1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Good morning everybody. Welcome to the Daily OS. Happy Wednesday. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: It's the second of March. I'm here with Zara Sidelar 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: and we're going to be taking you through the Mammoth 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: IPCC report. I've heard some rumors it was about four 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: thousand pages. I'm going to get Zara to talk me 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: through everything, every page, every word, every single word. Zara. First, 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: let's kick off with some developments from the Prime Minister. 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 2: Yesterday we heard from PM Scott Morrison, who announced Australia 9 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: will pledge seventy million dollars in military equipment and lethal 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: defensive weapons for Ukraine. So Sam, take us through quickly 11 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: what lethal versus non lethal is. 12 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: When thinking non lethal, think of things that can't kill you. 13 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: When thinking lethal, think big guns. 14 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 2: Okay, So with that in mind, Australia will also commit 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: thirty five million dollars in humanitarian support to assist international 16 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 2: organizations who are providing Ukrainians with necessities like food and shelter. 17 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: The first flood related death in New South Wales was 18 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: confirmed yesterday after a woman's body was found in a 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: flooded lizmor home. New South Wales Premier Dominique Perroteke confed 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: yesterday that the SEES had conducted over one thousand rescues 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: and received six thousand calls in relation to the flood 22 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: so far. Over the border. In Queensland, flooding has destroyed 23 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: over fifteen thousand homes. Most schools, aside from one hundred 24 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: and fifty are set to reopen in the state today. 25 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: The Reserve Bank of Australia otherwise known as the RBA, 26 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 2: has announced Australia's cash rate will remain at zero point 27 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 2: one percent, which it has been out for a while now. 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: The RBA continues to watch the events of Russia's invasion 29 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 2: into Ukraine, with RBA Governor Philip Lowe saying the war 30 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: in Ukraine is a major new source of uncertainty. 31 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: And today's good news. Rental platform Airbnb is offering free 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: short term housing to up to one hundred thousand refugees 33 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: from Ukraine. They did a similar thing after the fall 34 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: of Afghanistan to the Taliban. The costs of the short 35 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: term housing will be covered by Airbnb, as well as 36 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: some donations and hosts who decide to offer free accommodation. 37 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: Among the mammoth news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and 38 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: flooding in New South Wales and Queensland. There's been another 39 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: big story in the headlines. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 40 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: Change we know them as the IPCC, has dropped its 41 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 1: latest report. 42 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: That's right now. This new report by the IPCC, which 43 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: was released on Monday night, says that the world is 44 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: already facing severe consequences from climate change and that it's 45 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 2: running out of time to secure a livable future. There 46 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: was definitely no mincing of words when Secretary General of 47 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: the United Nations Antonio Guterrez described the findings of the report. 48 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 3: Today's IPCC report is a netlace of human suffering and 49 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 3: the damning indictment of failed climate leadership. With fact upon fact, 50 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 3: this report reveals our people and the planet are getting 51 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 3: clobbirds by climate change. 52 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: Can we just get a quick refresher on what the 53 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: IPCC report is. 54 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: The IPCC is the peak climate science body of United 55 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: Nations and this latest report release is the second in 56 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: a series of three about the consequences of climate change. 57 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: It was also by nearly three hundred experts from sixty 58 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: seven countries across the world, and it summarizes nearly thirty 59 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: five thousand pieces of research and was informed by more 60 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: than sixty two thousand comments from expert reviewers and governments. 61 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: It's now been approved by one hundred and ninety five governments, 62 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: so it is a big deal. 63 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: Sixty two thousand comments. If that was an Instagram post, 64 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: it would be a pretty successful one. What did this 65 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: report say? 66 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: It was pretty dark, to be honest. The report found 67 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 2: that the world is already experiencing widespread disruption due to 68 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: human induced climate change, and that those least able to 69 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: cope are the hardest hit. It said that it's unavoidable 70 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 2: that these problems will continue over the next two decades 71 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: even if global warming is kept to one point five degrees, 72 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: but it'll become quote impossible for some regions to adapt 73 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: if warming reaches two degrees celsius. 