David Tomkins
@davidctomkins.bsky.social
‘First do no harm’ - climate, environment, minorities
Reposted by David Tomkins
The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world’s top court. Now they want countries to act. #Climate
The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world's top court. Now they want countries to act.
“Our goal is to remind negotiators that behind every policy decision are real people and real lives at risk.”
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world’s top court. Now they want countries to act. #Climate
Reposted by David Tomkins
This seems like good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This seems like good news... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When Australian coal exports are burned overseas, they release around 1.15 billion tonnes of CO₂ a year.
We don’t count these as “our” emissions, but the atmosphere doesn’t care about creative accounting and excuses like that.
#climatecrisis #coal #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
We don’t count these as “our” emissions, but the atmosphere doesn’t care about creative accounting and excuses like that.
#climatecrisis #coal #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
Australia’s Dirtiest Open Secret: We Export the Climate Problem
As I waited for the Stockton Ferry to cross the Hunter River this morning, the truth sat in the air. I could smell coal. I could feel its dust in my eyes. Looking across to Newcastle’s loaders and end...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
When Australian coal exports are burned overseas, they release around 1.15 billion tonnes of CO₂ a year.
We don’t count these as “our” emissions, but the atmosphere doesn’t care about creative accounting and excuses like that.
#climatecrisis #coal #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
We don’t count these as “our” emissions, but the atmosphere doesn’t care about creative accounting and excuses like that.
#climatecrisis #coal #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/austral...
Reposted by David Tomkins
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Reposted by David Tomkins
Murdoch media getting a lot of mentions for the impact of their climate disinformation in communities - during the public hearings for the senate inquiry into climate disinformation #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/hK5-rDw...
Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy | Melbourne, VIC | 30/09/2025
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Murdoch media getting a lot of mentions for the impact of their climate disinformation in communities - during the public hearings for the senate inquiry into climate disinformation #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/hK5-rDw...
Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine & conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks.
#climatecrisis #cop30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis #cop30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine & conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks.
#climatecrisis #cop30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis #cop30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by David Tomkins
My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia’s desert country is rarely part of the global climate conversation despite it being home to the world’s oldest continuing culture, and the largest connected conservation corridor on Earth.
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Australian deserts don't get climate-change headlines – they should
Australia’s desert country is rarely part of the global climate conversation, although it's Earth's largest connected conservation corridor.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Australia’s desert country is rarely part of the global climate conversation despite it being home to the world’s oldest continuing culture, and the largest connected conservation corridor on Earth.
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Here in Australia, we have an intapped superpower. The oldest living cultures on Earth have adapted to Country here for over 65,000 years. The ancestors survived ice ages, megafauna, rising & falling seas and climate swings.
#climatecrisis #indigenous #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-can-...
#climatecrisis #indigenous #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-can-...
Climate Adaptation is a Relationship, Not a Project
How First Nations wisdom and leadership can guide Australia through the climate crisis.Just after dawn this morning, I sat in Newtown with my Aboriginal brother Lee beneath the “I Have A Dream” and Ab...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Here in Australia, we have an intapped superpower. The oldest living cultures on Earth have adapted to Country here for over 65,000 years. The ancestors survived ice ages, megafauna, rising & falling seas and climate swings.
#climatecrisis #indigenous #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-can-...
#climatecrisis #indigenous #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-can-...
Reposted by David Tomkins
Di Kerr, a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung elder:
“We’re very proud that this process is happening, and we want to walk together. We want to have partnerships with governments & Parks Victoria so we can co-manage & look after that country.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“We’re very proud that this process is happening, and we want to walk together. We want to have partnerships with governments & Parks Victoria so we can co-manage & look after that country.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Traditional owners file native title claim over Melbourne and surrounding areas
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung elder says the claim would allow First Nations people to work with government to ‘look after that country’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Di Kerr, a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung elder:
“We’re very proud that this process is happening, and we want to walk together. We want to have partnerships with governments & Parks Victoria so we can co-manage & look after that country.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“We’re very proud that this process is happening, and we want to walk together. We want to have partnerships with governments & Parks Victoria so we can co-manage & look after that country.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
As Canberra continues to argue over net-zero targets, another crisis is unfolding – one that’s had far less airtime. How do we actually live through the climate damage already upon us?
