In October 2024, ATLANTIC FELLOWS from around the world gathered in Bogotá, COLOMBIA, for a CLIMATE ACTION CONVENING on planetary health and a just transition.  The Convening was co-hosted by Colombian human rights organisation DEJUSTICIA, whose work includes campaigning for environmental justice.  

In this podcast, we join Atlantic Fellows AZEEZA RANGUNWALA from South Africa and GELO APOSTOL from the Philippines as they discuss low-carbon, climate-resilient healthcare.  

Atlantic Fellows | https://www.atlanticfellows.org/
Dejusticia | https://www.dejusticia.org/en/

MUSIC | Cumbia Colombianas by Eshi Era

#climatejustice #sustainability #decolonization #indigenousknowledge #indigenousrights #indigenousgovernance

Cumbia Colombianas

09 | Azeeza Rangunwala & Gelo Apostol

You can watch this performance on video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYO3rDHkDYc

Viridescent Fog

This album depicts the possible effects of global warming on our environment. The song “Paris Boulevards” is the third song on the album and ironically addresses the fact that water is a rare commodity in Paris. The listener wanders musically past street musicians, one of whom asks for water. But the tourist regrets that there are no drinks on the rocks.

Paris Boulevards

Could Climate Change Make Rice Unhealthy?

Headlines:

Trump’s tariff wars are likely to speed up seabed mining, which could endanger marine habitats.

The Trump administration has halted a massive offshore wind project that would have powered 500,000 homes.

Climate change could make rice toxic.

Sh*t happens—and it’s being used to break down plastic.

This Week in Water for April 20, 2025

The first carbon neutral rap song in history!

Disclaimer: CLIMATE CHANGE IS GONNA KILL US ALL MANE

Carbon Neutral Freestyle

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Brian Kennedy, a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center. Kennedy focuses on science and society research, studying public attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs about science—including energy and environmental issues. Kennedy and a coauthor released survey results about US public opinion on climate change and related issues at the end of 2024. Kennedy discusses how the survey was conducted and shares his insights on the survey’s findings, such as differences in public attitudes toward the clean energy transition; how partisanship is a powerful predictor of views on climate change, climate policy, and even perceptions of extreme weather events; and points of overlap at which Democrats and Republicans share support for certain climate and environmental policies and objectives.

References and recommendations:

“How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue” by Brian Kennedy and Alec Tyson; https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2024/12/09/how-americans-view-climate-change-and-policies-to-address-the-issue/

“What the data says about Americans’ views of climate change” by Alec Tyson, Cary Funk, and Brian Kennedy; https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/09/what-the-data-says-about-americans-views-of-climate-change/

“Climate Insights” survey series from Resources for the Future; https://www.rff.org/climateinsights/ 

“Religious Landscape Study” from Pew Research Center; https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/

“Surveying American Public Opinion on Climate Change, with Jon Krosnick” podcast episode from Resources Radio; https://www.resources.org/resources-radio/surveying-american-public-opinion-on-climate-change-with-jon-krosnick/

Survey Says: Searching for Common Ground Amid Partisan Divide, with Brian Kennedy

Increasingly severe climate change impacts are wreaking destruction across the world, with disastrous implications for human health, wellbeing, livelihoods, culture and security. How to deal with ‘loss and damage’ caused by climate change was for long a controversial topic within the UN climate negotiations, but at COP27 in 2022 governments agreed to establish a dedicated fund to assist developing countries in responding to the challenge. &nbsp; In this episode of the Climate Briefing, Anna Aberg and Nina Jeffs (standing in for Ruth Townend) speak to , the Executive Director of the , about what progress that has been made in operationalizing the fund, what lies ahead, what some of the main challenges are and how the fund interacts with the wider economic architecture. &nbsp; To learn more about how loss and damage finance has featured in the climate negotiations, please see the Chatham House research paper ‘Loss and damage finance in the climate negotiations: key challenges and next steps’ (available ) and the expert comment ‘The historic loss and damage fund’ (available ).

Episode 52: What’s next for the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage?

originally transmitted on http://www.substrateradio.com

Merry Psychic Tuesday!

This PTR episode's feature is called Wrath Of The Season :  a soundtrack of sorts to accompany Mother Nature’s dramatic mood swings as many a climate change storm continues to ravage her bounty during Spring’s gradual unfolding! 

