Older people like me need to start protesting for our planet | Bill McKibben
The brutal truth is that last week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report didn’t have the effect it should have had, or that its authors clearly intended. Produced by thousands of scientists who synthesized the work of tens of thousands…
Dutton stays silent in question time – as it happened
We’re going to wrap up the live blog now. Here’s what made the news today: Amy Remeikis will be back with you early tomorrow morning. Until then, have a great evening. ‘Extraordinary stuff’: Labor MP claims Deeming contradicted Pessuto in…
The rise of ‘doomers’: The people who think climate change can’t be stopped – The Washington Post
When Sean Youra was 26 years old and working as an engineer, he started watching documentaries about climate change. Youra, who was struggling with depression and the loss of a family member, was horrified by what he learned about melting…
Media Parrot IPCC’s Warning Earth Mustn’t Pass 1.5°C Threshold. It Already Did
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the final part of its sixth assessment report (AR6) on Monday, March 20. Predictably, the media rushed to repeat the claims made in the report with their own scary, woefully overwrought, headlines. Here is…
Dutch Farmers Fighting Mandatory Land Buyouts To Meet EU Climate Targets
Brussels has warned furious Dutch farmers that compulsory farm buyouts are the only way for the Netherlands to meet its EU climate targets. Climate chief Frans Timmermans said the European Commission would explain the green laws to Caroline van der…
Top lawyers defy bar to declare they will not prosecute peaceful climate protesters
Leading barristers have defied bar rules by signing a declaration saying they will not prosecute peaceful climate protesters or act for companies pursuing fossil fuel projects. They are among more than 120 mostly English lawyers who have signed a declaration…
Why I’m joining more than 100 lawyers in refusing to prosecute climate protesters | Jolyon Maugham
The cab rank rule expresses a beautiful idea: that access to the law – society’s great leveller – is for everyone, whoever they are and whatever they are said to have done. The rule remembers that for a lawyer to…
The Greens face one of the biggest decisions of their political lives as Labor’s climate policy hangs in the balance
The future of one of Labor’s signature climate policies – updating the safeguard mechanism to deal with industrial greenhouse gas emissions – hangs in the balance. The government held off pushing it through parliament this week while negotiations continued with…
UN Report Predicting A Climate Apocalypse By 2030 Met With Mockery
The United Nations released a report on Monday that claimed the planet will approach a catastrophic threshold in the 2030s unless further action is taken. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization convened by the United Nations, authored the…
Voice referendum question and constitutional amendment could come tomorrow – as it happened
From 7h ago Confirmation of the Indigenous voice referendum question and constitutional amendment could come as soon as tomorrow, following a meeting of the referendum working group with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, tonight. Multiple sources have told Guardian Australia…
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