We look back at 2019 and the 10’s and look forward to the 2020’s in the world of environmental justice. We also play a 20-minute sound art piece put together from YouTube videos to illustrate our climate conundrum.

We talk about COP25, a Canadian Green New Deal, India, climate litigation, greenwashing and Christmas.

We discuss Canada’s climate commitments both federal and provincial, the piles of cash ripe for investment in the Green New Deal, and the consumerist ideology that paralyses public power. We’re joined by the National Observer’s Emma McIntosh and The Logic’s Famita Sayed .

We outline the contemporary role of citizens’ assemblies in widening democracy and their potential for addressing the climate crisis. We then look at Jane McAlevey’s ideas about organizing, a scientific warning about tipping points and two new developments in green tech.

We discuss the mistaken platitudes of certain environmental commentators, the UN emissions gap report, the impacts of displacement, Doug Ford, protests, the divestment movement and Iron + Earth.

We talk about fossil fuel divestment, carbon pricing, Canada’s new environment minister, offshore wind, renewable energy, pipelines and coal.

We discuss a hopeful vision of a community-centred eco-transformation, talk with Erika Reyes of WiseBird and briefly think about Jeremy Corbyn’s environment plan.

We talk about worldwide unrest, COP25 and CBC Kids News. Kim D’Oliveira joins us in the second segment to discuss various attempts towards a circular economy.

Tim Nash joins us to talk about elections, youth protests, climate lawsuits and the Exxon trial.

We talk about the Canadian election outcome, environmental justice, the biggest polluters and Californian utilities. We end by interviewing documentary writer-director Roberto Verdecchia on his new film about fear.

We end with the relationship between integrity and pragmatism in the environmental movement, beginning with a discussion about a new fossil discovery with evolutionary biologist Maydianne Andrade and film director Andrew Gregg, moving into a look at the precautionary blackouts in California and the Canadian federal leaders’ debate.

We outline and discuss the climate plans of Canada’s four major parties, as well as Toronto’s climate emergency victory, CAPP’s data collection intentions and the 100 climate debates that recently took place across the country. Lauren Latour is in-studio this week along with Fatima Syed and Emma McIntosh of the National Observer.

We document sounds, voices, concerns and victories from various climate actions and events, September 23-27.