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Deputy leader Richard Marles backs Anthony Albanese and says it is not the place for party members to call on frontbenchers to resign
Labor’s deputy leader, Richard Marles, has backed Anthony Albanese’s capacity to connect with blue-collar workers, and says Mark Butler should remain as the shadow climate change minister, after Joel Fitzgibbon escalated Labor’s internal warfare by demanding Butler be replaced in his portfolio.
Fitzgibbon, who quit the frontbench this week after a protracted internal battle about climate change policy, is continuing to throw bombs as he moves to the backbench.
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Continue reading...Exclusive: The Dalai Lama warns of terrible consequences of climate inaction
The Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the planet, including his birth country, Tibet.
As a call to action he has brought out a new book declaring that if Buddha returned to this world, “Buddha would be green”.
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Continue reading...Joe Biden’s win gives the globe a better chance of averting climate catastrophe, but major obstacles remain
Environmentalists have been heartened by Joe Biden’s victory as, if the US rejoins the Paris agreement as expected, it will give the world a much better chance of averting climate catastrophe. However, there are still hurdles to overcome to rein in emissions and keep warming to within 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
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Continue reading...Joe Biden has vowed to return US to Paris agreement and result brightens prospects for Cop26
Preparations for the next vital UN summit on the climate – one of the last chances to set the world on track to meet the Paris agreement – have been given a boost by the election of Joe Biden as president.
The election caps a remarkable few weeks on international climate action, which have seen China, the EU, Japan and others commit to long-term targets on greenhouse gas emissions to fulfil the Paris climate agreement.
Continue reading...The shadow attorney general says his factional colleague represents only a ‘handful of views’ in the Labor party
Mark Dreyfus has declared the former shadow resources minister Joel Fitzgibbon represents only a “handful of views” in the Labor party and insists Labor cannot opt out of taking action on climate change because “change is coming, and we can either drive the change, or … have it imposed on us”.
The Victorian rightwinger and shadow attorney general blasted his factional colleague on the ABC on Wednesday after Fitzgibbon confirmed on Tuesday he would go to the backbench after a significant blow up in shadow cabinet on Monday night.
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Continue reading...While the UK talks tough, its agencies have continued to plough public funds into fossil fuels, writes Angela Picciariello
Greta Thunberg is right to call out governments for failing to deliver on their climate commitments (‘Hypocrites and greenwash’: Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis, 9 November). A league table ranking G20 OECD countries on their effectiveness at phasing out fossil fuels, published this week by ODI, the International Institute for Sustainable Development and Oil Change International, placed the UK last.
While the UK talks tough, its agencies have continued to plough public funds into fossil fuels. Despite the mantras of tackling the climate crisis and building back better, £30.9bn of its Covid-19 recovery funds has been committed to fossil fuel industries. The UK denies that it provides any fossil fuel subsidies based on its own narrow definition, showing a serious lack of transparency.
Continue reading...If policies promoting net zero emissions by 2050 are adopted 250,000 jobs would be created and $680bn added to the economy
Australia’s economy will be 6% smaller, there will be 880,000 fewer jobs and $3.4tn in economic opportunities will be lost if the climate crisis goes unchecked for next 50 years, new analysis shows.
On the other hand, the report by consultancy Deloitte Access Economics said policies consistent with a target of net zero emissions by 2050 and keeping global warming to 1.5C could expand the economy by 2.6%, or $680bn to the economy, and create 250,000 jobs.
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Continue reading...The desire for accessible green space amid Covid mirrors the growing imperative to change our relationship with nature
All over Australia, local communities want access to land previously dedicated to golf.
The details vary from locality to locality. Collectively though, the demands represent a fascinating development.
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Continue reading...Energy minister says Moscow will also focus on clean-burning hydrogen and carbon capture
Russia has no plans to rein in its production of fossil fuels in the coming decades despite the global efforts to shift towards low-carbon energy, according to its energy minister.
Alexander Novak told the Guardian that Russia did “not see that we will achieve a peak in [gas] production anytime soon” because the world’s appetite for gas would continue to grow in the decades ahead despite its growing number of climate targets.
Continue reading...His daily lockdown show with stepdaughter Megan McCubbin was Chris Packham’s surprise hit, revealing much about nature – and family relations
This spring, when the country was hunkering down against coronavirus, Chris Packham posted a short clip on Twitter admiring a patch of brilliant yellow celandines on his early morning walk. People liked it, and so Packham began posting daily videos enthusing about spring unfurling around his home in the New Forest. Shortly before lockdown, he was called away for a final film commitment, but still wanted to post a daily video. He persuaded his stepdaughter, Megan McCubbin, 25, to step in. The Self-Isolating Bird Club was born, with Packham and McCubbin, who locked down together at his cottage, using two mobile phones and Skype to broadcast a live daily show online that celebrated our connection with the natural world. There seemed unquenchable thirst for their enthusiasm, their banter, and ordinary wildlife – from nesting blackbirds to badger skulls. Eight million people around the world tuned in over a month of broadcasts.
Five months on, as coronavirus tightens its grip on an increasingly downcast nation, people are again turning to the zoologist and her stepdad, who are now presenting together on BBC2’s Autumnwatch. The secret lives of other species are consoling and cheering, but so is the rapport between McCubbin and Packham. They tease each other, but also nod in harmony over their shared beliefs in the wonder of nature and the importance of activism.
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