As always,

*** ENJOY ***

HOUR 1 : The 8 O’Clock Shuffle

Matmos  - Changing States 
Fontaines D.C. - Starburster / In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)  
Suicide - Dance 
Reverse Engineer - Foot Chase part II 
David Cunnigham - Ecuador 
Shovels & Rope - Boxcar 
Neko Case - I’m An Animal 
Earth To Alice - Rise Up 
David Lee Jr. - Revelation
Peter Sellers - Ukulele Lady
Martin Mull - Ukulele Blues
Sonido Gallo Negro - Pañuelo De Seda 
Johnny Coley - Club Roma 

HOUR 2 : feature - Wrath of the Season (a soundtrack of sorts)

Bell Telephone Science Hour - 1958 excerpt : Climate Change
Coil - The Last Rites of Spring
Prince Rama - Storm Worship
Ghost Food - Sacrificial Rites
Cecil Gant - Raining Blues
Kreng - De Storm
Bell Telephone Science Hour - 1958 excerpt : The Unchained Goddess
Disney Studio Orchestra & Chorus - Little April Shower 
Bell Telephone Science Hour - 1958 excerpt : The Unchained Goddess
Sam Baker - Storming & Raining Blues
Ghost Food - Thrill of Hiding
Submatukana / Boris Karloff - Thunderstorm / The Man in the Raincoat
Tom Waits - More Than Rain
Acre Pillows - Hurricane Hank / the forever closet
The Leaders - Stormy Weather

Lou Reed - Goodnight Ladies


episode 338 : Wrath of the Season

Patty and Brian try to think about some reported thinking we learned about through recent survey data about Climate Change knowledge. Please enjoy!

#239 Critical Thinking for Everyone! | Climate Change Thinking | April 21, 2025

I speak with Dr. Daniel Swain, climate scientist and science communicator. 

We begin with the recent news of the Trump administration's deep cuts to current and future research on the climate crisis, and what impact this will have on our ability to track weather and climate trends in the years to come. I asked him to elaborate on his role as a weather and climate science communicator, especially in disaster scenarios, like during the devastating wildfires that swept through Southern California in January, which is "expected to become the costliest global wildfire disaster on record.” And on track with that subject, I asked Swain to explain the dynamic of hydroclimate volatility, also called hydroclimate whiplash, and how this dynamic can help us understand how the wildfires in California become so destructive so quickly, and the role anthropogenic global heating has in making disasters like this more volatile and far more likely. 

// Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/daniel-swain

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384 / Climate Whiplash / Daniel Swain

I think it's something that we look at the TV
And listen to the radio
But come on baby let's go look at the stars
And see what we don't know
Seems to me that if we don't change
We won't have a place to go
Except for rocket people living in outer space

When the sea starts boiling and the sun burns hot
And the sky starts choking on the seventh day
When the sea starts boiling and the sun burns hot
And the sky starts choking on the seventh day

Oh boy when we look inside ourselves
It's like trying to see in the dark
Only know what we're told to know
Ain't nothing to set us apart
We look for power in the goods we can buy
Don't know why we've got a suffering heart
If we don't open it it's going to stay that way

Till the sea starts boiling and the sun burns hot
And the sky starts choking on the seventh day
Till the sea starts boiling and the sun burns hot
And the sky starts choking on the seventh day

There's nothing bad about something good
Why hate the rain
In a desert and dying of thirst
Soak it up let it ease the pain
Put out the fire of hate and greed
Peace will thrive again
Don't take a rocket scientist to fear the day

When the sea starts boiling and the sun burns hot
And the sky starts choking on the seventh day
When the sea starts boiling and the sun burns hot
And the sky starts choking on the seventh day
When the sea starts boiling and the sun burns hot
And the sky starts choking on the seventh day


Words and Music (c) 1981, 2003 by Jack Morris

Seventh Day

Malcolm Harris Returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his new book, "What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Malcolm's book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/whats-left/9780316577410/?lens=little-brown

What Paths Remain for Preventing Climate Apocalypse? / Malcolm Harris

It’s been nearly 100 days since the Trump administration took office and there has been much troubling news around water, climate, and the environment. But there have also been many positive news stories. Listen to some segments from our newscast that we think stood out.

