This media release became The Border Mail’s front page story on 9 October 2018. Media release – 8/10/18 Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C and emission pathways to achieve this goal, a report described by the authors as one of the…
Winter has officially begun, but more than 40 species of plants and animals in the region are behaving as if it is spring. “Roses, camellias, spring bulbs and native peas are blooming, summer vegies are producing past season, fruit trees are confused and certain bird species are showing nesting behaviours,” said Lizette Salmon, spokesperson for…
Note: The following media release was picked up by The Border Mail’s Country Mail (published on 29.3.14), Prime7 television news (screened 26.3.14) and ABC Goulburn Murray local news (aired 17.3.14). Summer is officially over but local horticulturalists are still reeling from the consequences of January and February heatwaves. Citrus, avocado, apple and fig crops were…
On behalf of WATCH I sent this submission to the Climate Change Authority, which is currently considering Australia’s emissions reductions target of 5% on 2000 levels by 2020. The CCA is of the opinion that this target needs significant strengthening, to between 15 and 25% less than 2000 emissions levels, which is an encouraging position;…
A report published this week in Nature Geoscience, reveals a steadily increasing temperature over the last few decades in the Antarctic Peninsula. This has been discovered by looking at the pattern of summer snow melt revealed in an ice-core, which represents conditions over the last 1000 years. Although results from similar recent research on the…
Last week the government released its latest report from the Climate Commission – “The Critical Decade – climate science, risks and responses.” http://climatecommission.gov.au/report/the-critical-decade/ (UPDATE: due to the abolition of he Climate Commission by the Abbot Government, their website is no longer available – copies of the report can still be found online at http://apo.org.au/research/critical-decade-2013-climate-change-science-risks-and-responses.) A useful summary…
In a few days time a senate enquiry will start looking at submissions and considering “Recent trends in and Preparedness for Extreme Weather Events”. The following submission was submitted on behalf of WATCH, written by myself, David Macilwain:- Submission to Senate Enquiry on Extreme Weather, trends and preparedness. I make this submission…
This video was produced by The National Academies in the United States, an umbrella body incorporating the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. The video explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes.…
Anna Rose, co-founder and Chair of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition is visiting Albury for a community forum to promote her new book Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic, documenting her experiences with retired Liberal Party senator Nick Minchin. – Location: Albury Masonic Centre, Gulpha Street, Albury. Date: Wednesday 13th…
In this 20 minute video, George Marshall (editor of the blog Climate Change Denial and founder of the Climate Outreach Information Network in the United Kingdom) suggests six strategies for talking to people who do not accept climate science. He argues that one should avoid a debate about the data and content of the science, and concentrate instead…
Wodonga & Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) 