We’re in more doo-doo than a Werribee duck if the argument gets to how many billion people will die as a result of climate change. There is much to support the assertion in the article that Homo sapiens is ‘not primarily a rational species’, that ‘primitive instinct and raw emotion’ drive our important decisions.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/09/18/Climate-Crisis-Wipe-Out/
The sun is very, very hot – and some of you are very, very conflicted, some of you are very, very stupid and none of you can claim ignorance.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/18/perhaps-we-need-to-explain-climate-change-to-politicians-as-we-would-to-very-small-children
Australia’s emissions are at a seven-year high? Leave aside the nonsense about ‘a canter’, what did Australia have in place 7 years ago? Ah yes, an Emissions Reduction policy that was working.https://theconversation.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-the-nations-leading-and-failing-on-climate-action-123581
Tim, your 20 years of climate activism have only been a failure if it was your job alone to stop climate change. Where would we be if you had not researched, argued, campaigned? The failure is on the heads of the ‘climate predators’ and it is them and their offspring, and tragically their offspring more than them. The resistance is gathering and it is a failure up until the day that it is not. We trust that there are enough of us to see it.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-17/climate-change-deniers-are-a-threat-to-our-children/11518138
Attending the UN climate summit with nothing to contribute – we are comprehensively shamed by our ‘leaders’. https://theconversation.com/australia-to-attend-climate-summit-empty-handed-despite-un-pleas-to-come-with-a-plan-123187 From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 16 September 2019 at 8:54:36 am AESTSubject: Daily …
Ian Bayly says it all in this article. ‘How could Homo sapiens dishonour its species name and be so stupid?’ https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/a-crying-shame-humanity-sleepwalking-to-disaster-20190911-p52qay.html From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 15 September 2019 at 7:21:35 …
Deputy Prime Minister whatever-his-name-is says that ‘science, not politics drives future-decision making on water policy and infrastructure’. I look forward to him recanting his position on anthropogenic climate change and supporting moving farming off highly-marginal land.https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6385123/mccormack-calls-for-australia-to-get-serious-about-water-security/?cs=14230
It’s not so easy to get this article in the New York Times, but it raises a question that we’re going to have to answer. Displacing 7 million is bad enough, but what do we do when there’s 70 million or 700 million and after displacement, their return is impossible through droughts, floods or sea level rise?https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/climate-change?module=inline
I have a meeting out of town on the 20th, so I’m looking for other ways to support the Climate Strike. This article, albeit from a US perspective, suggests some ways. I’m drawn to “Becoming involved in climate activism is in many ways a more effective way to fight global warming than marginally reducing your personal carbon emissions”.https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/kz4z9m/5-things-you-can-do-during-septembers-climate-strike-if-you-cant-leave-work
Read this article and weep. We were once an intelligent country with enough social and political cohesion to make bold decisions and lead the population in their implementation. We are now led by ideological air-heads who worry about nothing more than political advantage. We are in a climate emergency, no ifs and buts!https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-11/government-appears-unprepared-for-climate-change/11492886