The weekend saw more than 600,000 people take to the streets in 175 countries calling on world leaders to agree on binding emission reductions during the Paris Climate Talks. Melbourne led the way with 60,000 people attending, followed by London with 50,000, while Sydney’s crowd was estimated at 45,000. 60000 people have turned out in […]
Citizens of the planet unite demanding leaders save the #peoplesclimate: @jansant reports
November 30, 2015
Canberra on the march for #PeoplesClimate: @margaretoconno5 reports
November 30, 2015
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Halloween heat in UK , France says @takvera travelling to #Paris2015 #Cop21 #climate talks
November 3, 2015
I have been travelling in England and Europe for 6 weeks now. It is supposed to be Autumn going into Winter, yet there is still plenty of warmth despite the shorter days. Other than a few days of rain, it has been remarkably fine: T-shirt and shorts weather, although a jacket is sometimes needed for […]
Natural History Museum misses Anthropocene #climate education opportunity says @takvera
October 16, 2015
Like many visitors and tourists to London I took the opportunity to visit the London Natural History Museum. I visited this museum 19 years ago and spent a whole day there with my older step children when they were 11 and 9 years old. So I was keen to go back and share a new […]
#Hazelwood owner #Engie stops new #coal investment reports @takvera
October 15, 2015
There has been a campaign to close down the aging and highly polluting Hazelwood coal mine and power station for several years. Hazelwood’s French owner GDF Suez recently rebranded itself as Engie and in their latest announcement declared they would stop investing in new coal plants. But they refused to give any changed undertaking regarding […]
For #Paris2015 UK and Australia compared on #climateaction by @Takvera
October 14, 2015
I am on a journey to the UN Paris Climate Change Conference starting on 30 November. My daughter Tarryn and I are travelling the UK and Europe in the prelude to attending the Conference. While negotiators have managed to reduce the negotiating text from 86 pages to 20 pages (Draft agreement 5th October PDF), the […]
Room for Australia to increase post-2020 #climate target to 45 percent for #Paris2015 says @takvera
September 11, 2015
Australia is going to the Paris Climate Conference in December with exceptionally low post-2020 climate targets, but the Government’s own modelling by McKibbin Software shows that there would be minimal impact on GDP growth from increasing the target from 26-28 per cent to 45 per cent. There is also substantial scepticism among the International community […]
Australian #climate targets half of what is needed say scientists – @takvera #Auspol
August 12, 2015
Australia’s post 2020 climate targets were approved in cabinet last night ahead of a Liberal and National Party room caucus meeting today. The post 2020 climate targets were announced at a press conference (See transcript and media release) today and amount to 26 to 28 per cent emissions reduction on 2005 levels by 2030. In […]
Stiglitz: Global #carbonpricing with cross-border tariffs needed to fight #climate change – @takvera
July 11, 2015
Nobel award winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has raised the prospect of a global carbon tax lead by a ‘coalition of the willing’, with cross border taxes on goods from non-participating countries, as one strong measure to transition the planet to low emissions and fight climate change. Speaking at the plenary of the Our Common Future […]
New Zealand sets unambituous and conditional #climate change target reports @takvera
July 8, 2015
While we wait for the Australian Government to release our post 2020 climate targets, expected later this month, John Englart reports on New Zealand’s climate target it has just submitted to the United Nations in the lead up to the December Climate conference in Paris, and the reaction from civil society and scientific community. New […]
