There is no way to stabilize the world’s temperature without an aggressive plan to pull carbon out of the atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates than more than 3 to 7 gigatons (GT) of CO2 will need to be removed per year by 2050—up to 15 GT by the end of the century—to limit warming …
Elon Musk just bought $100 million in publicity for the carbon capture industry Read More »
On Wednesday this week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured at at 415 parts per million (ppm). The level is the highest in human history , and is growing each year. Amid all the focus on emissions reduction, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says it will not be enough …
The announcement this week by energy minister Angus Taylor that he’s putting together a major package to prop up oil refineries to preserve dirty fuel supplies to one of the dirtiest car fleets on the planet simply beggars belief. This week we’ve seen king tides and storms hitting Australia’s eastern coastline, changing the face of …
The Morrison government subsidising dirty fuel amid the climate crisis beggars belief Read More »
Can we deal with a pandemic and global warming at once – both urgent, one an immediate hit, the other a decade-long burn? Well, yes, because – even with front pages dominated by COVID-19 – last month saw an astonishing concentration of decisions by international corporates to ditch carbon. And they slipped by, with the …
While the world looked the other way, corporate giants abandoned coal Read More »
The fires generated unprecedented demands for climate action in Australia The Covid-19 pandemic is a “huge opportunity” to fast-track Australia’s shift towards more renewable energy, climate scientists have told the BBC. Australia’s recent bushfires made climate change the country’s most pressing issue . But scientists say that momentum risks being lost because of the virus. …
Coronavirus and climate: Australia’s chance to shift to green energy Read More »
My moment of realisation about the seriousness of climate change came 25 years ago. I expected governments to act. (Getty Images: Neil Overy/Gallo Images) I can’t tell you what I was doing on June 23, 1988, though I can take a guess. I was a week or so from finishing my journalism course and — …
Climate change talk has been around for 30 years. Where’s the action? Read More »
Climate scientists use mathematical models to project the Earth’s future under a warming world, but a group of the latest models have included unexpectedly high values for a measure called “climate sensitivity”. Climate sensitivity refers to the relationship between changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and warming. The high values are an unwelcome surprise. …
Just a few months ago there had been growing consensus among scientists, activists, economists and even investors that 2020 would be pivotal in the fight to stave off the worst impacts of climate change. Around the world global warming had become manifest in the intensity of fires and floods, droughts and storms, prompting politicians to …
Australia’s climate future to evolve as economy is rebuilt Read More »
When Pieter van Midwoud came across a job listing for a tree-planting officer at a non-profit called Ecosia, he knew he’d found his true calling. “There aren’t that many job titles that literally describe what you’re supposed to do,” said Van Midwoud from his home in Berlin. “I thought, it really can’t be that, can it?” …
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Four months in, this year has already been a remarkable showcase for existential and catastrophic risk. A severe drought, devastating bushfires, hazardous smoke, towns running dry – these events all demonstrate the consequences of human-induced climate change. While the above may seem like isolated threats, they are parts of a larger puzzle of which the pieces are all interconnected. …