This Week in Water for April 27, 2025

Summary
Award-winning journalist Roger Thurow reveals how conventional farming practices are simultaneously depleting resources and failing millions of farmers worldwide. His investigation finds that many receiving food aid are actually food producers, highlighting a fundamental flaw in global agricultural systems. Drawing from field research across multiple continents, Thurow highlights promising indigenous and regenerative farming approaches that could transform global food systems while addressing climate challenges.

Chapters
00:00 The Collision of Nourishment and Planetary Health
02:30 The Journey into Agriculture and Food Security
05:42 Unintended Consequences of Agricultural Practices
10:25 Lessons from Farmers: Regret and Resilience
14:26 The Debate: Regenerative vs. Modern Agriculture
20:08 Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation in Agriculture
25:15 The Role of Farmers in Global Agriculture
27:54 The Importance of Listening to Farmers

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The food paradox: Why those who feed us can't feed themselves with Roger Thurow

It’s crunch time for the oceans and shipping sector, and tensions are high. Dr Simon Chin-Yee brings you this special episode of #UCLGenerationOne in the midst of critical negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 

Simon speaks to colleagues who have travelled across the oceans to the IMO - the UN agency responsible for regulating the shipping sector. In April 2025, countries came together to negotiate the IMO Net-Zero Framework, including a set of ‘mid-term measures’ to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with 2023 targets.

In this episode, Fijian performing artist and climate advocate John Taukave (Pacific Coordinating Group) and Eldine Glees (Maritime Policy Consultant) discuss the importance of a just and equitable transition for small islands and developing countries. 

 And as the dust settles, Simon picks up with Opportunity Green’s Emma Fenton to break down what actually happened, and what it means for the future of green shipping. 

The stakes are huge: will the IMO agree to decarbonise global shipping while ensuring no one is left behind? Find out in our podcast Talanoa!  

Transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts/ucl-generation-one-climate-podcast

 Date of episode recording: 5 and 16 April 2025 
Duration: 55:40 
Language of episode: English  
Presenter: Professor Mark Maslin and Dr Simon Chin-Yee  
Guests: 
John Taukave, Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport 
Eldine Chilembo Glees, Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport 
Emma Fenton, Senior Director, Climate Diplomacy at Opportunity Green 
Producers:  
Adam Batstone 
Caitlin Mullin

Series 5, Episode 6 - ‘Are we on course to decarbonise shipping?’: A podcast Talanoa at the IMO

The Children’s Theater of Madison is putting grown-ups on trial for crimes against the environment.  Director Marcella Kearns joins us with more about the new play, “The Trials.”

CTM Puts Grown-Ups on Trial

From a global challenge to the Maasai steppe of Tanzania
Most climate change predictions show an upward trend in temperature for at least the next nine decades. Rural communities whose health and livelihoods depend on the environment are more vulnerable to climate change. In recent years, persistent droughts have made Maasai communities in northern Tanzania vulnerable to sleeping sickness, a disease spread by the tsetse fly. Paul Gwakisa of Sokoine University has dedicated his research to helping the Maasai people better understand and prevent outbreaks of sleeping sickness in their communities. Pierre Quiblier of the UN Environment Programme also speaks about global efforts to better tackle climate change through an integrated “One Health” approach that brings together sectors such as agriculture, health and the environment.


Host Garry Aslanyan is joined by the following guests:

Paul Gwakisa,
Professor of Immunology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Pierre Quiblier
Programme Officer, Chemicals and Health Branch, United Nations Environment Programme

Related episode documents, transcripts and other information can be found on our website.

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Encore - Climate change’s impact on health

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Jonathan Jennings, a meteorologist at the Utah Division of Water Resources and president of the Weather Modification Association. Jennings’s work focuses on cloud seeding, a technology that can reduce hail and increase rainfall or snowfall by introducing chemicals into clouds, yielding more water for agriculture, aquifers, and bodies of water. Jennings outlines the chemistry and physics behind cloud seeding, how much additional precipitation the technology can elicit from clouds, and the scale at which cloud seeding is used. He also speaks to public concerns about modifying weather and shares insights on how experts can better communicate the goals, methods, and impacts of this technology to the public.

