The bushfires and the plague are symptoms of something momentous unfolding on Earth – an acceleration of our impact on nature This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 What has been the most shocking event of 2020? Was it awakening on New Year’s Day to
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1 November 2020
Born in the ice age, humankind now faces the age of fire – and Australia is on the frontline | Tom Griffiths
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30 October 2020
Q&A: COVID-19 has Pushed Women Peacebuilders from Key Leadership Roles
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Scenes from a rehearsal session with Colombia’s Cantadora Network, a network of singers using traditional Afro-Colombian music to preserve their culture and promote peace. According to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilder, funds are being diverted from women-led peacebuilding organisations, and from peacebuilding processes more broadly. Credit: UN Women/Ryan Brown By Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, Oct
29 October 2020
Distributed Generation Provides Hope of Energy for the Poor in Brazil
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A hotel in Xanxerê, in the western part of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, took advantage of its rooftops to generate its own solar energy and save on electricity costs. Similar initiatives have taken place in other states of the country, such as the northeastern state of Paraíba, where solar power self-generation facilities
28 October 2020
NSW environment minister urges end to ‘pointless, backward-looking arguments’ about climate action
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Intervention by ‘economically rational Liberal’ comes as Anthony Albanese hedges on 2030 emissions targets Australian PM’s office omits net zero emissions from account of Morrison’s talk with Johnson Overwhelming majority believe Australia is already experiencing climate change The New South Wales environment minister, the Liberal Matt Kean, has launched a clarion call for his party
28 October 2020
ABC flagship current affair programs didn’t cover climate change adequately, report finds
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A conservation group commissioned ex-ABC journalist Jonathan Holmes to investigate if political pressure was a factor The ABC’s 7.30 and AM programs did not cover climate change adequately and related reports on drought, bushfire, fossil fuel extraction, and energy policy ignored climate change as a causative factor, a confidential report for the Australian Conservation Foundation
27 October 2020
Seeing the forest for more than the trees: aesthetic and contextual malleability of preferences for climate change adaptation strategies
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Climate change is still addressed largely through expert-driven processes that rely on large-scale scenarios to transmit knowledge of anticipated trends to land managers and the lay public who are forced to confront and adapt to impacts at the local level. Thus, there is a disconnect between large-scale scenarios and the top-down management paradigm that decision-makers
27 October 2020
The Path to Global Food Security
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By Esther NgumbiURBANA, Illinois, Oct 27 2020 (IPS) This year, the Nobel Peace Prize recognised the inextricable link between hunger and conflict. With climate change as a further complicating factor, research, investment, and coordination with local farmers are critical for ensuring food security for all. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was awarded the
27 October 2020
The United Nations, 75 Years Young: Engaging Youth Social Entrepreneurs to Accelerate the SDGs
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Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. By Armida Salsiah AlisjahbanaBANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 26 2020 (IPS) This year, the United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary – a milestone of extraordinary economic and social progress in Asia and the
26 October 2020
Japan’s net zero by 2050 pledge another warning to Australia on fossil fuels, analysts say
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The Morrison government is urged to prepare for a shift in the global economy as major trading partners move to cut emissions A pledge by Japan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 underscores the risk facing Australia if it fails to prepare for the inevitable shift in the global economy
26 October 2020
Feeling the heat over Arctic sea ice | Letters
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David Nowell thinks Extinction Rebellion should focus on insulating homes, running public transport cooperatives and campaigning for major economic reforms, while Iain Climie says late Arctic ice formation should surprise nobody The delayed freeze in the Laptev Sea is consistent with the entire Arctic Ocean, which is set for the slowest recovery in the extent