The focus of climate talks has been on how little time is left is for global action. But climate change has already made tobacco farming, potentially a route out of poverty, unviable for some.
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Barnaby Joyce has delivered to Scott Morrison but fears the cost
Electricity should be a main focus, but big improvements are also needed in transport, industry, agriculture and buildings.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is poised to announce Australia will adopt a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But it’s too little, too late.
By the end of the summit, we’ll know how far nations are willing to go to address humanity’s biggest challenge. But while international politics matter, domestic politics are what counts.
China and the US could supercharge global climate action. But if they fail to cooperate, there will be dire consequences for all.
Rich nations need to provide far greater climate adaptation financing to low income countries and plug the holes that siphon their limited fiscal resources to tax havens.
A steadily-tightening emissions car ceiling of the kind common in other countries could save drivers money and do the bulk of the work needed to reach Australia’s first emissions target.
Without financial support that helps communities adapt to climate impacts, climate change is projected to push tens of millions more Africans into extreme poverty by 2030.
Nationals agree to net-zero and win extra cabinet spot in the negotiations
The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local livelihoods.
The real decisions on Australia’s emissions reduction are being made by state governments and civil society, or outside the country altogether.
Pacific island nations have shaped the international response to climate change. At the United Nations summit in Glasgow, they’ll draw a line in the sand.
Australia is now taking a 2050 target to Glasgow, but this does not mean we are fulfilling the undertakings we made in Paris.
A former UN adviser explains what happens at climate summits like COP26 and why people fear this one won’t meet its goals.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending plans may thwart the government’s proposals for reach net zero.
How governments can ensure phasing out oil and gas won’t do more damage.
Listen to the third episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
As climate change amplifies the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, evacuations are likely to become increasingly common and costly – in human and economic terms.
An engineered climate recovery needs to be taken seriously — in addition to cutting emissions.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Director of Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Research Fellow, Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
