#ScottyNoFriends hanging around G20 like a bad smell. Maybe our Prime Minister had a ‘Maccas Engadine Incident’ 👖💩, or his reputation as the most incompetent, lack- lustre, cowardly, self-centred, narcissistic, dishonourable, two-faced, bully boy POS has preceded him. #auspol
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Explainer: The climate clock: What’s the world’s carbon budget, and what’s Australia’s share?
This is the world’s game plan for averting the worst of climate change: staying within a safe “carbon budget” as we shift to green energy. But how are the numbers crunched? And how will countries divvy it up at COP26?
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UN Climate Change Conference COP 26 (until Nov 12)
Climate Change
Member countries also agreed to end public financing for coal power abroad, but not domestically. Speaking in Rome, Prince Charles urged leaders to listen to the “despairing voices” of young people on climate change.
Our best chance to stop global warming is approaching. Here’s what it means if it fails
On our current trajectory, we will heat the world by 1.5C in less than a decade, the United Nation’s climate change panel has found. And if we don’t act now, cooling the world will be increasingly hard.
Greta Thunberg joins climate activists in Glasgow as protests ramp up ahead of COP26
Activists from around the world have descended on Glasgow ahead of the crucial COP26 climate summit, which has triggered the largest policing operation ever held in Scotland.
Greenpeace: G20 fails to confront global crises
Rome, Italy – Reacting to the weak outcome of the G20 Summit, Greenpeace is demanding a faster and more ambitious action plan in response to the climate emergency and COVID-19.
COP26: Has demonizing Big Oil backfired?
Fossil fuels will be with us for decades, no matter what pledges are made at the UN climate summit in Glasgow. With banks and pension funds cutting investment, who will control oil, gas and coal supply in the future?
Mitigate climate risks, build resilience, UN chief says in message celebrating world’s cities
Although sea level rise could put more than 800 million people in coastal cities at direct risk by 2050, less than 10 per cent of climate finance for urban areas goes to adaptation and resilience, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
What makes a ‘refugee’? It could be a life-or-death question in the climate crisis
A new analysis by the Environmental Justice Foundation says that international laws covering refugee protection are too narrow for the climate crisis.
The Climate Crisis is a human rights crisis
As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) this week, the stakes could not be higher. From burning forests to sweltering cities, parched farmlands to storm-battered coasts, the climate crisis is taking a mounting toll on lives and livelihoods around the globe. And unless governments act boldly—and quickly—to massively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the situation could become unimaginably worse.
China hurries to burn more coal, putting climate goals at risk
Faced with electricity shortages, the country is racing to expand mining despite risks to the environment, miner safety and the economy.
Cop26 day 0: Glasgow prepares – in pictures
From ‘climate trains’ and indigenous ceremonies to pilgrimages and protests, delegates, activists and journalists descend on the UN climate conference
Explainer: The climate clock: What’s the world’s carbon budget, and what’s Australia’s share?
This is the world’s game plan for averting the worst of climate change: staying within a safe “carbon budget” as we shift to green energy. But how are the numbers crunched? And how will countries divvy it up at COP26?
The Guardian view on Cop26: rhetoric must turn into action in Glasgow
Guardian editorial
In the race to avert catastrophic global heating, there is no more wriggle room left
The west caused the climate crisis – it should now pay to clean up the mess
Lazarus Chakwera
At Cop26 a plan is urgently needed that will allow Africa to develop as well as adapt to global heating
Politicians talk about net zero – but not the sacrifices we must make to get there
John Harris
Too few leaders will arrive at Cop26 bearing any mandate for serious climate action, because hardly any have tried to get one
Humanity is not trapped in a deadly game with the Earth – there are ways out
David Wengrow
The author of a landmark book that challenges our view of history argues catastrophe is not foretold. We are freer to act than we think
Reasons to be hopeful: the climate solutions available now
Damian Carrington
We have every tool we need to tackle the climate crisis. Here’s what some key sectors are doing
Impasse on climate could last for years
David Crowe
If world leaders could not reach a deal in Rome, the outlook for the unwieldy UN summit looks as dismal as the Glasgow weather forecast.
