Topic: Climate Sex

Researchers claim that global warming is negatively impacting human sex lives, with fewer babies born nine months after days where temperatures exceed 80 degrees. In the political sphere, negotiators for the UN climate meeting in Paris consider a "pledge and review" system similar to nuclear agreements. Bolivia proposes a more radical "international climate justice tribunal," though major emitters like China and the U.S. are unlikely to participate.

The "Hollywood Health and Society" initiative by the Norman Lear Foundation is highlighted for providing climate change storylines to TV writers. A bizarre news report is played claiming that global warming is dampening human sex drives and reducing birth rates.

An anonymous producer and former oceanographer reports on corruption within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The report alleges that NOAA monopolizes research funding and that its ship crews engage in "perverted" behavior and "sex parties" funded by government credit cards. The hosts call for more scrutiny of the agency's budget and management.

California Representative Barbara Lee introduced House Resolution 29, which claims climate change disproportionately affects women and may drive them into "transactional sex" or "sex work." The hosts mock the resolution's preamble, which links environmental stress to an increase in prostitution and early marriage in developing nations.

A non-binding resolution in the U.S. Congress claims that climate change disproportionately affects women and may force them into "transactional sex" or sex work. The resolution suggests that limited socio-economic resources caused by environmental shifts put women at higher risk for HIV. The hosts characterize the logic as insane and argue that climate policy is primarily a vehicle for carbon taxation rather than environmental protection.

The hosts discuss the controversial political career of Alan Milburn, a UK minister who resigned amid allegations involving a young boy and subsequently moved to Australia. They also comment on the diverse political parties appearing on the Australian federal election ballot, including the Sex Party and the Climate Skeptics Party.