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28 July 2020

Are worst-case climate scenarios less likely, as media reports of a new scientific paper suggest?

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by David Spratt Reading the media reporting of a new scientific paper released on 22 July, it was easy to get the impression that som...
09 July 2020

As warming approaches 1.5°C, talk of a carbon budget for the Paris targets is delusional

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by David Spratt There's a lot of delusional talk about how much "carbon budget" (or new emissions) are allowable that would ...
02 July 2020

Canberra unprepared for climate upheavals that will rock the nation

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By David Sprat, first published at RenewEconomy Covid-19 should teach us the value of being fully prepared for catastrophic risks, but on ...
06 May 2020

Covid-19 climate lessons

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by David Spratt and Alia Armsitead This post is the concluding section of a discussion paper, Covid-19 climate lessons , just published by...
16 April 2020

Fatal calculations: How bad economics encouraged climate inaction

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Download Pandemics and climate disruption are existential risks that require that particular emphasis be placed on the high-impact poss...
05 March 2020

Scott Morrison's duty is to protect the Australian people. There is no greater threat than climate disruption

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Our government continues to focus on the supposedly horrendous cost of climate action without mentioning the benefits   by David Spratt...
17 February 2020

A climate reality update at 2020 emergency summit

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2000 people attended an inspiring two-day National Climate Emergency Summit in Melbourne on 14-15 February. Here is my contribution t...
02 December 2019

Leading climate researchers: we are in a climate emergency, facing existential risks

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Tipping points and potential domino effects by David Spratt Last week a new paper in Nature caused a stir and world-wide headlines, a...
21 November 2019

Climate emergency (2): The scientific case

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by David Spratt. Second in a series Part 1 | Our climate is already too hot, with dangerous heatwaves and bushfires, droughts and cr...
18 November 2019

Climate emergency (1): “Something has shifted”

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Welcome to this “rough guide” blog series on the climate emergency and climate emergency campaigning. This series looks at some of the ques...
15 October 2019

“We would never board a plane if we only arrive in half the cases, but this is the method in international climate policymaking”

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Introduction: The energy transformation in Germany, widely known as the Energiewende, is the country’s planned transition to a low-carbo...
18 August 2019

At 4°C of warming, would a billion people survive? What scientists say.

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Courtesy: The Guardian by David Spratt In a way it’s an obscene question: if the planet warms by 4 degrees Celsius (°C), would only a ...
10 August 2019

Australia’s climate stance is inflicting criminal damage on humanity

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Courtesy: The Guardian  by Ian Dunlop and David Spratt , first published at The Guardian The top priority of government is security of...
29 July 2019

Climate emergency new update

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Period ending 29 July 2019 DECLARATIONS UPDATE bit.ly/ce-councils No of councils/states to declare/recognise climate emergency: 888 No of ...
24 July 2019

Giving climate impacts the third degree

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Download The following is the introduction to a new discussion paper, The third degree: Supporting evidence & Implications for Aus...
17 June 2019

Is humanity dying?

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The recent release of the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration policy paper on "Existential climate-related security r...
14 June 2019

Climate Emergency: What is safe, the 1.5º target, and is the end nigh?

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Recently I did a talk for Extinction Rebellion Melbourne with the title “Climate Emergency: What is safe, the 1.5º target, and is the en...
03 June 2019

We must mobilise for the climate emergency like we do in wartime. Where is the climate minister?

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Canberra, February 2009 by Ian Dunlop and David Sprat t, first published at The Guardian The second Morrison ministry contains no on...
30 May 2019

Can we think in new ways about the existential human security risks driven by the climate crisis?

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Note: This post is the foreword to a policy paper on existential climate and security risks released today by Breakthrough. It is written ...
27 May 2019

Unexpected surge in global methane levels

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From Climatenexus.org   An unexpected surge in global atmospheric methane is threatening to erase the anticipated gains of the Paris Cli...