Climate
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International mission to decide on Morrison Government’s climate and reef policies
So, is the Morrison Government doing enough to secure the protection of the Great Barrier Reef? The question is almost absurd. The answer is a deafening no. Continue reading »
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Environment: nobody wants to pay for climate action
The Commonwealth government continues to ignore climate action, while developing countries resist bearing the burden of the renewable energy transition. Scientists say ‘no’ to solar geoengineering. Continue reading »
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The Coalition’s latest environmental fraud supported by Murdoch Media again. No surprise there!
If no one has noticed a central pillar of Australia’s risibly inadequate GHG reduction commitment of 26-28% by 2030 has recently been demolished by our own scientists. Continue reading »
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Environment: Pollution destroys lives, the ozone layer and bushland
Profits trump health in sacrifice zones, and pollution from the 2019/20 bushfires may increase Australia’s skin cancer rate. Dogs destroying bushland. Continue reading »
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The new reality of climate chaos is upon us
The climate criminals are, of course, seeking to cover their tracks. Continue reading »
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Environment: Emissions rising and no green recovery visible
Despite endorsing the IPCC’s findings, and rising emissions, Morrison still supports coal development. New climate-social system model identifies central importance of responsive political institutions for controlling global warming. Continue reading »
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A report by the Ministry for Impending Extinction 2040
I am, of course, referring to human extinction, whilst countless non-human but, nonetheless, brother and sister species plunge into extinction around us, leaving a void, a silence and a grief. Continue reading »
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Don’t expect much – with climate disasters you will largely be on your own
When Scott Morrison chides inundated Australians about expecting too much from the government or the ADF during a crisis, he is not just speaking about the nightmare scale of these catastrophic floods. He is setting expectations for the climate emergency’s cascading disasters. You’re on your own. Continue reading »
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Environment: Wealthy are the major CO2 emitters
Victoria turns a blind eye to illegal logging while USA maps protected areas. Rich individuals and nations need to reduce their emissions and eliminate global poverty. Continue reading »
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Keith Mitchelson – Reconceiving self-interest to reverse global warming
Humanity faces a self-interest choice – destruction of our economies, societies and environment with unfettered global warming, or a massive transformation that eliminates man-made carbon outputs. Continue reading »
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A ten-point plan for managing floods in Australia
All flood crises are more or less wasted, and the ones we have just experienced in New South Wales and Queensland will probably be no different. Continue reading »
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IPCC throws down the gauntlet on Australian institutional deficiencies on climate change.
Exposure and vulnerability of various natural and human systems to climate change are discussed at length in the latest IPPC report (6th Assessment Report on impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation). Continue reading »
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Environment: Medications damaging nature and humans
Prescribed drugs, government subsidies and deforestation are destroying nature. But nature fights back in Ecuador. Continue reading »
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Australia’s doomed koalas
In a country expert in killing off mammal species at a rate exceeding that of others (to be fair, there are so many more to destroy, with more to come), Australians now face the prospect that the koala, one of its most singularly recognisable animals, has its days numbered. Continue reading »
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New IPCC report shows Australia is at real risk from climate change, with impacts worsening, future risks high, and wide-ranging adaptation needed
Climatic trends, extreme conditions and sea level rise are already hitting many of Australia’s ecosystems, industries and cities hard. Continue reading »
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Environment: Destroying wetlands increases methane emissions
We’re destroying wetlands and their methane is killing us. Big Oil can’t be trusted but nor can the EU’s climate commitments. Boomers leave their great grandkids a tenth of what they enjoyed. Continue reading »
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How many refugees will drown at Bhasan Char in Bangladesh?
Over 20,000 Rohingya refugees have been recently moved to Bhasan Char, and are at risk of drowning. Continue reading »
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Sunday environmental round up
Electric cars sales are booming but so are coal’s, strongly supported by the banks. The Kyoto and Pari agreements fail to keep tabs on military forces’ greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading »
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Sunday environmental round-up
Greenhouse gases explain the science of climate change but money, greed and deception explain our failure to tackle it. Continue reading »
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Population decline isn’t happening fast enough to save planet
By 2050 we will consume three earths per year. Degradation of land and the oceans, biodiversity loss and global warming are the direct results. Continue reading »
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Morrison pins his hopes on the complacency or ignorance of voters
We’re facing a climate calamity, yet the PM believes Australians are more focused on the next holiday than threats to their children’s future. Continue reading »
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Sunday environmental round up.
Tackling the challenges of feeding 10 billion people, keeping our cities cool and meeting the increasing demand for batteries without destroying the environment. Continue reading »
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The Climate Council misses the mark on agriculture’s true impact
Much of the council’s reporting on the greenhouse gas emissions of agriculture is invalid or misleading and underplays the damaging effects of methane. Continue reading »
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Jobs and decarbonisation: how Australia should manage the transition
The move away from fossil fuels will be felt unevenly across Australia: the communities most exposed to these changes must lead our response. Continue reading »
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Climate catastrophe now inevitable without emergency action
By relying on consultants for policymaking, the government avoids making any serious contribution to the global effort to minimise temperature rise. Continue reading »
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Morrison’s ‘Australian Way’ climate plan is criminally irresponsible
The Coalition’s worship of fossil fuels and inept policymaking are leaving Australia defenceless against its greatest threat: climate change. Continue reading »
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Biggest barrier to saving the Reef is a political class in climate denial
The Morrison government is actively supporting new coal mines and massive new gas developments that will overwhelm all other efforts. Continue reading »
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Bad capitalists: Australia’s corporate welfare betrays the system
There are good capitalists out there — but those in the Australian government propping up failing industries are not among them. Continue reading »
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Sunday environmental round up.
To limit global warming we must stop producing and burning fossil fuels. But nations’ and companies’ plans don’t match their grand pledges and rhetoric. Nor with deforestation. Continue reading »
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Our obsession with economic growth will destroy us
Capitalist societies refuse to recognise there are limits to growth, resulting in inequality and ecological destruction — it will lead to collapse. Continue reading »
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