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Andy Ridley

@ANDYRIDLEY

CEO @Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef, founder of Earth Hour. @citizensgbr.org

 Cairns, Queensland
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Joined November 2009
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The world reaches a historic tipping point thanks to 'the most rapid change since the Industrial...

The world reaches a historic tipping point thanks to 'the most rapid change since the Industrial...

Renewable technologies are gathering speed, putting the world within reach of falling greenhouse gas emissions. Climate experts say they "struggle to wrap their heads around" the sheer size, scale...

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World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target - every point of a degree less matters. theguardian.com/environment/…

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

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Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer

Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer

Nuclear fusion still remains a long way off but brings the world one step closer to endless clean energy.

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We're so excited to share the official trailer for Revealed: Reefshot 🐠💙 The Stan Original Documentary Revealed: Reefshot premieres June 5, only on @stanaustralia. #ReefshotOnStan #StanOriginals
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The voice in my head during so many moments of the last 23 years .. inspired, thoughtful, lyrical musical poet @faithless ..
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Scientists call on colleagues to protest climate crisis with civil disobedience theguardian.com/environment/…
Scientists call on colleagues to protest climate crisis with civil disobedience

Scientists call on colleagues to protest climate crisis with civil disobedience

An article in the Nature Climate Change journal argues that non-violent direct action taken by experts is effective

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Nearly half of planet’s land in need of ‘conservation attention’ to halt biodiversity crisis theguardian.com/environment/…
Nearly half of planet’s land in need of ‘conservation attention’ to halt biodiversity crisis

Nearly half of planet’s land in need of ‘conservation attention’ to halt biodiversity crisis

New study finds 44% of world’s land surface needs increased protection, with 1m wildlife species at risk of extinction

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Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen? theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen? | Simon Lewis

Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen? | Simon Lewis

The new IPCC report offers not only hope, but practical solutions. Governments that have signed off on it must now act, says Simon Lewis of University College London

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Praying for more cool weather
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (@gbrmarinepark) profile pictureGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
@gbrmarinepark18 Mar 2022
Reef health update for Friday 18 March 2022: Sea surface temperatures remain above average. Future weather patterns will be critical in determining the severity of coral bleaching across the Marine Park. bit.ly/3DyBgG2. #ReefAuthority continuing to monitor the situation
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Carbon dioxide will have to be removed from air to achieve 1.5C, says report theguardian.com/environment/…
Carbon dioxide will have to be removed from air to achieve 1.5C, says report

Carbon dioxide will have to be removed from air to achieve 1.5C, says report

Offset markets have important role as switching to renewable energy alone not enough, according to thinktank

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Great to put this story together with @NITV @KeiraJenkins2, sharing the important work of the #yirrganydjirangers monitoring their Sea Country reefs off Cairns during last week's coral #spawning! #greatreefcensus #kulbul #collaboration @gbrbiology @RRF_GBR @GBRFoundation
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Back home and online after a crazy week in the far north of the GBR carrying out some #GreatReefCensus snorkel surveys and #seagrass camera tows. We had amazing conditions, glass outs and crazy drop offs galore. Thanks @citizensGBR for a great week. – at Cairns, Queensland
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When the sharks get a bit too interested in your survey... The sharks in this area of the northern GBR seemed active so we were being very aware, staying close to the boat, and we did stop surveying shortly after this. I could only see about 3 sharks in the water! 📽️Ross Miller
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#greatreefcensus #teamseagrass
Dr Abbi Scott (@abbilscott) profile pictureDr Abbi Scott@abbilscott24 Nov 2021
Heading out on another @citizensGBR #GreatReefCensus expedition tomorrow, and I might have given the Census toughbook a little bit of a makeover... Just so it's ready to help us find more deep water seagrass. Sorry not sorry @ANDYRIDLEY. #teamseagrass
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We're halfway through the 2021 #GreatReefCensus! With the support of divers, tourism crew, researchers, skippers, freedivers & citizen scientists from across the reef, we've captured 13,641 images, submitted 582 surveys from 101 reefs — visit greatreefcensus.org to take part!
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Thanks to Rum Runner & the #citizenscience team on board, who departed today for a 4 day #greatreefcensus mission! They will survey priority reefs SE of Cairns, not visited by tourists #greatbarrierreef
7NEWS Cairns (@7NewsCairns) profile picture7NEWS Cairns@7NewsCairns19 Nov 2021
The world's biggest reef survey has reached the halfway mark, and locals are being encouraged to get involved. Organisers of the Great Reef Census hope to reach their target of photographing two hundred reefs in the coming weeks. 7NEWS.com.au @frankrusso85 #7NEWS
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We welcome the government's commitment to #netzero by 2050, but now we need a clear plan for how to achieve it. As our CEO @ANDYRIDLEY says below, this means reducing emissions by 50% by 2030, as well as scaling up conservation in a massive way #cop26 #climatechange
7NEWS Cairns (@7NewsCairns) profile picture7NEWS Cairns@7NewsCairns25 Oct 2021
Great Barrier Reef conservationists have welcomed a policy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, but say the work has to start now. Meanwhile, Warren Enstch has revealed he won't attend the UN climate conference in Glasgow next week. 7NEWS.com.au @freya_jensen #7NEWS
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Australia's pledge is a start. I've now urged @ScottMorrisonMP to show us a concrete plan to halve emissions by 2030. I've given him a copy of Fiji's Climate Change Act as a guide –– it is our uniquely Fijian way of following the science to keep faith with future generations.
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I feel the same - all the effort and still here we are
Katharine Murphy (@murpharoo) profile pictureKatharine Murphy@murpharoo26 Oct 2021
I've found today pretty hard. Have to be honest about that. There has been so much nonsense, so much time wasted – and reporting that looks at climate change through the prism of whether particular strategy wins elections is a big part of the problem.
Australia’s climate plan - More dodging decisions , more misleading the public - and you can forget the critically important global effort for ambitious and critically important emissions reductions by 2030. Surely this should not be the ‘Australian Way’
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