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A Super El Niño Could Trigger Food Crisis
Heat, drought and fertiliser disruption strain global food systems
A super El Niño could combine with worsening heat, drought and fertiliser disruption to drive a major global food security crisis.
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Climate strategy needs credible research into cooling options.
Australia's expanding fossil fuel exports are undermining renewable energy progress and national security.
Every 1,000 tonnes of fossil carbon burned may result in one future premature death.
When global events collide, the consequences may be unprecedented
Media headlines say worst-case warming is fading. Evidence suggests dangerous heating remains.
Australia’s budget ignores escalating climate risks, deepening future national vulnerability.
Authoritarianism is stalking nations and global institutions, and climate barely rated a mention at Davos this year.
Any sane security policy would put climate risks, not China, at centre stage.
As a regional power and signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, Australia has responsibilities. There are four steps the government should take.
Energy, human and climate security are all converging into one story.
Industrial electrification will shape the next global economic order.
A one-sided emphasis on adaptation distracts from decarbonisation focus.
Failing to education the public about climate impacts aids climate denialism.
Evidence this year shows 1.5°C has effectively been reached, 3°C is looming under current policies, and geoengineering is moving into the mainstream conversation.
Northern Australia faces escalating climate risk amid defence and fossil expansion.
Australia's defence an foreign policy ignores climate threat to focus on smaller risks.
Assessment understates catastrophic sea-level risks, leaving communities exposed and unprepared.
Australia has never had a comprehensive climate risk assessment. It has been a glaring omission.
Global temperatures have likely reached 1.5°C, with accelerating warming driven by rising CO2 levels.
Accelerating warming creates urgent, systemic climate risks demanding unprecedented global action.
Climate risks are escalating rapidly. The 1.5°C threshold has been surpassed, pushing us toward devastating tipping points.
Current CO2 levels could cause a 60-meter sea-level rise, with devastating impacts and urgent climate action needed.
Global temperatures have likely reached 1.5°C, with accelerating warming driven by rising CO2 levels.
Solar, wind, and sodium: the clean power trio Australia isn’t using fast enough.
The Albanese Government withheld a classified climate-security report, selectively briefed MPs, and delayed action amid rising risks.
The Albanese Government's climate risk assessment is delayed, while critical climate-security risks remain hidden.
2024 broke temperature records amid deadly climate disasters, failing policies, and accelerating risks from ocean and tech impacts.
Climate policy is failing to address rapid warming, risking extreme impacts and societal collapse.
Climate policy is failing to address rapid warming, risking extreme impacts and societal collapse.
Governments must uphold fiduciary duties, protecting citizens from climate risks and ensuring long-term stability and well-being.
Climate threats are escalating fast, yet Australia’s defence and risk systems remain dangerously outdated and blind.
AMOC collapse threatens global food security, sea levels, and climate stability, with severe impacts on Australia.
Climate policy is failing to address rapid warming, risking extreme impacts and societal collapse.
2023 was a year of unprecedented heat, drought, and disaster.
High-end possibilities create the greatest damage, so why don't we understand them?
Concealing the intelligence analysis of climate threats is the opposite of good security policy governance.
Climate policy is failing to address rapid warming, risking extreme impacts and societal collapse.
Leading economists warn net-zero scenarios are based on flawed models unfit for guiding urgent, risk-aware climate policy.
The Paris target is unsafe as major climate tipping points accelerate, demanding urgent global action.
Climate summit urges urgent action after Australia’s devastating fire season.
Call for Australia to go onto a ‘war’ footing on climate change.
Humanity has failed to prevent dangerous climate change; urgent restoration is needed.
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The Great Barrier Reef faces rapid decline; urgent, targeted actions are needed to restore ecosystems, safeguard species, and ensure survival.
Climate disruption demands urgent reorientation of Australian foreign and security policy priorities.
With the planet already effectively at 1.5°C of warming, and no sign of emissions peaking, the world is now on a dangerous trajectory toward 3°C.
Australia’s climate-security response is dangerously inadequate, ignoring urgent scientific warnings and concealing key risk assessments.