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Is this the one that we need to know about but nobody actually wants to know?

NewScientist

At G20 meeting in Japan, perfect opportunity for Australia to show some leadership by addressing the chaos of feeble, disjointed world organisations concerned with different aspects of Energy. Why are countries like Russia, China, India, Brazil excluded from OECD, IEA etc? When will the world get a unified body, especially as Saudi Arabia assumes lead role for G20 in 2020?

lowyinstitute

Inspecting much of meteorology data from around the world, it’s increasingly certain that cloudburst type rainstorms can do a lot of damage. Neither storm water drains nor sewage plants nor roaf nor bridges can cope. Project work should not be delayed until damage is done. Major above ground diversion channels need to be planned and executed.

ClimateNewsNetwork

Hyperlink goes to full story about polarisation. To make progress, how about we try to resolve conflict, between people divided, for and against, climate emergency?

The real nightmare of Brexit was the prospect that any outcome would leave Remainers and Leavers alike feeling betrayed and stabbed in the back.

The term they use is Continuous Traumatic Stress (CTS). It’s what you call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) when there’s nothing ‘post’ about it, and the stress is instead an ongoing, daily reality.

CollectivePsychology

The impacts of climate change are likely to continue in ways that are more intense, prolonged and widespread, which would give cover to even more extensive US military operations. The only way to cool what they call the “military’s vast furnace” is to turn it off.

ClimateNewsNetwork

A citizens’ assembly is a representative group of members of the public who come together to learn about and debate issues, and come to conclusions on the best solutions. Parliament has had such assemblies before, for example to assess social care. The climate assembly will take place over a series of weekends in the autumn but the people and locations are yet to be determined.

“This isn’t a challenge for just one parliament, one political party, or one generation; to achieve net zero by 2050 we need to build cross-party and cross-generational support for the actions needed to deliver it,”

TheGuardian

Invisible Melissa Price instructed Energy Regulator to form committee to evaluate extending life of coal fired power stations. She was responding to owner of Vales Point power station, bought for $1M from NSW taxpayers, then revalued at $750M if it can keep going to end of licence period. Howzat for efficiency of private enterprise?

ABC

Rate of melt much faster than in previous analysis.

ABC

Fiona Patten not holding back about return of Malcolm Roberts, One Nation, to Federal Senate. How ridiculous is that,? How much more of a laughing stock is that, on top of ScoMo, Angsty Taylor and rest of the pygmies.

SBS

How hilarious is this? Moratorium on fracking for gas in NT needs to be reinstated before fossil industry subsidies become an addiction with NT politicians. The future is renewables.

BuzzFeed