The COP 26 climate conference scheduled for November in Glasgow has been postponed to an unknown future date.  Given the current state of the corona pandemic this is hardly surprising and no doubt the key climate players will continue to collaborate ...

In a previous article (1) some of the challenges Australia faces in moving to zero carbon were introduced.  Australia will almost inevitably lose all economic activity associated with thermal coal and natural gas extraction and delivery.  It wi ...

Figure 1  below was included in my previous post (1) - it shows that per capita global CO2 emissions are around 5 tonnes/person/year.   This figure is for CO2 emissions resulting directly from the combustion of coal, oil and gas and also from l ...

In an earlier post (1) some of the characteristics of climate denial were examined.  This was an introductory piece and we will look at this in more detail in coming months, in the meantime it is worth examining the beliefs of those at the other end ...

Discussion of climate and decarbonisation in Australia often starts and finishes with conflicting positions on coal mining.  There are strong demands calling for Australia to stop the mining, use and export of coal opposed by arguments emphasising t ...

To accuse someone of being a climate denier means they refuse to believe in what is proven, not just beyond reasonable doubt, but beyond all doubt.  The non belief is therefore more than simple ignorance it represents an underlying bias that borders ...

For most people a discussion of CO2 emissions either means getting into the details of coal fired power plants and renewables or the benefits of electric vehicles over the internal combustion engine.  Two reports produced for the Sixth Innovation fo ...

A recent post (1) highlighted the risk facing the Liberal National government from Australia’s stagnant Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.  The thesis in this post was that there is a growing demand for pro climate action in key parts of the Liberal he ...

Australia’s annual greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory report for Q1 2019 has just been released.  The nation’s emissions were about the same as the prior quarter and pretty much any quarter since about 2012.  As discussed in an earlier blog (1), th ...

Over the past few weeks, climate change has become the focus of the Democrat presidential primary race.  Most serious candidates have released a climate plan and CNN held a 7 hour town hall style meeting devoted to the topic.  Compared with ...