Hope and courage in the climate crisis

A new book is a guided tour of ideas to inspire and sustain radical hope and defiant courage in the long climate emergency which now lies before us.

Climate catastrophe

There is ample evidence global leaders at every level have failed to improve living conditions or to protect the planet. Few politicians care to face up to reality until it stares them in the face.

One cold day doesn’t stop global warming

A chilly winter spell doesn’t negate more than a century of global warming. We need the political leadership to set the world on a safer path. Ill-informed tweets by government senators won’t help.

The security implications of climate change

A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the federal government has overlooked the national security threats of climate change.

Fight for the future

A loss of biodiversity and accelerating climate change in the coming decades coupled with ignorance and inaction is threatening the survival of all species, including our very own, according to the experts from institutions including Stanford University, UCLA, and Flinders University.

Invest the fiscal stimulus to fight climate change

With economies in free-fall, all governments, including Australia’s, are on the hunt for opportunities to stimulate their economies while, ideally, addressing long-term challenges. Action on climate change provides a raft of opportunities to do both.

An open letter on the Australian bushfires

Eighty of Australia’s top scientists have written an open letter to the Australian public and politicians, urging action on carbon emissions following this year’s horrendous bushfire season.

Time to cool down our language on climate change?

The language used in the climate change debate is hotting up, but more emotive terms may backfire by creating a false sense of accomplishment, or wearying the public with ‘crisis fatigue.

The fires demand a strategic response to climate change

The bushfires which swept across Eastern Australia offered a glimpse of a dystopian future and demand a strategic response from the Federal government.

Tackling the real climate challenge

As the nation burns, the Australian people must demand real action on the climate, but do we have political leaders ready to rise to the greatest threat – and opportunity – this country has ever faced?

It’s time for bipartisan action on climate change

It’s time to begin building a bipartisan Australian response to climate change. The stakes are too high to continue the divisive politics on this fundamental threat to our national wellbeing.

Climate change threatens to expose deadly soil contaminants

Extreme weather events and global warming could lead to increased human exposure to deadly chemicals, according to Australian researchers. Climate change is likely to lead to more dust storms and the release of contaminated soil into the atmosphere.