25/04/2021

(AU Video) ABC 7.30 Special: Climate Emergency

ABC 7.30 - Andy Park

From the Torres Strait, to Mallacoota, Perth and across the country, Andy Park presents 7.30's special four-part series on the climate emergency and the action Australia can take to make a difference.
   
Part One - Climate Emergency
Australia on the frontline of climate change
10mins 36secs
Transcript
For generations, Indigenous Australians have thrived on the islands in the Torres Strait but rising sea levels, more extreme weather and coastal erosion are devouring some of the 17 inhabited islands in the region and threatening their way of life.

Part Two - Climate Emergency
How disasters could become serious national security challenges
11mins 52secs
The Black Summer bushfires gave us a taste of what we can expect if the world warms 1.5 degrees. The science tells us that every fraction of a degree that global temperatures rise will make future cyclones, floods and bushfires more severe.

     Part Three - Climate Emergency
Is carbon neutrality an economic reality?
11mins 58secs
The Federal Government is pledging more than half a billion dollars for new energy projects in an attempt to create jobs and cut Australia's carbon emissions. The money will go towards so-called 'clean hydrogen' projects and investing in carbon capture and storage technology for existing coal-fired power plants.

Part Four - Climate emergency
Mounting global pressure on Australia to do more
12mins 40secs
For decades now, the clear warnings from scientists that the world must rapidly cut carbon emissions or face catastrophic climate change have been met with inertia and inaction but that is rapidly changing and under President Joe Biden the US has dramatically scaled up its reduction targets and is using its considerable diplomatic weight to push other countries to do the same.
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