Climate Citizen

Photo Credit: Ottawa march for a Plastics Treaty coutesy FoEI via X The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Global Plastics Treaty is holding its fourth meeting in Ottawa...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/04/negotiations-for-global-plastics-treaty.html

At the National Press Club of Australia Iron Ore magnate  Dr Andrew Forrest AO proposed three simple policies for Australia to become become a green energy superpower:Implement a Climate Tri...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/02/dr-andrew-forrest-says-climate-trigger.html

The 60th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) met in Istanbul, Turkiye from 16–19 January 2024  (IPCC-60). This session started the planning for the seventh asse...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/01/ipcc-plans-7th-assessment-cycle-reports.html

Looking at 2023 renewables achieved a 38.4 percent average share of the electricity grid in Australia. This puts Australia just about on track to meet the 82 per cent renewables by 2030 target.&n...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/01/australia-on-track-for-82-percent.html

Last year, 2023, at 1.48C anomaly averaged over the whole year, came within a whisker of being 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures. The Eurpean Copernicus Climate Change Service has released i...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/01/2023-set-new-global-temperatures-record.html

Premier Jacinta Allan has acknowledged that climate change is a factor in extreme rain and flood events, and that more needs to be done in planning to mitigate extreme weather and flood events as...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/01/victorian-premier-jacinta-allan.html

Shipping emissions is one of those niche areas, part of Transport emissions, that needs to be tackled. There is both a huge freight and logistics component, a smaller passenger component and the ...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/01/addressing-shipping-emissions-with.html

New research has investigated abrupt swings in extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere. This is being driven by Arctic amplified warming and slowing of the Northern Hemisphere Jet stream.Chang...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/01/dr-jennifer-francis-on-weather-whiplash.html

So on the Friday before Christmas both the Federal Labor Government and New South Wales Labor Government have approved new Fossil Fuel Projects. It is called putting out the trash. To try and lim...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/gas-field-and-coal-mine-extension.html

Australia is expanding oil, gas, coal, despite the 'transition away from Fossil Fuels' decision at the UN Climate Conference COP28.  In a Climate Crisis the first best action is to stop digg...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/australia-has-117-new-coal-gas-lng.html

The new Premier of Queensland Steven Miles has announced for Queensland  a new emissions reduction target of 75% below 2005 levels by 2035. This will be a legislated target.Queensland alread...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/queensland-sets-2035-emissions.html

 UN climate conference, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) is ocurring in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from Monday November 30 to Friday December 12, 2023 (but may also go into ...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/11/australia-at-cop28-climate-diary.html

This is a subpage of Australia at COP28 Climate Diary and will be updated throughout the conference. Australia will be represented at the ministerial level at COP28 by Climate and Energy Minister...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/11/tracking-australian-ministers-and.html

The second major draft of the Global Stock Take has been presented, and negotiators are preparing for a final plenary at the UN Climate Change Conference. Much of the discussion at COP28 has cent...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/cop28-closing-plenary.html

Two years in succession Australia has improved its total ranking in the Climate Change Performance index. In 2022 it jumped 4 places and in 2023 jumped another 5 places. This still places Austral...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/ccpi-australia-improves-5-places-to-low.html

Santos Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage project Australia's Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has been forward in supporting Fossil Fuel Phaseout or phasedown at COP28. But h...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/australia-pushes-for-unabated-fossil.html

The Fossil of the day Daily count for COP28. The best of the worst.... Day Gold Silver Bronze Mention Ray of the COP Dec 3 New Zealand USA Japan Dec 4 Brazil South Africa Dec 5 USA Russia Japan &...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/cop28-fossil-of-day-awards-who-will-be.html

Chris Bowen at COP28Australia's Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has delivered Australia's National Statement to the UN Climate Conference COP28. There is much to applaud in this statement...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/bowen-delivers-australias-national.html

Being arrested - Courtesy ABC NewsWhy I am being arrested in Melbourne CBD today, 9 December, 2023, with Extinction Rebellion – Statement by John Englart. I’d like to say a few words why...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/climate-protests-in-melbourne-culminate.html

Whale Pump diagram cycling carbon to deep ocean storageThere are many benefits to conserving whales including biodiversity and carbon sequestration benefits. They are another biological Nature ba...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/whales-in-hot-water-impact-of-climate.html

COP28 Nuclear PledgeAustralia has continued to reject taking a nuclear path, but supported the Pledge to triple renewables and double energy efficiency, at the UN Climate Conference COP28.On 2 De...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/rejecting-nuclear-path-at-cop28.html

Ged Kearney MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, launched Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy at the United Nations climate Conference COP28. The Strategy la...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/launch-of-australias-first-national.html

Influence Map study: Top 5 net zero greenwash companiesNew InfluenceMap research published 28 November finds that corporate net zero or similar targets are rarely matched by support for governmen...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/corporate-net-zero-bs-is-all-rage-top.html

Before attending COP28 in Dubai, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres did a flying vist to Antarctica with Gabriel Boric, President of Chile, to see and talk with polar scientists on the changes...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/cryosphere-in-peril-calls-by-scientists.html

Okay, I'm going to add satirical humopur to this page as the UN climate conference proceeds...First up, this entry from Canada: COP 28 LEAKED: Honest Big Oil Ad | The Gooseand of course there is ...

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/12/cop-28-climate-conference-satirical.html