Climate change survey shows Australians want action on emissions, but are divided on nuclear
5 years, 4 months ago

Climate change survey shows Australians want action on emissions, but are divided on nuclear

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The majority of Australians blame increasing energy costs on "excessive profit margins" of energy companies, and 64 per cent think we should be aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050. Key points: More than 40 per cent of Australians said droughts and floods were already being affected by climate change New report found solar was the most popular energy choice, with opinions divided on nuclear Australia should act on climate change regardless of big polluters like US and China, respondents said But we're still divided on how to get there, with solar energy topping the list of preferred energy sources and nuclear power continuing to polarise opinion. Nearly 80 per cent of women said they are either "very concerned" or "fairly concerned" about climate change, versus 70 per cent of men. More than 40 per cent of respondents said they believe increased droughts and flooding are a result of climate change — up from 32 per cent the previous year. But although most respondents believed that climate change was happening, just 61 per cent said they thought humans were the cause.

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A new global survey shows that people everywhere are concerned about climate change
6 months, 2 weeks ago

A new global survey shows that people everywhere are concerned about climate change

NPR  

A new global survey shows that people everywhere are concerned about climate change A worldwide poll from the United Nations of more than 75,000 people shows a vast majority want governments to do more to address climate change. Two-thirds of respondents said climate change is affecting big decisions like where people live or work, and even more said they want …

Coalition to dump Australia's 2030 climate target, arguing 43 per cent emissions reduction is unachievable
7 months ago

Coalition to dump Australia's 2030 climate target, arguing 43 per cent emissions reduction is unachievable

ABC  

In short: The Coalition says Labor will fail to meet the Paris Agreement emissions reductions target but will damage Australian industry in trying. The Coalition says Labor will fail to meet the Paris Agreement emissions reductions target but will damage Australian industry in trying. CSIRO finds nuclear would cost twice as much as renewables Photo shows Nuclear power station chimneys …

Equitable survival: Climate action needs to be gender just
8 months ago

Equitable survival: Climate action needs to be gender just

Live Mint  

The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in favour of KlimaSeniorinnen, an association of more than 2,000 Swiss women, all above the age of 64, who had filed a case against the Swiss government for its failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which has put them at a greater risk of dying during heatwaves because of their age and …

Australia inches closer to 2030 emissions target, amid debate over renewable energy push
1 year, 1 month ago

Australia inches closer to 2030 emissions target, amid debate over renewable energy push

ABC  

The government says Australia is on its way to hitting its 2030 climate targets as it faces criticism from conservation groups for support of fossil fuels. Key points: Australia is on track for a 42 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030, according to new government data The government announced a renewable energy scheme this week, targeting 82 per cent …

‘Climate wars’: Australia caps major fossil fuel polluters
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Climate wars’: Australia caps major fossil fuel polluters

Al Jazeera  

New laws signal the end of Australia’s decade of political brawling that repeatedly derailed attempts to tackle its contribution to global warming. Experts on Thursday said the laws signalled the end of Australia’s bitter “climate wars” – a decade of political brawling that has repeatedly derailed attempts to tackle the country’s contribution to global warming. “What the parliament has done …

Australian Indigenous leaders say ‘need to be’ at climate table
2 years, 1 month ago

Australian Indigenous leaders say ‘need to be’ at climate table

Al Jazeera  

First nations representatives say the scale of the climate crisis requires ‘unprecedented collaboration’. “We need to be at the decision-making table and making calls on what happens in regard to the globe and climate change.” Drought, fire, floods As parts of eastern Australia succumb to widespread flooding, two years after catastrophic bushfires burned communities to the ground and killed millions …

Report shows growing number of Australians believe climate change effects already being felt
2 years, 2 months ago

Report shows growing number of Australians believe climate change effects already being felt

ABC  

Over the past 15 years, Australians have weathered myriad climate-related disasters including catastrophic bushfires, devastating droughts, and now destructive floods. Key points: A report shows a majority of Australians are concerned climate change will result in droughts and flooding that will affect food supply The number of those "very concerned" about climate change continues to increase year on year A …

Australia is unprepared for the health consequences of climate change: report
2 years, 2 months ago

Australia is unprepared for the health consequences of climate change: report

ABC  

Australia is unprepared for the health burden of climate change, and our lack of a national climate change and health adaptation plan has put Australians' lives at risk, according to a report. Key points: Almost all aspects of human health are declining due to climate change, according to reports Concurrent crises, such as geopolitical conflict and disease outbreaks, exacerbate climate …

Australia passes landmark climate change bill for net zero emissions by 2050
2 years, 4 months ago

Australia passes landmark climate change bill for net zero emissions by 2050

Firstpost  

The legislation, a key election promise of Australia’s new centre-left Labor government, aims to slash emissions in the carbon-intensive economy by 43 per cent from 2005 levels Sydney: Australia on Thursday passed its first major climate change bill in over a decade, codifying emissions targets and enshrining into its law for the first time a goal to reach net zero …

Australia commits to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43%
2 years, 6 months ago

Australia commits to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43%

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade in fulfillment of a key election pledge. The previous conservative government was dumped by voters at the May 21 election after it stuck to a seven-year-old pledge to reduce Australia’s emissions by only 26% …

Australia's Paris Agreement commitment lifted to 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030
2 years, 6 months ago

Australia's Paris Agreement commitment lifted to 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030

ABC  

The federal government says it has "drawn a line" under a decade of slow action on climate change, with it formally committing to the United Nations it will pursue a substantially more ambitious emissions reduction target. Key points: Australia has committed to reducing its emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 The target still falls short of what is necessary …

Will Labor govt in Australia put climate change at the forefront?
2 years, 7 months ago

Will Labor govt in Australia put climate change at the forefront?

