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Beijing wants to build an ‘ecological civilisation’.
Wave goodbye to US climate leadership.
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Donald Trump has signalled the end of US leadership on climate policy, with potentially unpleasant consequences for America’s economy, security and diplomatic standing.
Climate Institute chief executive John Connor launching the Pollute-o-Meter in 2013.
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After 12 years, The Climate Institute is shutting down having failed to find financial backing for its brand of “centrist, pragmatic advocacy” on climate policy.
Will talk of adapting to climate change be less polarizing politically? Faced with rising seas, Miami is adapting by raising its roads.
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Talk of adapting to climate change is less polarizing to conservatives than the idea of slashing emissions.
Even the cleanest coal plants add millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere each year.
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Nobody in business wants to touch new “clean” coal plants, which means taxpayers would be left to foot the billion-dollar bills.
Turnbull highlighted problems with the intermittency of renewable energy.
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Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has set out a strong vision for Australia’s energy policy, but there are many challenges ahead.
The social cost of carbon estimates the damage caused by a tonne of carbon dioxide.
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The social cost of carbon – which calculates the impact of carbon emissions – plays a key role in US climate policy.
Can coal be part of Australia’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
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The idea of clean coal has been around for 40 years, but remains a pipe dream.
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It seems Trump and his appointees already accept more global warming science than they are prepared to let on.
The climate debate can give you a headache at the best of times.
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If you thought the climate debate has been ugly, you haven’t seen anything yet. In 2017 Australia will review its climate policies, and the process is not off to a good start.
Renewable energy targets were a controversial topic at a recent COAG meeting between the Prime Minister, State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers.
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In the absence of strong federal action on climate change, many states have developed their own climate and energy policies.
Prime Minister Turnbull and Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg hold a press conference after ratifying the Paris Agreement in November 2016.
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Ten years ago on Saturday Prime Minister John Howard announced the Coalition government would investigate an emissions trading scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Drought, which affects food production, will become more common as the Earth heats up, which can cause deaths and destabilize societies.
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Many thousands, perhaps millions, of lives depend on the direction of Trump’s climate policies.
Electric cars are one of the keys to long-term decarbonisation.
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Countries have started announcing strategies to cut greenhouse gases over the next 35 years.
Civil society and other groups, such as academics and businesses, stand to play a bigger role in how the countries of the world address climate change.
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Recent global climate talks at COP22 saw a growing role for businesses, NGOs and the state of California – a promising sign for action on climate change in the face of U.S. inaction.
As the US withdraws, it’s time for China to shine.
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All is not lost for the climate with the election of Donald Trump.
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Some areas expecting big environmental changes already have large, vulnerable populations.
News of Trump’s election has had a deep impact on global climate talks now going on.
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Memo To Marrakech: If the U.S. drops the mantle of global leadership on climate, here are the rest of the world’s options on how to react.
A US withdrawal would be game over for the Paris Agreement, but there’s still hope for the climate.
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November 9 will likely become the day that the Paris Agreement died, but not when the goal of limiting warming to 2°C slipped out of reach.
Replanting trees is one of the better ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
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Many models used by policy-makers suggest we’ll have to remove CO2 from the atmosphere - but if we can’t, we have to get much more serious about cutting emissions.