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Democracy is failing to tackle the climate crisis

The structures of democracy must change in order for the world to overcome crises such as climate change, writes Dr Helen Camakaris.

Apr 18, 2022

Democracy is failing to tackle the climate crisis

Apr 18, 2022

Evolution’s Paradox: Why We Ignore Climate Change

Humankind has much to celebrate. Our intellect has taken us to the moon, deciphered the code that defines us and created sublime works of…

Jun 18, 2021

Evolution’s Paradox: Why We Ignore Climate Change

Jun 18, 2021

Masters of the Anthropocene: Choosing our Future

The human race is staggering relentlessly toward catastrophe. We have now exceeded the planetary boundaries in at least three of nine…

Jun 18, 2021

Masters of the Anthropocene: Choosing our Future

Jun 18, 2021

Evolutionary Mismatch, Partisan Politics, and Climate Change: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Climate change is the quintessential Tragedy of the Commons1 problem of our time. We are collectively exploiting the world’s resources and…

Jun 15, 2021

Evolutionary Mismatch, Partisan Politics, and Climate Change: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Jun 15, 2021

The Poisoned Chalice: Genetic heritage, future demise

First published in Meanjin Quarterly (Summer 2011) 70 (4): 50–57 and online at…

Aug 30, 2020

Aug 30, 2020

Don’t trust your Stone Age brain: it’s unsustainable

First published in The Conversation in 2012

Jul 13, 2020

Don’t trust your Stone Age brain: it’s unsustainable

Jul 13, 2020

A ‘Council for the Future’ could break Australia’s climate paralysis

How little things have changed in the last six years. Back in 2013 I wrote an article for The Conversation called “ Wanted: political…

May 15, 2019

A ‘Council for the Future’ could break Australia’s climate paralysis

May 15, 2019

Half-baked and out of time

How do we escape our evolutionary shortcomings to avoid climate catastrophe?

Aug 28, 2015

Half-baked and out of time

Aug 28, 2015

Wanted: political leader with a vision for a sustainable future

A sustainable future remains within our grasp but — thanks to the way human brains work — only governments can implement many of the…

Aug 28, 2013

Wanted: political leader with a vision for a sustainable future

Aug 28, 2013

Helen Camakaris

Helen Camakaris

Helen writes popular science exploring the nexus between evolutionary psychology, sustainability and climate change, and hopes to contribute to new solutions.

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