Climate Change

I have been writing on the effects of human induced climate change, sea level rise, ocean acidification, environmental and social Impacts of global warming, and climate protests for the Indymedia Network since 2004 contributing primarily to Melbourne Indymedia (now defunct), Sydney Indymedia, San Fransisco Bay Area Indymedia, Australia Indymedia, Climate Indymedia and features to the Global Indymedia site The articles have been wideranging from latest scientific reports to climate protests:

2009 articles

• Insurer invests in Solar Power, calls for fast action on Climate Change (Dec 30, 2009)
• Australia: Kate Jones spins Climate Destruction of Great Barrier Reef (Dec 28, 2009)
• Australia: Christmas Elves deliver coal to Queensland Premier in climate protest (Dec 24, 2009)
• Brisbane: Coal 1, Planet 0 - time to take action on climate (Dec 20, 2009)
• Geologists say expect extra degrees from Climate Sensitivity (Dec 20, 2009)
• Australia: Activists take Climate action by Blockading Coal Port (Dec 19, 2009)
• Climate Shame: Copenhagen agreement fails UN processes and the planet (Nov 19, 2009)
• Australia coming home strongly as one of the worst climate Fossils (Dec 18, 2009)
• UN Leaked Document verifies world heading for 3 degree plus temperatures (Dec 18, 2009)
• Climate Colonialism: Clinton's $100 billion in funding comes with colonial strings (Dec 18, 2009)
• Australia Collects Second Fossil Award over Climate financing (Dec 18, 2009)
• IUCN report: Koalas threatened by Climate Change (Dec 16, 2009)
• Greenpeace evade security for Climate banner on Sydney Opera House (Dec 15, 2009)
• Australia's obstructionist role causes developing countries to walk (Dec 15, 2009)
• Perth Indymedia reporter arrested with other journalists in Copenhagen climate protests (Dec 14, 2009)
• Australians send a climate message to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Dec 13, 2009) | Photos | Video
• Bolivia responds to US on Climate Debt: "If you break it, you buy it." (Dec 12, 2009)
• Tuvalu makes a Stand at Climate Talks (Dec 10, 2009)
• Scientist: Extinction threatens coral reefs unless CO2 limited to 350ppm (Dec 10, 2009)
• Global weekend of action on climate: Walk Against Warming (Dec 10, 2009)
• Australia shares in a Climate Fossil award over carbon capture and storage (Dec 10, 2009)
• 2009 set to become the fifth hottest year on record, in the hottest decade (Dec 9, 2009)
• Union calls for 40% emissions reduction target and abandonment of CPRS (Dec 7, 2009)
• Can Perth become the first geothermally cooled city? (Dec 7, 2009)
• Police Files on Desalination protestors given to Private Corporations (Dec 6, 2009)
  
  
• Marine Scientists call for climate action over Ocean Warming and Acidification (Nov 28, 2009)
• Polluters subsidised under emissions trading with households footing the bill (Nov 26, 2009) Also includes Links to 4 videos + Photos
• U.S.: Activists stop blasting on Coal River Mountain (Nov 24, 2009)
• Coal protestors appealing damages order over Brisbane climate direct action (Nov 23, 2009)
• Australia: Climate Civil Disobedience on the rise (Nov 23, 2009)
• Climate civil disobedience action in Canberra for 40% carbon reduction target (Nov 23, 2009)
• USA: Climate Change likely to severely damage U.S. crop yields (Nov 22, 2009)
• Walkers mark the dangers of rising sea level for Melbourne (Nov 21, 2009)
• USA: Medically defensible energy policy on climate: phase out Coal (Nov 20, 2009)
• Firefighters turn Climate heat on Canberra (Nov 20, 2009)
• Scientists: Climate Treaty more urgent with Global carbon emissions still increasing (Nov 18, 2009)
• South Australia faces Catastrophic Fire Danger (Nov 18, 2009)
• Scientists call for Emissions slashed to save Great Barrier Reef (Nov 15, 2009)
• Report assesses climate risks of sea level rise for Australia (Nov 15, 2009)
• Climate Activists call on Obama to stop Indonesian Deforestation (Nov 13, 2009)
• It's getting hot in here - November Heatwave 'classic climate change weather' (Nov 11, 2009)
• Vulnerable Countries call for Ambitious Emissions Targets for Climate Treaty (Nov 11, 2009)
• G20 Finance Ministers fail to agree on Climate Change Finance Package (Nov 8, 2009)
• Report: Children are already dying because of climate change (Nov 7, 2009)
• Canada shamed at Fossil of the Day Awards - Barcelona (Nov 7, 2009)
• End CO2lonialism - Activists disrupt Barcelona climate talks final plenary (Nov 7, 2009)
• Industrialised World Intransigence on CO2 emissions dooms Climate Negotiations (Nov 6, 2009)
• Climate Defenders Camp established to preserve Indonesian Rainforest Peatlands (Nov 4, 2009)
• Copenhagen Climate treaty may Subsidise Forest Destruction (Oct 30, 2009)
• Impacts of Rising Sea Level a wake up call on Climate Change (Oct 2009)
• Climate protest 350 by cyclists in Melbourne | Photos | Video (Oct 2009)
• Arctic ice feeling the heat of Climate Change (Aug 8, 2009)
• U.S.: Dr. James Hansen and Daryl Hannah Arrested in Protest on Mountaintop Removal (Jun 25, 2009)
• Climate Emergency: Thousands march for action across Australia (June 2009) | Photos | Video: Rally Video, Damien Lawson video
• Australia: Scientists call for Protection of world's most carbon dense Forests (June 2009)
• Australia: Human Sign spells out demand for action on Climate Change (May 2009)
• Climate protest highlights environment funding in the Australian Budget (May 16, 2009)
• Antarctic Warming: Wilkins Ice Bridge Collapses (Apr 4, 2009)
• Polar Regions feel the heat of Climate Change (April 2009)
• Australia: Earth Hour Direct Action - Hazelwood Power Station (Mar 30, 2009)
• Australia: Climate Protestors Close Down World's Largest Coal Port (March 21, 2009)
• Civil Society says "No" as geo-engineers mount shock bid to hack the planet (March 2009)
• Scientists confirm Rising Sea Levels may exceed one metre this century (March 2009)
• Scientists: Rapid Sustained Effective Action required to avoid Dangerous Climate Change (March 2009)
• Marine Scientists report: Ocean Acidification Accelerating; Severe Damages Imminent (Feb 13, 2009)
• Climate Change contributes to Catastrophic Australian Bushfires (Feb 2009)
• Australia misses the boat on Renewable Energy as Global Warming Accelerates (Feb 16, 2009)
• Triabunna 13: Gunns sues climate and forest activists (Jan 9, 2009)
• Coral Reefs and Ocean Biodiversity threatened by Climate Change (Jan 3, 2009)

