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Australia needs to join us in the pledge but do the work: US Deputy Special Envoy for Climate

🎙️ NEW PODCAST AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE: Richard Duke 🇺🇸

Dan Ilic
Sep 2, 2022
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Australia needs to join us in the pledge but do the work: US Deputy Special Envoy for Climate

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G’day Fearmongers,

Once in a while I get to sit down with a big dog in climate, and they don’t get much bigger than the United States of America, the great dane of climate dogs if you will.

Last week I had the privilege of talking with Rick Duke, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate for the USA.

Rick was in Australia for split second doing a victory lap of the globe after the Inflation Reduction Act passed the senate and was signed into law by President Biden in the USA only a few weeks ago.

The IRA is a huge deal for climate — for a deep dive I highly recommend listening to the 4 hours of conversations that David Roberts has done on the IRA over at the Volts Podcast.

Rick and I only had limited time, so we did a quick drive by of things close to my heart:

  • The IRA

  • Australia’s role in Asia

  • Australia’s Scope 3 emissions.

  • Methane

  • Small Island States

Richard Duke in grey suit with ABC visitor's lanyard around neck and Dan Ilic in navy coloured hoodie with ABC visitor's lanyard around neck, standing on the balcony of level 4 at ABC Ultimo.
Rick Duke, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate with Comedian Dan Ilic, host of A Rational Fear podcast.

Big thanks to the U.S. Consulate in Sydney for hooking up this conversation, and big thanks to the Patreon supporters. This interview involved a few big costs to get in the can, and I can’t do this work with out your support. Please chip in if you can.

Cheers

Dan Ilic
Deputy Special Podcaster for Climate


PODCAST LINKS:

(Spotify link is broken.. not sure how to fix sorry)

BONUS VIDEO: Why is Australian Gas So Expensive?

Watch this video then head to the Climate Council’s website to sign their pledge to switch from gas.

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