For three years, the world's emissions of greenhouses gases from fossil fuels and industry had plateaued. But the release of new figures from the Global Carbon Project suggests that pause may be over.The Global Carbon Project's Dr Pep Canadell gives us the numbers and explains why emissions are on the up again. Climate policy expert Professor Frank…

What is the anthropocene, and could it be anything other than a really bad news story for us humans that created it?This episode is a recording of a session from the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival, featuring:*Clair Brown, economics professor at the University of California and author of Buddhist Economics - http://buddhisteconomics.net/about/*Charl…

Marine biologist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg "almost fell off the chair" when he realised how vulnerable the world's coral reefs would be to climate change. But after being attacked as an "alarmist", it turns out he may have been too conservative.Follow host Graham Readfearn https://twitter.com/readfearn…