Al Jazeera  

Australia’s conservative coalition has been voted out of office after nearly a decade in power. Australia is a major exporter of fossil fuels, and the outgoing government often objected to plans to reduce greenhouse emissions. Neighbouring Pacific Islands say Australia is blocking climate action, even as their territories are under threat of sinking. Uneasy ties with the island nations are …

Climate change has made old measures predicting weather events in Australia 'essentially worthless'
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change has made old measures predicting weather events in Australia 'essentially worthless'

ABC  

When Jo Groves bought her property in Lismore, she worked hard to make it her own and thought she would grow old in it. Key points: Statistical measures like the "one-in-100-year flood" level are used by authorities in Australia to determine safe building standards Experts say climate change has made those measures "essentially worthless" They say accurate climate change projections …

Australian election: Where is climate change on the agenda?
2 years, 7 months ago

Australian election: Where is climate change on the agenda?

Al Jazeera  

The majority of Australians want action on climate change, but you would not know that from the campaign for Saturday’s election. “Despite decades of warnings from scientists about climate change, Australia is unprepared for the supercharged weather that it is now driving,” said Hilary Bambrick, co-author of Australia’s annual assessment of progress on climate adaptation. “Australia is at the forefront …

Australians are googling climate change much more than during the last federal election
2 years, 8 months ago

Australians are googling climate change much more than during the last federal election

ABC  

Discussion of climate policy may be conspicuously absent this federal election campaign, but Google search data suggests the warming of the planet is weighing on voters' minds — at least more so than in 2019. Key points: Big data can be a window into collective concerns and a "barometer of social awareness" Nationally, search interest in climate change has soared …

Cop26: Compromise in the face of calamity
3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: Compromise in the face of calamity

The Independent  

This, we were reminded endlessly in the weeks leading up to the UN climate conference in Glasgow, was our last chance. “National leaders are simply not going to experience the worst of climate change unlike the younger people with stronger motivations,” she adds. “Yes, with a step back we can see the compounded risks from climate change across every aspect …

Analysis: Australia’s climate policy is being dictated by a former accountant in a cowboy hat
3 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Australia’s climate policy is being dictated by a former accountant in a cowboy hat

CNN  

CNN — Australia’s Prime Minister has all but confirmed he won’t join global leaders at crucial climate talks in Glasgow. “It’s talking to people in regional Australia, how the deputy prime minister and I believe our plan will help them in their communities, how our plan will help them realize their future.” With that remark, Morrison made it clear his …

Climate change: Most people in the advanced world think the US is doing a bad job, Pew poll finds
3 years, 3 months ago

Climate change: Most people in the advanced world think the US is doing a bad job, Pew poll finds

CNN  

CNN — Despite efforts from President Joe Biden to turn the United States into a global climate leader, most people in the advanced world don’t think the US is doing a good job on the issue, and China is doing even worse, a new poll by the Pew Research Center published Tuesday shows. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images People wait for a …

Australia widely criticised over emission reduction targets ahead of COP26 climate talks
3 years, 4 months ago

Australia widely criticised over emission reduction targets ahead of COP26 climate talks

ABC  

This week has seen the UK, the US and others pile onto Australia's approach to climate change at a virtual conference on climate action. Ban Ki-moon put it bluntly: "Australia's current goal of a 26 to 28 per cent reduction on 2005 levels by 2030, and the absence of a national zero emissions target, is out of step with its …

Australians are three times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming
3 years, 5 months ago

Australians are three times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming

ABC  

As we write this article, the Delta strain of COVID-19 is reminding the world the pandemic is far from over, with millions of Australians in lockdown and infection rates outpacing a global vaccination effort. During the pandemic's first wave in 2020, we collected nationwide data from 5,483 adults across Australia on how climate change affects their mental health. Our research …

Climate change disproportionately affects women – but they can also provide the solution
3 years, 9 months ago

Climate change disproportionately affects women – but they can also provide the solution

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The World Health Organisation sets out how events like mass flooding or extreme droughts can lead to an increase …

Why climate change is a feminist issue
3 years, 9 months ago

Why climate change is a feminist issue

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “As climate change increasingly impacts the UK in relation to localised flooding, heatwaves and ability to access food and …

The Costs of Australia’s Climate Politics
4 years ago

The Costs of Australia’s Climate Politics

The Diplomat  

At the beginning of 2020, Australia’s catastrophic bushfires were making international headlines. Climate Change and Foreign Policy: The Regional Context By any account, Australia’s immediate region is among the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of climate change. While the government had announced that it would commit A$500 million over five years to climate change programs in the …

