Beyond Zero

Fridays 8.30 - 9AM

Climate change - what's hot and what's not. Find out what is happening in community campaigns around the country, as well as the latest science and the solutions that are available now.

Presented by Miwa, Scott, Matt and Kerri.

Contact via Beyond Zero website and email

CRAM Article - November 2007

Beyond Zero Climate change is the most important challenge to ever confront humanity. It is a crisis that will affect the lives of every one of us more than any other single issue.

We stand at a moment in history where we have the last opportunity to make the changes required to stop the process becoming irreversible and permanent. The consequences of failure will be truly catastrophic and will be felt in our lifetime. This is an awesome responsibility that we have to this and future generations.

As Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, put it, “Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing rather rapidly. There is not a moment to lose.”

In this context it is amazing that Australia has had no regular television or radio program devoted to serious discussion of this urgent issue.

Well, finally we do. Beyond Zero starts from the position that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is already unacceptably high, and must be reduced immediately. To this end we have developed the Zero Emissions Minus goal. Beyond Zero looks at why the Zero Emissions Minus goal is essential, and ways that it can be achieved.

Most importantly, however, the program talks to people from the groundswell of local climate action groups, people who have realised the urgency of the situation and are doing something about it. These groups are the real engine of change in the community and we hope to help connect this grassroots campaigning to the wider listening community.

The presenters are fuelled by their shared desire to campaign on climate and energy. Matthew Wright is a climate and energy campaigner who has volunteered with many environmental groups. Scott Bilby brings his campaigning focus to biodiversity and how it is impacted by climate change, and specifically how protection of our world’s forests protects our climate. Mark Ogge is an artist who sees climate change as being the world’s most urgent issue while Kerri Murdoch is concerned with the effect of climate change on animals.

Beyond Zero is essential listening for all those who wish to be informed about the reality of climate change, and to contribute to meeting the challenge of protecting the future for ourselves, our children and future generations.

Feel free to contact the Beyond Zero team at . More information about Beyond Zero Emissions can be found at www.zeroemissions.org.

By Matthew Wright Co-Presenter