28 June 2019, The Conversation, Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice? Late on Monday night, the City of Sydney became the second state capital in Australia (after Hobart a week earlier) to officially declare a climate … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Cities Response
26 July 2018, UnDark, Ted Nordhaus Is Wrong: We Are Exceeding Earth’s Carrying Capacity. The co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute has a cheery vision of the future. If only that vision were plausible. In his article, “The Earth’s Carrying Capacity for Human … Continue reading →
13 March 2018, The Conversation, More of us are drinking recycled sewage water than most people realise. The world is watching as Cape Town’s water crisis approaches “Day Zero”. Questions are being asked about which other cities could be at riskand what can they do … Continue reading →
1 March 2018, Bloomberg, Why Is California Rebuilding in Fire Country? Because You’re Paying for It. After last year’s calamity, officials are making the same decisions that put homeowners at risk in the first place. As climate change creates warmer, drier conditions, … Continue reading →