1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Good morning everybody, will welcome to another week of the 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Daily OS. It's great to be with you. It's Monday, 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: the fifteenth of November. We're particularly thrilled to see our 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: other podcast, Young Dumb and Informed up the top of 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: the news charts. It proves that it's cutting through on 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: some really complex political topics. Make sure you have a 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: listen sometime this week and a new episode will drop 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Zara, what is making news today? 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: Yesterday we found out via Greg Hunt, the Health Minister, 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 2: that children aged between five and eleven in Australia won't 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 2: be receiving the COVID JAB before the end of this year. 12 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 2: The Health Minister said that the expectation that they have 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: set is the first part of January, hopefully early January. 14 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 2: That it's in the hands of the medical experts. 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: Five people have been killed while demonstrating against a military 16 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: takeover in Sudan. Authorities were seen moving in on demonstrators 17 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: with gunfire and tear gas Insudan's capital Khartum. According to 18 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, four people have died 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: of gunshot wounds and a fifth from choking on tig 20 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: It's estimated tens of thousands of people took to the 21 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: streets to participate in the protests. 22 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 2: Sixty eight people have been killed in a prison riot 23 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: in Ecuador after clashes among rival gangs broke out. Authorities 24 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: believe the violence occurred over leadership and power, and loved 25 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: ones were seen gathered outside the prison waiting to hear 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: from those inside. The latest violence comes after nearly one 27 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: hundred inmates died in September after clashes also between rival gangs, 28 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: the country's worst ever incident of prison violence. 29 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: And today's good news comes to you from Queensland, where 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: seventy percent of Queenslanders aged over sixteen are now fully vaccinated. 31 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: This milestone means that anyone coming from a hotspot can 32 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: enter Queensland if they are a fully vaccinated, b return 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: a negative test, c come by air, and d home 34 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: quarantine for two weeks. Another state to hit a really 35 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: important master. The Glasgow Climate Conference has now concluded. The 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: two week conference was full of negotiations, talks between the 37 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: public and private sector, and of course a big few 38 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: days of the conference where global leaders gathered to discuss 39 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: climate change. But after these two long weeks of talks, 40 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: it's now time to have a look at what was 41 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: actually achieved at the conference and what we learned. There 42 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: was a lot of action at the Glasgow Climate Conference 43 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: over the weekend and we wanted to wrap up the 44 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: conference and look at the Glasgow Climate Deal, which is 45 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: essentially the work product that has emerged from the two 46 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: weeks of talks. Zia, What exactly is the Glasgow Climate Deal? 47 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: Ultimately, the deal is between close to two hundred countries, 48 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 2: including Australia, and the deal aims to keep quote one 49 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,839 Speaker 2: point five degrees alive, which ultimately means that nations will 50 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 2: continue to strive for capping warming to one point five 51 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. Not everything that negotiators 52 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: wanted out of the deal was achieved, and this was 53 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: a really big moment that we heard in the final 54 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: hours of the meeting. 55 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 3: To all delegates, I apologize for the way this process 56 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: has unfolded, and I'm deeply sorry. I also understand the 57 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 3: deep disappointment, but I think, as you have noted, it's 58 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 3: also vital that we protect this package. 59 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: So that was Glasgow Climate Conference President alak Shama, and 60 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: he became quite emotional during the proceedings and this was 61 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: around a last minute changed to some of the wording 62 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: of the deal. So India objected to specific language on 63 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: the phasing out of fossil fuels, which meant that the 64 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 2: deal no longer said to phase out coal and instead 65 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: said to phase down coal. 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: So we didn't see a whole lot of consensus around 67 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: the phasing out or the phasing down of coal. And 68 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: actually the end of the agreement said that countries needed 69 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: to report back in twelve months time as to their 70 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: progress in this department. So it's certainly going to be 71 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: an ongoing conversation. But there were some things that everybody 72 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: did agree on, and that was essentially this keeping one 73 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: point five degrees alive premise. It ultimately means that to 74 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: ensure that the temperatures only rise by up to one 75 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: point five degrees, the world's going to have to almost 76 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: have greenhouse gas emissions in the next eight years and 77 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: reach a state of net zero emissions by twenty fifty. 