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Future population growth is expected to take place almost entirely in cities. We won’t fight climate change without them.
After ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change, the government is looking ahead to its 2017 review of climate change policy.
Phasing out greenhouse gas emissions entirely by mid-century is possible, and promising trends are emerging. But the next five to ten years will be the real test of whether we can make that happen.
If Donald Trump turns away from climate action as George W. Bush did, Europe and China can respond by forming an alliance that will turn the United States from a climate leader into a follower.
The latest climate summit began the long slog towards putting the Paris Agreement into action. But it generated more questions than answers, particularly on how to handle a Trump-led United States.
All is not lost for the climate with the election of Donald Trump.
By the time we hit that temperature, further climate changes will already be locked in and unavoidable.
Trump has promised to abolish Obama’s Clean Power Plan and back out of the Paris climate accord. But business could become a key firewall that won’t let Obama’s sustainability legacy die.
For three years, carbon emissions from fossil fuels have grown little or not at all, opening a window of opportunity to halt climate change.
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.
The halls of the Marrakech climate summit have been filled with fearful talk about Donald Trump’s presidency. But there is hope that the Paris climate treaty can weather the political storm.
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.
The Paris Agreement is in place, but there’s still much to lose for the least developed countries.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans to ratify the Paris climate agreement, a day after US participation in the treaty was thrown into dought by Donald Trump’s election victory.
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.
East Africa is a region that will be hit hard by climate change. COP22 in Morocco presents an opportunity for the region to take steps to mitigate these possible harsh effects.
Priority number one for the world’s leading nations in Marrakech ought to be taking carbon out of heat.
Whether it’s Clinton on Trump in the White House, progressive action on climate change in America - and therefore globally - is going to take a hit.
Company directors who ignore or don’t properly asses climate related risks could be found liable for breaching their duty of care.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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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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