Simon Bradshaw, Author at Climate Council

Dr Simon Bradshaw

Acting Head of Research

Expertise : BushfiresClimate science & impacts

Dr Simon Bradshaw is a Researcher on climate science and impacts at the Climate Council.

He has been a writer and campaigner for climate action for over a decade and was formerly the Climate Change Advocacy Lead at Oxfam Australia. Simon’s research and advocacy has taken him to the Torres Strait Islands, Tibet, India, throughout the Pacific, and to many rounds of international climate negotiations. He is passionate about climate justice and the role of climate action in reducing poverty and inequality. His research with the Climate Council covers extreme weather, bushfires, health, security and many other areas of climate science and impacts.

Fossil Fuels Kicking the Gas Habit: How Gas is Harming our Health

Decades of aggressive marketing to Australians has led to several misconceptions about gas. In reality, gas is far from clean; it…

Climate Change ‘Failure is not an option’: after a lost decade on climate action, the 2020s offer one last chance

This article is authored by Will Steffen, Councillor at the Climate Council, for The Conversation, originally published Thursday…

Climate Change Aim High, Go Fast: Why Emissions Need to Plummet this Decade

Climate scientists have observed with mounting concern the continuing emissions and the rise in atmospheric concentrations of…

Climate Impacts Game, Set, Match: Calling Time on Climate Inaction

Sport is a major part of Australian culture. Every weekend, millions of Australians participate in, watch or discuss sport.…

Bushfires Hitting Home: The Compounding Costs of Climate Inaction

Many will remember 2020 as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet for millions of people around the world, the virus served as a…

Climate Impacts Celebrating Indigenous climate leadership

The climate crisis is hitting First Nations communities hardest, but they also have the most to offer when it comes to solutions.…

International Global climate action: Some good news for a change

Some seismic shifts are afoot in global climate and energy politics, and Australia had better be paying attention. In the mayhem…

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