Mist walls, electric homes and the work ahead
Sep 29, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 9 segments
The Sustainable Hour no. 610 with refrigeration engineer Jesper Pedersen and Geelong Sustainability Programs Manager Lucy Allinson
Sep 29, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 9 segments
The Sustainable Hour no. 610 with refrigeration engineer Jesper Pedersen and Geelong Sustainability Programs Manager Lucy Allinson
Colin MockettLucy AllinsonGuest
Mik AidtHost
Tony GleesonHost
I'll leave all the disasters to you this week because I'm starting again my roundup.
This begins in New York at the UN General Assembly, where the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, must step down at the end of his second five-year term on the 31st of December.
Now, this means that there's going to be an election among UN members to choose his successor.
Unfortunately, some climate experts are already warning that several of the likely candidates could be disastrous for the planet's efforts to tackle the global warming crisis.
Their fears are that the next UN Secretary General will downgrade the priority of the crisis.
Because during his term in office, Antonio Guterres has been outspoken on the subject.
And he warned governments that they're rushing down a highway to hell by failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
But now UN watches a warning that the fossil fuel industry could fund a takeover, similar to the one that has captured and hobbled the annual COP climate talks.
Antonio Guterres repeatedly declaring the urgency of the crisis and his willingness to take on the fossil fuel industry are credited with having had significant global impacts.
He forced governments to confront their policy failures and he kept alive the aims of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Now this was despite a rising tide of denials and disinformation emanating from America, Russia and other deniers.
And the top concerns among the scores of heads of government that met in New York this week were Several of them have warned on this single issue.
Several of Qatar's most likely successors have shown less enthusiasm for tackling the climate crisis, despite rising world alarm at its impacts.
And some of the candidates has been labeled as disastrous because they are supported by the U.S. or its allies or fossil fuel giants or all of the above.
The Argentinian diplomat, whose name is Rafael Grossi, who heads the International Atomic Agency.
And Olara Otunyo, a Ugandan former presidential candidate who has served as UN Undersecretary General for Children and Armed Conflict.
Many UN experts warn that Grossi is trying hard to be a friend of Donald Trump, along with Argentina's President Xavier Millie, who is a climate denier.
Grossi is not a climate denier himself, but those links could lead him to downplay the climate issue, said one close observer who asked not to be named.
Sale is seen as a potential champion of gas in Africa, as a transition fuel which many African leaders want to exploit because it has the backing of the cashed-up fossil fuel lobbyists.
I'll leave all the disasters to you this week because I'm starting again my roundup.
This begins in New York at the UN General Assembly, where the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, must step down at the end of his second five-year term on the 31st of December.
Now, this means that there's going to be an election among UN members to choose his successor.
Unfortunately, some climate experts are already warning that several of the likely candidates could be disastrous for the planet's efforts to tackle the global warming crisis.
Their fears are that the next UN Secretary General will downgrade the priority of the crisis.
Because during his term in office, Antonio Guterres has been outspoken on the subject.
And he warned governments that they're rushing down a highway to hell by failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
But now UN watches a warning that the fossil fuel industry could fund a takeover, similar to the one that has captured and hobbled the annual COP climate talks.
Antonio Guterres repeatedly declaring the urgency of the crisis and his willingness to take on the fossil fuel industry are credited with having had significant global impacts.
He forced governments to confront their policy failures and he kept alive the aims of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Now this was despite a rising tide of denials and disinformation emanating from America, Russia and other deniers.
And the top concerns among the scores of heads of government that met in New York this week were Several of them have warned on this single issue.
Several of Qatar's most likely successors have shown less enthusiasm for tackling the climate crisis, despite rising world alarm at its impacts.
And some of the candidates has been labeled as disastrous because they are supported by the U.S. or its allies or fossil fuel giants or all of the above.
The Argentinian diplomat, whose name is Rafael Grossi, who heads the International Atomic Agency.
And Olara Otunyo, a Ugandan former presidential candidate who has served as UN Undersecretary General for Children and Armed Conflict.
Many UN experts warn that Grossi is trying hard to be a friend of Donald Trump, along with Argentina's President Xavier Millie, who is a climate denier.
Grossi is not a climate denier himself, but those links could lead him to downplay the climate issue, said one close observer who asked not to be named.
Sale is seen as a potential champion of gas in Africa, as a transition fuel which many African leaders want to exploit because it has the backing of the cashed-up fossil fuel lobbyists.
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