President Trump’s latest executive order weakens or reverses multiple rules and policies designed to slow climate change. Scholars explain the order’s impact.
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Even Trump’s most destructive proposals pale in comparison. The president is merely throwing a match on a burning building.
Global emissions from fossil fuels have stalled. That puts us in the right place to keep warming below 2°C, but there’s plenty of work still to be done.
Leaders are worried US leadership on global issues like climate change will be diminished under President Trump. Experts explain why China is ready to lead, and how that could be a good thing.
The end of fossil fuels is approaching fast. But the question remains of what to do with those that remain, waiting to be sold.
OPEC’s recent decision to cut supply is a classic move from the oil cartel playbook. But in today’s era, there are many more players and game-changing technologies on the field.
Global indigenous and human rights movements that oppose the oil, coal and gas industries are charting a path for a fair and just transition to a low carbon energy future.
China has pledged to peak carbon emissions before 2030, but is planning a 20% increase in coal power by 2020.
President-elect Trump’s objective on energy and climate is clear: Undo Obama’s legacy of environmental regulations and massively expand fossil fuel production.
What are the crucial energy and climate policy questions facing the next president? Our academics weigh in.
The Norwegian capital shows other cities how it’s done, by setting out a tailor-made plan to reduce emissions to zero by 2030.
In the wake of South Australia’s blackout, politicians have blamed renewables for decreasing the state’s energy security.
A new documentary examines indigenous activism in Peru – calling attention to the dark side of the country’s economic boom.
We always hear that renewable energy is getting cheaper, but what does that really mean?
By taking a leaf out of how plants produce energy, we’ve already created hydrogen fuels. But what if we take things further.
Cuts to ARENA as part of the government’s savings bill are short-term politics at its worst.
Critics of Australia’s fuel tax credits system have pointed to its impact on the budget bottom line, but calculating that cost is far from straightforward.
Three studies find higher rate of health issues for people who live near large or many fracked natural gas well sites.
The fourth episode of our podcast takes on fuel – from Olympic diets to conflict over oil in the Niger Delta.
South Australia’s recent electricity price spike has seen calls for more gas. But Australia already has plenty.
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Sydney
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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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Chair, Mathematical Modelling of Climate, University of Exeter
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
