The world isn’t on track to avoid dangerous climate change, and this year’s climate conference, COP26, is crucial, a former senior UN official writes.
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The brutal arithmetic behind the prime minister’s carbon reduction plan leaves no place for coal.
The indirect losses from one heatwave in Western Australia caused A$4.14 billion per year worth of damage.
Research shows white male voices tend to dominate climate discussions - this must change if we are to halt environmental destruction.
The focus of climate talks has been on how little time is left is for global action. But climate change has already made tobacco farming, potentially a route out of poverty, unviable for some.
Philanthropy played an important role in the development of international air travel.
Newspoll continues to show Labor ahead of the Coalition on a two-party preferred basis, but other polls, and the end of lockdowns on the east coast, may paint a different picture in the coming weeks.
By the end of the summit, we’ll know how far nations are willing to go to address humanity’s biggest challenge. But while international politics matter, domestic politics are what counts.
China and the US could supercharge global climate action. But if they fail to cooperate, there will be dire consequences for all.
Rich nations need to provide far greater climate adaptation financing to low income countries and plug the holes that siphon their limited fiscal resources to tax havens.
A steadily-tightening emissions car ceiling of the kind common in other countries could save drivers money and do the bulk of the work needed to reach Australia’s first emissions target.
Without financial support that helps communities adapt to climate impacts, climate change is projected to push tens of millions more Africans into extreme poverty by 2030.
The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local livelihoods.
The real decisions on Australia’s emissions reduction are being made by state governments and civil society, or outside the country altogether.
The bill promises to prevent environmental damage and harm where possible, but what will this entail?
Women and girls in low-income countries are disproportionately likely to be affected by the plastic waste that’s flooding our planet.
Recently Queensland police recognised the cultural rights of Wangan and Jagalingou people to conduct ceremony under provisions of a Human Rights Act. What does this mean for other Traditional Owners?
Pacific island nations have shaped the international response to climate change. At the United Nations summit in Glasgow, they’ll draw a line in the sand.
Studies show climate change is raising the risk of cascading hazards that alone might not be extreme but add up to human disasters. Communities and government agencies aren’t prepared.
‘Wind droughts’ are extreme weather events too – and we need to plan for them.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University
