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Policy & Planning

Slow 2050 net-zero scenarios not worth the paper they’re written on, say economists
Leading economists blow a hole through the main tool used to produce the slow net-zero scenarios embraced by climate policymakers.
David Spratt

Jun 10, 2022

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Policy & Planning

With “net zero 2050” and 1.5°C in same breath, Glasgow reeks of cognitive dissonance
Glasgow will not get close to pledges to halve emissions by 2030, and any reputable climate scientist will say that means warming will shoot past 2°C.
David Spratt

Nov 3, 2021

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Policy & Planning

New research suggests projections of future warming may be too conservative
Two recently published pieces of research suggest the world is likely to warm more than current projections.
David Spratt

Jan 27, 2021

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Coal

Canberra unprepared for climate upheavals that will rock the nation
Covid-19 should teach us the value of being fully prepared for catastrophic risks. But on climate, the Australian Government is walking blindfolded off a cliff.
David Spratt

Jul 2, 2020

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Policy & Planning

“Climate emergency”: It’s time to call a spade a spade
Declaring a “climate emergency” – and developing a climate emergency plan – is the only strategy that matches ambition to the scale of the problem.
David Spratt

May 21, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Support for action surges, as majority say we face climate emergency
Australians agree the nation ‘is facing a climate emergency’ requiring emergency action and that, in response, governments should “mobilise all of society” like they did during the world wars.
David Spratt

Apr 23, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Poll finds strong majority support for declaring a climate emergency
Overwhelming support for Melbourne to declare a climate emergency will be a shock to those climate advocacy organisations that have steadfastly refused to use such language.
David Spratt

Mar 8, 2019

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Policy & Planning

With climate protection, Labor can turn the table on government’s fear agenda
Climate change needs to be seen as an escalating and potentially existential risk to security in Australia, and to orderly relations between peoples and nations.
David Spratt

Feb 19, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Fossil nations sideline science at Katowice, even as emissions rise and warming accelerates
In a deadly diplomatic strike, big oil and gas nations took a key scientific report out of the Katowice text, replacing it with an ambiguous formulation that merely notes its existence.
David Spratt

Dec 10, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

World wakes up to scale of climate challenge, so what should a Labor government do?
Here are six steps that could be taken straight away by a new Labor government to address the challenge of climate change, without legislation.
David Spratt

Oct 24, 2018

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The straight-forward climate question Josh Frydenberg will not answer
Is climate change an existential risk to Australian society and the world community? It’s not a difficult question, but one that climate minister Frydenberg has failed to answer.
David Spratt

Jul 9, 2018

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Commentary

Senate report recognises climate risk, but fails to draw obvious conclusions
Senate report acknowledges the huge risks of climate change and the “threat to intelligent life”. But it needs to do more than that.
David Spratt

May 19, 2018

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