Gregory Andrews, Lyrebird Dreaming

Global sea ice levels are a whopping eight standard deviations below average.

This should be an urgent wake up and call to action.

Read, share and act now.👇🏽

Unprecedented Global Sea Ice Decline: Another Urgent Call to Action Satelite data shows global sea ice levels have plummeted again to record lows, deviating an alarming eight standard deviations below the baseline of the past 45 years. This isn't just a statistical outlier. The random probability of something being eight standard deviations from normal is so exceedi...

Do you know any Koori youth who might want to influence climate policy in Greater Sydney?

Check and share this link.👇🏽

Opportunity for Sydney's Aboriginal Youth to Yarn about Climate Change Do you know any Young Koori people (age 16-20) who would like join a workshop about their future in Greater Sydney. All 33 of Sydney's local council's have teamed up as part of Resilient Sydney to prepare for the impacts of climate change and other potential disasters. Youth are the future. Young Ab...

Do you know any Young Koori people (age 16-20) who would like join a workshop about their future in Greater Sydney. All 33 of Sydney's local councils have teamed up as part of Resilient Sydney to prepare for the impacts of climate change and other potential disasters. Youth are the future. Young Aboriginal people in Sydney have an opportunity to spend an afternoon helping to write a powerful message about our future as a city with strong communities and culture and healthy Country.

3:30 – 6:30pm 12 November, Steele Park (Illawarra Road) Marrickville.

Participants will be paid for their time. ($120 voucher and extra money if you are travelling a long way across town). But it will be serious work so be prepared to listen, think and contribute.

I am honoured to be facilitate this workshop with Elders Pam Young and Matthew Doyle as guides for the conversation.

Registration is essential. Email you interest to [email protected]

Opportunity for Sydney's Aboriginal Youth to Yarn about Climate Change Do you know any Young Koori people (age 16-20) who would like join a workshop about their future in Greater Sydney. All 33 of Sydney's local council's have teamed up as part of Resilient Sydney to prepare for the impacts of climate change and other potential disasters. Youth are the future. Young Ab...

Breaking News:

Atmosperic greenhouse gas concentrations have hit new heights according to World Meteorological Organization data.

But seriously, is anyone awake?👇🏽

Breaking News: Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit New Heights, But Is Anyone Awake? Data released overnight by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in Switzerland is nothing short of staggering. Despite all the talk about climate action, greenhouse gas concentrations surged to new highs last year, setting the stage for levels of warming that are both frightening and uncharte...

Last week to help kick off the Canberra Writers Festival I had the honour of introducing Tim Winton to Canberra book lovers.

Tim had a yarn with our Festival Director Beejay Silcox on his new book Juice.

This is an important book! It’s so much more than another excellent piece of Australian fiction. It’s about taking responsibility now to avoid the shame of betraying our descendants.

I’ve written my first book review since high school as a result.

Review of Juice by Tim Winton: A Reflection on Climate, Consequence and Conscience Last week, I had the privilege of introducing Tim Winton to Canberra book lovers at ANU's Llewellyn Hall while acting as Chair of the Canberra Writers Festival. It was a moment that will stay with me - standing before an eager audience, welcoming one of Australia’s most celebrated authors to share...

Climate change isn’t the only thing that keeps me awake at night.

Microplastics are an emerging and insidious threat to our health and the environment. They’re already in the air we breathe, the food we eat and water we drink.

Read more here and share your thoughts.👇🏽

The Silent Threat Of Microplastics Climate change is certainly something that keeps me awake at night. There's plenty of climate science content to doom scroll on. But its not the only thing I'm worried about. Lately, another insidious threat is increasingly haunting my thoughts: microplastic pollution. The more I research it, the mo...

I stopped trusting Qantas greenwashing offsets years ago.

In the face of the and after flying with for over 50 years, I’ve decided that until it and other airlines get their acts together on genuine emissions reductions, the best strategy is to do my absolute best to avoid flying.

'You can't make a flight with fossil fuels sustainable': Climate advocates lodge greenwashing complaint against Qantas Climate advocates have lodged a complaint with the consumer watchdog over Qantas' sustainability and climate claims.

Fossil fuel companies and governments have known since 1968 when I was born that burning coal, oil and gas causes climate collapse.

That’s over half a century of deception and neglect.

Time’s overdue to hold them accountable.

Read, share and comment on my blog.👇🏽

Time to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies And Governments To Account I was born in 1968, the same year the American Petroleum Institute received a report warning that unchecked burning of fossil fuels could lead to catastrophic climate change. For all of my lifetime - over half a century - fossil fuel companies and governments have known their products harm our plane...

This Biodiversity Council report is a must read during Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Nature Positive Summit.

Australian Government spending is actually hugely ‘Nature Negative’.

50 times more government money is spent harming the environment than protecting it!👇🏽

‘Nature-negative’ – the federal government subsidies harming biodiversity | Biodiversity Council Australia The Australian Government spends around 50 times more on subsidising activities that harm the environment than it spends on helping biodiversity each year, according to an assessment undertaken by Biodiversity Council

Two years ago UN Secretary General António Guterres said, "we’re on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator."

Time is well overdue to put our feet very firmly on the breaks.👇🏽

Bracing for Impact: UN Emissions Gap Report to Emphasise Climate Emergency Each year ahead of the Climate COPs, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) releases a brief for delegates on the state of play of climate action. This year's report will be released in just a few weeks, and early indications suggest its findings will be anything but encouraging. Global emi...

