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Friday, August 30, 2024

Video: The Tipping Points of Climate Change and Where We Stand in 2024 | Johan Rockström (TED talk)

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I came across this TED talk by accident, produced mid August 2024. "We're nearly halfway through the 2020s, dubbed the most decisiv...

Australia experiences record breaking winter heatwave; Rapid snow season decline; Global Snapshot of news reveals climate crisis extent

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Australia experiencing a late winter season  heatwave breaking temperature recotds. Australia is in the grip of a late winter season heatwav...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Surging seas driven by the climate crisis already impacting Island nations says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

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The Pacific Islands Forum is underway in Tonga. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a speech to the opening of the forum.  He hig...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Cruise ships are getting larger and emissions are growing says new report

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There is a new report on Cruise ship emissions. Cruise ships are getting larger and more numerous. This is a problem for the environment, ac...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Extreme Heat: World sets new daily temperature records as UN Secretary-General issues Call to Action on Extreme Heat

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The European Copernicus Agency early this week identified that Sunday, Monday and Tuesday set new global daily average temperature records....
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Guest Post: Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ may blow out by 40% under the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan – and that’s the best case

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  Sven Teske , University of Technology Sydney The Coalition’s pledge to build seven nuclear reactors, if elected, would represent...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Antonio Guterres calls out the Godfathers of Climate Chaos on World Environment Day

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  Blistering speech by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on World Evironment Day urging leaders take the right decisions tak...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

Shipping emissions: Route optimisation using ocean currents and eddies may save 10% fuel use globally

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An Australian scientist proposes freight and container ships optimise their routes based upon satellite data and a AI algorithm based upon t...
Friday, May 31, 2024

An Open letter to Telstra Super on fossil fuel investments, particularly Santos and Woodside Energy

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The following email to one of my superannuation funds, Telstra Super, was partly generated from the latest Market Forces Climate Wreckers Re...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Guest Post: Prof Bill Hare on Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas

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Bill Hare , Murdoch University In announcing Australia’s support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony A...