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Year: 2020

Net zero emissions by 2050: Leadership or climate colonialism ?

itdunlop, November 2, 2020October 10, 2021

Floods – Funafati Tuvalu How fast does Australia need to reduce greenhouse emissions to play its fair part in responding to the global climate emergency?One answer jumps out: “Net-zero emissions by 2050”. Suddenly almost everybody is clambering aboard this train: State governments, big business, investors, mining companies such as BHP,…

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Submission to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements – Bushfire Royal Commission

itdunlop, April 27, 2020September 18, 2021

Preamble Thank you for the opportunity to make a submission to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. The 2019/20 Australian bushfire season was unprecedented in terms of the intensity of the fires, their areal extent and their impact on the Australian community . Initial attribution studies confirm the…

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In a 3-degree warmer world, Australia will be utterly transformed. The Prime Minister knows, but refuses to say so.

itdunlop, February 29, 2020September 17, 2021

By David Spratt and Ian Dunlop The first duty of a government is to protect the people. There is no greater threat than climate disruption as the world heads to 3 degrees Celsius (3°C) or more warming, possibly by mid-century, yet the Prime Minister is unwilling to explain the implications….

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Have we a government fit for purpose, or the greatest danger to our national security?

itdunlop, January 31, 2020September 17, 2021

The current bushfires are unprecedented in terms of their extent, intensity, fire season length, economic and social impact. They are, without doubt, intensified by human-induced climate change. However, they are not unexpected; this is what the climate science has been telling us for years. Likewise with the drought. The fact…

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