12 February 2019, The Guardian, Climate and economic risks ‘threaten 2008-style systemic collapse’. The gathering storm of human-caused threats to climate, nature and economy pose a danger of systemic collapse comparable to the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new report … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Food & Water Issues
28 August 2018, The Guardian, ‘No real appetite’: former farmers chief lashes ministers over climate link to drought. Brent Finlay, former president of the National Farmers’ Federation, says Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce are the latest who are failing the bush. The … Continue reading →
30 June 2018, The Guardian, ‘We’ve turned a corner’: farmers shift on climate change and want a say on energy. Out in the bush, far from the ritualised political jousting in Canberra, attitudes are changing. Regional Australia has turned the corner when … 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 →