“Investors are running ahead of governments.” This is arguably the most striking and encouraging statement heard so far at the Paris climate conference. It was made in a remarkable speech at a forum on…
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India seems to have set its sights on trying to water down the Paris climate agreement. As long as the talks insist on full consensus, it may get its way.
When newly minted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd rose to speak at COP13 in Bali in 2007 and announced that Australia would ratify the Kyoto Protocol, he received a standing ovation from the world community…
It’s rumoured that Bill Gates will announce a new multi-billion dollar fund for clean energy research and development on the opening day of COP21. The New York Times is hinting that Gates may be using…
The hype and excitement at Copenhagen were intense. But with the mood in Paris more sombre, the expectations are more mature, if equally determined.
In essence, the Paris conference may be seen as a ceremony to which nations come to reaffirm their promises in the presence of the global community, that is, to make a public commitment to play their part…
After the Paris attacks Australians are nervous that we will be next. Their fears are justified. With news media often reminding us that Australia is second only to the United States in its military commitment…
Les multiples actions récemment lancées par les célèbres « hacktivistes » pourraient faire plus de mal que de bien dans la guerre contre l'État islamique.
The Anonymous hacktivist group engaged in an online war against Islamic State may be doing more harm than good.
Haunted by the spectre of Copenhagen, the man in charge of COP21, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, is determined that it will be “a success”. After a long and distinguished political career (he…
We’re familiar with the idea of releasing almost-extinct species into new areas. By doing the same with common animals, we can help stop their population numbers getting into the same perilous state.
When I worked at the Resource Assessment Commission in the early 1990s we were asked to conduct a contingent valuation study of the environmental value of Coronation Hill in Kakadu National Park. Although…
Many professionals risk the wrath of their governing body if they act against any code of ethics. But not so the IT industry. Is it time for that to change?
Moral equivalence is among the standard logical fallacies identified by philosophers. “It seeks to draw comparisons”, goes a definition, “between different, often unrelated things, to make a point that…
In his 2006 landmark report on how we should respond to the climate crisis, Nicholas Stern characterised global warming as an ‘externality’, a damage to others due to market activity whose cost is not…
An article I wrote critical of those who plan to build a spaceship to escape an Earth ruined by climate change attracted a response from Steve Fuller, who is described as the sociologist of the “space…
The use of drones by authorities has increased around the globe. In the US, drones have been used not only for police surveillance and in operations, but also to patrol its southern borders.
The Climate Change Authority, rocked by this week’s resignation of its chairman Bernie Fraser but saved last year by the Senate, will continue reviewing climate policy - even if its advice is ignored.
For many of us the image of the little Syrian boy lying face down on a beach evoked almost unbearable pathos. Even the media, so used to revelling in misery and gore while affecting a tone of gravitas…
Many ecosystems have changed so radically that it is no longer possible to restore them to what they once were and in other situations it is not appropriate.
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Post Doctoral Fellow-School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Terrorism and Assymetric Conflict and Senior Researcher in Urban Warfare (UNSW), Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Senior lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct research associate, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Terrorism Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Historian, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Fraud and Financial Crime Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Research Fellow, Energy & Circularity, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University
