Ben Jance and Cathy Oke in the first episode of City Climate Innovation, special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast produced by GCoM. This marks the third series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast series produced in partnership with GCoM, now focused on the key themes of the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference. Today, we will explore the potential for multi-level partnerships and governance efforts to address city-level research & innovation demands in the face of climate change.

The clip at the beginning of the episode is Gregor Robertson speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany.

You can hear the clip in full here: link to be included (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C714lIcsKxB/) 

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. And this podcast is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

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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. 

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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 priorities, perspectives and partnerships come into play at the global climate talks.    

The clip at the beginning of the episode is US special presidential envoy on climate JohnKerry speaking on a US state department / National Museum of American Diplomacy video on  climate diplomacy  

You can hear the clip in full here: https://diplomacy.state.gov/teacher-resources/what-is-climate-diplomacy-video/  

Show guests: Kate Dooley, Jackie Peel, Dan Pejic and Theo Mendez 

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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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 what they are looking to achieve from COP27 this year.

The clip at the beginning of the episode is Ambassador Mohamed Ibrahim Nasr of Egypt speaking on the priorities for COP27.

You can hear the clip in full here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xFlesIHrOMw

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.

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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

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 members of the event organising team and lead authors of the Outcomes Report.

We have the mastermind of the new city building form of the updated Global Research and Action Agenda for Cities and Climate Change Science (or GRAA) - Andrew Irvin; and curator of the Plenary Sessions, Hackathon and Climate Innovation Readiness Navigator  Samia Khan.  These guests join host Cathy Oke, Associate Professor Cathy Oke Senior Advisor to the Innovate4Cities Initiative and Director of Melbourne Centre for Cities.  In this final episode of this third series of special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast series produced in partnership with GCoM, we conclude the discussions on themes of the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference with key outcomes from this event, including the third iteration of the GRAA. 

The clip at the beginning of the episode is Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, former Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke opening the Innovate4Cities 2024

You can hear the clip in full here.

The City Climate Innovation podcast series is produced by GCoM and the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. And this podcast is produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.  

Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. 

Follow the City Climate Innovation podcast series by subscribing to the ClimateTalks podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you listen to your podcasts.