Glasgow COP26: climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out
Melanie Pill
The make-or-break United Nations climate talks in Glasgow have begun. Much attention so far has rightly focused on the emissions reduction ambition each nation is taking to the negotiations. But another key goal of the talks is to dramatically scale up so-called “climate finance” for developing nations.
Net zero and carbon neutrality: Unscientific myths for an us and them world
Chandran Nair
The world is not united by the goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Each nation and region will have its own trajectory.
National
How Australia came to be known as a climate change ‘laggard’
Over time, Australia’s international reputation on climate change has been mixed, with ups and downs along the road. But one thing is for sure: Australia goes to Glasgow with a lot of baggage.
Angus Taylor refuses to detail cost to taxpayers of 2050 climate plan
The federal Energy Minister says funding for the government’s plan for net zero emissions by 2050 only stretches as far as 2030, saying what future governments do in the 2040s “is a matter for them”.
As Australia’s recycling sector undergoes a massive overhaul, single-use plastics – like cutlery and straws — have started to disappear, while an increased amount of packaging must include recycled material. That means changes for businesses, governments and consumers.
Barnaby Joyce details some conditions attached to Nationals climate deal
Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has provided some of the detail of the agreement with the Nationals to accept a net zero emissions 2050 target.
Australia to work with Indonesia on energy, climate
Australia has vowed to work with Indonesia on tackling climate change and advancing low-emission technologies.
True cost of COP26 decision revealed
Australia has been urged to transition away from fossil fuels immediately to protect its economy from a huge shock.
Morrison government climate plan will fail if solely reliant on technology, thinktank reports
Grattan Institute says subsidies to cut 500m tonnes of CO2 a year is ‘beyond comprehension’
Scott Morrison uses final G20 remarks to defend climate policy ahead of Cop26
PM says Australia has cut emissions by ‘more than most of the countries sitting around this table’
Morrison tells G20 science will tackle climate change crisis
Technology will provide the answer to climate change in the same way smartphones and COVID vaccines changed the world, the PM said.
Small business urged to play critical role in net zero through power purchasing
Pubs, shops, recruitment agencies and construction firms could play a critical role helping the economy hit net zero emissions by purchasing power from an energy retailer which offsets their usage.
Don’t be cowed on policy work, Martin Parkinson tells public servants
Public servants re-entered familiar territory when politics thrust them to the front of the nation’s climate change debates in Parliament last week.
CBA and CSIRO team up to decode climate effects on financial sector
The Commonwealth Bank and the CSIRO are joining forces to investigate how climate change will affect different sectors of the economy, with CBA planning to use the data to drive down the emissions of large corporate clients.
Australia has a ‘suicidal’ climate policy, says former UN climate chief
Christina Figueres, an architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement, has hit out at Australia’s net zero commitment, labelling it “irresponsible” and “suicidal”.
The Morrison government hasn’t done its homework for COP26
Richie Merzian
If COP26 is a failure, Australia will have played a major part in it
Climate change has driven farmers to despair and all we get is callous disregard
Sophie Love
The drought, the fires and the floods have nearly broken us, but the government keeps playing games on climate action
Scott Morrison missed his shot on net zero and his grip on middle Australia is slipping [$]
Nicholas Stuart
Prime Minister Scott Morrison can’t bank on Barnaby Joyce and the Nats to win the next election for him.
Coalition’s magical thinking won’t make climate crisis go away
Sean Kelly
There is a sense that words uttered about climate change have no connection to reality, but only to immediate political need.
Hitting net-zero requires a major banking shake-up
Clancy Yeates
Banks may need to become less like mortgage factories to finance the massive investments needed to combat climate change.
Don’t believe climate hysterics’ lies on coal [$]
Andrew Bolt
Greens leader Adam Bandt claims “renewables are cheaper than coal or gas”, but if that was true then why is China building 95 new coal-fired power stations?
Climate class war continues as rich stay in control [$]
Tim Blair
The wealthy and powerful are having a fine old time with the coronavirus and climate change, but it’s a different story for those who have to follow their rules.
Frank Jotzo
Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at today’s opening of the United Nations climate summit with a 2050 net-zero emissions target born from a painful political process.
Reaching net zero is every minister’s problem. Here’s how they can make better decisions
James Ha and Alison Reeve
The federal government has finally committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 – a target Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take to this week’s crucial United Nations climate summit in Glasgow.
