Listen to podcasts, watch videos about climate research
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Let’s talk SciComm: Interview with Dr Linden Ashcroft
Dr Linden Ashcroft, a lecturer in climate science and science communication and historical climatologist, chats with Dr Jen Martin and Dr Michael Wheeler about the many challenges of communicating about climate change and what she's learned about effective scicomm along the way.
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Human well-being within planetary boundaries
Watch this seminar from the Climate & Energy College. Researchers show that a combination of carbon pricing, international climate finance, national redistributive policies, and lifestyle change in high-income countries would succeed in meeting 1.5°C while also enabling large progress towards the SDGs.
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Australian farmers to benefit from new extreme climate outlook features
The new ‘Chance of Extreme’ features on the BOM website will allow people to look at their exact location to see the likelihood of unusually dry or wet conditions for the weeks, months, and seasons ahead. Prof Richard Eckard is the lead partner on the project with the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment.
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Time for a Paradigm Shift? Reflections on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
An online discussion hosted by MSSI covered the latest developments at the 15th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), and the implications for conservation in Australia and around the world. The seminar brought together First Nations leaders, scholars and negotiators.
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The Age of Climate Structure Adjustment Programs
Transnational structural forces are shaping climate action. A seminar co-convened by the Climate & Energy College and MSSI considers the strategic opportunities presented by the Climate Structural Adjustment Programs (CSAPs) to raise climate ambition, but also normative issues such as equity, justice and fairness.
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Using operating envelopes to ensure network integrity - from concept to reality
Watch this webinar hosted by the Melbourne Energy Institute. Australia has almost 1 in 4 houses with solar photovoltaic systems and more than 100,000 residential batteries. Power distribution companies need to ensure the integrity of their poles and wires. One solution is the use of operating envelopes.
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2021 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture: Rose Hiscock
Listen to Rose Hiscock as she delivered the 2021 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture, ‘Why we need to tear down the borders between science, design and art in a post-COVID world.’
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Resilience, risk and returns: the role of sustainable agricultural intensification for food systems
Co-hosted by the Crawford Fund and the Ag Institute, Prof Tim Reeves talks about the role of the new Victoria Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub in enhancing drought resilience on farms, in the environment and in communities and as an example of a useful model for the international community.
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History repeating? How the past can help us prepare for a warmer future
What can extreme weather and climate events from the past million years tell us about future climate change, and how we can respond? Watch this panel discussion featuring Dr Linden Ashcroft, Dr Josephine Brown and Dr Amy Prendergast to speaking about how the past tells us what to look for in the future.
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Blue Pacific to Glasgow Forum
Watch this forum co-hosted by the UoM and The Climate Reality Project (Australia & Pacific) ft. Hon Al Gore, Hon Henry Puna, Hon Frank Bainimarama, and other leaders, moderated by Prof Don Henry AM and Dr Janine Felson. Discussion explored the needed outcomes from COP26 negotiations in Glasgow.
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Climate change, business strategy and ASX200 companies
Business has a critical role in climate action. This webinar explored climate change and business strategy, focusing on ASX200 companies. It discussed analysis by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors of ASX200 climate responses and climate strategy work by Melbourne Business School.
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Explore the biodiversity of Wilsons Promontory via the Virtual Herbarium
The Wilsons Promontory Virtual Herbarium, brought by the University of Melbourne Herbarium, enables discovery of the diverse and unique plant and algal species from Wilsons Promontory National Park, which forms the rugged and scenic landscapes of the southernmost tip of the Australian mainland.
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CPA Australia Roundtable - Climate Change and Decarbonisation
Hear from a panel of experts, including MCF Director, Jackie Peel, from around the Asia-Pacific region to understand how accountants can prepare for their role in supporting decarbonisation within the private and industrial sectors.
