Another month, another broken temperature record. Scientists are already confident 2016 will be the hottest year ever, a record only set in 2015.
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Climate change – Analysis and Comment
After the breakthrough at last year’s Paris climate talks, the hard work resumes this week as delegates meet in Germany to discuss how to ramp up countries’ climate targets.
When it comes to many of the big decisions faced by governments and the private sector, behavioral science has more to offer than simple nudges.
Direct Action is the centrepiece of Australia’s climate action – but it may not be working as well as the government hopes.
Research showing that more than 90% of climate scientists agree that we’re causing global warming prompted plenty of questions. And the authors are only too happy to answer.
Escalating clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria threaten the country’s national and food security. A response based on innovation, sustainability and political will is urgently needed.
Careful design can make sure we don’t see another failed clean development mechanism.
Cities’ metros and subways are threatened by rising flood risks but innovative engineering could protect them.
Climate change isn’t the only thing making sea levels higher and cyclones more intense.
Sea levels are rising faster in the Solomon Islands – and send a warning for the rest of the world.
Coastal communities include 24 federal seats held by margins of 5% or less, and their local councils are pressing the Australian government to show more urgency about the impacts of climate change.
Dealing with fossil fuels means working out how to deal with shared resources. While economists might argue that we tend to selfishness, psychology offers another way.
On the cusp of calling the election, Malcolm Turnbull sat down with Michelle Grattan to talk about the budget.
It is hard for us to visualise the trends and processes of climate change, which are largely hidden. But posters - with their richly subversive history - are the perfect medium for prompting contemplation and action.
The Game of Thrones universe could fight off those long winters – if it had an industrial revolution.
Some of the most in-demand ecologists in Africa are specialists in statistics. But this is currently a scarce skill combination in Africa.
Yes, editors have the right to search out diverging views. But readers also have the right to object to distorted or biased coverage.
This summer’s record-breaking coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef was made 175 times more likely thanks to climate change.
Australia’s snow season is notoriously fickle - so what determines whether we’ll get a good fall?
Labor’s detailed climate policy is ambitious, but it remains to be seen if it will capture the voters.
The statistic that bleaching has been seen in 93% of surveyed areas of the Great Barrier Reef has sparked worldwide coverage - not all of it accurate.
Half of the world’s vegetated land has got greener in the past 30 years, mostly driven by rising CO2.
Extreme weather has an outsized impact on everyday life. Focusing on average weather patterns may make Americans dangerously complacent about how climate change is already affecting our lives.
Despite the fanfare of signing the Paris Agreement on climate, little progress has been made on compensating poor countries for irreparable damages from climate change.
More than 160 countries are expected to sign the Paris Agreement in New York on April 22. But enough countries will also need to ratify the treaty domestically before it can become international law.