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Countries still figure out their emissions by adding up all the sources, rather than measuring what’s actually in the air.
In 2009, a Bob Brown-led Greens party voted against an emissions trading scheme – but they can’t be blamed for what came after.
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Labor continues to be hung up on a decade-old Greens’ decision to oppose an emissions trading scheme in 2009. But responsibility for Australia’s climate policy void lies elsewhere.
Scientists need your help to protect Australia’s insects and track their numbers.
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Insects are vital to sustaining life on Earth – and their numbers are falling fast. So consider ditching the fly spray and see what you can do to help.
Coal emissions are falling, but gas and coal use are strongly rising around the world.
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Carbon emissions will hit a record high for the second year in a row, but there is a small silver lining: the rate of emissions growth has slowed dramatically.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck – with shattered windows – at Tesla’s design studio in November 2019 in Hawthorne, Calif.
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There’s no question Tesla’s Cybertruck will face stiff competition in the electric pickup truck market. Here’s why it has the edge.
School climate strikes have encouraged some political parties to be more radical.
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Here’s a rare chance to lever serious resources to transform society.
Protesters of climate activist group Ende Gelaende at the Hambach opencast coal mine in Germany.
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To get ‘system change not climate change’, we need to start making specific demands. Here’s where to start.
A woman of the Pa'O tribe waits for a boat at Nang Pan market by Inle Lake, eastern Shan State of Myanmar.
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Climate change will affect everyone, but women will overwhelmingly bear the greatest burden.
This week’s climate conference in Madrid is key to getting global cooperation on climate change, the impacts of which are already being felt.
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Recent bushfires and extreme weather are just a small taste of what is to come if this week’s climate negotiations in Madrid fail to deliver.
Around 10 states in the U.S. have hit over 120 degrees Fahrenheit on their hottest days this year.
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More places around the world are experiencing days with record high temperatures. These prolonged hot spells may have unanticipated impacts on pregnant women, triggering early deliveries.
Christmas trees at Twin H Tree Farms in Bloomington, Indiana.
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If you’re craving that freshly-cut tree smell, shop early and don’t be too choosy.
The Tasmanian tiger is among the best known of our extinct species, but researchers have now revealed the extent of the crisis.
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New research has revealed 100 plant and animal species have become extinct in the past two centuries – a far higher number than previously thought.
Students involved with the Resilient Schools Consortium in New York City quickly grasped the need for climate resiliency in their school buildings. Students from Mark Twain Intermediate School are seen here in October 2017.
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After Hurricane Sandy, educators in New York City partnered with environmental and governmental organizations to put youth at the centre of preparing for risks and hazards in their school buildings.
A geothermal power plant in Iceland.
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Effective engineering solutions to tackle climate change already exist but there is a desperate lack of conviction to address the emergency.
Don’t let the green naysayers drown you out.
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How to identify and understand different types of denial: scientific, economic, humanitarian, political and crisis.
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Beware those who say it is a solved problem.
Forest fires break out in Indonesia every year from land clearing using fires.
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Villagers of Sumatra and Kalimantan relunctant to participate in peatland restoration, contributing to the recent forest fires in Indonesia.
A hot and dry spring is leading into a hot and dry summer.
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Australia is heading into a scorching summer, but the factors causing the hot and dry weather are expected to ease later in the season.
Dry conditions will make for a difficult summer in the Murray Darling Basin.
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A researcher who’s worked for decades to improve the health of the Murray Darling Basin fears the coming months will be among the worst in history.
Some of the young people who are part of the lawsuit filed against the federal government, seen at a press conference in Vancouver, B.C., in October 2019.
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Two recent legal cases in Canada help explain the evolution of climate activism here and around the rest of the world.