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Ian Dunlop and David Spratt

About Ian Dunlop and David Spratt

David Spratt has been Research Coordinator for the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration (Melbourne) since 2014. He was co-founder of the Climate Action Centre (2009-2012). He blogs at climatecodered.org on climate science, existential risk, IPCC reticence, the climate emergency and climate movement strategy and communications, and is regular public speaker.

Net-zero emissions by 2050: leadership or climate colonialism? (Canberra Times Nov 2, 2020)

By Ian Dunlop and David Spratt | On 5 November 2020

How fast does Australia need to reduce greenhouse emissions to play its fair part in responding to the global climate emergency?

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What must climate and energy policy really achieve?

By Ian Dunlop and David Spratt | On 13 October 2020

The Australian Government is dangerously out-of-touch as climate change accelerates and a cascade of tipping points risks unstoppable global warming.

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When climate risks are so high,  short term actions matter most

By David Spratt | On 28 September 2020

Many carbon budgets are based on an under-estimation of warming to date, and the path of future warming. And all such budgets either ignore, or underplay, the loss of carbon from long-term stores — such as the melting of permafrost … Continue reading →

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As warming approaches 1.5°C, a carbon budget for the Paris targets is delusional

By David Spratt | On 13 July 2020

There’s a lot of talk about how much “carbon budget” (new emissions) are allowable to  keep global heating to the Paris target of 1.5°C. The reality is that over the last year, global average warming was already close to 1.5°C, … Continue reading →

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