Climate Conversations

Climate News: Climate shock for coffee drinkers; Corporations and the climate emergency at Geelong; A botanical detective story; Keeping race horses cool; Warming puts biggest lakes at peril


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A corporate lawyer, Robert Brinkley, will be in Geelong on Thursday evening talking about "Taming corporations to relieve the climate emergency". He has written a book with a similar theme - "Time to Change Corporations - Closing the Citizen Gap".

"Call on the Australian Government to adopt The Code for Corporate Citizenship";

"February 2023 was Earth’s 4th-warmest February on record";

"5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond";

"G7 leaders must fulfil their promise to stop funding fossil fuels";

"Warming and Drying Climate Puts Many of the World’s Biggest Lakes in Peril";

"Chart: Carbon capture and removal projects hit a record high in 2022";

"Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater";

"Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay Trillions in ‘Climate Reparations,’ New Study Argues";

"As the Harms of Hydropower Dams Become Clearer, Some Activists Ask, ‘Is It Time to Remove Them?’";

"Two States Are Ramping Up Clean Energy Incentives. That Was the Inflation Reduction Act’s Point";

"Judith Curry - credentials";

"Kenyan Campaigner ‘Locked Out’ Of African Oil And Gas Event In London";

"Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change";

"Climate breakdown, extinction and ‘The Most Stupid Boast’";

"The crooked timber of an unhappy, dangerous American Empire";

"Biden apologises to Albanese, thanks him for strong leadership";

"Extinction Rebellion Eastside - Melbourne";

"Coral reefs are dying. Desperate scientists are turning to high-risk strategies";

"Black Summer bushfire smoke likely triggered record flooding";

"NT approves Beetaloo gas fracking despite climate fears";

"Gas could make up one-third of Victoria’s climate pollution by 2035: report";

"We have everything we need to fix the climate crisis. But we need to do it now";

"Yes, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a coal mine. But save the angst for decisions that matter more";

"A botanical detective story: shedding light on the journey out of Africa for one of Australia’s worst weeds";

"There won’t be a Saudi Arabia of the green hydrogen age";

"Western Victorian wind farm plans fail to mention brolga nests, say Brewster residents";

"Ed Husic on the role of gas in the energy transition";


"The unexpected force that may make us get less sleep";


"How is climate change affecting El Niño and La Niña?";


"Biden, Australian PM Albanese sign clean energy, climate change pact";


‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs";

"Climate change will cut land for coffee by more than 50%, report says";

"New York 'will sink if more skyscrapers are built'";

"The U.S. Needs Minerals for Electric Cars. Everyone Else Wants Them Too.";

"ICYMI: Tarantulas’ Pets, Flirting With 1.5°C & Vaccines for Condors and Koalas";

"C4NET | Community Energy Transformer Forum";

"Climate Acton Network Australia (CANA)";

"Public Interest Sold Out for Private Profit";

"Whitney Terrill: Mobilizing an Interfaith Movement for Climate Solutions";

"What are you working in service of?".





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