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El Niño events can affect millions of people around the world, causing drought in Australia and floods in the Americas.
Razzmatazz aside, the opposition leader - standing in front of Labor’s slogan “A Fair Go For Australia” - brought together the “case for change” in a carefully-honed, strongly delivered address.
Leigh Sullivan joins Michelle Grattan to talk about the week in politics.
Labor’s policies have to get a lot more ambitious if they want to see real reductions in emissions.
In an era of rapid technological advance, devastating climate change, increasing inequality and a steadily aging society, health-care leadership development is vital.
The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
Coral reefs get a lot of attention, but the world has lost almost all of its vital oyster reefs in the last few centuries.
We’re running out of time – so we can’t leave it all to Greta Thunburg and David Attenborough.
Refusing to own any particular set of figures, which is what Labor has done – apart from passing nods to assessments that suit its case - is risky.
Contrary to the advice of the UK’s climate advisers, aiming for net zero before 2050 is credible – but the country must reassess how much its future is worth.
The move has been likened to putting the country on a “war footing”, with climate and the environment at the very centre of all government policy, rather than being on the fringe of political decisions.
The current system drives social injustice and environmental destruction, a new approach to address both is called for.
Changes in weather patterns have made life a great deal more precarious for pastoral communities.
The coercive Christian rule under which Notre Dame was sanctioned drove a wide exploitation of nature. Let it stand as a reminder of our environmental sins and a call to action.
Fires and building failures highlighted serious gaps in Australian building regulations. But recent revisions and recommendations still fall short of preparing our buildings for climate change.
Relocating communities to safer, less exposed areas can help people manage climate hazards, but it’s not a viable solution for everyone.
There’s an apparent emerging Doug Ford doctrine in Ontario of short-term gain for long-term pain. It threatens to embed long-term structural costs for the province and its taxpayers.
Never mind the future – rich countries have already benefited from climate change, while poor countries have suffered dramatic economic losses.
Trees clean urban air, store carbon, slow floodwaters and can be used to design safer streets. Scholars are starting to calculate what these services are worth – a fitting topic for Arbor Day.
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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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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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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
