The politics of climate (in)action

Join hosts Professor Jackie Peel, Associate Professor Cathy Oke and PhD Candidate Bek Markey-Towler as, each season, they bring you the information you need to know in the lead up to the annual United Nations Climate Change Conferences – or COPs. Season 5 is following the journey to COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

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: https://www.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_the_tipping_points_of_climate_change_and_where_we_stand

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.