Climate change - Rationale Magazine

25 Aug

What do climate denialists do when the facts change?

25/08/2023
By Noel Turnbull
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John Maynard Keynes is widely believed to have said: “Well, when the facts change I change my mind. What do you do?” It was probably ac...

04 May

Philosophy & Psychology

Why Earth is worth protecting – and not just for our sake

04/05/2023
By Simon James
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Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds ...

16 Jan

Law & Politics

Is there a ‘right to disobey’?

16/01/2023
By Jon Piccini
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One of the first moves of the newly elected Whitlam Labor government in December 1972 was to free seven men imprisoned for their bel...

14 Nov

Science & Health

How the world’s fossil fuel addiction compromises our health

14/11/2022
By Celia McMichael
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Climate change threatens to undermine the health of people around the world, with more intense and frequent extreme weather even...

07 May

Science & Health

Mapping climate policy

As the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions becomes increasingly urgent, governments of all levels, as well as private businesse...

04 Mar

Science & Health

Our window is closing on a liveable future

22/07/2022
By Kathryn Bowen
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As catastrophic flooding devastates parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

02 Mar

Science & Health

Red alert on climate change vulnerability and adaptation limitations

22/07/2022
By Nigel Tapper
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Projected global warming under current global emissions reduction policies will leave many of our region’s human and natural systems at...

10 Dec

Science & Health

Climate change: How machine learning holds a key to combating misinformation

07/09/2022
By John Cook
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“A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.” This quote appears in many forms. In some var...

14 Nov

Science & Health

The science everyone needs to know about climate change

With the United Nations' climate conference in Scotland turning a spotlight on climate change policies and the impact of global warming...

30 Oct

Business & Economics

Dollar signs of the times: Big business and climate change

04/08/2022
By David James
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The upcoming Glasgow Climate Change Conference will feature presentations from many politicians, experts and consultants, but it is unl...

17 Jul

Business & Economics

The climate change debate will not be settled by science, but by money

04/08/2022
By Ralph Howard
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The intense debate over what is dubbed 'climate science' is showing no signs of easing off. It remains one of the hottest political iss...

14 Jul

Science & Health

Scientific literacy: The world’s hope on climate change

04/08/2022
By Carmel McNaught
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Widespread scientific literacy – in schools and the wider community – is an essential part of any action plan to mitigate climate chang...

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