Caps Review Part 1: The global climate crisis
The Australian Government’s independent Climate Change Authority (CCA) is conducting a Caps and Targets Review this year. In this series I will explain why the review is important, outline what I think...
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Australia’s Climate Commission does the maths
US climate activist Bill McKibben recently toured Australia as part of his “Do the Maths” campaign advocating divestment from fossil fuels, based on the arithmetic which shows to avoid dangerous...
View ArticleIPCC AR5: global warming more evident than ever
Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first (and primary) instalment of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Its key conclusions include: The Earth is accumulating...
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Cool reaction to IPCC needs a reality check
Last Saturday, two momentous events occurred. Firstly, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a globally respected Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning international scientific institution,...
View ArticleAnti-politics 2: We need a green populism
This is the second part of a series about the Australian “anti-politics” attitude and how the green left should respond to it. Part 1 lays out evidence for the attitude and speculates on its causes....
View ArticleTony Abbott cuts out Australia’s brain
Australia’s new Liberal/National Coalition Government, led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, today announced an immediate freeze on recruitment and contract renewal across almost all areas of the...
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Unofficial deputy PM attacks climate science
Last week the Bureau of Meteorology announced 2013 was Australia’s warmest year on record, yet Australian newspapers published (at least) two opinion pieces denying the science of climate change. The...
View ArticleTennis heat just the beginning
The Australian Open is currently subjecting tennis players and spectators to extreme heat, a striking reminder of human-caused global warming. Tennis players are no strangers to Melbourne heat. During...
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Global warming not slowing – it’s speeding up
Global ocean heat content 1955-2013. (Source) The Earth is gaining heat faster than ever In 2013 the Earth’s oceans accumulated energy at a rate of 12 Hiroshima atomic bombs per second, according to...
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Global warming is already dangerous
“Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: ‘Too late.’” – Martin Luther King Jr. (Source) I’ve been reading up on what the latest climate...
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