Keep the pressure on coal-loving politicians

by | 13 Sep 2018 | Climate, Event

In Australia, #RiseForClimate saw more than 5000 people show up to over 50 actions around the country this weekend, everyone calling for climate action! Globally, more than 250,000 people attended over 900 actions, in 95 countries, on all seven continents. This is...

#RiseForClimate — Saturday 8th September

by | 23 Aug 2018 | AACSGaM, Climate, Event

There is a simple measure for real climate leadership: no new fossil fuel projects, a fast & just transition to 100% renewable energy, and not a dollar more to dirty energy. But whether it’s Australian universities continuing to invest in the very companies that...

Climate Matters: Slowing the Global Temperature Rise

by | 8 Aug 2018 | Climate

As well as CO2(which needs to be reduced), other substances known as super-pollutants, or short-lived-climate-pollutants, are major contributors to global warming, including methane, black carbon, ozone and HFC refrigerants. A kilogram of methane causes more warming...

Petition to end deforestation in Australia

by | 3 Jul 2018 | Climate

Last week, the Wilderness Society wrote to the UN asking them to investigate the alarming deforestation crisis in Great Barrier Reef catchments — and it’s international news. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which is the body set up to look after World Heritage...

Climate Matters: How does climate change affect our health?

by | 9 May 2018 | Climate

For some of us, climate change is a problem in the future. But the health impacts of climate change are already evident. Climate change is a problem right now. Worldwide, weather-related disasters have increased by 46% since 2007. Australia itself has experienced more...