A really important article #auspol in The Monthly by Richard Flanagan.

Labor’s first extinction

“… a parable of what we do when we do nothing, of what happens when we let corporate greed and political cowardice define our world as a lie.”

themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/may…

It's mid-April. Time for some seasonal cooling.

El Niño is ending. Time for some interannual cooling.

Nope. Let's set a new record high for daily ocean-average surface temperature. 😬

Mr. Netanyahu, antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to millions.

Do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government.

Deadly floods in hyper-arid Dubai & Oman made more intense by climate change, El Nino and rapid urbanisation - new World Weather Attribution study
worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-precipit…

The #COP29 leadership team today held a very encouraging meeting with Marina Silva, Minister of Environment and Climate Change for Brazil.

We are grateful to Ms. Silva and her team for sharing their experience and insights on how to make COP29 in #Baku a success.

This tweet by Senator Matt Canavan will not age well. #Coal emissions are killing the @GreatBarrierReef. The only record on the reef is the extent and severity of the latest coral bleaching. #auspol #climatechange

one of the best i have seen in a while…

#ClimateActionNow
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateBrawl

Producing solar panels in China does cause CO2 emissions, so let's have a look.

560 GW of solar panels were produced in China over the past 12 months.

Emissions from solar panel production in China are estimated at 250 kg/kW by the IEA.

That means solar panel production was…

From me - Western Australia’s unique eucalypt forests fade to brown as century-old giant jarrahs die in heat and drought. Climate change is drying the region. theguardian.com/environment/20…

How much of global warming is human-caused?

MORE THAN 100%

That’s right: according to natural factors, including the sun and natural cycles, the Earth should be slowly, gradually cooling right now. Instead, it’s warming.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5_zpj…

My interview this week with nature:

“The solution to the Great Barrier Reef’s bleaching problem is clear - Reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Full stop.”

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is ‘transforming’ from repeated coral bleaching nature.com/articles/d4158…

I’m very concerned about the direction of the Albanese government, so I’ve signed this letter.

Without a climate trigger the government's environmental law reforms will not stop new fossil fuel developments. #auspol

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/epbc_open_lett…

Beautiful takedown of The Economist by Singapore's Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam.

It is as though what is happening is an ‘Act of God’ about which nothing can be done and as if the “new normal” of deep drought and extreme heat is the beginning and the end of the changes we are seeing.

The Cook government in Western Australia in responding to the unprecedented drought and heat announced that this hot, dry weather is the “new normal” due to the effects of climate change.

wa.gov.au/government/med…

This is not a “new normal” as it's going to keep getting worse, unless we take urgent action.
It is caused by fossil fuel emissions.
The only way to stop it and avoid the disastrous aridification of southwestern Australia is to phase these fuels out quickly, including gas.

This must not become our next war beside the US.

Australia must condemn all attacks by both Israel and Iran and clearly state it will not participate in any conflict other than to work to de-escalate.

At a minimum that means a comprehensive arms embargo on all sides. Now.

This 1 minute video of me debunking the “cloud seeding caused the Dubai floods” has been watched by humans cumulatively for 56 days so far. It’s still a tiny fraction of the time people spent watching the original misinformation.

What is the cause of this severe flooding in Dubai?

Multiple rounds of intense thunderstorms forming off the warm waters of the Persian Gulf.

Dubai is experiencing major flooding as 1.5 year’s worth of rain just fell in a single day.

Nearly 5 inches (127 mm) fell in 24 hours.