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Debunking Australia’s excuse for climate inaction
Matthew Agarwala | March 24, 2020Australia will face massive, disproportionate losses if it fails to invest in adaptation and resilience at home and lobby hard for regional and global decarbonisation.
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Saving sandy beaches from climate change
John Church | March 10, 2020Australia has around 12,000 kilometres of sandy coastline at risk from potential sea level rises caused by climate change.
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Should central banks tackle climate change?
Dawn Lo | February 21, 2020A UNSW expert on global finance says climate change could result in substantial economic loss if central banks don’t take action.
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Don’t hide behind the smokescreen
Open Forum | February 4, 2020More than 250 active scientists with expertise in climate, fire and meteorology have signed a statement that calls on our leaders to urgently reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and engage constructively in international agreements to reduce total global emissions to net-zero by 2050.
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Australia must adapt to a new climate reality
Mike Scrafton | January 22, 2020Dealing with the impacts of global warming must not become sidelined by narrowly defining it as a national security issue. Nibbling at the edges of the global warming phenomenon will not suffice.
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9 things being wrecked by climate change
Rod Lamberts | December 31, 2019The warnings have been there for decades but still there are those who deny it. So perhaps it’s timely to look at how climate change is affecting you, by wrecking some of the things you love.
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Listening to women on the front line of climate change
Open Forum | November 30, 2019The conversation on global warming rarely includes the voices of women in remote villages in Africa, Asia or on Pacific islands – even when they’re on the front line of climate change.
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The risky business of climate change
Open Forum | November 18, 2019Businesses around the world are finally waking up to the fact that they must act on climate change or see its impact on their bottom line.
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Earthquake triggers urgent call to review sea level predictions
Open Forum | November 18, 2019Major earthquakes can cause land to sink and sea level to rise at a pace greater than the threat of climate-related rise, and may continue for decades after, new research reveals.
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Climate change is scarring coastal habitats
Open Forum | November 18, 2019Extreme climate events are exacerbating the impact of climate change in Australian marine ecosystems causing, in some cases, irreversible change underscoring the importance of adaptation and innovative solutions in the marine environment.
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Saving the climate – and tourist jobs
Open Forum | November 16, 2019Systems thinking can help climate change decision-makers identify and test adaptation measures that will benefit tourism, local communities and the natural environment.
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Conservatives should want to act on climate change
Claire Young | November 14, 2019Conservatives shouldn’t be prepared to see the homes and businesses Australians have worked hard for being lost to more intense droughts, bushfires or floods.