Australia’s Snowy Hydro 2.0, a pumped hydro storage project in the Snowy Mountains, has recently been approved by the federal government as an economic savior to bushfire-ravaged region and the COVID19 recession. However, several concerns arise from its economic and environmental costs. Australia has recently approved Snowy Hydro 2.0...
Climate change / 26.02.2020
The populist version of Sustainability
Populism and the challenges of a just transition to mitigate climate change. The language of politics is not straightforward, this is why politicians aim at oversimplifying it and making it appealing for voters. This approach to politics leads to a misrepresentation and a misinterpretation of key concepts...
Climate change, Deforestation / 15.01.2020
Fires in Australia connected to climate change, despite denial by Prime Minister
Climate scientist Michael Mann is on sabbatical stay in Sydney, Australia where he studies the correlation between climate change and catastrophic weather events. Home to one some of the greatest natural wonders of this planet, like the Great Barrier Reef and lush temperate rainforests, Australia has...