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David Spratt

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Albanese vs Miliband at Climate Week: it was no contest

Albanese vs Miliband at Climate Week: it was no contest

Two leaders shared a Climate Week stage, but their speeches revealed contrasting approaches to climate leadership. Albanese spoke about Australia’s...

25.09.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

The coming Super El Niño could push a hotter world towards food crisis

A super El Niño could intensify heat, drought, fire and crop losses across Australia and Asia, while fertiliser shortages raise the risk of a wider...

20.08.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

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Avoiding 'worse-case' climate warming is big news. But is it true?

Claims that climate scientists have abandoned their most dire scenario have been widely misunderstood. While the highest emissions pathway is now...

03.06.2026 40

Pearls and Irritations

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Turning a blind eye to climate risk threatens derailment

The 2026 budget is a continuation of the Labor Government’s denial of the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions before the climate reaches a...

24.05.2026 40

Pearls and Irritations

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Any sane foreign policy would put climate risks, not China, at centre stage

Australia’s defence and foreign policy settings are focused on geopolitical rivalry, while far greater systemic risks – especially climate...

27.04.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

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Has climate policy-making gone completely off the rails?

Planning to “adapt” to 3°C of warming risks normalising catastrophic outcomes - and avoiding the urgent task of deep, immediate decarbonisation....

07.04.2026 70

Pearls and Irritations

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Silence facilitates climate disinformation, and the government is complicit

As extreme weather intensifies and disinformation spreads, the government’s silence on climate change is undermining public understanding and...

24.03.2026 70

Pearls and Irritations

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Authoritarianism is undermining climate action – and time is running out

08.02.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Climate hot takes for 2025

17.12.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

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A tribute to Ali Kazak

03.11.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Australia’s climate assessment fails on sea-level rise risks and vulnerable communities

11.10.2025 40

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment has been a long time coming

18.08.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

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New National Climate Risk Assessment – more omission than commission?

02.08.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt

New National Climate Risk Assessment - more ommision than commission?

01.08.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

David Spratt