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David Spratt

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Entering an age of social and security consequences

“I will not sacrifice Great British industry to the drum-banging, finger-wagging Net Zero extremists,” was the headline The Sun in London gave...

08.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

The Albanese government has created a climate vacuum, and we will pay the price

Whilst the global impact of climate disruption is rapidly accelerating, and the last, record-breaking year has been extraordinary , public concern in...

24.07.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Shock as warming accelerates 1.5°C is breached faster than forecast

If there was shock and awe recently when the Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that global average warming over the last 12 months —...

26.02.2024 10

Green Left Weekly

David Spratt

Shock as warming accelerates, 1.5°C is breached faster than forecast

If there was shock and awe last week when the Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that global average warming over the last twelve months —...

13.02.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Towards an unliveable planet: Climate’s 2023 annus horribilis

The heat and extreme climate records of 2023 shocked scientists. So where are we heading? Given current trends, the world will zoom past 2°C of...

25.01.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Humanity’s new era of “global boiling”: Climate’s 2023 annus horribilis

For climate change, 2023 was an “unprecedented” year, “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas” and “scary” and “frightening”. And that was...

24.01.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

COP28 a “tragedy for the planet” as Stockholm Syndrome took hold

Up to 100,000 people — most of whom derive their professional status and income from climate-related politics, advocacy and business — flew into...

18.12.2023 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

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