Quick Climate Links: Our pollies 'just don't get it'; Democracy will help ease climate change and climate change can save democracy

Our pollies (the Australian PM Scott Morrison shown here in a mural) seem to be oblivious to the reality that is climate change and that is leading to Australia's climate change isolation - "‘Climate laggards’: Australian isolationism puts us on par with Saudi Arabia". And it's: "Saving Democracy to Save Climate. Saving Climate To Save Democracy". "The climate clock: What’s the world’s carbon budget and what’s Australia’s share?"; "People of color disproportionately lost power during 2021 Texas freeze"; "Nearly two years after Hurricane Laura, Louisiana Gulf Coast is still recovering"; "Gaslighting Australia"; "Climate wars enter election campaign — and Scott Morrison, Angus Taylor rely on old tactics"; "The Coalition-News Corp attack on Labor’s energy policy is all too familiar"; "South Korean financier pauses loan for multi-billion dollar Barossa gas project"; "Coalition spending on fossil fuel subsidies tops $1.3 billion in first week of campaign"; "Australia Begins Long Road to Retraining Thousands of Coal Workers for Clean Energy Roles"; "New approach could save urban koalas"; "Hollywood missing the drama in climate change, group says"; "6 ways to build resilience and hope into young people’s learning about climate change"; "Poems to celebrate Earth Day 2022, selected by Independent climate and environment writers"; "Older Australians on the tough choices they face as energy costs set to increase"; "Heroes of the Fourth Turning: how theatre can serve as a mode of inquiry into right wing ideas"; "Hold firm on timing of tougher home insulation rules, Govt urged"; "Condor and the Eagle"; "China Sets Aside Push to Spread Wealth in Pivotal Year for Xi"; "Global Energy Review: CO2 Emissions in 2021"; "Analysis: What does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?"; "The Ukraine Crisis Offers a Rare Chance for Energy and Climate Cooperation"; "When Women Lead"; "‘Truth Has Nothing to Do With Who Wins the Argument’: New Details on Big Oil’s Campaign to Defeat Climate Action"; "Abundance, Exploitation, Recovery: A Portrait of South Georgia"; "Biofuels are accelerating the food crisis — and the climate crisis, too"; "Honest debates about fossil fuels in the energy transition"; "The complications of 3D printing in the energy industry"; "Overhaul on offshore gas mega-projects could reap almost $90bn in decade"; "Labor accuses Angus Taylor of ‘desperate’ climate scare campaign over energy claims"; "Extinction Rebellion Takes to NYC’s Streets to Fight Climate Change"; "Rolls-Royce expects UK approval for small nuclear reactors by mid-2024"; "Kiss and tell: How Timothee Chalamet’s kiss got us talking about climate change". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations