Global warming of 1.5掳C is imminent, likely in just a decade from now. David Spratt reviews several recent studies that point to this alarming conclusion.
So how does hitting warming of 1.5掳C one decade from now square with the 2015 Paris Agreement鈥檚 goal of 鈥渉olding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2掳C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5掳C鈥?
In two words, it doesn鈥檛.
More than 300 members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), their families and supporters gathered at the M Club in Maroubra on April 7 to mark the 20th anniversary of the historic Patrick鈥檚 dispute in 1998.
The Patrick stevedoring company had conspired with the John Howard Coalition government to send in security guards in balaclavas, dogs and scabs to force waterfront workers out and attempt to eliminate the MUA from the docks.
Palestinians in Gaza had hardly begun their 鈥淕reat March of Return鈥 campaign before Israel responded with a level of violence and brutality not seen for some time, writes Lisa Gleeson. Yet their protests continue.
What began as a protest in 1976 after a rash of land confiscations by Israel 鈥 met by Israel with the killing of six unarmed Palestinians 鈥 Land Day each March 30 is an annual focal point for Palestinian frustration at being forcibly displaced and unable to return home.
The Brazilian Supreme Court decision jailing former president Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva for 12 years 鈥 ruling out the politician leading opinion polls ahead of October elections 鈥 has caused an uproar in Brazil, writes Zoe PC.
Jo茫o Pedro Stedile, leader of the Landless Rural Workers鈥 Movement (MST), sees the latest developments as a continuation of the coup of 2016 that forced out democratically elected president Dilma Rouseff, from Lula鈥檚 Workers鈥 Party (PT).聽
Oklahoma teachers proudly marked themselves absent from school since April 1, Michelle Chen on April 5, and they had an excellent excuse: They made themselves present in politics instead, with a historic march on the Capitol in hopes of finally capturing the legislature鈥檚 undivided attention
This Autumn heat wave across the eastern states should remind us that we have less and less time to deal with the catastrophic consequences of an unscientific energy policy.
We live in an era of catastrophic anthropogenic climate change and yet horse-and-buggy politicians, such as Tony Abbott MP and PM Malcolm Turnbull, continue to insist that we still need coal-fired power.
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, a long-time supporter of Palestinian rights, posted a that was to be read out April 7 demonstrations across Britain against Israel's latest killings of Palestinians in Gaza. By April 8,聽the death toll of Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while protesting in Gaza since March 30聽 had .
Medical students took to the streets on April 7 in Sydney under the slogan "Detention Harms Health". Organised by the Australian Medical Students Association they called on the Australian government to close the detention centres and bring them here.