News from a World in Flux Ep. 4: The shadowy companies holding back progress on climate

 Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 10: The problem with tree planting and insure our futureThis time, Clare and Charlie discuss the problem with tree planting as a climate solution and why we should be targetting insurance companies and their role in the fossil economy.Albedo effect: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6196Climate choir: https://twitter.com/climatechoirs/status/1765856822932472179Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

EPISODE 9: Finance + Physics = Climate Repair? Ft. Delton ChenIn this episode Clare and Delton Chen explore Delton's work on a concept of a global carbon reward, an economic concept which could provide a carrot and not just a stick in the field of international economic interventions. As with all these conversations with experts on solutions, Extinction Rebellion isn’t advocating for this above and beyond any other approaches. Hopefully looking at different options with the experts who propose them can help us to get a rounded view on what’s being proposed and what might be possible. We hope it sparks interesting thinking and reflections. Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. Their aim, to make sure that the latest science news and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in an easy to understand way.EPISODE 8: £500,000 damage and not guilty! The HSBC 9 trial | XR UKThis time, Charlie talks to Clare about the action she was involved with which broke the windows of Europe’s second largest investor in fossil fuels, HSBC and her subsequent not guilty verdict.This episode was recorded in Dec 2023.Find out more about the vital work of Defend our Juries:https://defendourjuries.org/https://twitter.com/DefendourJuriesPress release: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2023/11/16/jury-finds-women-who-broke-hsbc-windows-not-guilty/ Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 6: Everything you need to know about the COP process ft. Paddy LoughmanIn this episode Clare chats to climate communications strategist Paddy Loughman about the COP process and the time he spent as working with the High-Level Champions at COP 26 in Glasgow. They explore how the COP process functions and what it is and isn’t capable of achieving.---------------------If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 5: The carbon death footprint and conservative scienceThis time, Clare and Charlie discuss the recently released academic paper by Richard Parncutt and others, helping to frame carbon emissions as deadly by giving an estimated methodology for deaths caused per tonne of carbon emitted. Then, having listened to a recent interview between Rockstrom and Anderson, they dig into the details of scientific reticence, flaws in climate projections and processes, and what that means for global justice and how it encourages inaction.3 founders of xr, Clare, Gail and Roger, issued this statement reflecting on the immediate moment we find ourselves in regarding the climate science, and in particular reflecting on the work of Leon Simons and James Hansen.https://rebellion.global/blog/2023/10/19/reflections-5-years-on/ NB This video was recorded back in September but couldn't be realeased until now due to Clare's trial. Look out for the forthcoming episode diving into that! 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 4: The shadowy companies holding back progress on climate This episode Clare and Charlie dig deeper into the Atlas global network of think tanks, grateful for the journalism of Amy Westervelt and Geoff Dembicki for the long read in New Republic that helped sketch out the true reach and influence. The are not only shaping the discourse on the climate crisis, its causes and policy responses but increasingly influencing public conversation about activists, and even having a hand in legislating them out of their rights to protest. Relatedly, the leader of the UAE based COP this year (yes, the oil boss guy), has been working in partnership with mega PR and comms firm Edelman for well over a decade to greenwash his personal image and that of his country.References:Atlas group think tankshttps://newrepublic.com/article/175488/meet-shadowy-global-network-vilifying-climate-protesters?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNREDELMAN supporting UAE PRhttps://www.desmog.com/2023/09/13/edelman-pr-enabled-adnoc-al-jaber-to-lead-cop28-climate-conference/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/27/big-oil-public-relations-defectors-climate-crisisNGOs and Policy Exchangehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britainDutch actor on sedition chargeshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/19/highway-to-hell-dutch-climate-activist-fights-sedition-charge32 european countries taken to court by young peoplehttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/23/uk-one-of-32-countries-facing-european-court-human-rights-action-over-climate-stance?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other---------------------If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 3: Rishi backtracks, California vs. big oil, and the Dutch rebel!Clare and Charlie discuss ultra-rich Rishi’s green about turn, the reaction from his own party and business and the culture war effect on politics in the UK. Comparing that with the governor of california who is bringing charges against fossil fuel companies for what he describes as over 70 years of deceit. If you need cheering up just look across to those Dutch rebels who have been blockading the interstate A12 road with thousands of peaceful people week in and week out. There have been some surprising reactions from the police (also in the mix with water cannons and pain grip techniques). Please follow Charlie on his walk: https://www.walkinginwater.com@Walkinginwater1 On Instagram and XReferences: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/20/tory-mps-net-zero-backtrack-rishi-sunak-greatest-mistake/Even the investment and pensions sector is not impressed - https://www.ipe.com/news/investors-call-on-rishi-sunak-to-not-backtrack-on-climate-change/10069211.articleGov of california https://x.com/climatescibreak/status/1703662937947115655?s=46&t=qZu5HRsiMlhXtArIiI8HhQDutch Rebels https://x.com/vanderaanet/status/1702995732456714680?s=20Letter to gov from Dutch police https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR0fbkUMEaeQfA_prVt_0XyOrLn9vKGtHRBNSd0Mx9N_JZ6mauSgwOChHtO9LIIdnNSfSo5i51J7pfn/pub?link_id=0&can_id=4f3ef80caa9b5788f643913f9f315110&source=email-netherlands-a12&email_referrer=email_2041934&email_subject=the-police-are-crackingLater this started happening - police using pain grips on innocent young people - https://x.com/DoctorAnanas/status/1708521711786762623?s=20https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/23/uk-one-of-32-countries-facing-european-court-human-rights-action-over-climate-stance?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other--------------------- If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 2: Aerosol masking, geoengineering, and the pension problemIn this episode they discuss the evolving discourse on aerosol masking, particulates and solar radiation management approaches, plus the pensions report from carbon tracker that shows the flawed economics of climate overlooks science and leaves the pension sector in grave risk. In fact the assumptions used to make decisions in finance cite risks that the scientific community describe as incompatible with organised human life as ‘acceptable’.https://carbontracker.org/millions-of-pensions-at-risk-because-investment-consultants-overlook-threat-of-climate-tipping-points/--------------------- If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

