When it comes to climate change and Australia’s economic future, different crystal balls can produce vastly different results.
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Antarctica’s sea ice is changing in ways that scientists didn’t predict, and is now causing headaches for Antarctic stations.
Five million shorebirds migrate between Australia and the northern hemisphere, threatened by habitat destruction, and rising seas. How can we protect this natural marvel?
The American public appear to be of two minds on climate change in politics: supportive of policy action but unconvinced climate change is an urgent priority.
Contrary to economic theory, data shows that the latest drop in energy prices does not undermine investment in renewable energy.
Climate change is affecting all regions of the globe. But some places, such as Africa, are more vulnerable than others.
Since 1993, satellites have been used as well as tidal gauges to monitor sea level. A new calibration of this satellite record now shows that the rise in sea level is gathering pace.
Australia’s emissions target will inevitably be compared with other leading nations. But a fair target should be calculated not on a basis of comparison, but on the world’s shared 2-degree climate goal.
In areas vulnerable to sea level rise and storm surges, developments are at increasing risk of inundation and permanent damage over coming years.
Despite solid results from the first emissions reduction fund auction, Australia hasn’t yet got a climate policy to last.
Scientists and policy makers are struggling in some countries to gain the support that will lead to meaningful action on climate change. Could art be the answer?
Bjorn Lomborg seems to inspire anything but consensus, but is his approach all that bad?
Heat cost Australia nearly A$7 billion in 2014, which is bad news given climate forecasts of hotter and more frequent heatwaves.
An analysis of the world’s longest-running temperature record suggests that England is many times more likely to experience more record-breaking hot years like 2014 than it was a century ago.
A new paper shows 1 in 6 species could be extinct due to climate change, and Australia will be particularly hard hit.
A major new study looks at the risk global warming poses to the world’s plants and animals – it’s not good news.
The health of our environment is not included in national accounts data. And we are all poorer for it.
Extreme rainfall in Sydney is increasing - but only in summer, potentially leading to more flash floods in the city.
Labour leader didn’t bash Cameron as hard as predicted on Libya.
The SNP wants the UK to match Scotland’s commitments to carbon reduction.
Principais colaboradores
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Adjunct professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Climate Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
