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24 February 2023

Faster, higher, hotter: What we learned about the climate system in 2022 (3)

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Third in a 3-part series  |  Part 1   |  Part 2 by David Spratt So far this series has looked at: Emissions trends The 1.5°C target Overshoo...
22 February 2023

Faster, higher, hotter: What we learned about the climate system in 2022 (2)

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Second in a 3-part series  |  Part 1    |  Part 3 by David Spratt The first part in this series looked at: Emissions trends,  The 1.5°C targ...
20 February 2023

Faster, higher, hotter: What we learned about the climate system in 2022 (1)

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First in a 3-part series  | Part 2  |  Part 3 by David Spratt Beyond all the hype and all the anxiety about climate policymaking, the upbea...
01 February 2023

Will Steffen’s crucial climate ideas on “Hothouse Earth”, tipping cascades and non-linearity

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By David Spratt   The eminent Australian climate scientist, and former Labor government advisor and head of climate at ANU, Will Steffen, wh...
28 November 2022

Over half of all fossil fuels are extracted by just seven countries, as world heads to 3°C of warming

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Shane White from www.worldenergydata.org has put together three very useful charts breaking down coal, oil and gas extraction by nation.  C...
20 November 2022

Brace for impact. International aviation Net Zero 2050 flightpath crashes in Melbourne.

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by Mark Carter , Flight Free Australia This week Flight Free Australia and Extinction Rebellion picketed the International Air Transport Ass...
28 September 2022

Not on the same page: When science and politics collide in climate communication

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by David Spratt   Not on the same page? Click image to enlarge. Updated 29 September 2022 A significant paper on climate tipping points was ...
02 September 2022

Pakistan is a hotspot for climate-driven human security crises

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by David Spratt A nation’s capacity to respond to climate risks by adaptation  is significantly dependent on its capacity, reflected in the ...
10 August 2022

High-profile paper on “catastrophic” climate impacts echoes our "What Lies Beneath" analysis on fat-tail, existential risks and IPCC reticence, published four years ago

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By David Spratt Last week, just as a new paper on catastrophic climate risks was hitting the media, I received an email: “It would appear s...
08 July 2022

"Biggest scandal in climate policy"– Interview with Operaatio Arktis

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by David Spratt Operaatio Arktis (Operation Arctic) is a group of young Finnish activists campaigning to protect the Arctic. Their message i...
27 June 2022

Defence agencies ‘accelerating’ risk of ‘Hothouse Earth’, US military study warns

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The actions of government military and intelligence agencies are increasing the ‘hyperthreat’ of climate and environmental change, accordi...
21 June 2022

Philip Sutton, pioneer climate and environmental activist

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by Luke Taylor , first published at The Guardian Philip Sutton, environmental activist; born 2 March 1951, died 13 June 2022 Photo: Thom Rig...
10 June 2022

Model-based net-zero scenarios, including those of the IPCC, aren’t worth the paper they are written on, say leading economists

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Cr: Merriam-Webster By David Spratt , first published at Breakthrough World-leading economists have blown a hole right through the middle o...
02 June 2022

We need to talk about climate interventions, as tipping point dominoes fall

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Download the report by David Spratt   The need to cool the planet in order to avoid collapse scenarios needs to be taken seriously. Breakthr...
17 May 2022

1.5 degrees Paris climate target not ‘safe or appropriate’ given climate tipping point risks, ‘major rethink’ required: new report

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Download the report Climate tipping points in the Antarctica, the Arctic and the Amazon are at risk of being reached before or at the curren...
05 May 2022

Tullamarine’s dream of a third runway is an emissions nightmare

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by Mark Carter Aviation is gearing up to be once more the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. And MelbourneAirport is planni...
03 May 2022

Are renewables decreasing global fossil fuel use?

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by David Spratt Recently Shane White, who blogs at worldenergydata.org , alerted me to a recent report, Boom and Bust Coal 2022: Tracking th...
22 April 2022

“Climate greatest threat to Australia’s security,” ex-defence chief says

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Former Chief of Australian Defence Force, Admiral Chris Barrie during a press conference at the Fuel Security Summit in Sydney. (AAP Image...
24 March 2022

Retired senior defence leaders name climate disruption as "clear and present danger", call for 2030 decarbonisation goal

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by David Spratt Seventeen senior retired Australian defence leaders have described climate disruption as an "existential threat" a...
22 March 2022

Existential climate risk management on ClimateGenn

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by David Spratt Recently I had the opportunity to speak with journalist Nick Breeze, who writes for The Ecologist as well as running his ex...