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30 September 2009

Copenhagen in a Nutshell

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This figure from the Washington Post and statement by Jose Barroso sums up what we can expect from the current Copenhagen process. As ...
11 September 2009

Forget about 2050, we're blowing the carbon budget right now

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by David Spratt Sick of hearing about greenhouse emission reduction targets for 2020 or 2030 or 2050? Now there's a new way to think...

Punting on coal is a loser, tell the Government

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First published in The Age , 10 September 2009 Everyone else can see the folly of propping up polluting industries. THERE'S an irony...
19 August 2009

The CPRS aftermath

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CPRS emissions will be higher than baseline till 2035 Since the CPRS was defeated in the Senate last week, there has been a vigorous debat...
05 May 2009

Has Kevin Rudd taken "a significant step forward on climate change"?

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Kevin Rudd's announced changes to the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme has again split the climate movement, and this time it...
03 May 2009

A new reality check on the global carbon emissions budget

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Two new research papers published this week in Nature on emissions targets have been widely reported, including Humanity's carbon budge...
21 April 2009

Climate countdown

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Last night, Monday 20 April 2009, I had an opportunity to debate the topic "Climate Change: What Should the Federal Government Be Doi...
07 March 2009

What's up with emisions reductions of 25-40% by 2020?

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The “25-40/2020” scenario was published in the IPCC’s 2007 Fourth Assessment Report Working Group III report , in Box 13.7 on page 776, “...
22 January 2009

350 is the wrong target: put the science first

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During 2008, US environment writer Bill McKibben and colleagues established the climate activist group 350.org , with the aim of spreading t...