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I write about climate, human rights, biodiversity, and uncomfortable truths. From the wisdom of First Nations caring for Country to the global action needed to protect ecosystems and ensure intergenerational equity, these stories are personal, political, and urgent. They aim to inspire hope.

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“Always Was, Always Will Be”: What It Really Means for Belonging on This Land

Somewhere between Narrabri and Gilgandra, bumping along a dirt back road on my e-bike, I realised just how far I’d travelled without really moving at all. On this #eBike4Australia ride I’ve crossed Ngunnawal, Gundungurra, D’harawal, Dharug, Awabakal, Worimi, Birpai, Bundjalung, Gumbaynggirr, Jagera, Kamilaroi, and Wiradjuri Country - and that’s just the short list. Every day begins with a new horizon line, but it’s also the same old truth under my tyres: I am riding on Aborig

Gregory Andrews

Nov 213 min read

If Parliament Lived Like Farmers Do, Net Zero Would Be a No-Brainer

On the back roads between Lismore and Mullumbimby during my #eBike4Australia trip to Brisbane, I stopped beside a farm with a bright yellow sign that said everything Australia needs to hear right now: ROSEBANK GASFIELD FREE ✓ 99% AGREE Behind it stretched some of the most beautiful Country I've seen - macadamia orchards, dairy farms, remnant rainforest, and mountains shaped by ancient lava flows. But while I was standing there taking in the view, the Liberal Party was busy an

Gregory Andrews

Nov 162 min read

Talking Climate with the Adikaram Familiy

The climate crisis has no borders - and nor should our responsibility Cycling through Coffs Harbour on my #eBike4Australia ride, I met the Adikaram family from Sri Lanka. Senaan, his mum and dad, and his sister were on a road trip along Australia’s east coast. We got talking beside my loaded-up e-bike, the sun hot on the concrete, and within the space of five minutes our conversation turned from travel to the climate crisis. The Adikarams told me of climate impacts back home

Gregory Andrews

Nov 142 min read

Climate Change Through Aboriginal Eyes

Uncle Gary Williams on changing seasons, shifting species and hope This morning I had the privilege of meeting two remarkable people: Gumbaynggirr Elder Uncle Gary Williams and his wife Diedre Bear. We sat together in Nambucca Heads, a place that has carried stories, food, floods, families, and ceremony for thousands of years. Uncle Gary told me he worked with my own Uncle Gavin back in the 1980s during the Land Rights movement and the establishment of NSW Land Councils. Two

Gregory Andrews

Nov 132 min read

Rural Climate Leaders: Perspectives from the Nambucca Valley

Local heroes caring for Country - Janette Blainey, Luby Simson, Dinah Eadie and Marc Percival Last night, after cycling 200km from Taree and watching the sun drop over the Nambucca River in Macksville, I had the privilege of sitting down with four remarkable people: Janette Blainey, Luby Simson, Dinah Eadie and Marc Percival. Each, their own way, embodies the kind of climate-and-Country leadership Australia desperately needs. Janette Blainey, from the Miimi Aboriginal Corpora

Gregory Andrews

Nov 132 min read

Australia’s Dirtiest Open Secret: We Export the Climate Problem

As I waited for the Stockton Ferry to cross the Hunter River this morning, the truth sat in the air. I could smell coal. I could feel its dust in my eyes. Looking across to Newcastle’s loaders and endless coal trains, I saw what Australia rarely says out loud: we’re not just a coal country; we’re an coal export nation. We're shipping the problem offshore while counting the profits at home. Newcastle is the world's largest coal port. It ships out 150 million tonnes of coal a y

Gregory Andrews

Nov 112 min read

Climate Adaptation is a Relationship, Not a Project

How First Nations wisdom and leadership can guide Australia through the climate crisis. Just after dawn this morning, I sat in Newtown with my Aboriginal brother Lee beneath the “I Have A Dream” and Aboriginal Flag mural on King Street. The sun was low, the air was warming, and we were just two fellas sitting in the shadow of a truth we both know: Australia will not get through climate change without First Nations wisdom and leadership. The Climate Crisis Isn’t Coming. It’s H

Gregory Andrews

Nov 103 min read

I'm Off to AlterCOP 30 Australia - Riding for Climate, Country and Hope

Panniers packed. Bike oiled. Heart full. This weekend I begin my next big #eBike4Australia journey. I’m riding more than 2,400 kilometres from Canberra to Brisbane and back. For AlterCOP 30 Australia , where as Guest of Honour on Day One, I'll be speaking on A First Nations Vision for Caring for Country in 2050 . For years I sat inside the so-called “real” COPs drafting paragraphs, negotiating commas, and watching ambition shrink in the shadow of politics and fossil-fuelled p

Gregory Andrews

Nov 81 min read

Thirty Years of Climate Talks and the Planet’s Still Burning

Why the COP Process is Failing I remember one year at the UN climate change talks in Bonn, we all waited for over two weeks for the meeting to start. When it finally did, it opened and closed on the same day. Why? Russia refused to agree to the agenda. Because there are no formally adopted rules of procedure under the UNFCCC, everything has to be agreed by consensus. That meant because one country objected, 195 others - representing nearly every nation on Earth - were powerle

Gregory Andrews

Nov 53 min read

1.5°C Is Blown: Put People Before Polluters

The United Nations Secretary-General j ust said the quiet part out loud: the world is going to overshoot 1.5°C. António Guterres calls it “inevitable”, warns of “devastating consequences”, and urges leaders heading to COP30 in Brazil to change course fast so the overshoot is as short and shallow as possible. That means slashing emissions now, not in the next election cycle. And it means fixing who gets heard. He’s blunt: while the lobbyists are there to protect profits, the p

Gregory Andrews

Oct 292 min read

Still Stuck at the Lights on Climate Action

I’ve just finished reading the latest State of Climate Action report which is released each year ahead of the Climate COPs. One line keeps echoing in my mind: “Most, if not all, of the bright spots represent isolated instances of rapid change - a far cry from the systemwide transformations urgently needed to close the greenhouse gas emissions gap for 1.5°C.” It’s a stark truth. There are glimmers of hope everywhere - solar uptake, electrification, people installing home batt

Gregory Andrews

Oct 252 min read

From COP to AlterCOP: Join Me for the People-Powered One

For years, I was part of the so-called COPs. I represented Australia at the global climate conferences where negotiators spend sleepless nights arguing over commas. While emissions kept climbing, I helped write dodgy paragraphs. I even chaired some of the negotiations. I remember at COP18 in Doha I didn't go back to my hotel for three days. I slept sporadically in a prayer room while the planet burned! Don't get me wrong. I'm a firm believer in the importance of the United N

Gregory Andrews

Oct 212 min read