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May 2013

Climate Change Science: What's Happening, Where Are We Heading?: David Karoly

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Professor David Karoly, the world-renowned climate scientist and IPCC lead author, explains the latest climate science information and projections. La Trobe, April 2013

March 2013

Political Utopianism in the Anthropocene. Clive Hamilton

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Author Clive Hamilton addresses the Thinking For Yourself Conference on humanity's failure to comprehend the extent of its impact on the environment. Presented by La Trobe University, March 2013

March 2013

Choosing Between Progress and Planet. Andrew Charlton

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Witnessing at first-hand the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference and wondering what went wrong, Andrew Charlton realised the truth of a colleague’s words: “The...

March 2013

A New Politics for a New Century. Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger

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“To win, Nordhaus and Shellenberger persuasively argue, environmentalists must stop congratulating themselves for their own willingness to confront inconvenient truths and...

March 2013

The Future of the Oceans. Sylvia Earle

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American oceanographer and world-famous conservationist and explorer Sylvia Earle has spent a lifetime exploring the world's oceans. In this Melbourne talk, she explains how...

March 2013

Into the Woods: Anna Krien in conversation

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In conversation with Alan Attwood (The Big Issue), author and journalist Anna Krien talks about the writing of her new book, Into the Woods. A result of 18 months researching and...

What We Learned in Copenhagen

By Andrew Charlton

At 10.45 p.m. my phone rang. “The Danes are switching to the back-up plan,” a voice said. “Room 20. 11.30 tonight.” I pulled on my suit jacket, took up my warm coat and ventured downstairs into the night. I followed the now familiar route through Copenhagen’s