Competitions NP Writers’ Award The New Philosopher Writers’ Award is open for submissions (note that you must be a subscriber to New Philosopher or […] Issue #027: Family
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Environment Climate: editor’s letter As we kicked off 2020, we industrious humans of the Anthropocene had successfully completed a run of the five hottest […] NP28: Climate
Environment Scientific consensus The following 198 scientific organisations hold the position that climate change has been caused by human action: Academia Chilena de […] NP28: Climate
Environment News from nowhere “The only plots against us are within our own walls,—the danger is within,—the enemy is within. We must war with […] NP28: Climate
Environment A century of climate change In 1896 Svante Arrhenius built a CO2 climate model; 99 years later the IPCC noted that CO2 remained the most […] NP28: Climate
Environment Apocaloptimism “The decade that just ended is clearly the warmest decade on record. Every decade since the 1960s clearly has been […] NP28: Climate
Environment The burnt country When friends asked me why I left my job as a reporter in Beijing to move to Sydney, I would always […] NP28 - not printed
Environment Breaking the world Accepting the natural world is breakable took us centuries. Accepting we ourselves could break it took even longer. Thomas Jefferson, […] NP28 - not printed
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Environment The pale orange dot Look up and you see the colour that defines our world. At least, our world today. It’s a blue that […] NP28: Climate
Environment 13 views on climate change #1, 2009: Statement on Climate Change from 18 Scientific Associations “Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change […] NP28: Climate
Environment Our ultimate fragility Interviewee / Photographer: Jason deCaires Taylor Interviewer: Zan Boag Zan Boag: You’re dealing on such a grand scale here that’s […] NP28: Climate
Environment Seasons in the sun “O! that that earth, which kept the world in awe, Should patch a wall to expel the winter’s flaw!” Hamlet, […] NP28: Climate
Environment Client Earth Interviewee: James Thornton Interviewer: Zan Boag ClientEarth is an environmental law charity that you founded 12 years ago, now with […] NP28: Climate
Environment Our place in the world “How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and […] NP28 - not printed
Environment Scenario 3 “It’s real … And the great irony and tragedy of our time, is a lot of the general public thinks […] NP28: Climate
Environment The evidence The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is extremely likely (greater than 95 per cent […] NP28: Climate
Environment Making the world whole again “Small steps will no longer do. The biggest steps need to be taken by those with the biggest boots.” – […] NP28: Climate
Environment Ethical dilemmas Dilemma: I like to think that I care for the environment and for the future of the planet, and I’m […] NP28: Climate
Environment Wild thinking “Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.” – […] NP28: Climate
Environment 6 thinkers What does climate change mean to humans? Here are six thinkers’ views on the climate. The Physicist Stephen Hawking 1942 […] NP28: Climate
Environment Changing the Earth’s atmosphere Interviewee: Charley Lineweaver Interviewer: Tim Dean Tim Dean: Most people are probably familiar with just one atmosphere: our own. How […] NP28: Climate
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Literature & Writing Stories of change Image: Blind monks examining an elephant, Hanabusa Itchō, 1652–1724. Here we present the winners of New Philosopher Writers’ Award XXVI: Change. […] NP28: Climate
Literature & Writing Heraclitus on talk radio Image: Democritus and Heraclitus, Richard Gaywood, ca. 1630-1680, The Met Here we present the winners of New Philosopher Writers’ Award […] NP28: Climate
Environment A change in temperature Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903. Arrhenius was the first […] NP28: Climate
Environment Around the web A climate of mind Anyone who cares about climate change has to be tired of the vitriolic tirades that masquerade […] NP28: Climate
Environment Our library Food for thought from the New Philosopher library. We discover books that can change the way you view the world. […] NP28: Climate
Environment X-risks and Existentialism “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” – Isaac Asimov […] NP28: Climate
Environment 13 questions: Narda Lepes Narda Lepes is an Argentinian TV producer, chef, and author. What is your demon? Trying to solve problems that are […] NP28: Climate
Environment NP28 Climate: contributors Charley Lineweaver Charley Lineweaver is the convenor of ANU’s Planetary Science Institute and holds a joint appointment as an associate […] NP28: Climate