Who pays for the cost of climate change?
Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought more frequent and more extreme. In today’s episode we discuss a levy on fossil fuels to help pay for the damage.
This episode was recorded on Tuesday 15 March 2022 and things may have changed since recording.
The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Guest: Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, Climate & Energy program at the Australia Institute // @markogge
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey with additional editing by Louise Osbourne.
Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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