As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My latest in The Saturday Paper: 'I’ve come to realise that denial is a position of the privileged: people who have their homes swallowed by floodwaters, torn apart by wind or burnt to the ground aren’t afforded the luxury of turning away'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...

On tonight...

Northern Rivers peeps! I'll be speaking at this free community event in Tweed Heads on 29 April. Please come along and pass on the invite to your friends. Bookings here: actionnetwork.org/events/350-t...

View of our neighbour’s place across the road this morning. There will be scenes like this all along the coast today. Heartbreaking 💔

What a mess. Around a quarter of a million people without power mostly in northern NSW and SE Queensland. Damage will become clearer as day breaks. Impacts will be felt for years.

If you can bear to watch this video on the impacts of tropical cyclones please do, and then pass it on to anyone you know who is in Alfred's path. This system is no joke. Produced by the Bureau of Meteorology in partnership with Get Ready Queensland youtu.be/2Gxq5CheTHw?...

Coastal communities from Ballina all the way north to the Queensland border are now under evacuation orders. Severe storm surge will break through dunes and inundate homes in many areas. This is going to be a historic storm. My heart is breaking for our beautiful region 💔

The stuff of nightmares 😱

Scientific institutions must create--and sustain--new kinds of roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of #climate change. The status quo isn't working. nature.com/articles/d41...

I live in between these two data points. Either way, I'm terrified of what Cyclone Alfred is going to do to our beautiful region. So many people in the Northern Rivers have already been through so much. It's heartbreaking. Hope our home holds up 🙏

Feeling sick to my stomach about Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaching SE QLD. Around 4 million people live in this area. Buildings this far south are not built to withstand cyclones. How much do we need to lose before we take climate change seriously? www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ...

Lake Mac and Newcastle peeps! There are a few places left for my free talk tomorrow night at Windale Hub. Talking about climate change in a coal mining region is bound to be interesting! Hope to see you there... www.eventbrite.com.au/e/author-tal...

If people think that Trump is a joke, think again. Blocking the participation of US scientists in the IPCC process will have global consequences. Hard to know what to say about this...

“This is what 30 years of denial and delay have brought us”. Tim Winton on coming to terms with the bleaching of Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia 💔 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Free climate talk on tomorrow morning!

Enjoying my residency in beautiful Lake Macquarie on the New South Wales coast. Reflecting on the inevitability of inundation from sea level rise in Australia's most exposed estuary. I'm giving two public talks on climate change while I am here. Tickets are free, details below.

This event in Bangalow has now booked out, but if you are keen, you can always show up and try your luck at the door tonight!

There's only a handful of tickets left for my talk on 27 February. If you live in the Lake Macquarie area of NSW, please come along! Tickets are free: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/author-tal...

The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its Nuclear Plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqV...

Northern Rivers locals! I'll be speaking in Bangalow next week about climate change and our region's future. Tickets are free, but seats are limited: events.humanitix.com/climate-chan...

Looking forward to kicking off Lake Macquarie City Council's Thought Leader Program! I'll be in the area from 17 February until 7 March. I'll be doing some free public events while I'm there. Booking details here: www.lakemac.com.au/For-resident...

Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list. Story by @readfearn.bsky.social

My latest on the Californian wildfires, our overheating planet and Australia’s upcoming federal election 🔥

My latest on the Californian wildfires, our overheating planet and Australia’s upcoming federal election 🔥

This is so inspiring. I can't wait for EVs to become more affordable in Australia! bbc.com/news/article...

New analysis shows 2024 was the Earth's warmest year on record – 1.6C above pre-industrial levels. One day it will be one of the coldest this century. So while the Californian wildfires are tragic, this destruction is just a preview of things to come... climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

I wrote a thing, because these fires are in the increasingly common category of shocking but not surprising. Neither unprecedented nor unforeseen by those who study the subjects..... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Science is never “value-free”, because scientists are people too. Arguably, climate scientists, ecologists, social scientists, etc have an ethical responsibility to contribute to public discourse on the future of our planet. We should never be “neutral” bystanders. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

2024 was a tough year for me, but a good year for my writing. ‘Highway to Hell’ kept me busy all year, and it was great to be included in two terrific anthologies. ‘Humanity’s Moment’ was shortlisted for a prize in the US and reprinted in Australia. Thanks for your support 🙏

Shadow. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Thrilled to receive this thank you gift from @cathywilcox.bsky.social for helping judge the best climate cartoon of 2024 in the Australian Cartoonists Association's Stanley Awards! I wish all of my work was this much fun. Congratulations to Glen LeLievre on his winning entry 🙂

Although I am starting to glitch out in the relentless heat and humidity, an upside has been an unusual visit from this phenomenal fella. I think it might be a type of owl moth that is more common in the tropical parts of Australia? Maybe it hitched a ride on the persistent northerlies? It’s huge!

Attended a very informative seminar about the BoM–CSIRO State of the Climate 2024 report. A finding that hit me hard was that the extreme year of 2019, Australia's hottest and driest on record, will become an average year between 2021-2040. As a reminder, 2019 looked like this...

When I woke up this morning it was 22C with 97% humidity. Overnight temperatures have been hovering around 21-24C for a long time. Unsurprised to see record high minimum temperatures along the coast during spring. Persistent northerlies. Not looking forward to this summer!

Do you want to know more about how Australia's climate is changing? You can read the recent State of the Climate report, or come to a free AMOS webinar tomorrow afternoon and listen to us talk about it! www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the... events.humanitix.com/state-of-the...

On The Climate Brink: Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check This is a crucial point because it determines how much warming is already "locked in" and effectively unavoidable. The answer is very little warming is locked in. Also, this is our 100th post! www.theclimatebrink....

Tropical heat and humidity spilling down Australia's east coast. Westerly storm tracks displaced poleward pulling in moist northerly and easterly flow. Northern NSW already experiencing minor flooding from a string of heavy downpours. Wondering whether this will be a common pattern this summer...

I had a lot of fun judging the entries for this!

When scientists don't speak up, others step in to fill the void... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Good morning and thanks for the follows! I’m new to Bluesky but will start posting more here soon. Nice to see so many climate folks here already 🙂

Melbourne peeps! I'll be speaking at the Mountain Writers Festival on Saturday 23 November. Tickets here: mountainfestival.com.au/tickets

My latest on our collective climate delusions in The Saturday Paper. In the words of Seinfeld’s George Costanza: “It’s not a lie if you believe it.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...