References and recommendations:

“Economic Impacts of Cloud Seeding on Agricultural Crops in North Dakota” by Dean Bangsund and Nancy Hodur; https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/291806

“A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Texas Weather Modification Activities Resulting in an Additional One Inch of Rainfall Across a Region” by Jason L. Johnson; https://perma.cc/ERJ6-HGLZ

“Bitter Waters: The Struggles of the Pecos River” by Patrick Dearen; https://www.oupress.com/9780806152011/bitter-waters/

Economic Effects and Public Concerns from Cloud Seeding, with Jonathan Jennings

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This podcast is filled with innovative and inspiring episodes on how health for all can be achieved.  The host of our podcast, Dr Garry Aslanyan (https://twitter.com/GarryAslanyan), discusses thought-provoking topics such as access to medicines, science diplomacy, the future of public health programmes in a post-pandemic world, diversity in global health and many more. You’ll hear from renowned experts and emerging voices with a focus on low- and middle-income country perspectives.

For more information, please visit: https://tdr.who.int/global-health-matters-podcast

Hi there,
The aim of my songs is not the style of music.
I try to convey impressions in music and also decide which style of music best conveys this. 
Nevertheless, the sound should be typical of Brain Contact :-)

Chatham House is an independent policy instute, based in London. We have been a source of independent analysis, trusted dialogue and influential ideas for one hundred years. Today, at the beginning of our second century, we continue to offer solutions to global challenges and actively seek to empower the next generation to change their world.

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We provide an outlet for communication, education, free expression, entertainment, training and access for the purpose of sharing music, information, news, and cultural experiences, and strive to give people underrepresented elsewhere in traditional media a voice. 

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MUSICIANS:  We NEVER look on our SoundCloud for music submissions, so it's not a very efficient way to contact us. Please go to www.wortfm.org and click on Music --> Music Submissions for our submission info and guidelines. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

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UCL is London's leading multidisciplinary university, with more than 13,000 staff and 43,000 students from 150 different countries. Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, UCL was the first university in England to welcome students of any religion and the first to welcome women on equal terms with men.

UCL Minds brings together UCL’s knowledge, insights, and ideas through events, activities, and digital content open to everyone. Find out what’s on UCL Minds: www.ucl.ac.uk/minds

New Orleans indie songwriter Jack Strange is based on an actual human and offers a rich catalog of original acoustic rock, alternative, and folk-rock songs. Strange's albums include Still Alone (2000), Heartbeat (2002), Ever Laughter (2003), and the post-Katrina EP Back in New Orleans (2009). Strange also is the author of Would-Be Poems (2001) and Snake Tales (2020).

All Strange songs are written, composed, and arranged by Jack Morris, except William Shakespeare wrote the lyrics in "Sylvia Who" (1589), and William Blake wrote the lyrics in "Tyger" (1794).

All Strange songs are performed by Jack Morris, with special guests the Morris Family Chorus performing on "Peace and Joy," featuring Beckham Breaux, Theresa Ocampo,  Payton Morris, Everett Breaux, Jordan Morris, Nora Ocampo, and Marigny Breaux.

"Neutral Ground" cover art photo courtesy of Stacey Morris Breaux.

"Back in New Orleans" cover art courtesy of Joshua Breaux.

All Strange recordings are produced by Jack Morris.

All Strange songs are available for licensing for publication, performance, and commercial use.

Thanks for listening!

strangesongsunlimited@gmail.com

Disclaimer:
Jack Strange does not exist. He and his musical and literary works are products of the human imagination. Any resemblance to actual or electronic persons, living or dead, or to actual or electronic musical or literary works, is entirely coincidental.

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They are a global community of leaders—advocates, artists, journalists, lawyers, business professionals, health practitioners, government officials, academics and researchers—who collaborate to advance equity, opportunity and human dignity.

Fellows are thinkers and doers with innovative ideas and the courage, conviction and capacity to bring lasting improvements to their communities  and the world.

A podcast about transitions, death, the ruptures of life in between.

Resources Radio is a weekly podcast by Resources for the Future. Each week we talk to leading experts about climate change, electricity, ecosystems, and more, making the latest research accessible to everyone.

H2O Radio is journalism about water. We follow water wherever it leads us and report on what we find. We interview experts— from engineers and scientists to legislators and politicians in order to get the facts. But we also talk to ordinary folks to ask how water issues affect their lives. Why? Because we're all in this together. This is a conversation about water and our collective water future.

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