Climate News: Democracy and the Online Citizen Assembly will play its part in resolving the climate crisis

Democracy, that's democracy as envisaged by Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri and his Online Citizen Assembly he writes about in Pearls and Irritations.

He argues, " Australia’s fading democracy calls for radical rethinking";

"Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.";

"The Australien Government has made an ad for the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!";

"Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget";

"Trump’s new reason for canceling grants: ‘Climate anxiety’";

"World Expo 2025 opens in Osaka themed 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives'";

"Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents. An expert explains";

"Scottish wildfire risk increases after lack of spring showers";

"UK weather: wildfire warning as hottest day of the year expected";

"Some good news on the climate transition";

"Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons";

" California’s $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trump’s wavering tariffs";

"Beyond anxiety: Teens’ mental health suffers on Africa’s climate frontlines";

"Fire smoke tied to thousands of premature deaths in 2017 alone";

"Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise";

"‘Waste Wars’: A Conflict With No End in Sight";

"The Home of Natural Sequence Farming";

"A Natural Sequence Farm.";

"Victoria wants to burn more waste for energy – in someone else’s electorate";

"March 2025: Earth’s 3rd-warmest March on record";

"Some good news on the climate transition";

"New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say";

"Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers";

"NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire";

"Meet a Family That’s Betting the Farm on a Wild Idea. Literally";

"Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute";

"Governments agree green shipping targets and fees for missing them";

"Renewable and Low-Carbon Sources Accounted for Over 40% of Global Electricity Production in 2024: Report";

"Friday essay: in an uncertain world, ‘green relief’ offers respite, healing and beauty";

"Australian voters are left in the dark on climate targets as they head to the ballot box";

"‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction";

"Green activist group is pausing work after backlash by investors";

"The unusual inspiration for this energy-free cooling system is elephant skin";

"‘Deep Change Theory’ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say";

"Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the World’s Main Climate Pact";

"‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital";

"Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report";

"Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods";

"Not enough water available for Coalition’s nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds";

"Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters";

"The Coalition prepares to soften Australia’s 2030 climate target, while reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement";

"How Capitalism Crashes Democracy";

"Livestock producer speaks with SBS about impacts of floods in south-west Queensland";

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