David Spratt

@djspratt.bsky.social

I write about climate. Author “Climate Code Red” book & blog which first articulated the term “climate emergency” climatecodered.org. Focus on climate as threat to human security and the existential risks. Research Director at breakthroughonline.org.au

#ECS 72 Media and Scientist should talk about chances ECS= 3° there's a 27% chance ECS= 6° there's a 10% chance ECS 6K is wipe out of civilization. fat tail risk ( stop talk probability ) @djspratt.bsky.social 5 www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6oc... bsky.app/profile/thom...

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Thomas Boettcher@thomas-boettcher.bsky.social · 4w ago

@djspratt.bsky.social 5 12 Media and Scientist should talk about chances ECS= 3° there's a 27% chance ECS= 6° there's a 10% chance ECS 6K is wipe out of civilization. fat tail risk ( stop talk probability ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6oc...

The Australian Government has its head in the sand. #Climate disruption, not China, is the key security threat facing Australia is the main message in the Safe Climate Australia submission to the #AUKUS Public Inquiry. www.climatecodered.org/2026/07/clim...

Climate disruption, not China, is the key security threat facing Australia

The climate emergency requires actions at emergency speed for a rapid transition to a post-carbon, safe-climate future.

climatecodered.org

Any sane foreign policy would put climate risks, not China, at centre stage. Australia’s security policy settings are focused on geopolitical rivalry, while far greater systemic risks – especially climate disruption – receive little strategic attention. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

Any sane foreign policy would put climate risks, not China, at centre stage

Australia’s defence and foreign policy settings are focused on geopolitical rivalry, while far greater systemic risks – especially climate disruption – receive little strategic attention.

johnmenadue.com

Any sane foreign policy would put climate risks, not China, at centre stage. Australia’s security policy settings are focused on geopolitical rivalry, while far greater systemic risks – especially climate disruption – receive little strategic attention. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

Any sane foreign policy would put climate risks, not China, at centre stage

Australia’s defence and foreign policy settings are focused on geopolitical rivalry, while far greater systemic risks – especially climate disruption – receive little strategic attention.

johnmenadue.com

As we collectively work to get political systems to understand the need for urgent #climate interventions, is an assumption that such processes are fit for purpose? Are climate policy-makers capable of understanding the risks and acting rationally on that basis? johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

Has climate policy-making gone completely off the rails?

Planning to “adapt” to 3°C of warming risks normalising catastrophic outcomes - and avoiding the urgent task of deep, immediate decarbonisation.

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Silence facilitates #climate disinformation, and the Australian government is complicit. As climate disinformation spreads, the government’s silence on climate change is undermining public understanding and action. My analysis today at: johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03... @johnmenadue.com

Silence facilitates climate disinformation, and the government is complicit

As extreme weather intensifies and disinformation spreads, the government’s silence on climate change is undermining public understanding and action.

johnmenadue.com

Great @scitalkofficial.bsky.social episode with @djspratt.bsky.social on what's wrong with our climate policy makers. David suggests some just don't (want to) get the problem. And I totally agree. Giving away new oil & gas licenses is a death sentence to people. As an energy expert, I say go solar!

Željko@mislissippi.eurosky.social · 9mo ago

#TalkCollapse 👇 "Finally, why do we need high-end possibilities and not mid-range probabilities and should get rid of climate conservative estimates."

@scitalkofficial.bsky.social mit @djspratt.bsky.social über "Klimapolitik" -> Das Problem wird/will nicht verstanden werden. Vergabe neuer Öl- und Gaslizenzen = das Todesurteil für viele Menschen, ergänzt @torstenluetten.bsky.social, und weiters: "Nutzt Solarenergie" bsky.app/profile/tors...

Torsten Lütten@torstenluetten.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Great @scitalkofficial.bsky.social episode with @djspratt.bsky.social on what's wrong with our climate policy makers. David suggests some just don't (want to) get the problem. And I totally agree. Giving away new oil & gas licenses is a death sentence to people. As an energy expert, I say go solar!

#COP30 is just gonna work out great: "Any final deal will mean somehow finding a consensus that can be tolerated by both the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers and the small island states on the frontlines of sea level rise." #climate www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The Four Biggest Issues to Track at Climate Talks

Welcome to COP30, officially. After the two-day leaders summit last week, the Conference of Parties starts today and will go on until at least Nov. 21.

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Will Australia's new National Climate Risk Assessment – more omission than commission? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08... Will it describe full spectrum of climate risks Australians will face, or be marred by a poor approach to risk analysis, bureaucratic incompetence and a limited vision?

New National Climate Risk Assessment – more omission than commission?

The Albanese Government will soon deliver Australia’s first domestically-oriented National Climate Risk Assessment, which was due in December 2024.

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"How was 2°C ever considered a reasonable goal? Answering that question — it wasn’t science-based, but first proposed by an economist — may provide insight into why 1.5°C isn’t either." Safety = < 350 ppm and < 1°C. www.climatecodered.org/2025/07/the-..., by @djspratt.bsky.social.

The 1.5 degrees climate advocacy conundrum

The climate emergency requires actions at emergency speed for a rapid transition to a post-carbon, safe-climate future.

climatecodered.org