Category: Climate change
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Accelerating Climate Action
Amongst the G20 countries, Australia’s emission reduction target – a reduction of 26-28% on a 2005 baseline – is unusually weak, nowhere near what is required for us to play our fair share in meeting a 2°C Paris target. The impacts that we are experiencing now at a ~1°C rise in average temperature are the…
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Vote for leaders who will fight climate change
Vote for leaders who will fight climate change by – Ending fossil fuel subsidies – Investing in renewables – Leaving fossil fuels in the ground – Supporting a price on carbon
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Change doesn’t come from laggards
Change doesn’t come from Laggards – it will come when more people care enough about climate change to hold those laggards to account. Vote for leaders who will fight climate change by – Ending fossil fuel subsidies – Investing in renewables – Leaving fossil fuels in the ground – Supporting a price on carbon
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Our climate is changing now, with devastating consequences
Ice-covered Greenland isn’t normally associated with fires. But 2017 has seen a remarkable increase in the occurrence and severity of wildfires, and scientists are freaking out at the pattern of extreme weather events in the Arctic. Thousands of acres of permafrost are burning in what appears to be Greenland’s biggest fire on record. And climate…
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Climate of the Nation 2017 Australian attitudes on climate change
Climate Change: The majority of Australians agree that climate change is occurring (71 %) and accept the scientific consensus that human activity is the main cause (57 %).2. Action: The majority of Australians want Australia to address climate change because they see strong economic, environmental and social benefits and opportunities in the shift to…
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How will Climate Change affect Australia?
Across Australia, extreme weather events are projected to worsen as the climate warms further. Extreme heat is projected to increase across the entire continent, with significant increases in the length, intensity and frequency of heatwaves in many regions. The time spent in drought is projected to increase across Australia, especially in southern Australia.
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Climate Change and the Victorian Bushfire Threat
Climate change is increasing the risk of bushfires in Victoria and lengthening fire seasons. Extreme fire weather has increased since the 1970s in the east and south of Australia, including Victoria, with the fire season length extending from October to March. Climate change is now making hot days hotter, and heatwaves longer and more…
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100 Ideas for a Sustainable Lifestyle
There are lots of pieces in the puzzle of combating climate change and every little bit helps and most of the actions taken are by people taking a stand and taking action. It goes beyond building environmentally friendly buildings with renewable energy, including storage to all aspects of your life including your diet. There are…
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You think global warming is a sham because ‘climate has changed before?’
A timeline of Earth’s average Temperature since the last Ice Age glaciation. Randall Munroe posted an XKCD comic that so perfectly sums up the illogical nature of the most pervasive argument against the existence of man-made global warming: “The climate has changed before.” Let me complete that fallacy with its obvious conclusion: The climate has changed before, therefore man…