tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27664082477617436082024-03-17T05:52:49.641+11:00Climate CitizenClimate change, sea level rise, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, environmental and social impacts of the climate emergency, and climate protests from John Englart, a Melbourne Citizen Journalist.takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.comBlogger1325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-15304059093928870742024-02-28T00:33:00.002+11:002024-02-28T00:33:36.078+11:00Dr Andrew Forrest says Climate Trigger and Carbon Solutions Levy needed as well as ending fossil fuel subsidiesAt the National Press Club of Australia Iron Ore magnate Dr Andrew Forrest AO proposed three simple policies for Australia to become become a green energy superpower:Implement a Climate Trigger for new projects; a “Best for Australia” test which explicitly considers climate impacts when approving new major projects.Replacing fossil fuel subsidies with an equally powerful green energy takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-57051587542408029972024-01-29T17:11:00.004+11:002024-02-03T00:39:03.410+11:00IPCC plans 7th assessment cycle reports including Climate Change and Cities, Short-lived Climate Forcers, Carbon Dioxide Removal
The 60th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) met in Istanbul, Turkiye from 16–19 January 2024 (IPCC-60). This session started the planning for the seventh assessment cycle which will run over the next 5-6 years. More than 300 delegates from 120 governments met to determine the work cycle of what reports to produce.
Outcomes include reports from the threetakvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-11011415298114585522024-01-15T14:35:00.000+11:002024-01-15T14:35:13.490+11:00Australia on track for 82 percent renewables target by 2030; IEA notes global acceleration in RenewablesLooking at 2023 renewables achieved a 38.4 percent average share of the electricity grid in Australia. This puts Australia just about on track to meet the 82 per cent renewables by 2030 target. Keep in mind Utility scale solar is still ramping up. New onshore wind farms are in the development pipeline. Offshore wind will only start coming into the system around 2030 but will rapidly ramp up takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-10223205407713924272024-01-10T14:21:00.003+11:002024-01-11T10:06:53.092+11:002023 set new global temperatures record at 1.48C anomaly above pre-industrial: CopernicusLast year, 2023, at 1.48C anomaly averaged over the whole year, came within a whisker of being 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures. The Eurpean Copernicus Climate Change Service has released its latest analysis for the year past. Have no doubt we have a climate emergency. This year, 2024, is likely to build upon the land and ocean warming, particularly with an El Nino in play, to produce an takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-44519176586661125222024-01-10T11:30:00.023+11:002024-01-11T21:44:17.553+11:00Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan acknowledges climate change a factor in extreme rain and flood eventsPremier Jacinta Allan has acknowledged that climate change is a factor in extreme rain and flood events, and that more needs to be done in planning to mitigate extreme weather and flood events as part of climate adaptation, along with reducing greenhouse gas emissions.The Bureau of Meteorology has identified the first nine days of 2024 were Victoria’s wettest since records began in 1900, with an takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-45652362996775720722024-01-04T13:02:00.002+11:002024-01-05T10:11:41.185+11:00Addressing shipping emissions with Professor Alice Larkin in interview with Kevin AndersonShipping emissions is one of those niche areas, part of Transport emissions, that needs to be tackled. There is both a huge freight and logistics component, a smaller passenger component and the tourism component of cruise ships.Most of the interview is focussed on the Freight component. About 3 percent of global emissions are due to shipping. This is about equivalent to the emissions of takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-3358120855194268902024-01-04T11:18:00.002+11:002024-01-05T10:18:19.543+11:00Dr Jennifer Francis on weather whiplash, 2024 and beyond "Expect surprises, destruction, suffering..."New research has investigated abrupt swings in extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere. This is being driven by Arctic amplified warming and slowing of the Northern Hemisphere Jet stream.Changes to the Jet Stream is one of the areas that Dr Jennifer Francis has been focussed on. Francis is Senior Climate Scientist with the Woods Hole Institute in the US. Her recent research has been in weathertakvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-84168391919357402892023-12-24T00:42:00.001+11:002023-12-24T00:46:18.480+11:00Gas