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Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen will lead Australia’s COP27 delegation. Brook Mitchell/AAP

November 3, 2022

This is what Australia needs to bring to Egypt for COP27

Wesley Morgan, Griffith University

COP27 is Australia’s chance to join the global climate effort, but we’ll need to bring more to the table to be taken seriously.

The UK has set ambitious net zero targets, but is overlooking its imported emissions. Digifly840/Pixabay

December 21, 2021

Carbon colonialism must be challenged if we want to make climate progress

Laurie Parsons, Royal Holloway University of London

For the UK to achieve its net zero targets, it needs to take action on its carbon-intensive, poorly regulated supply chains.

Shouting out loud. Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

September 16, 2019

Will politicians take action and try to save the planet from climate change?

Ash Murphy, Keele University

Scientists from all over the world agree that the impacts of climate change will get worse, unless action is taken now.

The lack of political will to meet emission targets could see more extreme flooding in the future, like what happened the Québec community of Gatineau in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

December 12, 2018

Emission targets: If there’s a (political) will, there’s a way

Normand Mousseau, Université de Montréal

Achieving climate objectives is economically realistic, but won’t be possible without the support of a real transition strategy that is still lacking at all levels of government in Canada.

COP24 venue Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland. Milosz Maslanka/Shutterstock

December 3, 2018

COP24: what to expect

Federica Genovese, University of Essex

Climate change conferences can be bewildering. Here’s a recap of how we got here, what to look out for at COP24 and what comes next.

Turnbull on Monday night said the NEG plan had “overwhelming support” in the party room. Dean Lewins/AAP

August 6, 2018

Labor states to Turnbull: show us you can deliver party room on NEG

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

On Monday the Labor states were jibbing at agreeing even in principle to the NEG mechanism at Friday’s COAG energy council meeting, ahead of Malcolm Turnbull showing he can deliver his party room.

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