A renewable energy transition is top of the list when it comes to Australia's race to net zero carbon emissions. But take the temperature around Australia, and not everyone is on board. Bill Code speaks with Associate Professor Bec Colvin about the importance of taking different concerns seriously and the narrative of regional communities 'standing up' to the powerful actors sweeping in with unwanted change from the outside.
Is there really a rift between the city and the country on this issue as is often made out? And what does the latest research have to tell us about renewables and farming communities, coal producing regions, regional Indigenous groups and 'just transitions'?
Bill Code speaks with Associate Professor Bec Colvin from the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy.
