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Climate change – Analysis and Comment
Military veterans have concerns about climate change at about the same level as nonveterans, a recent study suggests. What might this mean for acceptance of climate science?
These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can spell trouble for members of the establishment.
On racist dog-whistling and on climate change, the “right” now finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion – so the acrimonious public debates on ideological lines may be coming to an end.
The smoke from wood-burning stoves and fireplaces contributes to air pollution and poor health.
With heatwaves, droughts and fires all on the rise, the federal government is urged to merge its separate strategies on disaster resilience and climate readiness.
The original New Deal caused a “great acceleration” in carbon emissions. How will a Green New Deal forge its own legacy?
Our new high school science courses get pupils involved in ongoing climate science research.
If the pattern of drought continues in South Africa it’s likely to affect the country’s financial standing too.
New and stronger evidence confirms global warming will mean more intense and frequent floods, heatwaves and droughts.
Marine heatwaves, like their land counterparts, are growing hotter and longer. Sea species in southeastern Australia, southeast Asia, northwestern Africa, Europe and eastern Canada are most at risk.
Wildfires broke out across the British Isles during a recent heatwave. But the burning question of the link to climate change does not have an easy answer.
Progress, in historical terms, has so often meant clearing places of their native inhabitants – both human and non-human.
Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics.
Two trends in Australia, an ageing population and warming climate, are increasing the threat that heatwaves pose to our health. Increasing vegetation cover is one way every city can reduce the risk.
The Green New Deal has shifted the debate over what to do about climate change.
In the fight against climate change, cities are now seen as having a major role to play. An ongoing study examines the effectiveness of the adaptation and mitigation plans of 126 coastal cities.
By making people confront the scale of the climate challenge, the Green New Deal is a great leap forward.
Rural and regional Australia is a big and diverse place, but some broad common issues do emerge as policy priorities.
Cape Town’s draft strategy on water supply is out for comment, but important elements are missing from it.
Across Africa less than 10% of the population is connected to a sewer system. But the waste could be used elsewhere.
Record heat in February 2019 caused shock and delight in equal measure. Behind the balmy weather lie challenges for British wildlife.
In the eastern reaches of Siberia, scientists discovered plants with exceptional cold tolerance that could be the key to sustainable bioenergy production.
Reducing emissions doesn’t have to conflict with a growing economy, as these 18 developed nations show.
Australian wheat growers need to boost yields to stay competitive in the face of climate change. They could do this by sowing earlier, but need new varieties of wheat to help them do it.