Carbon Footprints

The Australian Government has shelved plans for a carbon pollution reduction scheme, preferring to wait and see what the rest of the world might or might not do. In November last year Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said:
When you strip away all the political rhetoric, all the political excuses, there are two stark choices: action or [...]

In the UK The Guardian has explained, in a story “Iceland volcano gives warming world chance to debunk climate sceptic myths” that the oft-repeated notion that human CO2 emissions are trivial compared to natural volcanic activity is, well, a load of cobblers.
Here, for example, is what Plimer wrote on Australia’s ABC Network website last August:
The [...]

Wow I just reduced carbon emissions in the UK by 45% from current levels. How? Well I closed all its coal fired power stations, and then closed oil and gas fired power too. I shut half of the UK’s nuclear reactors and built some massive solar and offshore wind farms. I [...]

The climate is changing and human activity is almost certainly to blame. That’s the conclusion of a new report called State of the climate just released by the Australian CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology.
This snapshot provides observations and analysis of Australia’s climate and the factors that influence it. Two organisations, CSIRO and the [...]

The US based media watchdog group Media Matters has posted a story “Reminder to media: Claims about CRU emails were debunked” that explains that not only were the so-called ‘Climategate’ emails utterly debunked, but that the media were complicit in inflating the scandal.
Media outlets have referenced the emails apparently stolen from University of East Anglia’s [...]

Late last year Carbon Planet published a couple of White Papers on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. One of those papers gave an overview of the history of REDD policy to date. The video above summarises that into a short timeline for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy — DS

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Lincoln National Park by Dave Sag, used with permission.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has just announced, in its Annual Climate Statement 2009, that the previous decade, the ‘naughties’ as many call it, was indeed the hottest decade in recorded history. This puts paid to the lies and nonsense peddled by ranting climate deniers and [...]

Business as usual could see mean global temperatures rise by around 4 degrees Celsius. This would be disastrous not only for people but for the majority of life on Earth.
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched on October 22 by the [...]

Papua New Guinea is already facing the impacts of climate change, with rising sea levels forcing people to move from their traditional homes. Documentary filmmakers Jennifer Redfearn & Tim Metzger have begun production of a new film “Sun Come Up” that follows a group of young families from the Carteret Islands in search of [...]

1st Media Briefing at COP15. Photo by Dave Sag, used with Permission.
I’ve been lucky enough to have the opportunity to write on climate change and other topics for several years now, but I’ve never really thought of myself as a journalist. But the UNFCCC, in their wisdom, thought otherwise, so here I am [...]