field and Coal mine extension approvals on eve of 2023 Christmas. So on the Friday before Christmas both the Federal Labor Government and New South Wales Labor Government have approved new Fossil Fuel Projects. It is called putting out the trash. To try and limit scrutiny and media coverage of these actions. To release them when the public are focussed on christmas and holidays.NOPSEMA approved Shell Australia Crux gas field development in the northern Browse takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-33129772500611218212023-12-22T15:30:00.003+11:002023-12-22T15:30:35.345+11:00Australia has 117 new coal, gas, LNG projects in the pipeline at the end of 2023Australia is expanding oil, gas, coal, despite the 'transition away from Fossil Fuels' decision at the UN Climate Conference COP28. In a Climate Crisis the first best action is to stop digging. A new report released by the Federal Government on 18 December - Resources and Energy Major projects 2023 - outlines some 117 new coal and gas projects across the continent. Some of these may takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-73187840884572109002023-12-16T11:38:00.006+11:002023-12-18T21:37:13.480+11:00Queensland sets 2035 emissions reduction target of 75% below 2005The new Premier of Queensland Steven Miles has announced for Queensland a new emissions reduction target of 75% below 2005 levels by 2035. This will be a legislated target.Queensland already has a commitment to deliver 50% renewable energy by 2030, 70% by 2032, and 80% by 2035. The Premier Steven Miles said, “By legislating this target, we will create certainty for takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-62375091578299294352023-12-13T20:00:00.005+11:002023-12-19T09:31:25.297+11:00Australia at COP28 Climate Diary UN climate conference, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) is ocurring in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from Monday November 30 to Friday December 12, 2023 (but may also go into overtime).
This is my digital diary of Australia at COP28 in Dubai. I have attended four previous COPs (2015-2019) in person. For COP26 Glasgow in 2021 and COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-14243256093323490822023-12-13T19:30:00.005+11:002023-12-15T01:49:59.424+11:00Tracking Australian Ministers and Australian pledges at COP28This is a subpage of Australia at COP28 Climate Diary and will be updated throughout the conference.
Australia will be represented at the ministerial level at COP28 by Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and Assistant Minister Jenny McAllister. Jenny McAllister has already been assigned a key role at the conference: co-facilitate with Chile’s Minister for the Environment, Maisa Rojas, takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-50632382639160122602023-12-13T18:53:00.010+11:002023-12-14T01:55:45.063+11:00COP28 Closing Plenary: Transition away from Fossil Fuels, but major loopholes in packageThe second major draft of the Global Stock Take has been presented, and negotiators are preparing for a final plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference.
Much of the discussion at COP28 has centred around the Energy Transition Package and the key debate Phase Out of Fossil Fuels to meet the Paris Agreement 1.5C temperature target. Enabling climate finance for developing countries to takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-58471789479401444852023-12-13T02:30:00.000+11:002023-12-13T03:26:51.165+11:00CCPI: Australia improves 5 places to the low category in the 2024 Climate Change performance IndexTwo years in succession Australia has improved its total ranking in the Climate Change Performance index. In 2022 it jumped 4 places and in 2023 jumped another 5 places. This still places Australia at 50th ranking of 67 countries assessed, in the Low overall rating..In 2023 CCPI report Australia still ranked very low, but was starting to improve in some categories.For the 2022 CCPI report takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-73388209780922291382023-12-13T01:22:00.002+11:002023-12-13T12:26:00.002+11:00Australia pushes for Unabated Fossil Fuel Phaseout at COP28, while Australia opens offshore CCS opportunities to expand Fossil gasSantos Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage project Australia's Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has been forward in supporting Fossil Fuel Phaseout or phasedown at COP28. But his statements almost always come with a qualifying words: unabated, or abatement. On 12th December Bowen said "“Some of the world’s largest economies have now called for a phase out of unabated takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-9185724434638247142023-12-12T02:30:00.000+11:002023-12-12T03:13:33.045+11:00COP28 Fossil of the Day Awards. Who will be the colossal Fossil of COP28?The Fossil of the day Daily count for COP28. The best of the worst....
