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If problems in such schemes are not addressed, the credibility of soil carbon trading will be undermined. Ultimately the climate - and the planet - will be the loser.
A bewildering array of laws and regulations cover species and ecosystems in Canada, making their protection inadequate.
Our team of 40 researchers combined natural and social sciences to assess the plausible limits of future climate change.
Solar geoengineering could theoretically cool the Earth to slow global warming, and it has been controversial. Still, countries should research its risks and benefits.
The area’s iconic national parks are home to grizzlies, elk and mountain snowfall that feeds some of the country’s most important rivers. A new report show the changes underway as temperatures rise.
Many coastal US cities are contending with increasingly frequent and severe tidal flooding as sea levels rise. Some are considering building seawalls, but this strategy is not simple or cheap.
Sussan Ley and Terri Butler on the Great Barrier Reef being ‘in danger’
Michelle Grattan discusses the recommendation by UNESCO that the Great Barrier Reef be classified as "in danger" with Sussan Ley and Terri Butler
At the end of the day, net-zero by 2050 is a risky and inadequate goal, especially for wealthy nations such as Australia.
The development is significant for several reasons – not least that Australia’s progress under the Paris Agreement is being linked to its stewardship of the reef.
Australia’s new Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, climate policy and UNESCO
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
Science is never settled. But contrary to the claims of a new book, there is enough confidence in the science to justify significant climate action.
How to keep food prices down? Use technology to change the way we produce food and public policy to ensure there’s a fair price put on things like climate change, human labour and animal welfare.
One central reason why the Nationals have installed Barnaby Joyce, with all the risks and baggage he carries, is because they want someone who’ll stand up to Scott Morrison, writes Michelle Grattan
Managed retreat doesn’t always mean leaving. It’s about preserving the essential while redesigning communities to be better for everyone. Here’s what that can look like.
Eight in ten of these surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia say it’s the role of government to smooth the transition.
Mitigating climate change is more politically popular than adapting to its inevitable effects.
Here’s how reflective pavement works and what cities need to think about.
Soot from aeroplane exhausts can linger in the atmosphere, seeding ice clouds which trap heat.
About 60 per cent of monkeys, apes, lemurs, lorises and tarsiers are threatened with extinction. Climate change will only make it more difficult for them to survive.
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