WePlanet Australia acknowledges that wind and solar will play a key role in the clean energy transition, but this needs to be done responsibly and not at the expense of critical native forests and ecosystems.

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From the article: “As soon as you destroy forest you release carbon dioxide,” he said. “So people who worry about climate change should very worried about the siting (of renewables) because one of the biggest contributions to climate change in Australia is habitat destruction.”

We also have to significantly increase our generation capacity to meet future demand as we electrify our homes, industry, transport and wider economy.

However, this is still an important milestone in our energy transition and efforts to phase-out fossil fuels.

September has historically been a good period forrenewable records due to the mild weather across the country. The NEM is not the only grid in Aus: there is also WA's South West Interconnected System (SWIS), & hundreds of micro-grids across regional and remote Australia.

Disarmament is both a moral imperative and a practical necessity for long-term human and ecological survival.

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Nuclear weapons remain the single greatest threat to humanity and the environment. The continued existence of thousands of warheads on high-alert increases the risk of catastrophic accidents, miscalculations, or intentional use.

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Our concern about fossil fuels arises from their harmful effects on human health and the damage they cause to our shared environment. Supporting nuclear weapon disarmament is logically consistent with this position and with other principles held by WePlanet Australia.

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Let’s not be remembered as the generation who saw it coming and looked away. Let’s be the ones who faced the truth, and did something about it.

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That’s why we must fight climate change and inequality together – because they are part of the same story.

So if you’re feeling anxious, angry, or overwhelmed right now, you’re not alone. But we can't afford to tune out. Not now. The future is not set.

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Let’s also be clear about who’s most at risk. The science shows climate change will hit the most vulnerable the hardest. Not just here in Australia, but across the world. Those with the least wealth, the least power, and the least responsibility for this crisis will suffer the most.

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We don’t need to wait for a silver bullet. We need to stop letting powerful interests block the way forward by buying our politics and dividing us.

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Because the truth is, we are not powerless.

Most of the solutions to the climate crisis already exist. Clean energy like wind, solar, and nuclear. Sustainable food systems built on modern gene science and cellular agriculture.

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But here’s the thing. These worst-case scenarios only happen if we allow fear to paralyse us.

At WePlanet, we believe the only way to avoid disaster is to realistically examine the risks without giving in to exaggeration or despair – and to act decisively, based on the best available evidence.

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Australia’s national climate risk assessment was recently released, and it made one thing clear: based on current global policies, we’re likely to hit 2.7 degrees of warming by the end of the century. That means more deadly heat, food insecurity, climate migration, and worsening cost of living.

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