The head of the IPCC says the Paris agreement target of 1.5C is blown, 2C is dead without a miracle, the world is heading for 3C in the lifetime of our kids today, and we would possibly hit 4C.

Meanwhile, Australia keeps digging up coal and pumping out gas!

It’s too late to save Britain from overheating, says UN climate chief Interview: Prof Jim Skea warns the world risks 3C of global warming by 2100 unless it changes course

This is a story that needs to be told.

Emissions from Australia’s colossal and still growing coal exports are swamping out our domestic emissions reductions efforts.

It’s like giving with one hand and taking away more than double with the other. 👇🏽

Australia's Massive Coal Contradiction This is a story that needs to be told. As the world's largest coal exporter, the scale and emissions from Australia's coal industry is staggering. While we might be making ground on reducing domestic emissions, these efforts are being undermined and overwhelmed by the massive global impact of our co...

Worth a listen on The Sustainable Hour from the Centre for Climate Safety.

Why cycling across Australia to promote the Green Transition was one of the best things I’ve done in my life.👇🏽

https://climatesafety.info/thesustainablehour522/

Canberra is the book buying capital of Australia. And the Canberra Writers Festival from 23-27 October has a hugely impressive line up:

Tim Winton, Markus Zusak, Melissa Lucashenko, and Fran Kelly, to name just four.

I’m proud to play a small role as a member of the Writers Festival Board. Read more and get your tickets here👇🏽

The countdown is on! In less than one month, the will light up the capital with bold ideas and unforgettable stories from the country’s brightest literary stars. 📚

This year’s festival promises a week of inspiration, conversation and creativity. Whether you’re a book lover, a curious thinker or just looking for something new – join us: https://www.canberrawritersfestival.com.au/



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Moving and reusing electrons is much more efficient than burning molecules.

That’s why transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy will reduce global energy demand and costs.

My latest blog on why “Electrification is Efficiency”.👇🏽

Electrification is Efficiency As the world transitions to clean energy, we’re going to be using a lot more electricity. But total energy use will actually go down. That’s because, as the International Energy Agency puts it, "electrification is efficiency." But what does this mean and why is this true? The answer lies in the ...

Ocean Acidification has been in the news of late.

In Australia, thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in fisheries activity are at risk.

Globally, food security and livelihoods of 3 billion people are at stake.

Here’s my summary of the What, Why and When.👇🏽

Ocean Acidification: What, Why and When Ocean acidification has been in the news this week after Germany’s highly respected Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research released a report identifying it as close to reaching a tipping point for Earth’s sustainability.What is Ocean Acidification?Ocean acidification is the trend of decre...

With France warning that the world needs to be preparing for up to 4°C of global heating, and Tanya Plibersek still approving more coal mines, time is well overdue to move from ‘net zero’ or ‘real zero’ climate targets.

Read, share and follow my blog.👇🏽

Real Zero, Not ‘Net Zero’ Is What's Important Two things happened yesterday on opposite sides of the world that demonstrated the urgency and importance of taking real climate action. Over in Europe, France's Minister for Ecological Transition declared that the world should be preparing for temperatures up to 4°C higher than pre-industrial leve...

We need climate action not selfies Minister Tanya Plibersek.

Posting Bilby photos while approving 1.3 billion tonnes of extra coal mine emissions equal to the yearly emissions of 65 million Aussie families would be funny if it wasn’t so insulting, especially to our children.

I’m beyond frustrated. Call the Minister’s office on (02)93790700 to tell her you’re cross too.

Earth systems science means global warming’s impact doubles in the places where we live and try to grow food.

2-3°C of warming globally will actually mean up to 6°C of extra heat for most of us.

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Global Warming's Real Impact: Double The Heat Where We Live And Farm As global emissions keep growing and the climate crisis intensifies, Professor Stefan Rahmstorf of the renowned Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has a sobering reminder: when we talk about global warming of 2-3°C, the reality on land, where we live and grow our food, will be much worse...

Letting fossil fuel companies produce their own offsets is like putting an arsonist in charge of fire safety inspection.

What could go wrong?!👇🏽

‘Perverse’: Woodside, Shell spend millions getting into offset game Fossil fuel producers are buying large stakes in carbon companies and land to run their own carbon offset projects. Experts and insiders want that banned.

I made it 4,750km across Australia in five weeks and a day.

Here’s my take on the outcomes.

Thanks to everyone who supported and followed my journey.

My final blog.👇🏽

I Made It 4,750km Across Australia: Outcomes And Thanks I feel proud but also a bit nostalgic now that my trip has come to an end. On Saturday 14 September, five weeks and a day after I cycled off from Cottesloe, I rode in to Bondi Beach with Sydney cyclists who had joined me for the last leg. What started as a solo ride across Australia...

Large cruise ships emit more CO2 in one day than 83,000 cars.

Emissions per passenger for Antarctic cruises are the same as those for one European person for an entire year.

Care about the climate? Skip the cruise.👇🏽

Care about the climate? Skip the cruise With climate change increasingly out of control, it's imperative to reevaluate our choices and their climate impacts. A sector that demands immediate attention is the cruise ship industry. The world's biggest-ever cruise ship will set sail next year. Tickets are already sold out for Royal Caribbean'...