The message stated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) report, warning that “nobody is safe” from human-caused climate change is “irresponsible and misleading,” according to longtime environmental activist Michael Shellenberger. The IPCC published a report in August stating that human-caused climate change is accelerating and that radical changes to human behavior are needed to avert disaster. Following the findings,…
IPCC’s ‘No One Is Safe’ Slogan Is Deeply Misleading: Shellenberger
The World’s Climate Is Changing, so What Should We Do?
Commentary Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report (AR6—the Sixth Assessment Report) that human-caused climate change is accelerating and that radical changes to human behavior are needed to avert disaster. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said of the report that “alarm bells are deafening” and the situation is “code…
Policing Extinction Rebellion Protests Has Cost Over £50 Million: Met Police
More than £50 million ($68 million) has been spent on policing Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests since 2019, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday ahead of another round of protests planned by the environmental activist group. The climate activist group staged prolonged demonstrations in April and October 2019 and September 2020, when protesters blocked entrances, halted traffic,…
Ex-UN Chief Slams Australia Over ‘Insufficient’ Emissions Efforts
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has put Australia on notice over what he claims is an inexcusable inaction towards setting strict climate change commitments. Ban, a strong advocate for climate change efforts and who previously championed the globally-binding Paris Agreement, said he believed the lack of a net-zero target was at odds with an international…
The Recent Code Red UN Report on Climate: More of the Same
Commentary What are we to make of the “code red for humanity” report just released by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? “The alarm bells are deafening,” pontificates the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet.” The UN report…
Challenging UN, Study Finds Sun—not CO2—May Be Behind Global Warming
The sun and not human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) may be the main cause of warmer temperatures in recent decades, according to a new study with findings that sharply contradict the conclusions of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The peer-reviewed paper, produced by a team of almost two dozen…
Australian PM Defends Climate Policy, Says China’s Carbon Emissions ‘More Than’ 38 Countries ‘Combined’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his government’s climate policies against a barrage of environment demands, stating that the only way to truly solve climate change is to tackle the world’s biggest polluters through a technological revolution. In addressing a recent report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Morrison outlined…
Extinction Rebellion Activists Vandalise Australian Parliament, 8 Arrested
Extinction Rebellion protesters, demanding action on climate change, have vandalised Australia’s Parliament House and the prime minister’s residence, The Lodge, in the country’s capital, Canberra. After spray painting slogans like “climate duty of care” on walls outside of both buildings, as well as setting a pram on fire on Tuesday morning, eight Extinction Rebellion protesters…
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