I've never seen anything like it. Salta, Argentina, has just recorded its hottest night on record during the climatologically coldest time of the year. The minimum overnight temperature did not fall below 26°C (78.8°F), pulverizing the previous monthly record by 7°C.

Labor needs to respond immediately to the reports CSIRO will tomorrow sack a THIRD of the team working on Australia’s national climate model. Australia’s climate science capability is globally significant & locally irreplaceable. A shameful way to treat our scientists.

No one in govt is talking about before the budget, but just FYI, the level of Jobseeker is now 42% below the poverty line - worse than it was during the Howard years... live.thepoint.com.au

A helpful summary of the government report on the state of research funding in Australia (spoiler alert: it's bad). Maybe now we can actually see some improved investment in Australia's research sector?

Australia was once a world leader in innovation. A new report shows the system is now ‘broken’

Australia spends less on research and development than most of the developed world, and our productivity growth is the lowest in decades.

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ARC Tracker@arc-tracker.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Government released the final report of the Strategic Examination of R&D yesterday. It's called "Ambitious Australia"🙃 Haven't read much, yet, but it says we should fund the ARC more. Like every single previous review. Can we got on with it & do that, now? www.industry.gov.au/publications...

It is simply fucking unacceptable that @youth4climate.bsky.social (aka the AYCC) might be forced to close for good after 20 years, and I will not be letting this happen. If I find out a single one of you hasn't given what you are able, I will lose my fucking mind.

AYCC Next Generation Fund

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For every 1°C of warming, the atmosphere can hold approximately 7% more moisture. Just sayin’.

@khon2news.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Kona low brings heavy rain and devastating flooding across Oahu, particularly the North Shore. Check out this drone footage of Waialua. #KHON2 | #WorkingForHawaii | #HawaiisWeatherSource

We all lose – and future generations will lose even harder – when governments cut investments in research & researchers. Or fail to increase them to the levels actually needed. 😡

Looming CSIRO job cuts come at 'critical moment' for climate change action

Scientists are calling on the Australian government to push back on a plan to scrap hundreds of jobs at the nation's science agency, as they await the release of further details this week.

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From the river to the beach, Australia won't have free speech www.deepcutnews.com/p/a-list-of-...

A list of state laws in Australia targeting protests and free speech

State governments have played a key part in stripping Australians’ democratic rights at the behest of powerful interest groups

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Major threats to our well being from climate change can be avoided, or hugely reduced, by rapid action. Our Nature comment calls for a global risk assessment, effectively communicated to governments, the media and the public, to make clear what is at stake. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We need a global assessment of avoidable climate-change risks

To understand the urgency of emissions reductions, policymakers and citizens need a full analysis of what is at stake.

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Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

BREAKING: After being shut down by Melbourne University Publishing in September 2025 amid controversy over alleged Gaza-related censorship, literary journal Meanjin has been given a lifeline by QUT, which says it has “a long history of supporting progressive and new voices and artists.”

Australia: Universities say the May budget must fix "underfunding" (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

Australian research ecosystem ‘chronically underfunded’ - Research Professional News

Universities’ pre-budget submissions request more funding for overheads, infrastructure and regional research

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Assistant police commissioner Peter McKenna: "It was really quite precarious at times for our officers who were significantly outnumbered by the protesters and the people who wanted to act in a violent and offensive manner." #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence #HerzogNotWelcome

Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Australian cities are the heartland of our multicultural nation, and my heart is broken this morning for the families and loved ones of those celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi beach in Sydney yesterday. Love and understanding of each other – of all faiths, races, creeds – have never mattered more here.

Barely back from Honiara 🇸🇧 and our new #OpenAccess @un-habitat.bsky.social article is published in npj Urban Sustainability, lead authored by superstar Lova Jansson! #Climate resilient urban development: an agenda for Small Island Developing States 📃: rdcu.be/eRIYe #SIDS #SDG11 #CoP31 @nature.com

Climate resilient urban development: an agenda for Small Island Developing States

npj Urban Sustainability - Climate resilient urban development: an agenda for Small Island Developing States

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‘Chris Bowen’s new role as Cop31 “president of negotiations” puts the climate and energy minister at the helm of the most complex and consequential multilateral process in the world.’ #COP30 #COP31 #auspol @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity | Thom Woodroofe and Dean Bialek

Australia may not be hosting Cop31, but the unprecedented Turkey partnership is a real chance to secure global influence and turbocharge a new green zeitgeist

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There we go - Albanese gets his wish. COP31 will now be in Turkey -->> www.theage.com.au/national/aus...

Australia loses bid to host global climate summit

Australia has lost its bid to host the world climate conference COP31 in 2026, which will be held in Turkey.

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‘"We are in it, and we are in it to win it, let me make it clear," he said. "We're not going anywhere,” said @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol aapnews.aap.com.au/a/kRrpnComJ

Australia 'not going anywhere' on COP31 hosting goal

Climate Minister Chris Bowen has told attendees of the COP30 climate talks that Australia is "in it to win it" on hosting rights for the 2026 conference.

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‘As Palau President Surangel Whipps has said, hosting COP31 in the Pacific cannot just be about symbolism – it must demonstrate “tangible benefits” to Pacific peoples.’ #COP30 #COP31 #auspol theconversation.com/how-pacific-...

How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables

Pacific nations spend billions each year importing fossil fuels for electricity. Now the region’s leaders are aiming for energy independence.

theconversation.com

Interesting.. 🇹🇷 #CoP30 Chief Negotiator Fatma Varank says re. a joint #CoP31 a “consensus text” was “agreed” w/ 🇦🇺, but we later withdrew in order to host a #Pacific CoP (3min mark in the vid). Hadn’t heard that before.. can any #climate folk confirm? youtu.be/Qd3euNrnLV0?...

Türkiye Pushes Ahead in Bid to Host COP31

YouTube video by AnewZ

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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5). An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 (🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

www.theguardian.com/environment/... 50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.

Australia’s laws to protect the environment don’t work. Woodside’s 40-year greenlight proves it

Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve

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Interesting to see Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Yalçın Rafiyev saying that 🇦🇿 are acting as mediators between Türkiye and Australia re. #CoP31 hosting rights, including in NY at the #UNGA. Suggests there might be a 'result in the near future'.. 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFw...

XİN müavini: “Azərbaycan COP 31 danışıqlarında vasitəçilik edir” – APA TV

YouTube video by APA TV

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Danke Berlin! #AllEyesOnGaza

For Australia’s national climate plans to be meaningful, they need to include an orderly phase-out of its fossil fuel exports, writes Melbourne Climate Futures Research Fellow Arthur Wyns. Read more → unimelb.me/4mwB7cw