Party’s over for climate vandals: only informed independents can save us
David Shearman
A new parliament is urgently needed with the ability to act on the climate crisis and this must include young people whose future is at stake.
Scott Morrison’s half-hearted U-turn on electric vehicles
Abul Rizvi
Without the vision to invest in electric vehicles and transport technology, Australia is setting up its young people for…
Australia ‘wows’ on the world stage – cartoon
Kate Moon
New South Wales
Indigenous custodians divided over the fate of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park
Time is running out to give feedback on a draft plan to reduce brumby numbers in the NSW high country to 3,000 by June 2027, with public submissions closing on Tuesday.
Half a million Sydneysiders surge back onto public transport post-lockdown
And it’s nothing compared to our roads, where traffic is at near pre-pandemic levels.
ACT
Canberra team guides big business through climate change shift
A team led from Canberra is advising Australia’s biggest enterprises how to adapt to climate change.
Two historic ACT alpine huts destroyed in the bushfires must stay as ruins [$]
Volunteers who have been maintaining historic alpine huts in the Kosciuszko for decades are frustrated and annoyed at an ACT government decision not to allow the rebuild of two huts destroyed in the Black Summer bushfires inside the Namadgi National Park.
Queensland
Adani faces Aboriginal heritage scrutiny ahead of first coal exports
The Queensland government is questioning Adani as a group of traditional owners raise the alarm over work that is threatening a significant site.
Origin eyes ACT-size shale oil reserves under delicate Qld floodplains
Just months after a global energy agency warned against any new production fields in a bid to limit global warming, Origin Energy wants state approval to seek fossil fuels in the Channel Country.
Tornadoes, dust storms, giant hail, supercells: Climate trifecta causing Qld’s extreme weather [$]
Four tornadoes have slammed into Queensland in the past month along with giant hail, dust storms and supercell thunderstorms. Experts say a trifecta of climate events is behind the extreme weather.
South Australia
Biggest solar battery in the state gets tick of approval [$]
It will be the biggest energy storage battery in South Australia, and this $150m investment has earned the state government’s tick of approval.
Tasmania
Still questions to answer on wind future
Chair of No Turbine Action Group (NTAG) Central Highlands said Cattle Hill Wind Farm has some positive points but also raises some questions.
Underwater world a delight for divers [$]
Past fishing practices had left this marine environment nearly devoid of life. But now, 30 years after it was protected, “a whole new world” has emerged under the waves.
Western Australia
Fortescue to supply green hydrogen to UK after deal with JCB
Fortescue Future Industries will become the biggest supplier of green hydrogen to the UK after signing a deal with construction equipment company JC Bamford Excavators and distributor Ryze Hydrogen.
Sustainability
Big brands stoke cement kilns with plastic waste as recycling falters
Consumer goods giants are funding projects to send plastic trash to cement plants, where it is burned as cheap energy. Critics say it undercuts recycling efforts and worsens air quality.
The data center of the future is made of algae bricks and runs on hydrogen
Inside Microsoft’s efforts to build a low-impact data center (because it’s building almost 100 a year).
Los Angeles is aiming to be first major carbon-free U.S. city by 2035, but obstacles loom
Confronted by devastating wildfires, parching drought and ever-hotter summers, Los Angeles is launching an ambitious plan to combat climate change by becoming the first major U.S. city run entirely on clean energy. But it won’t be easy.
Capitalism is killing the planet – it’s time to stop buying into our own destruction
George Monbiot
Instead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up
Nature’s right: a world with limits, to fossil fuels and population
Oliver Howes
The lessons of climate change are in the numbers, but the fundamental lesson is the most difficult one — on our human numbers.
Nature Conservation
‘How can we grow new forests if we don’t have enough trees to plant?’
As nurseries run low on stock and labour shortages grow, industry warns Tory pledge cannot be kept
Deforestation soars in Nigeria’s gorilla habitat: ‘We are running out of time’
Authorities say a lack of financial support and threats of violence are limiting their ability to adequately protect what forest remains.
The Audubon Naturalist Society is the first of the 11 original Audubon societies to rebuke its namesake and his racist past. “Once you know it, you can’t unknow it,” its director said.
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