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Climate change
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Clive Hamilton | Albury-wodonga | Jan. 2010
Part 1 | Part 2 Professor Clive Hamilton explores the balances being struck between environmental protection and economic growth in the context of the current advice from climate scientists. He also argues that our preoccupation with economic growth is inconsistent with protecting the Earth from sev... » play video
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Peter Madden | Melbourne | Nov. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 "Over the last few years, Forum For The Future has set the pace for futures thinking on sustainability. In doing so, it?s become clear that we need to focus on the positive and compelling visions of what a low-carbon future would look like". Mr. Peter Madden. At this Alfred D... » play video
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Kevin Rudd | Sydney | Nov. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 "It is time to remove any polite veneer from this debate... The overwhelming need for Australia to tackle the great challenge of our generation is being frustrated by the do-nothing climate change sceptics". In his major speech to the Lowy Institute, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd... » play video
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Andrew Glikson | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 (Andrew Glikson) | Part 3 (Questions) At this event organised and hosted by Robert Manne, Clive Hamilton and Andrew Glikson discuss the politics and science of climate change denialism: where did it emerge from? Whose views does it represent? Is there a scientific basis to it? Prof... » play video
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Ross Garnaut | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2The arbitrary allocation of free emissions permits to trade-exposed industries will create economic distortions with global ramifications. Without an effective international approach, they will contribute to a breakdown of the WTO-based global trading system. Professor Garnaut discuss... » play video
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Warwick McKibbin | Sydney | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2As we approach the Copenhagen global negotiations on emissions reductions, economist Warwick McKibbin looks at recent approaches to the issue and where they have failed. The Kyoto protocol focused on commitments of developed countries with an exclusive goal of emission reductions from... » play video
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David Karoly | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
In this talk, climate expert David Karoly lays out the likely future climate change scenarios - and how dependent they are on human actions now - while presenting the latest scientific findings on the earth's climate . Karoly is a professor in the University of Melbourne's school of earth sc... » play video
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Hugh Possingham | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
'By any measure we have the worst mammal extinction rate in the world... There is a mass crash in mammal populations occurring as we speak'. Hugh Possingham (Professor of Mathematics and Zoology) is one of Australia's most highly regarded conservation biologists. In this talk he lays out... » play video
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Ian Lowe | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
Ian Lowe speaks about the future of global energy supplies. As he puts it, our society's heavy reliance on oil and other fossil fuels makes us vulnerable for both economic and environmental reasons. Without substantial and immediate moves to find new energy sources, the dwindling oil supplies wi... » play video
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Kate Grenville | Melbourne | Aug. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2In this keynote address to the Festival of Ideas (University of Melbourne), Kate Grenville addresses the role of artists and writers in enacting or furthering social change.She raises this question with particular reference to climate change, an issue on which we know so much yet seem... » play video
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