UTS 4 Climate season 1

In 2007 it looked like there was a political consensus to price carbon in Australia, in a move that would provide a transition to a post-carbon economy. So how did Australia’s climate policy fall foul of a global political agenda?

In this episode of UTS 4 Climate, Professor Bob Carr picks through forensic investigative journalist Marian Wilkinson’s book, The Carbon Club to discuss how big money and political power continued Australia’s decades of climate inaction.

With oceans acidifying, the destruction of our coral reefs, the arctic ice sheets melting, droughts, floods and fires raging across the country; many of us are still looking for the right answer to what we can actually do to solve the issue of climate change.

Hear from marine science student Erika Wagner as she guides us through UTS 4 Climate, a five-part podcast that creates a space to explore climate change from all angles.

In each episode the Honourable Bob Carr, NSW’s longest-serving premier, former foreign minister of Australia and Industry Professor of Climate and Business at UTS, is joined in conversation with leading thinkers from politics, economics, science and journalism to discuss what it will take to achieve a sustainable future.

This podcast was made by Impact Studios at UTS in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Maybe the mention of our climate future makes you feel anxious, angry, scared or just detached. If so you’re not alone.

Learning to talk about climate change and having meaningful conversations with those who agree and disagree with you on the subject is a powerful step we can take to get the action on climate we need.

Hear from UTS Professor of Climate and Business Bob Carr in conversation with social researcher and author Dr Rebecca Huntley as they discuss her latest book How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference, and explore why we find it so hard to talk about climate.