Climate News: Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld have a change of consciousness and write 'Living Hot: surviving and thriving on a heating planet'

Climate Conversations

Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld continue to be urgently concerned about mitigation, but now see adaptation to be the primary issue of concern for all levels of government - listen to Hamilton as he talks with Michelle Grattan on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’"

"The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds";

"The impact of climate change on language loss";

"Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes";

"Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplace";

"A Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127 Degrees";

"Burning book festivals is not a climate solution";

"Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health";

"My Climate View: online tool allows Australian farmers to project changes out to 2070";

"Is it possible to fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's hot enough?";

"Vermont just became the first state to try to make big oil pay for climate damages";

"Tuvalu turns to the metaverse as rising seas threaten existence";

"The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare";

"Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun?";

"As global temperatures rise, are liberal democracies on trial?";

"The $50 billion gas deal Australia hopes will keep China quiet";

"‘People prefer that we’d never close’: Eraring lifeline a mixed blessing for a coal community in limbo";

"Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris";

"Scientists develop method of making healthier, more sustainable chocolate";

"Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature";

"What to Know About Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Newly Elected President";

"If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?";

"Heat can kill - here's how to help!";

"India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up";

"Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?";

"The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough)";

"Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification";

"Reality check: the Reform UK party’s claims on the climate crisis examined";

"ACCESS: Australia’s climate and earth systems model";

"U.S. Electric Bills Could Increase 8% This Summer Amid Rising Temperatures";

"‘Perfect storm’ hurricane season could be break records";

"Massachusetts kicks off first pilot to shift gas utilities to clean heat";

"'Sounding the alarm': World likely to temporarily pass 1.5C limit by 2028, UN weather agency warns";

"May breaks global temperature record for 12th month in a row. Will La Nina bring cooler weather?";

"Scientists say Earth is heating at a record rate, but there’s still time to stop crisis accelerating";

"‘Depressing and dystopian’: UAE used COP28 to boost fossil fuel deals, investigation says";

"EU Policy: Ambitions for global renewable energy capacity unrealised, says report";

"A year of record global heat has pushed Earth closer to dangerous threshold";

"How is climate change affecting heat waves in California and the West?";

"Half the world will vote in 2024, but how many elections will be fair?";

"‘An intergenerational crime against humanity’: what will it take for political leaders to start taking climate change seriously?";

"How animals are changing to cope with stronger heatwaves";

"Why the US oil majors may end up doing more for the green transition than their (slightly) more progressive European rivals";

"To tackle the climate crisis we need more democracy, not less";

"Rising authoritarianism and worsening climate change share a fossil-fueled secret";

"Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger";

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