Opposition, apathy and the voters in-between
Did the hot summer make more people worry about climate change? Here’s what the latest indications show
Around 65% of the British public are now concerned about climate change.
Reform UK Councils Are Dismantling the Fight Against Climate Change
Nigel Farage's party is spreading climate change denial, while blocking any localised action to deal with the threat, an academic analysis of Reform councils has found
In Deep
The numbers are simply mind-blowing: up to £264 billion for a climate “solution” that will increase emissions. Has the government lost its mind?
Europe is BURNING - why are politicians not acting?
Victorian Climate Collaboration – Our Policy Platform
Across Australia and around the world, the impacts of climate change are being felt through worsening bushfires, floods, droughts and heatwaves. The impacts we are experiencing now are early signals of far worse to come. Time is rapidly running out to avoid the devastating impacts of a 2°C or warmer world. Every fraction of degree of warming matters and will be measured in lives, species and ecosystems lost or saved.
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority
'Letting the perfect get in the way of the good': Climate groups reflect on election
Many green groups invested significant resources ahead of the federal election, campaigning against the Adani mine and for stronger climate policies. But did they fail to read public sentiment and, in fact, help the Coalition to victory?
Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds
Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’
Climate Council: Home
Australia's leading climate change communications organisation.
The Climate Movement Isn’t in Retreat, It’s Under Attack…and It’s Time to Fight Back | Newsletter
In 2020, a source shared a presentation with me from an internal branding workshop they’d been asked to attend for bp. It was fascinating for a number of reasons, not least because it indicated that the oil major felt genuinely threatened by a surprising new enemy: young people. There have always been ebbs and flows […]
Appropriate Technology, Permacomputing, Post Growth, and Ecomodernism.
To adapt to the changing climate, we need to radically rethink how and why we do the things we do. From technology, to social movements, to economics. The world is at stake. And we can change it.
How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
Should we embrace air conditioning despite its costs and consequences?
Austerity and climate (in)action
In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, many governments implemented austerity policies aimed at reducing budget deficits through public spending cuts. This column examines the rollout of programme awarding grants for home energy efficiency upgrades in the UK examine the extent to which cuts to local government finances may have impacted efforts to promote climate action. The findings suggest that austerity, combined with poor digital skills, undermined local authorities’ efforts to effectively carry out a climate action policy that was centrally planned but locally administered.
Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see
The intelligence services now believe nature collapse is a security threat. For a cabinet determined to sacrifice the environment for growth, was that too uncomfortable a truth, asks the former Green party leader
2026 Victorian Election
Take action now DONATE TO POWER THE CAMPAIGN This state election will determine what climate policies guide us into the next decade. Will we abandon our hard-fought progress, or will we ramp up ambition? None of us can change things as individuals, but together we can change what’s politically possible. In the coming months
Political Scenarios for Climate Disaster - Dissent Magazine
In the Global North we often act as if our future will be a warmer version of today: liberal capitalism, plus flood insurance, minus coral reefs. That future is a fantasy.
