Your intrepid hosts unpack the Australian Government's first Annual Climate Change Statement – and related bonus content!
Recovered from epic Egyptian adventures your intrepid hosts begin by revisiting the final outcomes of the formal negotiations at COP27. That’s not the only thing we revisited though! This video of Tennant’s Beat Saber antics in the ruins of the Australia pavilion as he and Luke waited until the bitter end of COP is well worth a watch. You’re welcome ;-)
This week we unpack the Albanese Government’s first Annual Climate Change Statement, tabled by Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen in the Parliament last week, as required under the recently passed Climate Change Act. This One-Climate-Statement-to-Rule-Them-All wasn’t the only present under the climate christmas tree though! We also had a look at the Climate Change Authority’s First Annual Progress Report, Australia’s Emissions Projections for 2022 and the latest National Greenhouse Gas Inventory quarterly update, all released with the statement. A veritable feast of climate delights Summerupperers!
Aaand, if you enjoyed this week’s Numbers Talk with Frankie, is it because it recalled fond memories of the BBC’s Shipping Forecast? Shout out via the socials!
Frankie's One More Thing is a just released report from the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC), ‘Unlocking the pathway: why electrification is the key to net zero buildings’ which finds electrification is the lowest cost, fastest emissions reduction pathway for building operations and would save $49 billion out to 2050 compared to BAU. Boom!
Tennant's One More Thing is a movie he’s crushing on in which Michelle Yeoh and her fists of fury go on a rollicking adventure through the multiverses exploring lives she could have led. If you need an escape from the heavy heaviness of climate policy land for a bit go check out Everything Everywhere All at Once!
Luke's One More Thing is Katharine Murphy’s excellent new Quarterly Essay, ‘Lone Wolf: the making of Anthony Albanese’, an account of his formative years, rise to the Labor leadership and the journey through the 2022 Federal election to victory, including the internal machinations over what Labor’s climate policy should be. A fascinating read for climate policy nerds!
VERY IMPORTANT PODCAST MATTERS: Summerupperers, we need your vote on what climate-related movie we should watch and discuss for our very first holiday special and last episode of the year before the xmas break. Should it be Soylent Green, The Day After Tomorrow or Don’t Look Up? Make your vote count RIGHT HERE.
And that’s all from us this week Summerupperers! We shall see you next time and until then, please keep tweeting your thoughts to us at @LukeMenzel, @TennantReed and @FrankieMuskovic and if you would like to weave some golden threads through our back catalogue, give us your feelpinions or suggest papers to read we are always here for that - hit us up at mailbag@letmesumup.net.