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Australia needs to accelerate its transition to clean energy, and not prolong the use of high-polluting, coal-fired infrastructure. Otherwise it risks missing out on an economic windfall.
A new report reveals Australia is lagging behind most wealthy nations in working towards the globally agreed goals. It’s performing particularly badly on climate and environmental indicators.
If Australia is to meet its climate targets, radical measures could be required to reduce emissions in sectors such as aviation.
Water and energy use are becoming more efficient, which is good news for both the economy and the environment. But Australia has yet to realise the value of national environmental accounting.
If the US were to stop dumping these valuable metals in landfills and to cease exporting them as cheap scrap, its imports could fall, and there would be less of these metals being made from scratch.
Nigeria can make some changes to harness its energy resources and lower its carbon footprint while providing power to its people.
What will Antarctica look like in 2070? Will the icy wilderness we know today survive, or will it succumb to climate change and human pressure? Our choices over the coming decade will seal its fate.
New research has suggested a fresh way to account for greenhouse gases with different lifetimes in the atmosphere.
Canada wants to move towards a green economy and meet its Paris Agreement targets, but it has also just taken ownership of a pipeline. How can the federal government deal with this paradox?
The Trudeau government’s decision to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan is incredibly risky. Here’s why.
They may not say ‘climate change,’ but many Republican US mayors support clean energy, jobs in renewable industries, and other climate-friendly policies. And so do majorities of their constituents.
Shipping is becoming greener, but this brings new safety challenges.
No amount of post-consumer recycling can recoup the waste generated before consumers purchase their devices.
A 20-year-old experiment is testing whether filling the Arctic tundra with animals could keep carbon trapped in the ground.
Canada has made strides, but we’re still far from being a climate leader. Budgeting our emissions would help bring us to the front of the pack.
A shipping industry summit is exploring routes to a greener future.
This is a critical time for our planet. What we eat and how we get our food will shape its future.
The maritime pollution that drifts to dry land, causes an estimated 400,000 premature deaths and 14 million cases of childhood asthma each year.
A recent study suggests that divesting in fossil fuels not only allows investors to address their climate change concerns, it also reduces financial risks and increases financial returns.
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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