Daily Links Nov 30

So, we provide to them, for a pittance, our resources, we pay for and construct much of the infrastructure that enables them to operate, including giving them an educated workforce, …

Daily Links Nov 29

Can Chris Bowen’s Capacity Investment Scheme really lead us to the broad, sunlit uplands? It does have investors salivating. Now we need a Drawdown Investment Scheme or more-properly a well-funded …

Daily Links Nov 28

We’re good at saying how far we’ve come and how good we are. But progress should be measured against what we need to do rather than relative to our starting …

Daily Links Nov 27

At least it is something, but we are still adding to the problem as we explore, produce and export. It will be harder in our communities to take steps to …

Daily Links Nov 24

“The rate of change is so low that no-one would even notice it in their entire lifetime.” Well, is that true? Fires, floods, extreme temperature records? Straw men abound in …

Daily Links Nov 23

It’s a bleak world if we are without hope. Our challenge is to be optimistic as we face the forces of darkness, strategic as we get stuck into our nation’s …

Daily Links Nov 22

Read with caution! Upbeat or unrealistic? We are opening new fossil fool projects and the lag effect means we’ve many years of warming already locked in.  Global climate goals within …

Daily Links Nov 21

Why adaptation is so hard and it is what we know. Knowing and doing are so different and doing needs to be at a scale that is effective. Personal change? …

Daily Links Nov 20

Why is this even a thing? Which bit of ‘no more oil or gas’ does ConocoPhillips not understand? And how come exploration licences are being granted? And all of this …

Daily Links Nov 17

The Samuels Review laid out what needs to be done for the EPBC Act to be fit-for-purpose. Environmental standards, a climate trigger and independent oversight and enforcement are three fundamental …