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QE94 - 3 June 2024On climate peril and paralysis
Australia is in peril. Do we truly grasp the impact of a warming planet – in particular, what it will mean for the sunburnt country?
This searing essay by a leading climate scientist takes aim at the folly of “adaptation” rather than cutting emissions, and at government policy inertia. It shows what rising temperatures will most likely mean for the Australian continent and coastline, and outlines clearly how far Australia is from its most recent promises, let alone what is required.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joëlle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and writer. She served as a lead author for the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report and is the author of Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Sunburnt Country: The history and future of climate change in Australia. Joëlle also contributed chapters to The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg, and Not Too Late: Changing the climate story from despair to possibility, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua.
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