'Gas puts us on the highway towards a global warming catastrophe, the beginning of which we are seeing here in Western Australia. People throughout the region are upset, angry, anguished by what they are seeing happening to their favourite places' -Bill Hare

'Agriculture, like the environment, is paying the costs of climate change; these costs are never considered when new high-emitting fossil fuel projects are approved and developed' - farmer & chair of AgZero2030 Simon Wallwork #WAClimateCrisis

The trouble about distant 2050 net-zero targets is that it distracts from the fact that climate change is now and action is urgent.
The sorry state of south west WA's forests is an early sign of what is at stake.
watoday.com.au/national/weste…

Should the Australian government owe a duty of care to children & future generations when making decisions that will worsen climate change?

Morally, yes absolutely.

Now Anj Sharma and allies are trying to get this duty written into a new law. A must-watch AustralianStory

Dr Ken Henry AC is one of 1600 signatories of an open letter calling for federal funding for an Australian Institute for Applied Ethics. Pledge your support today: ethicsinstitute.au

UNSW University of Sydney Simon Longstaff Mark Scott David Pocock Allegra Spender Jim Chalmers MP Australian Government

Maybe 2024 will be the year that more and more people will grapple with the challenge that it is features, not bugs, in current dominant systems that give us everything from plastic particles in our tissues to a warming earth to sacrifice zones and poverty.

Anyway, maybe 2024 is the year that more and more people will recognize the nature of our crises and get more curious and more courageous and figure out what each of our parts is in taking apart the harmful features and crafting something more life sustaining.

📢Today the Global Carbon Project releases its 2023 edition of the Global Carbon Budget, a comprehensive assessment of our perturbation of the carbon cycle and the balance of sources and sinks of CO₂. 1/🧵

And the level of 'downwards' we need is on a whole nother level if we're going to achieve something like 1.5°C. 13/

This month the global average temperature exceeded 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels for the first time.

ourANU ICEDS Director Mark Howden explains what this means and what we need to be focussing on.

For every tonne of climate pollution saved by the Anthony Albanese government policy, 7 tonnes are emitted through new coal & gas projects approved or supported by the gov. Doesn't add up and is unacceptable. Australian Conservation Foundation #auspol acf.org.au/outweigh-emiss…

The Production Gap Report 2023 is out now!

It finds governments plan on producing more than *twice* the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5ºC limit allows.

This #ProductionGap is a huge economic and climate risk and urgently needs closing.

🧵⤵️

climateanalytics.org/publications/2…

It is perfectly legal to lie in a political advertisement and it shouldn't be.

Add your name to our petition to introduce Truth in Political Advertising Laws before the next election
✍️nb.australiainstitute.org.au/truth_in_polit…

Hate re-sharing this stuff but people have been talking about this for ages (and for hundreds of years before I was born).

When I was 15 I explained why I support the Voice, on Saturday I'm going to vote for it.

Join me in building a better future for this country. Vote Yes.

Far Enough?
Remember when you wanted to find the best coffee within walking distance of where you’re at and you googled it? You can apply the same tactic to so many other aspects in life! Nash Edgerton Jenna Owen vic zerbst Blue-Tongue Films VOTE YES

youtube.com/watch?v=SAqIyp…

When you consider how to cast your vote in the referendum - and if health is important in your decision-making - then across the health sector all of our organisations recognise that a Voice to Parliament is likely to help close the gap.

I hope that helps you decide.

Yes means better results, not the same old failures.

Thanks to WA Nationals member Mia Davies for sharing your support for a Yes vote.

#yes23

Yesterday ATSE President Dr Dr Katherine Woodthorpe #voteYES AO FTSE, ATSE CEO Kylie Walker & ATSE Fellow Mark Howden FTSE spoke with media, urging the Federal Government to commit to an ambitious target of #netzero emissions by 2035.

Our net zero statement: atse.org.au/research-and-p… ANU Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions

45 climate scientists were asked what we thought of this years' climate disasters. Here are the highlights of what we said (thread) theguardian.com/environment/20…

Today, I'm backed by my senator, David Pocock, in launching my campaign to establish a duty of care owed by politicians to young people, ensuring that our health and wellbeing is considered when making decisions that could affect the climate system.