You can’t judge climate sceptics as if they are all the same. They come in various sizes and shapes, with different motivations, and we need to be able to distinguish sceptics from deniers, trolls from laggards. We have seen their
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Climate policy crippled by greed – and the way we can change that
[CLIMATIC ROOT TREATMENT] is a series of blogposts seeking to uncover and understand the deeper roots of society’s problems with taking appropriate action on the climate emergency, and to explore the advantages we could see once the action sets in.
Climate misinformation thrives in Australian media
Climate misinformation thrives in Australian media. The Australian Press Council has a stake in this. Along with other regulators and authorities, the Press Council fails to understand that the fatal climate crisis caused by an ongoing build-up in greenhouse gases
The economic impact of doing something about climate change
Our guests in the 65th Sustainable Hour were Rob Gell and Christine Couzens. “The Chinese understand. We are laggards in Australia in our understanding. The media in particular. Journalists have really not chosen to inform themselves. There are very few
Climate change, sea level rise and the letter writers
“We are putting climate change back on the agenda in Victoria”, climate minister Lisa Neville declared at the Australian Coastal Councils Conference last week, promising to make the Victorian state a national and international leader on the issue. In the
Amid silence and indecision a climate warrior steps in
The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 27 August 2014 is inspired by the two-minute trailer for the new documentary ‘Disruption’, which is premiering in the United States on 7 September, exactly two weeks before the Global Climate Action
Call for a mature discussion about climate change and vested interests
While Lismore City Council aims to go 100 per cent renewables in just ten years, the City of Greater Geelong Council has recently approved a draft budget with sustainability initiatives receiving little or no funding. “We need to have a
Modern society is a suicide cult
Liberal and Conservative politicians accuse science of climate change of doomsday hysteria, but do not see the religious plank in their own eyes. Most people have heard about cults, which in the name of religious fanaticism commit collective suicide and
Climate scepticism paralyses political climate initiatives
The fact that still in 2013 there are people who loudly and repeatedly say ‘climate change is a scam’ has an impact on our common future which should not be underestimated. It influences public opinion as well as the politicians