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Dec 3
New Zealand
USA
Japan
Dec 4
Brazil
South Africa
Dec 5
USA
Russia
Japan
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Alberta
Norway
takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-34519254370167995862023-12-10T13:42:00.005+11:002023-12-10T14:06:04.981+11:00Bowen delivers Australia's national Statement to COP28 stressing renewables path, but it is what was not said on fossil fuels that is crucialChris Bowen at COP28Australia's Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has delivered Australia's National Statement to the UN Climate Conference COP28. There is much to applaud in this statement, and Australia has changed its ambition and domestic and international climate policy positions. But it is in what was not said that is equally important.Australia is the 3rd largest fossil fuel takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-30616874613745255462023-12-09T23:15:00.002+11:002023-12-09T23:15:30.510+11:00Climate protests in Melbourne culminate in civil disobedience with 72 arrests - a personal statementBeing arrested - Courtesy ABC NewsWhy I am being arrested in Melbourne CBD today, 9 December, 2023, with Extinction Rebellion – Statement by John Englart. I’d like to say a few words why I am disrupting business as usual today, to block the traffic in Melbourne CBD. I am 68 years old and have been concerned about the lack of climate action for 20 years. I have written letters and emailstakvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-67708979267999728192023-12-09T00:50:00.000+11:002023-12-09T00:50:14.238+11:00Whales in Hot Water: The Impact of Climate Change on the Cryosphere’s Climate Engineers: CetaceansWhale Pump diagram cycling carbon to deep ocean storageThere are many benefits to conserving whales including biodiversity and carbon sequestration benefits. They are another biological Nature based solution to addressing climate change.Whale numbers were decimated through the 19th and 20th centuries from commercial whale hunting. Many species are still recovering from this slaughter.Among the takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-66186805357990641692023-12-06T00:02:00.001+11:002023-12-06T00:05:38.012+11:00Rejecting nuclear path at COP28, Australia focusses on tripling renewables for decarbonisation COP28 Nuclear PledgeAustralia has continued to reject taking a nuclear path, but supported the Pledge to triple renewables and double energy efficiency, at the UN Climate Conference COP28.On 2 December 22 countries call for tripling of nuclear energy by 2050. The list of nuclear advocates include : Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ghana, Hungary, Japan, Moldova, takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-18721310479720533442023-12-04T15:00:00.001+11:002023-12-04T16:51:50.608+11:00Launch of Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy at COP28Ged Kearney MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, launched Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy at the United Nations climate Conference COP28. The Strategy lays out a plan to manage the health impacts of climate change, reduce the carbon footprint of the health system, promote the health co-benefits of emissions reductions, and to collaborate internationally to takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-4397598369100645612023-12-04T13:06:00.002+11:002023-12-04T13:06:49.465+11:00Corporate 'Net Zero' BS is all the rage. Top Net Zero Corporates for greenwashing revealedInfluence Map study: Top 5 net zero greenwash companiesNew InfluenceMap research published 28 November finds that corporate net zero or similar targets are rarely matched by support for government climate policy, with 58% of almost 300 companies from the Forbes 2,000 list found to be at risk of “net zero greenwash” due to their policy engagement.Chevron, Delta Air Lines, Duke Energy, ExxonMobil, takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-72020766431225849952023-12-02T16:32:00.001+11:002023-12-02T23:21:31.319+11:00Cryosphere in peril: Calls by Scientists, President of Chile, Prime Minister of Iceland, UN Chief to phase out Fossil Fuels at COP28Before attending COP28 in Dubai, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres did a flying vist to Antarctica with Gabriel Boric, President of Chile, to see and talk with polar scientists on the changes to the Cryosphere and Antarctica in particular. "What happens in Antarctica doesn’t stay in Antarctica. " Guterres said."Without changing course, we’re heading towards a calamitous three-degree takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-11253532621317642202023-12-01T02:43:00.001+11:002023-12-01T03:11:08.667+11:00COP 28 climate conference satirical HumourOkay, I'm going to add satirical humopur to this page as the UN climate conference proceeds...First up, this entry from Canada: COP 28 LEAKED: Honest Big Oil Ad | The Gooseand of course there is The Juice Media : Honest Government Ad | COP31 🇦🇺 & the Pacifictakvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766408247761743608.post-81422119954288432802023-12-01T00:02:00.003+11:002023-12-02T16:23:41.476+11:00"We are living through climate collapse in real time and the impact is devastating" UN Secretary General calls for phase out of Fossil Fuels at COP28Rather than attend the Opening Plenary of COP28, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres provided a video message for the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) launch of their Provisional State of the Global Climate 2023 report. He carefully summarised some of the main points of the report and said "We are living through climate collapse in real time and the impact is takvera (John Englart)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13834239542685399015noreply@blogger.com0