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The Defence Strategic Review – A “Labor review” or just “Liberal light”?
Ian Dunlop | June 27, 2023Climate change is the far greater, existential, threat we all face, requiring unprecedented global co-operation, not conflict. Instead of focusing purely on the risk of military conflict, major diplomatic efforts must be initiated to restore some level of trust between the West, China and other nations to achieve rapid emission reduction.
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The dominoes are falling fast. We face a climate emergency
Ian Dunlop | June 10, 2022The massive task of quickly retooling the economy to a low-carbon system will require national mobilisation akin to wartime, but time is running out for humanity to make the necessary changes to avert a climate catastrophe.
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Can the financial system survive climate change?
Ian Dunlop | August 29, 2021One of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal global response to the escalating climate crisis has been the preparedness of financial market regulators to force their regulated institutions to face up to the implications of climate risk.
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Net-zero emissions by 2050: leadership or climate colonialism?
Ian Dunlop | November 21, 2020Australia already has solutions for the climate crisis, but they will require the same concerted national commitment, expertise and innovation seen in the handling of the COVID crisis.
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What must climate and energy policy really achieve?
Ian Dunlop | November 20, 2020The Australian Government is dangerously out-of-touch as climate change accelerates and a cascade of tipping points risks unstoppable global warming.
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Putting the environment first
Ian Dunlop | July 15, 2020The ongoing independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act offers Australia an opportunity to reset the dial and prioritise environmental custodianship over profit-led destruction.
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Tackling the real climate challenge
Ian Dunlop | December 23, 2019As the nation burns, the Australian people must demand real action on the climate, but do we have political leaders ready to rise to the greatest threat – and opportunity – this country has ever faced?
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Protecting the future from the past, not the past from the future
Ian Dunlop | August 6, 2019Human-induced climate change poses an existential threat to civilization that will render current political priorities irrelevant but our leaders still ignore the need for urgent action.
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Predatory delays in climate policy destroy our prosperity and threaten our survival
Ian Dunlop | April 5, 2019The delaying tactics of politicians and business executives in regard to climate policy must end. We face a genuine climate emergency which requires the suspension of politics and business as usual to do whatever it takes to rapidly reduce carbon emissions.
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The elephant in the election room – The immediate existential threat of climate change
Ian Dunlop | March 18, 2019Human-induced climate change is happening faster than officially acknowledged, but our leaders continue to ignore or downplay the dangers. To halt our suicidal rush to oblivion, the community must ensure no leader is elected or appointed in this country unless they are committed to emergency action.
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Humanity has a big decision to make in the climate end-game
Ian Dunlop | August 24, 2018Humanity has a big decision to make very soon about its future on warming planet, but the Federal Coalition is still in denial that human-induced climate change even exists, let alone that the climate end-game is upon us.
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Climate change – The fiduciary responsibility of politicians and bureaucrats
Ian Dunlop | June 1, 2018After three decades of global inaction, none more so than in Australia, human-induced climate change is now an existential risk to humanity. The Federal Parliament must recognise that climate change poses an unprecedented threat to Australia’s future prosperity and requires emergency action.