Australia’s most senior former public servants and scientists reveal their anger about climate policy failure
4 years, 7 months ago

Australia’s most senior former public servants and scientists reveal their anger about climate policy failure

ABC  

For more than 30 years, Australian politics has been grappling with climate change and the nation's most senior public servants have been there through it all. Former secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Peter Shergold, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, and former secretary of the Department of Climate Change Martin Parkinson. The first and last time Australia …

Eco-anxiety: Children are losing sleep and having bad dreams over climate change, study finds
4 years, 10 months ago

Eco-anxiety: Children are losing sleep and having bad dreams over climate change, study finds

The Independent  

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What Australians really think about climate action
4 years, 11 months ago

What Australians really think about climate action

ABC  

With the country burning and otherwise "quiet Australians" crying for action, it's worth asking: what do Australians really think about climate change? Just after the election, we asked 54,000 Australians what climate action they want — and when — through the Australia Talks National Survey. Immediate action ; Some action ; More research first ; Do nothing The most common …

Scientists call on Australia to urgently reduce carbon emissions
4 years, 11 months ago

Scientists call on Australia to urgently reduce carbon emissions

India Today  

Australia needs to pull its weight when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to 274 of the country's leading climate, fire and weather scientists who penned an open letter to the nation's policy makers on Monday. "In many ways, this letter is the product of despair as scientists witnessed the deadly fire season unfold," Australian National University climate …

How to talk to children about climate change
5 years ago

How to talk to children about climate change

ABC  

When it comes to talking to her two primary school aged kids about climate change, Nina Roberts chooses her words carefully. "That's mostly where their strong feelings of wanting to get active are currently coming from," says Ms Roberts, who is a member of Australian Parents for Climate Action. "Climate change threatens their children's future so strongly than anything else …

Climate change to be decisive issue in Australian election
5 years, 7 months ago

Climate change to be decisive issue in Australian election

Al Jazeera  

Energy and global warming debates have dominated Australia’s election campaign, with many voters calling for change. “Australia doesn’t solve climate change by itself,” Morrison insisted last week during the final party leaders’ election campaign debate. 190515065852246 “There’s also growing evidence of impacts on ecosystems like the Great Barrier Reef, food and water.” A recent United Nations report warned that one …

Australia is being devastated by climate change. So will it swing the election?
5 years, 8 months ago

Australia is being devastated by climate change. So will it swing the election?

CNN  

Brisbane, Australia CNN — “This is the climate election,” declared Queensland Greens Sen. Larissa Waters at a Brisbane forum, weeks before the Australian election this month. While climate change expert Jotzo said the new climate policy was light on details, he saw it as a “positive sign.” “It’s an acknowledgment that a mainstream party in Australia needs to have a …

How the federal election will change Australia's response to climate change
5 years, 8 months ago

How the federal election will change Australia's response to climate change

ABC  

Climate change is already a key issue in this campaign after featuring heavily in the Victorian state election and the Wentworth by-election, which stripped the Coalition of its majority. - Stuart Federal Labor argues the Coalition hasn't taken the issue seriously during its six years in government and that it lacks a credible policy to lower carbon emissions. Former Liberal …

Where do the parties stand on climate change and the environment?
5 years, 8 months ago

Where do the parties stand on climate change and the environment?

ABC  

The word that springs to mind when you think about climate policy right now is 'division'. The Coalition is sticking with the figure it took to the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2016 - to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 per cent by 2030. Labor's emissions target is much higher than the Coalition's - it wants a 45 …

Climate change protest attendance encouraged by some Sydney schools
5 years, 9 months ago

Climate change protest attendance encouraged by some Sydney schools

ABC  

Some of Sydney's most exclusive private schools are throwing their support behind students choosing to attend today's climate change rally, with some pupils encouraged to "become the changes they seek to see in the world". Key points: Thousands of students are expected to attend the climate change rallies in Sydney and across the country Despite the support from some private …

Students take their demands for climate change action directly to politicians
5 years, 9 months ago

Students take their demands for climate change action directly to politicians

ABC  

As students from around the globe prepare to strike for action on climate change on Friday, a local council in northern Victoria has asked its youth to engage in a different way. "Shepparton has always acknowledged that climate change is an issue but it's not so much the acknowledgement that's the issue, we don't put enough things into action," she …

Why these Australian students will strike for climate change action
5 years, 9 months ago

Why these Australian students will strike for climate change action

ABC  

Thousands of young Australians are preparing to walk out of their classrooms to demand action on climate change. She's "I live in Western Sydney where the effects of climate change are also felt to quite an alarming degree," she says. The flood hit after an extended period of drought, and Tully says it's helped to shape conversation in city that …

How women hold the key to curbing climate change (Opinion)
5 years, 10 months ago

How women hold the key to curbing climate change (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Katharine Wilkinson is a vice president at Project Drawdown, a clearinghouse for information about the world’s most effective means to stop global warming. First, while the negative effects of climate change touch everyone, research shows they hit women and girls hardest. Women and girls face disproportionate harm from climate change because it is a powerful “threat multiplier,” making …

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