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The bushfires and the plague are symptoms of something momentous unfolding on Earth – an acceleration of our impact on nature This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020 What has been the most shocking event of 2020? Was it awakening on New Year’s Day to

Intervention by ‘economically rational Liberal’ comes as Anthony Albanese hedges on 2030 emissions targets Australian PM’s office omits net zero emissions from account of Morrison’s talk with Johnson Overwhelming majority believe Australia is already experiencing climate change The New South Wales environment minister, the Liberal Matt Kean, has launched a clarion call for his party

A conservation group commissioned ex-ABC journalist Jonathan Holmes to investigate if political pressure was a factor The ABC’s 7.30 and AM programs did not cover climate change adequately and related reports on drought, bushfire, fossil fuel extraction, and energy policy ignored climate change as a causative factor, a confidential report for the Australian Conservation Foundation

Climate change is still addressed largely through expert-driven processes that rely on large-scale scenarios to transmit knowledge of anticipated trends to land managers and the lay public who are forced to confront and adapt to impacts at the local level. Thus, there is a disconnect between large-scale scenarios and the top-down management paradigm that decision-makers

The Morrison government is urged to prepare for a shift in the global economy as major trading partners move to cut emissions A pledge by Japan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 underscores the risk facing Australia if it fails to prepare for the inevitable shift in the global economy

David Nowell thinks Extinction Rebellion should focus on insulating homes, running public transport cooperatives and campaigning for major economic reforms, while Iain Climie says late Arctic ice formation should surprise nobody The delayed freeze in the Laptev Sea is consistent with the entire Arctic Ocean, which is set for the slowest recovery in the extent