Clare and Charlie discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime, and make sure that news in science and important reports that are relevant to climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 1In this episode they discuss the incredible amount of extreme weather around the world in 2023, why net zero isn't enough, and the 2025 battle plan from the American political right, which seeks to dismantle climate action and make it difficult to put back in future too.https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/27/a-burning-world-shows-net-zero-is-not-enough/https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01082023/far-right-battle-plan-to-undo-climate-progress-trump-win-2024/ https://www.project2025.org/policy/https://twitter.com/doctorvive/status/1684167246942179328?s=46&t=qZu5HRsiMlhXtArIiI8HhQ---------------------If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

This podcast episode is all about energy and features an extract from our longer interview with the celebrated writer and activist Margaret Atwood While Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are holding up tankers and stopping oil refineries, the government is sitting on the energy policy it promised after the Ukraine invasion. With rising poverty, rising fuel prices, and rising fears about the future, the question of how quickly and effectively we can transition to clean energy has become urgent.  We begin with Oil Music, a short pointed poem by Gboyega A Odubanjo and then hear Margaret Atwood in London last week connecting the dots between the Ukraine and the fossil fuel crisis and expressing her worries about the future. The main interview is with energy expert and former BBC environment correspondent Richard Black. Richard is no stranger to the podcast and  wore a slightly different hat for our recent very well received episode about climate denial. This episode is co-presented by Nuala Lam a veteran of the Media and Messaging team who discusses the strategy behind the planning of this April’s rebellion, the form the rebellion will take and the Writers Festival which will take place on the 15th April. In a wide ranging interview that is a centre of the programme Richard Black discusses fracking, how the energy crisis is partly a result of the COVID shut downs and how Putin used that crisis. He then goes on to discuss  blue and green carbon, his recent viral  tweet about how UK gas exports are at a record high this year.Finally we end with a a reminder of UN secretary generals speech after launching the most renent IPCC report in February in which he brands political inaction as ‘criminal’.  CREDITSProducer and co-presenter Jessica TownsendMargaret Atwood interview by Toby Litt, Tobias Withers, and Kelly HillInterview edit by David McKeeverCo-presenter resenter Nuala LamSound editor in chief Tim RabjohnsExtra sound editing by Stuart J Wilson aka bigfixSocial Media from Bloody Vegans Productions