THE CRITICAL DECADE: New South Wales Climate Impacts and Opportunities Report by the Australian Climate Commission Download full report here. WATCH response to above report, compiled by Lizette Salmon. – – – The impacts of climate change described in the Climate Commission report did not come as a surprise to WATCH spokesperson, Lizette Salmon. “This…
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…
Last week the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest Working Group I and II report entitled Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). According to the report summary… “The SREX approaches the topic by assessing the scientific literature on issues that range…
State of the Climate 2012 is the second paper produced by CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology summarising observations of Australia’s climate and analysing the factors that influence it.
The morning of Friday 2 March saw a small but hardy bunch of renewables enthusiasts congregate on the outskirts of Wodonga to launch the ‘Let’s Build Big Solar’ campaign. Plans had included sunscreen as well as gumboots. Luckily the weather was kind and it was at least dry if a bit windy. The launch location…
This post is devoted to a comprehensive coverage of an October 2011 presentation at the London School of Economic by Professor Kevin Anderson, entitled ‘Going Beyond Dangerous Climate Change: Exploring the Voice Between Rhetoric and Reality in Reducing Carbon Emissions’. Anderson argues that “The analysis suggests that despite high-level statements to the contrary, there is now little to no chance of maintaining the global mean surface temperature at or below 2◦C. Moreover, the impacts associated with 2◦C have been revised upwards, sufficiently so that 2◦C now more appropriately represents the threshold between ‘dangerous’ and ‘extremely dangerous’ climate change.”
The seventeenth annual meeting of the council of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change begins today in Durban, South Africa, where the international community will continue negotiations to strengthen the global greenhouse gas mitigation regime. Here is analysis from several different media outlets and think-tanks on the prospects for the talks.
Dean’s Public Lecture 2011 Professor Ben Gawne The implications of climate change and its challenges – When: Thursday 22 September 2011, 6:00 PM. Where: Main Lecture Theatre, Building 6, Albury-Wodonga campus, University Drive, Wodonga. – Director of the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC), Professor Ben Gawne, will present the 2011 Dean’s Public Lecture at La…
In a recent class activity, members of the second/third year undergraduate subject International Politics of Climate Change: Triumph or Tragedy at La Trobe University’s Albury-Wodonga campus engaged with a video presentation delivered by emminent American environmentalist Lester Brown. This class is taught by WATCH committee member Dr Ben Habib. In appraising this video clip, students…
Date: Thursday 8th September 2011 Time: 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm Venue: Room 6101 (main lecture theatre), La Trobe University Albury-Wodonga campus (live video feed from LTU Bendigo campus). Ellen Sandell will discuss the history of the youth climate movement here and overseas, and how the Australian Youth Climate Coalition went from being a small…
Wodonga & Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) 