Category: Life Support
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Have we stepped off the cliff?
The science is pretty clear now, (unless we make radical and immediate changes to the way we live in this world) we are on track for a catastrophic rise in global temperature of 2.7 degrees Celsius within the lives of our grandchildren and most probably our children. Some people are warning that the current spike…
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Meanwhile, things were quietly getting worse.
While I have been outside filling these glorious Autumn Canberra days with folk music and wine tasting and bike rides, our capitalist climate change overlords have been busy. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the big oil companies (driven by shareholder demand for even bigger profits) are beginning to walk away from their pledges to…
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Nuclear War. A case scenario.
An absolutely chilling and deeply informative interview on nuclear war. This interview runs just over 3 hours. I could not look away. Highly recommended.
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Climate risk Australia: Infrastructure and environment.
Over the last few days, I have be posting excerpts from the risk descriptions appendix to the National Climate Risk Assessment. This is the final installment.They give an alarming overview of our Government’s concerns regarding Australia’s place in the climate emergency. All bold highlights are mine. Risks to resilience of buildings and community infrastructure. Increased extreme weather (e.g., floods, heatwaves, bushfires)…