2008 articles

• Greenpeace steps up pressure on NSW and Federal Governments on Climate Change (June 30, 2008)

2007 articles

• La Niņa brings some rain, as Global Climate hots up (Dec 27, 2007)
• Climate Change Road map Agreement Reached in Bali Meeting (Dec 16, 2007)
• Melbourne now Freeway capital of Australia - a Disaster for Climate and Sustainability (Dec 15, 2007)
• Activists close Power station As Evidence mounts on Climate Change Accelerating (Nov 2007)
• Thousands march for Action on Climate Change (Nov 2007) | Photos
• Climate activists blockade Newcastle Coal Port (Nov 2007)
• Carbon Sink crisis: Uptake of CO2 by North Atlantic Ocean slows (Oct 25, 2007)
• Climate Change: Marine Scientists Demand Action on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Oct 2007)
• Scientists say Ocean Acidity Increasing at Faster Rate (Oct 18, 2007)
• Climate Change: Arctic Sea Ice heading for Rapid Disintegration (Oct 2007)
• APEC: The Sydney Declaration a Climate Distraction (Sep 2007)
• APEC Climate Change protest shuts down Victorian Coal Power Station (Sep 2007)
• Australia: Greenpeace activists arrested at APEC coal protest (Sep 2007)
• Online Petition sites join to Demand Climate Targets from APEC (Sep 4, 2007)
• Newcastle: Greenpeace activists highlight Climate Change on Grounded Coal Carrier (June 28, 2007)
• World Environment Day highlights global climate change (June 6, 2007)
• Australia: Activists confront NSW Premier over Doubling of Coal Exports (March 21, 2007)
• NASA Climatologist Predicts Disastrous Sea Level Rise (March 2007)
• 700,000 Australian buildings at risk from Sea Level Rise (March 16, 2007)
• Catastrophic Climate Change may be Inevitible unless Drastic Steps are Taken (Feb 11, 2007)
• Climate Activist Fines to assist CFA (Jan 21, 2007)

2006 articles

• Global Warming: Rising Seas creates 70,000 Climate Refugees (Dec 2006)
• Australian Government Gagging Climate Refugee Issue (Dec 2006)
• Greenland Ice Sheet melting faster than expected (Jan 4, 2006)
• Soaring temperatures set new Melbourne and Victorian record (Jan 1, 2006)

2005 articles

• The Temperature is Rising (Dec 21, 2005)
• Global Warming may halt Ocean circulation (Dec 20, 2005)
• Nuclear Power PR campaign debunked by report (Oct 7, 2005)
• Wonthaggi turns on Wind power (Oct 6, 2005)
• Rising Sea Levels Create first Climate Change Refugees (Jan 12, 2005)
• Global Warming major factor in Drought increasing globally (Jan 2005)
• Climate Change and Development Issues for Island States (Jan 2005)

2004 articles

• 2004 the Fourth Warmest Year Globally (Dec 24, 2004 as Vera)
• USA continues to obstruct Climate talks (Dec 23, 2004 as Vera)
• CSIRO warns: Australia to get hotter, wetter, with more extreme weather (Nov 20, 2004 as Vera)
• Escalating global species extinction crisis (Nov 17, 2004 as Vera)
• Warming In Antarctica: cause for concern (Nov 7, 2004 as Vera)
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions cause Arctic to Melt, Sea Levels to Rise (Nov 6, 2004 as Vera)
• Kyoto is not enough says UK Chief Scientist, while Australia sticks with the USA (Oct 16, 2004 as Vera)
• Global warming threatens to reverse human progress (Oct 26, 2004 as Vera)
• Global warming fears rise with Carbon Dioxide increase (Oct 12, 2004 as Vera)
• Climate Meltdown: Greenland ice cap to raise sea levels (April 2004)

I now do a substantial amount of my soapboxing through photoessays on flickr and short videos of events on youtube. You can see my latest videos on Youtube below, and a random selection of photos from my flickr site. I sometimes add significant text descriptions and links to photos and videos to give contextual substance.

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So where are we headed with current negotiations at Copenhagen?