climate action
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6 Reasons 2023 Could Be a Very Good Year for Climate Action
Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental change, at best. Activist Greta Thunberg has described them as “blah blah blah” moments – grossly inadequate and too often hijacked by fossil fuel producers who would like the world to keep buying their main exports. Look more closely. The…
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Scott Morrison Threw $565M At Cleaner Tech Instead Of Committing To Net Zero, But Why Not Both?
The Morrison government pledged an additional $565.8 million towards cleaner technologies as part of of the virtual climate summit that saw other global leaders pledging much more ambitious targets. So what exactly does that mean? We already know that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shown little (see: zero) interest in meeting the net-zero by 2050…
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Don’t Give Up On The Planet
Welcome to the future. A future that me, and many people who put their faith in science, have been staring at in bewilderment, denial and abject terror for the better part of a year.