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Barbara Pedersen
@barbie4science.bsky.social
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Climate change scientist, strategist, policy maker.
#Resister #bodysurf
Living on unceded Whadjuk Noongar country in Western Australia.
Fan of Yolngu music.
DoB: 313 ppm CO2
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climateeconomics.bsky.social
The total annual economic burden of flooding in the US totals $180 bn to $496 bn when factoring in a broader spectrum of impacts, such as annual loss in tax revenue, increases in insurance premiums, damage to ecosystems, damage to transit infrastructure

www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How Climate Change Is Fueling More Deadly and Destructive Floods
Fossil-fueled climate change increases the intensity of floods, worsening the impacts on public health, the economy, and communities.
www.americanprogress.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
barbie4science.bsky.social
Global climate risks recognized by banking.

Australian housing built in high risk areas costs everyone when natural disasters hit.

Time for planning to avoid development in high risk areas.

#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality
#Auspol
climateeconomics.bsky.social Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 18h
"Banks need to further strengthen their management of climate and nature-related risks, given the growing frequency of natural disasters and slow progress towards the net-zero goals", warns the @ecb.europa.eu

If your assets aren't hit by transition risk, they will be by physical risk...
greencb.bsky.social Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · 18h
🇪🇺 “Climate risk is a permanent shock heading in one direction only, with serious long-term effects on house prices and other asset values,” says the @ecb.europa.eu in its supervisory priorities for the next three years.

greencb.co/4rnJCdu
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
barbie4science.bsky.social
We all pay for natural disasters.

Brookings Institute found average increase in homeowners’ insurance premiums are driven by higher disaster risks.

Global disaster risks are borne by reinsurers.

Californian fires cost everyone.

#ClimateRisk
#ClimateReality

thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
Insurance premiums driven higher by higher catastrophic risk
A new study has shown the dramatic impact of climate risk on skyrocketing homeowners' insurance prices
thepoint.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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decentral21.bsky.social
Good news for Independents at the next election and the possibility of a minority guv. Although we should stop using that word and call it a 'true consensus' government. Better for us all. #Auspol thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
No such thing as a safe seat as fewer voters than ever stick with the “major parties”
A new survey shows that voter behaviour in Australia has changed radically
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
barbie4science.bsky.social
Hum, sounds like... 🤔

#Auspol
scottche.bsky.social ScottChe @scottche.bsky.social · 6d
Bloviating, quim chasing, quockerwodger.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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michaelmazengarb.bsky.social
The new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025.

Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport.
www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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sometimeskristy.bsky.social
Climate Poetry.
#auspol
The sea is telling us it is sick We send another probe to space for life Life comes from outer space And we turn off the lights Growing food on the moon Whilst we watch trauma on TV Do you have the latest Are you working so hard To keep out the noise To keep up appearances
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Title: ‘“Both sides” of the “debate”’. Left: bald man in grey strip suit and tie at lectern labelled “PRO-UNFETTERED FREEDOM TO MAKE A PROFIT FROM EARTH’S RESOURCES”. Right: woman in green blazer at lectern labelled “PRO-LONG TERM SURVIVAL OF LIFE ON EARTH”.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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alexisx-au.bsky.social
"50,000 or so jobs were created in the engineering and energy sectors throughout the transition, some 3% of the country’s total workforce. Power now costs 20% less than before."
#auspol #renewableenergy
Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers
The contracts were not awarded according to emissions-cutting promises, but how low the cost for installation and provision would be.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Barbara Pedersen
sandyhorne.bsky.social
I almost forgot to have a little brag 🙂
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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papaesoco.bsky.social
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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jilllovesjazz.bsky.social
Any fellow #SouthAustralia #Adelaide dwellers might want to read the #algalbloom expert’s article👇. Please share this too… its relevant to all of us
#Auspol #SAparli
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Reposted by Barbara Pedersen
eos.org
More sediment, less food. The “nutritional value” of glacier runoff seems to be declining as tidewater glaciers retreat inland. 🧪
Glacier Runoff Becomes Less Nutritious as Glaciers Retreat - Eos
Sediment from retreating, land-terminating glaciers contains proportionally fewer micronutrients such as iron and manganese, reducing the glaciers’ value to microorganisms at the base of the food web.
eos.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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0lsi.bsky.social
🇮🇳 India has just flipped the switch on about 10 million #solar panels at its massive #BhadlaSolarPark project, hitting around 2,000 MW of clean power. It could supply electricity for 1 to 2 million homes and signal a serious boost in India's renewable energy game. 🌞⚡🔋
India ignites 10,000,000 solar panels to produce 2,000 MW ― China now has a reason for concern
India has invested in a groundbreaking 10 million solar panels project that is projected to transform global energy generation and provide for millions.
www.ecoticias.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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davidshoebridge.bsky.social
Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.

