Philip Lloyd, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Without understanding why the 'fingerprint' has failed to appear our predictions about global warming - as carbon dioxide concentrations increase - are uncertain.
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.
Flooding on the Niemur River near Moulamein, Australia, October 22, 2016.
Blair Trewin
Can concern for the environment survive in the age of Trump and Brexit?
Policy uncertainty within government surrounding climate change complicates efforts by carbon-intensive companies to develop a long-term strategy.
Nikki Short/AAP
Managers from carbon intensive companies are holding off on long term emissions strategies because of uncertainty around regulations and policies, new research finds.
China’s concerns about air pollution from burning coal is one reason behind the emissions slowdown.
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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.
Researchers have found that dragonflies have become on average lighter-colored over the past half-century in response to higher temperatures.
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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.
Stilt houses to help cope with floods in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Development Planning Unit University College London/Flickr
The president-elect has made some worrying noises on a range of issues, and from Australia's perspective the most worrying of all is the relationship with China.
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.
Remote mountain regions like the Upper Mustang in Nepal are often neglected by the rest of the world.
Timothy Karpouzoglou
Remote mountain regions are closer to the climate problem than we think, particularly in the context of safeguarding essential ecosystem services such as safe and adequate water.