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Post-Growth Australia PodcastPGAP Presents: UNSW Centre of Ideas –DegrowthIn 2024, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) held a panel discussion on Degrowth as part of their Centre for Ideas series. The panellists were Tommy Wiedmann (Professor of Sustainability Research), Bronwen Morgan (Professor of Law and member of NENA), and Sabrina Chakori (CSIRO researcher). The discussion was hosted by former Deputy Lord Mayor and author of Glimpses of Utopia, Jess Scully. The panel explored sustainability and the urgent challenge of ensuring human needs are met without compromising a sustainable and inclusive future. With the kind permission of UNSW Centre for Ideas, the recording of this panel discussion is...
2025-02-271h 13
UNSW Centre for IdeasDegrowthDespite rapid technological advancements, increasing affluence and population growth continue to strain our planet. Currently not a single country in the world is operating at sustainable level of resource use – and yet that is what we need to aspire to if we’re going to slow climate change, reduce inequality and increase our quality of life. So, how do we get there? Listen to UNSW’s sustainability scientist Tommy Wiedmann and Professor of Law Bronwen Morgan, CSIRO researcher Sabrina Chakori, and former Deputy Lord Mayor and author of Glimpses of Utopia Jess Scully as host, discuss sustainability and the ur...
2024-10-241h 00
UNSW Centre for IdeasPreppers Episode 5: A Change of HeartWhen it comes to climate change, answers can be difficult to nail down. Will the world reach net zero in time? What does a climate change future even look like? Will the changes come in my lifetime – or is it my kids or grandkids who will suffer? With every uncertainty, you can feel your head sink a little deeper into the sand... What is it about our lives, and the way we do, or don’t, think about climate change, that makes it so difficult to change our behaviors? And what’s being done to help motivate people...
2024-09-1239 min
UNSW Centre for IdeasPreppers Episode 4: MeltdownWe. Love. Heat. Bring on the summer! Right? But as each month sees another heat record broken, should we start thinking about heat differently? What’s happening on a local and global level to prepare us for extreme weather events – and for a much sweatier future? This episode features: Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick – Professor of Climate Science, ANU Lan Ding – Associate Professor of Built Environment, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture William Craft – Sustainable Design Researcher, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture Shayne Gary – Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNSW Business School Giovanni Cunico – PhD Candidate, UNSW Business School Tommy Wiedmann – Profe...
2024-08-2431 min
UNSW Centre for IdeasPreppers Episode 3: What's It Worth?As we struggle to reduce carbon emissions, environmental markets are creating a world where money really does grow on trees. But does putting a price on nature, and forcing the economy to value the things it’s always taken for granted, really work? And can it help us prepare for climate change? This episode features: Miri (Margaret) Raven – Senior Scientia Lecture, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture Megan Evans – Senior Lecturer, UNSW Canberra William Glamore – Professor of Environmental Engineering , UNSW Engineering Tommy Wiedmann – Professor of Sustainability, UNSW Engineering Preppers is created by the UNSW Centre for Ideas. See omny...
2024-08-2429 min
UNSW Centre for IdeasPreppers Episode 2: The End of the World As We Know ItThe Earth is cracking under the weight of our expectations, with growth held up as the economic north star. Meanwhile, wildlife populations are collapsing, the ocean is acidifying, and carbon emissions are still increasing. Despite everything we know about what’s wrong and what to do about it, we cling to our current way of life. Civilizations have collapsed before. Could it be happening again? And if it is, what can we be doing to prepare for it? This episode features: Richard Kingsford – Professor of Ecology and Director of the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW...
2024-08-2433 min
UNSW Centre for IdeasPreppers Episode 1: Ready Or NotIn the popular imagination, preppers are busy hoarding tinned food in their bunkers while they wait for the end of the world. But is this what most prepping looks like? And is climate change as bad as all that? The bin fire of the last few years has ramped the eco-anxiety up to an 11. But as we go about our lives, studying, feeding our families, paying off our debts and waiting for the next season of The Great British Bake Off, have we all put our heads a little too far into the sand? Sure, we’re all...
2024-08-1532 min
The Sustainable Futures ReportThe Way AheadSince my last episode quite a lot has happened. We have a new prime minister in the UK, there's a new green bill in the United States, Russia turns off its gas supplies to Europe and Pakistan turns from drought to catastrophic floods. The new prime minister has promised to sort out the energy crisis within a week and as he leaves office, Boris Johnson appears to have committed the incoming administration to building a new nuclear power station at Sizewell. That won't be in time to solve the current crisis and in any case the Greens believe that...
2022-09-0724 min
RecapCasual Friday: My Food Bag says revenue was up for 2022; Buffett buys up a chunk of HP; could investors help avoid climate disaster?Meal kit company My Food Bag (MFB) offers up preliminary results that see it increase revenue and earnings. Hewlett Packard (HPQ) stock jumps almost 15% on the NYSE. José talks to Dr Tommy Wiedmann, one of the authors of the IPCC report on climate change, about how the world might be able to meet the Paris Agreement targets, what it might cost us and how investors could possibly help.
The Conversation article on key aspects of the IPCC report.
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2022-04-0820 min