Decarbonising the economy quickly is absolutely necessary, writes David Spratt, an author and researcher in climate change.
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Crikey Says: Keep reading this, even if it is about Durban
Here it is: all countries have agreed to negotiate by 2015 a single, legally-binding global agreement that will cover all major carbon pollution emitters including the big guns — China, India and the United States.
Crikey Says: A nasty set of numbers
A collection of sobering take home points from a consortium of climate scientists and economists from around the world — the Global Carbon Project — and their findings for 2010, published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Coba Point residents back Flannery in 2GB spat
Residents of the Sydney riverside retreat of Coba Point have backed environmentalist Tim Flannery in his bitter climate spat with 2GB presenter Ray Hadley and a dissenting neighbour David.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: our energy future
“The door is closing…I am very worried – if we don’t change direction now on how we use energy, we will end up beyond what scientists tell us is the minimum [for safety]. The door will be closed forever.”
Climate scientists slam George Pell’s ‘utter rubbish’ claims
Leading climate change researchers have launched a scathing attack on a speech delivered this week by Cardinal George Pell, describing it as “dreadful”, “utter rubbish” and “flawed”., writes Graham Readfearn.
Oz to push for more ambitious emissions targets on international stage
Australia is using the anticipated passage of its carbon pricing scheme to make a renewed push for more ambitious targets on the international stage, writes Giles Parkinson, of Climate Spectator.
Video of the Day: The science isn’t in on thermodynamics
Stephen Colbert agrees with Rush Limbaugh on the global warming agenda being pushed by SpongeBob SquarePants.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: pen-pinching Klaus a prized Righter, not a freedom fighter
Poetic really, that the Czechs should present us with two examples of humanity, under the name Vaclav.
CSIRO says sea level claims from Oz expert are dead in the water
The CSIRO is crying foul over a front page article in The Australian last week which “misinterpreted” a report on rising sea levels and claimed the national research body’s model for global warming was “already dead in the water as having no sound basis in probability”.
Carbon tax pitch misses the mark: it’s the climate, stupid.
The problem is that barely half the population believes climate change is real and human caused; fewer support the tax. And much of that opinion is soft: it’s one of many concerns, writes David Spratt, climate change analyst and author of Climate Code Red.
Crikey Says: Time travel
A report from The Age on government advertising to educate the public about climate change …
‘Most of Australia’ can expect more than 50 degrees by end of century
If all the commitments made by governments around the world to reduce greenhouse gas were honoured, and that is all, then temperatures by 2100 would likely be about four degrees warmer than 1900, writes David Spratt, climate change analyst and author of Climate Code Red.
Crikey Says: Perspective
Lots of talk about carbon this week. Not much about global warming, though.
Crikey Says: The international response to our carbon tax
This is, ultimately, the most important aspect of the Government’s carbon pricing scheme — showing the rest of the world that Australia takes climate change seriously enough to warrant major economic reform.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: Climate Change Authority key to carbon future
One of the better aspects of the carbon price package revealed yesterday is its governance arrangements.
Carbon tax: the policy and the politics
This is a better package than the CPRS it is so closely modelled on, but not by a lot. It’s certainly as voter-friendly a policy as pricing carbon was ever going to be.
Carbon tax: Gillard’s ‘Clean Energy Future’ at a glance
The government has announced its “Clean Energy Future” package to commence from July 1, 2012. These are the details at a glance.
Carbon pricing: the big picture
We can have the most well-designed, democratic, efficient, no-loser everyone-gets-a-pony policies in place — if the climate goes to pot, we’ve lost, writes Martin C. Jones, an environmental economist and researcher.
First Dog: scientific proof it was Hug a Climate Scientist Day!
We asked you the reader to send scientific proof of actual hugging of Climate Scientists/Warmenists/and/or/Pets and the best ones would win Cooty Notes and some of you did. Here they are.
Risky business in planning for rising sea levels
New government reports found a “worst-case scenario sea level rise of 1.1 metres” within 90 years would have a devastating impact, with as much as $266 billion worth of potential damage, writes David Spratt, climate change analyst and author of Climate Code Red.
Global warming above 2° so far mitigated by accidental geo-engineering
According to NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Science climate reports, global warming is already committed to a rise above two degrees, writes Dr Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleoclimate science, Australian National University
Crikey Says: Crikey says: a healthy scepticism
Meanwhile … from the Hansard of the Legislative Council, NSW Parliament, dated May 30:
Guy Rundle: Rundle: the celebrities won’t save us
The spectacle of the debate centring around the presence of one celeb in one ad, should be something more than merely wearying in the manner of beat-ups.
Commission’s call for carbon budget beyond political belief
The Critical Decade report released today by the Climate Commission calls for a “fresh approach” to setting emission reduction targets, in particular by using a global “carbon budget”. But what does that mean for Australia?
