by bpckle | Oct 28, 2021 | Media
Supplied, Author providedIn a few days world leaders will descend on Glasgow for the United Nations climate change talks. Much depends on it. We know climate change is already happening, and nowhere is the damage more stark than in Australia’s southwest. The southwest...
by bpckle | Oct 28, 2021 | Media
The Morrison government released its net zero plan and Angus Taylor penned a scary piece about methane, but both lacked substanceTemperature Check is a weekly column examining claims about climate change made by governments, politicians, business and in the media. See...
by bpckle | Oct 28, 2021 | Media
ShutterstockThe Nationals this week finally agreed to a plan of net-zero emissions by 2050. Farmers say they’ve done much of the heavy lifting on Australia’s emissions reduction and had been calling for a deal that addressed purported inequities of the past. The terms...
by bpckle | Oct 27, 2021 | Media
The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on a proposal to list
by bpckle | Oct 27, 2021 | Media
Some of the harshest criticism came from CNN, which labelled Australia ‘the rich world’s weakest link at Cop26’Scott Morrison refuses to release net zero 2050 modelling amid condemnation of climate policyGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe...
by bpckle | Oct 27, 2021 | Media
ShutterstockThe Morrison government’s eleventh hour commitment to net zero by 2050 is a monumental failure. Critics rightly point out the government’s plan involves no increase to Australia’s 2030 climate target, no new funding or policies and few concrete details of...
by bpckle | Oct 27, 2021 | Media
Scott Morrison’s government is counting on businesses and households to reduce emissions almost entirely as a result of their own voluntary initiativeAustralia’s net-zero emissions ‘plan’: the five things you should knowThe Morrison government has now confirmed that...
by bpckle | Oct 27, 2021 | Media
ShutterstockIf nations make good on their latest promises to reduce emissions by 2030, the planet will warm by at least 2.7℃ this century, a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found. This overshoots the crucial internationally agreed...
by bpckle | Oct 27, 2021 | Media
Court action from Torres Strait leaders over Australia’s failure to cut emissions comes with an urgency that is impossible to overstateWith the UN climate summit now less than a week away, the Australian government is failing to meet even the exceptionally low...
by bpckle | Oct 26, 2021 | Media
ShutterstockMarine heatwaves are catastrophic impacts of climate change many of us are already familiar with. But how much do they cost society? During marine heatwaves, ocean temperatures can become so high that many species become stressed, or die. Critical coastal...
by bpckle | Oct 25, 2021 | Media
Granville Harbour Wind Farm/AAPPrime Minister Scott Morrison has finally struck a deal with the Nationals and is expected to take a pledge of net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050 to the Glasgow climate conference. So what must Australia do to actually meet this...
by bpckle | Oct 25, 2021 | Media
Lukas Coch/AAPPrime Minister Scott Morrison is poised to announce Australia will adopt a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The pledge is long overdue – but the science tells us 2050 is about a decade too late to reach net-zero. If we want to meet...
by bpckle | Oct 25, 2021 | Media
A week from today, a crucial round of United Nations climate change negotiations will begin in Glasgow and the stakes could not be higher. By the end, we’ll know how far nations are willing to go to address humanity’s biggest challenge. So is COP26 on track for...
by bpckle | Oct 24, 2021 | Media
Beachfront residents back the Collaroy wall but other locals worry the beach will disappear for longer periods as climate change increasingly drives coastal erosionGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing“We really didn’t want to build a wall,” says Bob...
by bpckle | Oct 24, 2021 | Media
Converting every vehicle to electric by 2035 would halve costs, Australian Conservation Foundation report findsAustralia may be left with almost a $1tn health bill by 2050 if it doesn’t boost the take-up of electric vehicles, according to a new report released on...
by bpckle | Oct 24, 2021 | Media
Chair of the UK’s Climate Change Committee condemns New Zealand and Australia agreements as unworkableThe chairman of the government’s climate change advisory board has condemned trade deals with Australia and New Zealand as “totally offensive” as he warned they would...
by bpckle | Oct 22, 2021 | Media
Professional and environment groups tell parliamentary hearing scheme needs reform to manage conflicts of interestEnvironmental offset policies are failing to halt the decline of wildlife and certain habitats should now be off limits to development, a New South Wales...
by bpckle | Oct 22, 2021 | Media
Wood burning is causing dirty air from the UK to Australia, but a study shows incentives to switch can workIn 2010, air pollution scientists from three of Europe’s biggest cities – Paris, Berlin and London – sat down together. Our data showed a new and consistent...
by bpckle | Oct 22, 2021 | Media
Environment groups decry plan to use site regeneration years after operations end at Glencore’s Mangoola mine as offsetsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingHabitat destruction caused by a new coalmine development in the New South Wales Hunter region...
by bpckle | Oct 22, 2021 | Media
The Pacific Islands are at the frontline of climate change. But as rising seas threaten their very existence, these tiny nation states will not be submerged without a fight. For decades this group has been the world’s moral conscience on climate change. Pacific...