#climatecrisis #adaptation #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#climatecrisis #adaptation #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
It's time to address how we actually survive climate change
Slashing emissions is still essential, but so too is readiness to live safely and fairly in a world already transformed by climate change.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As Canberra continues to argue over net-zero targets, another crisis is unfolding – one that’s had far less airtime. How do we actually live through the climate damage already upon us?
#climatecrisis #adaptation #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#climatecrisis #adaptation #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Reposted by David Tomkins
The world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, claimed in its adverts: "Bacon, chicken wings and steak with net-zero emissions. It’s possible."
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
The Meat Advertising Case That Should Be Talked About at COP30
JBS’s false advertising settlement comes as Big Ag prepares to spread propaganda at the U.N. climate conference.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, claimed in its adverts: "Bacon, chicken wings and steak with net-zero emissions. It’s possible."
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Reposted by David Tomkins
I have zero expectations for LNP - and they exceed those expectations every day.
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I have zero expectations for LNP - and they exceed those expectations every day.
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
Reposted by David Tomkins
Sh!ts gett!ng real ...
Wine, chocolate & coffee crops are failing due to climate change.
Can the world adapt?
Is geoengineering the answer? Genetic modification?
Will these basic necessities become luxuries, only afforded by a few? All that & more ...
1earthmedia.com/can-we-adapt...
Wine, chocolate & coffee crops are failing due to climate change.
Can the world adapt?
Is geoengineering the answer? Genetic modification?
Will these basic necessities become luxuries, only afforded by a few? All that & more ...
1earthmedia.com/can-we-adapt...
Can We Adapt to a World Without Wine, Coffee, or Chocolate?
A world without wine, coffee, or chocolate. Civilizations have collapsed for less. As these crops decline due to climate change, we ask: will geoengineering save them?
1earthmedia.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Sh!ts gett!ng real ...
Wine, chocolate & coffee crops are failing due to climate change.
Can the world adapt?
Is geoengineering the answer? Genetic modification?
Will these basic necessities become luxuries, only afforded by a few? All that & more ...
1earthmedia.com/can-we-adapt...
Wine, chocolate & coffee crops are failing due to climate change.
Can the world adapt?
Is geoengineering the answer? Genetic modification?
Will these basic necessities become luxuries, only afforded by a few? All that & more ...
1earthmedia.com/can-we-adapt...
As the Coalition tears itself to shreds on the question of policies to achieve net zero by 2050, Labor can’t afford to pull back on the recalibration & reimagination of the energy system required to meet Australia’s commitments.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition climate dysfunction is all upside for Labor but the words of Keating ‘to run the joint’ ring true | Tom McIlroy
As the Coalition tears itself to shreds, the Albanese government must keep progressing its net zero policies
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
As the Coalition tears itself to shreds on the question of policies to achieve net zero by 2050, Labor can’t afford to pull back on the recalibration & reimagination of the energy system required to meet Australia’s commitments.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reposted by David Tomkins
Excellent news for the UK - and my particular bit of it!
Surely this highlights sharply the head-in-the-sand pig ignorance of 'patriots' who simply want to continue burning fossil fuels.
Looking at you, Messrs Tice and Farage...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...
Surely this highlights sharply the head-in-the-sand pig ignorance of 'patriots' who simply want to continue burning fossil fuels.
Looking at you, Messrs Tice and Farage...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...
World's largest offshore windfarm off Yorkshire coast to boost economy by £6.1bn
The Dogger Bank Wind Farm will boost the UK economy by £6.1 billion during its lifetime and support thousands of British jobs over the next three decades, an independent report has found.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Excellent news for the UK - and my particular bit of it!
Surely this highlights sharply the head-in-the-sand pig ignorance of 'patriots' who simply want to continue burning fossil fuels.
Looking at you, Messrs Tice and Farage...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...
Surely this highlights sharply the head-in-the-sand pig ignorance of 'patriots' who simply want to continue burning fossil fuels.
Looking at you, Messrs Tice and Farage...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...
Reposted by David Tomkins
For the umpteenth time, you have been warned. Listen:
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
UN warns extreme heat will become more frequent, intense and widespread
Destabilised food systems, school closures, heatstroke, disease — millions in our region are feeling the effects of climate change.
independentaustralia.net
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
For the umpteenth time, you have been warned. Listen:
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Experts say the proposed environment legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules.