78 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: That's obviously language that we hear a lot in the 79 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: Australian political landscape, and a lot of countries are pushing 80 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: for us to reach net zero way sooner than that. 81 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: The world's leading scientists told the conference that the world 82 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: has already warmed roughly one point one degree celsius above 83 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: pre industrial levels, which leaves a remaining point four degrees 84 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: of leeway, and the latest projections was that we would 85 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: see a two point four degrees celsius rise by the 86 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: end of the century. The UN Secretary General went as 87 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: far as saying that the goal of keeping one point 88 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: five degrees celsius alive was on life support and that 89 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: a business as usual approach just wouldn't work here. 90 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: The final text of the Glasgow Climate Deal did note 91 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 2: that the current national climate plans and nationally determined contributions 92 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 2: were far from what was actually needed to achieve that 93 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: one point five degrees celsius, and so, in the same 94 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 2: way that Paris dictated the future, it also requested that 95 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 2: countries come back next year with new, updated plans. So 96 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 2: under the Paris Agreement, new climate plans were needed every 97 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: five years, and so five years after Paris came to Glasgow, 98 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 2: new climate plans next year instead of waiting another five years. 99 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: It's hoped that by nations needing new climate plans by 100 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,559 Speaker 2: next year instead of waiting for another five years, means 101 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: that that one point five degrees can be kept on 102 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 2: track for another twelve months, and it also gives campaigners, 103 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: according to the Conversation, another year to shift government policy. 104 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: So we've talked about the angle of this one point 105 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: five degrees. We've talked about the angle of the promise 106 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: to phase out coal and the restricted timelines that have 107 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: gone from five years to one year. The third key 108 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: takeaway is about climate finance. The deal promised additional finance 109 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: for vulnerable countries to assist with the impacts of climate change. However, 110 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: there were no concrete commitments, there were no dollar figures. 111 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: A UN committee will be tasked with tracking progress on 112 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: an existing one hundred billion climate finance commitment, and governments 113 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: are going to meet every two years to purely discuss 114 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: climate finance. This all comes back to the fact that 115 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: developing countries have been calling for funding to pay for 116 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: loss and damage, such as the cost of the impacts 117 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: of cyclones and sea level rises. Small island states and 118 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: climate vulnerable countries have all said that the historical emissions 119 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: of major polluters have caused these impacts and therefore some 120 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: sort of compensation and funding is needed. So that's all 121 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: a lot to take in, and it's a Monday morning, 122 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: so let's do a really quick thirty second recap here. 123 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: In summary, the Glasgow Climate Conference resulted in a deal 124 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: that basically said, the world needs to stop global temperatures 125 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: rising by one point five degrees. They're going to check 126 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: back in next year. They're going to make sure that 127 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: countries that have already been impacted by wild weather caused 128 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: by climate change have the money to recover, and they're 129 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: going to ensure that fossil fuels and coal are not 130 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: phased out but phased down. It was a relatively somber 131 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,559 Speaker 1: note that the conference ended on. There was obviously hope 132 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: at the facts that the countries had agreed on something, 133 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: but there was a lot of rehtoric around the fact 134 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: that this really was the last chance. 135 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 2: And on that delightful note, it is of course not 136 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 2: the most heartening note to start on a Monday, but 137 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 2: it is important and it will hopefully propel governments towards 138 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 2: more climate action. If you want to know more about 139 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 2: what our domestic climate policy is looking like. As Sam 140 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: said at the top, we have another podcast called Young, 141 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: Dumb and Informed, and in our first episode, Billy tackles 142 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 2: the big issue of climate change. So head there if 143 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: you want to hear it from a couple of different perspectives. 144 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 1: In Australia, we'll be in here Ears again tomorrow morning. 145 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: Have a great start to the week.