It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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johnmenadue.com
Australia’s offset markets treat ecosystems as interchangeable – but nature is not fungible. Biodiversity laws built on this fiction can't protect what is unique and irreplaceable. #AusPol #Environment #Biodiversity #Conservation #ClimatePolicy #NatureRepair #PublicPolicy
Nature doesn't have an offset account
Australia’s climate and biodiversity laws rely heavily on offset markets that treat ecosystems as interchangeable. But nature is not fungible, and the growing evidence of unique, localised species shows why offset systems are structurally incapable of protecting what is irreplaceable.
johnmenadue.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
barbie4science.bsky.social
Follow the money: global capital is moving out of fossil fuels.

#EnergyTransition
#Auspol
janrosenow.bsky.social Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d
Capital flows to the energy sector are set to rise in 2025 to USD 3.3 trillion.

Around USD 2.2 trillion is going collectively to renewables, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency and electrification, twice as much as the USD 1.1 trillion going to oil, natural gas and coal.
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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jonburkeuk.bsky.social
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.

They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.

Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩‍🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.

Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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arstechnica.com
China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth
This is a “successful example for efficient emergency response in the international space industry.”…
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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politikarma.bsky.social
The @australianlabor.bsky.social Govt is an arsonist cosplaying as a firefighter over environmental stewardship.
A wholly owned subsidiary of (fossil fuel) resource sector.
It doesn’t broadly represent the progressive views of reasoned Australians who expect genuine action on climate change
#auspol
australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d
Minister Murray Watt asks Australians to believe we can better protect nature by facilitating faster exploitation with less regulation and less scrutiny.

Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
barbie4science.bsky.social
#WhatIsThePointofLabor
#Auspol
australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d
The Government is trying to push through changes that will weaken our environment laws.

This is the same Government that changed environment laws to protect the toxic salmon industry, and continues to approve fossil fuels for decades to come.
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
"It is located 5km from the town of Deniliquin, but none of that town’s population of more than 2,700 people objected to it.

All 66 objections came from more than 50 kms away, with 60 of them from people located more than 100kms away, and 26 from interstate"

reneweconomy.com.au/long-distanc...
Indeed, there were no objections that related specifically to this project, its location or its impact on any local fauna or flora. It is likely that few if any of the objectors had actually read the project documents in detail. Several objectors think the battery is actually a wind farm, and others think it is a solar project. One is concerned about its impact on the catchment of the Keiwa River, which is 250 kms away, located in another state and on the other side of the Murray River. Maybe they had been encouraged to complain about another project, and forgot to change it for this one. Most simply don’t like the idea of renewables: “Soon, we’ll all be in the dark thanks to delusional Global Boiling cultists!” said one. Some object to the use of agricultural land for a big battery. But the project is located right next to a substation, and is not used for any grazing or crops because it has been degraded by a gravel borrow pit on the site, which has formed a depression with poor soils and weedy vegetation. The battery project developers are actually proposing to do something the previous users didn’t do – rehabilitate it so it can actually be used for agriculture in the future, perhaps sheep grazing. The department of planning said it is likely the project would improve the land, not degrade it. There were plenty of constructive consultations, mostly with local council and other bodies such as the Rural Fire Service, the local Fire Brigade, the local irrigation council, and other entities. The developers, Avenis, responded accordingly and made some adjustments to the project. It has waded through thousands of pages of documents and patiently responded to each and every concern, no matter how wild the claim. The NSW Planning department noted the considerable local benefits, saying some $1.4 million in community benefits had been offered via the council through a voluntary planning agreement, and also noting the injection of some $206 million of capital inv…
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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firstnationscen.bsky.social
"We don’t just go and live on Country because it’s beautiful or because we like it there.

"It’s not about where you want to live, it’s about where you need to live to care for Country, which a lot of Papulinyi [non-Aboriginal people] don’t understand"

landscapeaustralia.com/articles/liv... #auspol
Living with Country
Steve Mintern speaks to Warumungu man and Wilya Janta Housing Collaboration chief cultural officer Jimmy Frank Jupurrurla about the “Explain Homes” project, a collaborative initiative working to impro...
landscapeaustralia.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.

We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.

Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM