Episodes

June 22, 2023

Infinite cathedrals vs grandkids in the meatgrinder? Choosing discoun…

Your intrepid hosts delve into the depths of discount rates with the dense but delightful 'Discounting the Distant Future: A Critique of the EPA’s Analysis of the Social Cost of Carbon’.

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June 8, 2023

EU academy adjudicates hydrogen vs. electrification smackdown!

Your intrepid hosts gaze into the crystal ball which is the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council's new report, The Future of Gas.

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May 25, 2023

Patient Capital Says: Hurry Up, Australia!

Your intrepid hosts discuss the Investor Group on Climate Change's new report 'Driving Australian Climate Innovation: Unlocking capital to support a clean industrial revolution.'

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May 11, 2023

LMSU 2023–24 Budget Spectacular: Cinderella goes to the ball!

Your intrepid hosts unpack the climate and energy measures in the 2023-24 Australian Budget.

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April 27, 2023

IEYay or IENay? Australia’s energy policy report card

Your intrepid hosts review the International Energy Agency's 'Australia 2023: Energy Policy Review'.

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April 13, 2023

PC PSA: Just say ‘no’ to charismatic abatement!

Your intrepid hosts ponder the climate volume from the Productivity Commission’s latest 5-yearly productivity inquiry, 'Advancing Prosperity'.

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March 30, 2023

Safe Guard with a Vengeance

Your intrepid hosts are joined by Guardian Australia Climate and Environment Editor Adam Morton to discuss the big package of reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism agreed in Parliament this week.

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March 23, 2023

Watch out, free riders! It’s the Bill’s Angels!

Your intrepid hosts take on two papers – including William Nordhaus' 'Climate Clubs: Overcoming Free-riding in International Climate Policy' – that consider whether climate clubs are our best hope to supercharge global climate action.

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March 9, 2023

I got them H2 blues

Your intrepid hosts consider what the 'clean' actually means in "‘Clean’ Hydrogen? An analysis of the emissions and costs of fossil fuel based versus renewable electricity based hydrogen."

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Feb. 23, 2023

Carbon dioxide removal: We’re running behind on the backup plan for r…

Your intrepid hosts discuss the prospects for sucking carbon out of the atmosphere laid out in 'The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal'.

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Feb. 9, 2023

New Dork Times: Chubb/Safeguard Special Double Report Report Special

Your intrepid hosts embark on a possibly ill-considered attempt to sum up both Professor Ian Chubb’s review into Australian Carbon Credit Units and the Albanese Government's Safeguard Mechanism design paper.

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Dec. 29, 2022

LMSU Holiday Special 2022: Don’t Sum Up

On this EXTRA SPECIAL HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR your intrepid hosts award the First Annual Let Me Sum Up Award for Best Climate and Energy Report, before ditching the reports to dissect disaster flick cum climate allegory Don’t Look Up.

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Dec. 21, 2022

UN expert group targets zero net zero target flimflam!

Your intrepid hosts tackle a blueprint for no greenwashing from the UN High-Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities: ‘Integrity Matters: Net Zero Commitments by Businesses, Financial Institutions, Cities and Regions’

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Dec. 7, 2022

One climate statement to rule them all (and in the Hansard bind them)

Your intrepid hosts unpack the Australian Government's first Annual Climate Change Statement – and related bonus content!

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Nov. 24, 2022

COP27? Let Me Sharm Up

Your intrepid hosts ditch the standard format to give you the down-low direct from COP27 in this very special episode of Let Me Sum Up.

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Nov. 17, 2022

Bonus: Live from the Bedouin Tent at COP27

In this short bonus episode your intrepid hosts are joined by CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Darren Miller, to unpack the latest from COP27 in Egypt.

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Nov. 9, 2022

Measure twice, cut nunce? Tackling methane from Aussie coal mines

Your intrepid hosts dig deep into 'Tackling Australia's Coal Mine Methane Problem.'

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Nov. 2, 2022

Bonus: We're going to COP27

In this short bonus episode, your intrepid hosts reveal they are all going to COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. They also speculate on the possibility of Let Me Sum Up Live from Sharm – an event which is in no way organised, but if you will it dude, it is no dream...

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Oct. 26, 2022

Ka-ching! Act now for huge learning rate savings!

Your intrepid hosts learn about learning curves – and just how rapid they can be – from "Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition," a new report from Rupert Way, Matthew C. Ives, Penny Mealy, J. Doyne Farmer.

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Oct. 12, 2022

Horsemen 4, Humans 0? Apocalyptic climate scenarios

Your intrepid hosts contemplate a new report entitled "Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios."

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Sept. 28, 2022

Fix homes, help hospitals: The Victorian Healthy Homes Program

Your intrepid hosts discuss the research findings from the Victorian Healthy Homes Program.

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Sept. 21, 2022

Bonus: Sugar and spice

In this short bonus episode, your intrepid hosts make a series of increasingly aggressive pitches for the pod.

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Sept. 14, 2022

Assessing climate pledge credibility, or laundering feelpinions?

Your intrepid hosts consider “Determining the credibility of commitments in international climate policy” from David G. Victor, Marcel Lumkowsky, and Astrid Dannenberg.

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Aug. 31, 2022

'The last fire in the forest': The Safeguard Mechanism consultation p…

Your intrepid hosts are joined by Guardian Australia Political Editor Katharine Murphy to discuss the Australian Government's Safeguard Mechanism Reforms consultation paper.

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