Date: 15 September 2019 at 7:21:35 am AEST
Subject: Daily Links Sep15
Post of the Day
Why declaring a national climate emergency would neither be realistic or effective
David Holmes
Predictably, both major political parties are resisting calls this week for a parliamentary conscience vote to declare a climate emergency in Australia.
Today’s Celebration
Independence Day – Costa Rica
Independence Day – El Salvador
Independence Day – Guatemala
Independence Day – Nicaragua
Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in Slovakia
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Armenia
Day of Languages of the Peoples of Kazakhstan
Knowledge Day in Azerbaijan
Silpa Bhirasri Day – Thailand
Cry of Dolores – Mexico
Mother’s Day – Kazakhstan
Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day – Slovenia
International Day of Democracy
Bushcares Major Day Out – BMDO
Climate Change
Greta Thunberg takes climate message to the White House
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has spoken to 200 young people at a gathering right across the street from the White House.
The Sydney family protesting with Greta Thunberg in NYC
For six-year-old Lila from Sydney, spending a day sailing on New York Harbour as part of a flotilla to welcome climate activist Greta Thunberg was the greatest thrill of her young life.
Who is Frank Bainimarama, the former Fiji coup leader turned climate change crusader?
How did Fiji’s former coup leader, rejected by Australia and the international community, become a democratically elected leader and global climate change ambassador?
A crying shame: humanity sleepwalking to disaster
Ian Bayly
Climate change apathy is a pitiless abandonment of future generations by adults in power. I may be 85, but I refuse to accept that our ruin is inevitable.
National
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Why declaring a national climate emergency would neither be realistic or effective
David Holmes
Predictably, both major political parties are resisting calls this week for a parliamentary conscience vote to declare a climate emergency in Australia.
Victoria
Dozens of climate change protesters arrested over Melbourne bridge blockade
Victoria Police have arrested 36 people after they refused to end their blockade of a bridge in central Melbourne.
DjabWurrung women are in an abusive relationship with Victoria’s government
Sissy Austin
The ‘progressive’ state Labor government is well aware of what an unhealthy, controlling relationship is
Electric scooters work brilliantly in Europe – so why not here?
Aubrey Perry
“Excuse me,” a man on the footpath says as I hop off the electric scooter I rented with the Lime app I just downloaded on my phone. “Where do you rent those?”
New South Wales
Emergency warnings downgraded as threat to northern NSW homes eases
Weather conditions start to ease in northern New South Wales where firefighters continue to battle two fires that have burnt through nearly 60,000 hectares of bushland.
ACT
A virtual reality walk in the park makes ACT parks accessible to all
Imagine floating down the Murrumbidgee River, taking a hike in Namadgi National Park or hitting one of the ACT’s mountain bike trails – all without leaving home.
Queensland
Queensland firefighters get a break, but blazes continue with no rain in sight
Firefighters from South Australia arrive in Queensland to give local crews a rest from battling bushfires, but the break may be short-lived with conditions forecast to get worse in the state later in the week.
Hit first by drought, then bushfires, ‘you can’t see any respite’ in struggling towns
The “compounding effect” of bushfires on rural Queensland communities already struggling from years of drought will be devastating for residents’ mental health, a psychologist has warned.
by Warren Barnsley
South Australia
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Tasmania
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Northern Territory
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Western Australia
Female rangers ‘blazing a trail’ in fight to keep culture and country alive
Indigenous ranger teams have traditionally been dominated by men, but a growing female workforce in the Kimberley is being seen as a vital resource.
Sustainability
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Nature Conservation
Forest fires destroying vital buffer against climate change
Humankind’s reliance on fossil fuels usually receives much of the blame for climate change but scientists say that deforestation has also played a big role.
Land restoration in Latin America shows big potential for climate change mitigation
Land restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean is picking up pace and scaling up projects will help the region meet its pledges under the Bonn Challenge, which aims to restore 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested land worldwide by 2030. A new study supplies a first map of restoration projects in Latin America and shows their potential to mitigate climate change through restoring forests.
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