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REPORT: Recover & Prosper, Recharging the Australian Economy with Clean Energy
We're all feeling the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis and the economic hardship that it has brought about. Some of us are suffering more than others. The pandemic arrived at a time when Australia and our Pacific neighbours were already reeling from an unprecedented climate crisis.
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The government’s role in this year’s black summer
It was only three months ago when the Australian bushfire crisis came to a close after months of devastation. Since then, communities have been picking up the pieces left behind in this black summer’s wake. The New South Wales ‘Mega’ fire, which measures 1.5 million acres, burns on the outskirts of the small town of…
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Humans and the planet can heal together. Be wary of those that tell us otherwise.
Healing the planet shouldn’t ever come at the expense of human lives – and it doesn’t have to. |||Kaeng Khoi Hospital is the first ever solar hospital from crowdfunding in Thailand throughout Thailand Solar Fund with a collaboration of 15 networks to push Thailand towards renewable energy. พระครูวิมลปัญญาคุณ เจ้าอาวาสวัดป่าศรีแสงธรรม จ.อุบลราชธานี ประธานกองทุนแสงอาทิตย์ โรงพยาบาลแก่งคอย ถือเป็นโรงพยาบาลแสงอาทิตย์แห่งแรกจากการระดมทุนผ่านกองทุนแสงอาทิตย์ (Thailand Solar…
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Pacific braces for the impacts of climate-fuelled disaster
As the world scrambles to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Tropical Cyclone Harold struck Vanuatu overnight. The devastation of the category Five cyclone provides yet another unwelcome reminder that climate change remains the biggest threat facing the Pacific. Meteorological map of Cyclone Harold Earlier today the cyclone made landfall on Vanuatu’s largest island of Espiritu Santo,…
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Why we HAVE to make the stimulus sustainable
A conversation starter This Covid-19 stimulus must be delivered in such a way as to keep as many people as possible healthy, safe, and certain of their future – that means safeguarding our planet as well. |Wizard Power is the company commercialising the “Big Dish” solar thermal technology that has been developed at the Australian…
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11 ways to stay connected and fight the coronavirus
The new coronavirus, COVID-19, has many of us glued to the news, concerned for loved ones, and adapting our lives to deal with the changes the pandemic is having on our homes, schools, and work-places. It’s pretty tough. Young people demonstrate against climate change to ask the political and business class to take urgent action.…
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Bushfires the fuel for corporate Australia’s climate action
Most Australians would not realise the biggest brands they interact with daily are some of Australia’s biggest energy users. Some of Australia’s biggest companies have stepped up to help amid an unprecedented bushfire season. This is how they can keep stepping up when the fires are extinguished. Sydney and several of Australia’s biggest cities have…
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Melting tennis ball in Melbourne’s Fed Square a reminder climate change threatens Aus Open’s future
Coal-fuelled climate crisis threatens Australia’s summer of sport A giant melting tennis ball reminds Melbourne commuters and tennis fans about current threats from climate change. Tennis fans in Melbourne have been greeted by a 1.5m-high sculpture of a melting tennis ball with the words ‘climate crisis’ on it. The artwork, installed in Federation Square by…
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The Last Australian Open?
'Climate inaction is an unforced error' Australia cannot sit on the sidelines any longer. We must take action to reduce our emissions in this coal-fuelled crisis.
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Bushfires and extreme weather events
Climate change is fuelling extreme weather events like horror bushfires, heatwaves and droughts, but our politicians keep shovelling coal into the furnace. Climate change is an emergency. It's time our leaders act like it.