#climatecrisis #environment #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#climatecrisis #environment #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned
Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Experts say the proposed environment legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules.
#climatecrisis #environment #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#climatecrisis #environment #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reposted by David Tomkins
Senior Liberals close to Ley believe voices on the “populist” right, which include Sky News, 2GB and News Corp, have effectively “poisoned” the term net zero in the political debate.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Toxic emissions: how net zero became a ‘poisoned’ policy for the Coalition
Liberal MPs convinced net zero commitment ‘dead’ at next week’s party meeting, saying populist right’s ‘pathological hatred of the environment’ dashed hopes of compromise
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Senior Liberals close to Ley believe voices on the “populist” right, which include Sky News, 2GB and News Corp, have effectively “poisoned” the term net zero in the political debate.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
As world leaders gather in Brazil this year for Cop30 – the first Amazonian Cop – it’s worth doing a quick reality check on how we are collectively tracking to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
As world leaders gather in Brazil this year for Cop30 – the first Amazonian Cop – it’s worth doing a quick reality check on how we are collectively tracking to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#climatecrisis #COP30 #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On October 30, Bills were introduced into the House of Reps to reform the Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, create a National Environment Protection Agency & establish a charges & cost recovery framework.
#climatecrisis #EPBC #NEPA #auspol www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
#climatecrisis #EPBC #NEPA #auspol www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
EPBC Act reforms make it to parliament – EDO’s first impressions - Environmental Defenders Office
On October 30, Bills were introduced into the House of Representatives to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), create a National Environment Protection Agenc...
www.edo.org.au
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
On October 30, Bills were introduced into the House of Reps to reform the Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, create a National Environment Protection Agency & establish a charges & cost recovery framework.
#climatecrisis #EPBC #NEPA #auspol www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
#climatecrisis #EPBC #NEPA #auspol www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...
Reposted by David Tomkins
Join us for this important online launch next week. Two options available - Monday 10th November at lunchtime or Wednesday 12th November evening. RSVP renewaustraliaforall.org/event/
#climatecrisis #ClimateSafetyPlan #RenewAustraliaForAll #auspol
#climatecrisis #ClimateSafetyPlan #RenewAustraliaForAll #auspol
Join An Event Near You - renewaustraliaforall.org
Renew Australia for All alliance organisations across the country are hosting events to bring our communities together for a fairer, cleaner, safer future for all of us. Here’s all the events that […]
renewaustraliaforall.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Join us for this important online launch next week. Two options available - Monday 10th November at lunchtime or Wednesday 12th November evening. RSVP renewaustraliaforall.org/event/
#climatecrisis #ClimateSafetyPlan #RenewAustraliaForAll #auspol
#climatecrisis #ClimateSafetyPlan #RenewAustraliaForAll #auspol
Reposted by David Tomkins
If you are looking for some inspiration, watch Zohran Mamdani's extraordinary victory speech last night.
This is what hopeful politics sounds like 👇
www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
This is what hopeful politics sounds like 👇
www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
WATCH LIVE: Zohran Mamdani addresses supporters after winning 2025 NYC mayoral race
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you are looking for some inspiration, watch Zohran Mamdani's extraordinary victory speech last night.
This is what hopeful politics sounds like 👇
www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
This is what hopeful politics sounds like 👇
www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL...
Reposted by David Tomkins
While the national dump Net Zero, and seem to ignore or deny Climate change, one industry that definitely doe know about and understand Climate change, is the Insurance industry, and its via insurance, that we all pay for our governments lack of climate action. #auspol
Insurer calls for climate action as severe weather drives premiums up
A report from IAG and a scientific research centre finds escalating risk from severe weather events in south-east Queensland, New South Wales, and south-west Western Australia.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
While the national dump Net Zero, and seem to ignore or deny Climate change, one industry that definitely doe know about and understand Climate change, is the Insurance industry, and its via insurance, that we all pay for our governments lack of climate action. #auspol
Reposted by David Tomkins
The Government is seeking a deal with the Coalition to pass changes to our environment laws….
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The Government is seeking a deal with the Coalition to pass changes to our environment laws….
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol