Tim Flannery’s ‘third way’ is a dead end

Tim Flannery’s ‘third way’ is a dead end

As Tim Flannery launches his new book Atmosphere of Hope at Melbourne University tonight, Friends of the Earth have warned that geoengineering technologies aren’t a solution to climate change and risk diverting attention from proven solutions. Geoengineering is the...

A conference to challenge the privatised university

Friends of the Earth, the Ngara Institute, the NTEU, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the National Alliance for Public Universities are co-hosting a conference at the University of Queensland from the 23-24th November – Challenging the Privatised...
National Academy of Sciences backs untested technologies in the face of climate inaction

IPCC needs to rethink its embrace of unproven technologies

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) embrace of geoengineering proposals, which began very tentatively with the release of their fourth assessment report, is beginning to shape up as a dangerous romance. The IPCC’s 2014 Synthesis Report provides the...