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Tag: Climate science

Facing “Hothouse Earth”, will governments continue half-a-century of inaction?

7 August 2022 Mike Scrafton Climate crisis

For 50 years climate research has accumulated on climate change, and governments, with the major democracies at the forefront, have failed to respond. Facing ‘a perilous, all-pervasive climate breakdown’, what will they do now?

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‘The science is screaming at us’: more hard climate science prepares the road to COP26

11 March 2021 Mike Scrafton By Mike Scrafton, Climate crisis

The latest UN reports again show clearly that the world is not on track to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Avoiding warming beyond 1.5°C may now be well beyond reach. Will there be social and political ramifications of the failure of political leadership in democratic states?

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How good are (Australian) Royal Commissions?

14 January 2020 Mike Scrafton Australian focus, By Mike Scrafton

Is Australian Prime Minister Morrison’s call for a Royal Commission on matters related to the recent bushfires just a smokescreen, an excuse for avoiding real action, or is it a genuine attempt to get a body of evidence and a report on which the government could build a holistic strategy for addressing global warming, which should be applauded?

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Latest by Mike: Climate Crisis

Facing “Hothouse Earth”, will governments continue half-a-century of inaction?

7 August 2022

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Mike Scrafton is a regularly-published writer on Australian and international affairs. Read more about Mike here.

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