Summer Series – State of the Climate with Chris Bowen [webinar]
Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars in 2021. This episode we bring a discussion with Shadow Minister for Climate and Energy Chris Bowen, about how the globe’s climate emergency is Australia’s jobs opportunity. He was in conversaton with Richie Merzian, climate & energy program director at the Australia Institute.
This episode was recorded live on 14 April 2021 and things may have changed since recording.
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Guests:
Chris Bowen MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy // @Bowenchris
Richie Merzian, Climate & Energy program director // @RichieMerzian
The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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