Climate Change Pages

The vicious cycles driving climate change

Global heating is causing more heating: Amplifying feedback cycles

Australia Renewable Energy Superpower

• Australia’s progress towards being a renewable energy superpower
• More progress towards renewable energy
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• Australia’s strong sun
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• Fossil fuel imports: $61 billion in a year. Electrify to slash this.
• Concerns about Hydrogen inefficiency

Evidence of human-caused climate change

Evidence Overview

• Convergence: the basis for scientific confidence
• Evidence: Humans are causing climate change
• Air Temperatures are increasing
• Arctic Ice cover is decreasing
• The mass of Antarctic Ice is decreasing
• The mass of Greenland Ice is decreasing
• Glaciers in retreat: The Extreme Ice Survey
• Sea Levels are increasing

• The ocean surface is warming
• Coral reef bleaching is increasing

• Air temperature and CO2 levels have moved together for 800,000 years
• Temperature, CO2 and Sea Levels move together
• Carbon dioxide levels in the air are soaring
• Methane levels in the air are soaring
• Ocean Acidity is increasing
• The rate of the planet’s heating

Dangers of climate change

Dangers Overview

• Extreme weather
• Warfare emerging from climate change
• Fires Intensifying Climate Change
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• Mega-fires obliterate whole ecosystems
• Gulf of Carpentaria mangroves suffer 7,000-hectare dieback

Dealing with climate change

Solutions Overview

• BZE Plans for a zero-carbon Australia.
• Mobilise for the climate emergency.
• Find your own ways to push for action to limit climate change.
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• A brainstorm of slogans for promoting climate action.
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• Promote Vision, Progress, & Benefits: A virtuous cycle

Energy Technology

• Concerns about gravity block energy storage
• How heat pumps work
• A solar plane circles the globe
• A solar-powered winery on the Greek island of Sikinos
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• Evaluate Installing Solar Panels
• Electric aeroplanes

The Coalition’s Nuclear Scheme

• The Coalition’s nuclear folly
• The Coalition’s fake nuclear facts
• Renewable electricity is cheaper: gas is expensive
• Electricity costs: renewables beat coal and gas

Climate Action Music

• “Become an agent of change” by Charlie Mgee
• The “Denial Tango” by “Men with Day Jobs” from Sydney
• Warm is Not Cool: A Musical Protest

Climate Other

• Why one NASA scientist speaks out about climate change: James Hansen: TED talk
• Links to organisations

System Theory Pages

Systems theory, with its feedback cycles, is critical to the main focuses of this site:

• Climate change and action to minimise it, and
• Human behaviour and the use of cyclic interventions in counselling.
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• See the systems theory and feedback map page.

Psychological Counselling Pages

• Introduction to my counselling pages
• At the top of this “introduction page”, you have hyperlinks to this website’s counselling pages

About

• About this site
• Contact Me
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Updated: 4 Feb 2026