74 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: I often find reports like these can sometimes be a 75 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: bit overwhelming. The mere length of the report is hard 76 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: to get your head around. If you were to summarize 77 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: the key three findings, what would they be. 78 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: The report was nearly four thousand pages, so I don't 79 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: blame you, but its aim was to summarize the likely 80 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 2: effects of climate change and to identify the regions and 81 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: people who will be hardest hit, and then consider how 82 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: to adapt. So it's not necessarily about avoiding this outcome, 83 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 2: but it's this is happening. What can we do to 84 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 2: make sure that we can lessen its severity? Really, So 85 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 2: the first thing is that even if we meet the 86 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: Paris Agreement target of limiting warming to one point five 87 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 2: degrees this century, there will still be serious and irreversible 88 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: consequences around the world. Secondly, governments can do more to 89 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,679 Speaker 2: allow ecosystems and people to adapt, but there are limits 90 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: to our ability now to adapt if warming does rise 91 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 2: above that one point five degrees. In this case, some 92 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: parts of the world will become uninhabitable. The third finding, 93 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: and we'll chat about this a bit later, but it's 94 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 2: the poor and disadvantaged population are already the hardest hit 95 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: by the effects of climate change, and that's just likely 96 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: to continue. 97 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: And if we take things in an Australian lens, is 98 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: anything in the report about what our country can expect. 99 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: There is, So according to the report, if emissions remain 100 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: high in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, we could see six 101 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: hundred heat wave related deaths per year between twenty thirty 102 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: one and twenty eighty And when you think about that, 103 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 2: twenty thirty one is not that far away at all. 104 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 2: Beyond that, more droughts and extreme fire weather are projected 105 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: in southern and eastern Australia, as has already of course 106 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 2: been observed. Finally, the number of days with temperatures over 107 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: thirty five degrees could increase by up to three hundred 108 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 2: and fifty five percent by twenty ninety. 109 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: Sounds like there's a lot of problems. Does the report 110 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: focus on what governments need to be doing to try 111 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: and solve these? 112 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 2: I mean, the short answer is limiting emissions and fast. 113 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 2: If we go back to Antonio Guitarras, here's what he 114 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 2: said will happen if governments don't curb global emissions. 115 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: Global emissions are set to increase almost fourteen percent over 116 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 3: the current decade. That spells catastrophe. It you will destroy 117 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 3: any chance of keeping one point five alive. 118 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: Beyond that, though the reports authors say their goal is 119 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,239 Speaker 2: not to prescribe specific policies, ultimately the authors aren't going 120 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: to prescribe specific policies for every single government across the 121 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: world because not every situation is the same. They say 122 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: that adaption and mitigation tactics are the key here and 123 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 2: that things like this include rebuilding damage natural systems like wetlands, forests, 124 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: and coral reefs, and that that can ultimately help cushion 125 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 2: the blow of higher temperatures and rising seas. 126 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: So, like I said. 127 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 2: Before, it's basically accepting that if emissions are not curbed, 128 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 2: and if temperatures continue to rise, we're going to have 129 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 2: to go into this mitigation and adaption stage. Another thing 130 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: they suggest is that part of adapting to climate change 131 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 2: is acknowledging the injustice of climate change, what we said before, 132 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 2: and that the wealthier countries need to recognize their responsibilities 133 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 2: in paying for these adaption measures. 134 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: It's one thing to read these reports and to see 135 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: the numbers there, but it's another thing to be experiencing 136 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: tragic weather events like what we're seeing unfolding right now 137 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: in New South Wales and Queensland. We've had some really 138 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: interesting conversations with experts over the last few days to 139 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: try and identify whether these floods are linked to climate change, 140 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: and it seems to be. As we said on the 141 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: podcast earlier this week, that it's highly likely that the 142 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: link is there. It's just that the body of research 143 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: needs to keep developing to cement that link. There is 144 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: a lot going on in the news at the moment. 145 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: I know we say that a bit, but it seems 146 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: particularly busy at the moment, So make sure you look 147 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: after yourself and take breaks from the news when you 148 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: need it. If you enjoy this podcast, we'd love you 149 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: to leave us a review and share it with your friends. 150 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: Other than that will speak to you tomorrow.