Bruce Duncan. Pope Francis & the bushfires.
6 February 2020. Pope Francis warned of the dangers of ‘catastrophic’ weather events, like savage fires resulting from climate change, in his 2015 document,...
Our Climate Crisis.
Jeremy Smith. While local drought-affected communities are declaring a climate emergency, present proposals to mitigate the impacts of drought fail to address the real...
Climate change: not just about economics, but also about ecology & ethics.
Peter Whiting. In an article discussing Australia’s inadequate response to the challenges of climate change, it might seem strange to start by citing the...
Bruce Duncan. The sirens are blaring about climate ‘catastrophe’. Are we deaf?
A searing heatwave has swept over western and southern Europe, and even in the USA. In France, temperatures were the highest on record, reaching...
Michael Keating. Australian National Outlook.
A significant new report was released last week on the Australian National Outlook by the CSIRO. In this article, I summarise the report’s discussion...
Ross Garnaut lecture series on energy transition.
Prof Ross Garnaut delivers a six-part seminar series on the challenges and opportunities of energy transition in Australia. The seminars (also available by webinar)...
At a climate tipping point.
Andrew Glikson. According to Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, chief climate advisor to the European Union, “We’re simply talking about the very life support system of...