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Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis
The online launch of Prof John Wiseman’s book is now on YouTube. The launch was chaired by Prof Kate Auty and included a webinar discussion with Prof John Wiseman, Victoria McKenzie-McHarg, Prof David Karoly and Prof Kathryn Bowen.
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Leveraging responsible investment for sustainable healthy food systems
Listen to this panel with researchers including Dr Rachel Carey and Prof Christine Parker. In this seminar, health, agriculture and law experts examined institutional investment practices that can support sustainable healthy food systems in Australia.
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IPCC AR6 - Developments in physical understanding and how to use it to improve climate policies
Watch this lecture from the Climate & Energy College featuring Prof Piers Forster and Dr Joeri Rogelj discussing key developments in understanding climate feedbacks and in quantifying the role of greenhouse gases and aerosols on climate.
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Is viral marketing a key to our planet’s health?
This podcast is made possible by the University of Melbourne and the Centre of Visual Art. The episode is hosted by Dr Andi Horvath and Dr Suzie Frazer and features Margaret Wertheim (science writer, curator, artist), Dr Brent Coker (consumer psychologist, marketing lecturer) and Prof Will Steffen (climate scientist).
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Climate-Conscious Lawyering
Watch the 2021 Allen Hope Southey Memorial Lecture, ‘Climate-Conscious Lawyering’, delivered online by The Hon. Justice Brian J Preston FRSN SC. The Q&A portion was moderated by Prof Jackie Peel, Director of Melbourne Climate Futures.
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Empowering communities - How investors can support an equitable transition to net zero
Prof Don Henry hosted an online group briefing in collaboration with the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) to discuss the findings of a new IGCC report: 'Empowering communities: How investors can support an equitable transition to net zero'. A recording is available to watch online.
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Justice for First Nations People
A recording is now available to watch the Better Futures Forum Breakout 6A session on ‘Justice for First Nations People’, hosted by Prof Don Henry. The speakers included Uili Lousi (OHAI Tonga), Kera Sherwood-O'Regan (Activate Agency) and Pastor Ray Minniecon (Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation).
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Webinar recording: How do we connect through cross-disciplinary research in the future?
Episode 1 of a 12 part series of pre-recorded presentations by CoVA Fellows addressing the theme ‘Creating Futures’ is now available. Episode 1 features CoVA Convenor Dr Suzie Fraser, Coordinator, CoVA, in conversation with Prof Su Baker, Prof Aaron Corn, Rose Hiscock, and Prof Jackie Peel.
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Interview: Is it too late to save our planet?
A/Prof Grant Blashki was interviewed for Al Jazeera’s report on the IPCC’s latest report. The report has been called a ‘Code Red for Humanity’ and a ‘wake-up call’, but after decades of warnings, are people still listening?
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Listen: What are the pathways and potential for scaling regenerative agriculture?
A panel discussion, moderated by Prof Rod Keenan and featuring experienced regenerative farmers, discussed how regenerative agriculture could be scaled to a national and global scale, including pathways, challenges and the policies and government support needed.
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Listen: Tackling Transitions
Listen to Prof Richard Eckard speak to ABC on how people in the agriculture sector are spearheading the transition to net zero across the country, putting technologies and ideas into action in a way that makes commercial sense.
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Webinar recording: System overview – from generation to consumer
Watch the first webinar in the Energy Systems Seminar Series from MEI. Guest speaker, Tom Walker, Senior Economist with the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), presented an overview of the Australian energy system, from generation to consumer.
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Lecture: Multidisciplinary approaches to geographies of extraction: Case studies from Australia, Colombia and Argentina
Watch Dr Ana Carballo, Dr Gillian Gregory and Dr Tim Werner talk about their work: ‘Imaginaries of Transition in the Lithium Mining Industry in Argentina’, ‘Mine closure governance, COVID-19 and the extractivist agenda in Columbia’, and ‘Mapping mining: Australasian Case Studies’.
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View: The Climate Imaginary
An exhibition from Melbourne Design Week is available online, featuring design responses to climate change.