Daily Links Jun 20
Top Post Huge majority supports renewables over coal even at greater cost A new poll finds a huge majority of Australians want the government to focus on renewable energy infrastructure …
Daily Links Jun 19
Top Post Bolder targets needed to protect nature for people’s sake University of Queensland (UQ) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) researchers argue that the world needs more diverse, ambitious and …
Daily Links Jun 18
Top Post Better Be Safe Than Sorry: Economic Optimization Risks Tipping of Important Earth System Elements Optimizing economic welfare without constraints might put human well-being at risk, a new climate …
Daily Links Jun 17
Top Post Australia’s natural capital valued at $6,413 billion The total value of Australia’s environmental assets, or natural capital, was $6,413 billion at 30 June 2017, nearly double the value …
Daily Links Jun 16
Top Post Leaked UN draft report warns of urgent need to cut global warming IPCC says ‘rapid and far-reaching’ measures required to combat climate change https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/15/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-cut-global-warming Today’s Celebration Chhelum – …
Daily Links Jun 15
Top Post Agricultural intensification not a ‘blueprint’ for sustainable development New research suggests that the combined social and ecological results of increased agricultural intensification in low and middle-income countries are …
Daily Links Jun 14
Top Post Have international climate negotiations outlived their usefulness? When I talk about the climate process to the uninitiated, they always insist that there has to be a better way. …
Daily Links Jun 13
Top Post Universal basic income and rewilding can meet Anthropocene demands Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin Are we doomed to societal collapse? Not if we break the mould of ever-greater …
Daily Links Jun 12
Dear Listers, Normal service via this avenue, including my self-indulgent soapbox, will be interrupted until early August. Yours truly is off to explore this wide brown land and look for a few grasswren species. Nonetheless, steps are being taken for an email forwarding to you. See you later.And now to the soapbox. We are simply wasting time and avoiding the obvious in looking for a quick fix for climate change. The post under the heading Climate Change says it clearly and simply – decarbonise!
Daily Links Jun 11
The article re the relationship between population and consumption suggest that while we can succeed in reaching a resolution on the environmental problems we face, it is unclear if we will. Our issues are a bit bigger than the ozone issue, but there is a model for progress if we have the will to go there.