Much of the debate regarding the environmental cost of childbearing is underpinned by one influential study. Given the global commitment to net zero, should this be revisited?
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A new study shows what it would mean for Europe and China, and why the US might not be too excited about the idea.
Australia last week moved to tackle the climate crisis when federal parliament passed Labor’s climate bill. But the new law is just the first step.
Fossil fuel companies are winning the battle on how we talk about natural gas expansion by referring to it as a “bridge fuel” or an essential bridge to the net-zero energy system of the future.
Every year, air pollution kills 2,600 Australians. Australia’s new climate policy regime must account for this and other harms climate change wreaks on society.
When it comes to emissions reduction, Australia needs a proper national conversation and a long-term plan. The climate change bill about to pass parliament doesn’t provide this.
Climate bills in Australia and the US promise progress without carbon taxes or markets. Here’s why.
There’s some confusion around what the new climate law allows the Environmental Protection Agency to do. A law professor explains what’s changing.
Environment groups are pushing the Greens to accept Labor’s emissions target. What do these tensions mean for climate action?
There’s been very little media or political discussion of what Australia should be aiming for in 2035. This is baffling.
Labor has promised a 43% cut in Australia’s emissions by 2030 and a high-integrity carbon credit market is vital to reaching this goal.
Only 13% of US solar industry jobs are currently in manufacturing. The Biden administration hopes the sector will grow fast, but that might not be so simple.
Domestic political tensions is undermining the country’s ambitions to act as a global role model.
The Albanese government’s insistence on maintaining a booming coal export industry will hamper Australia’s comeback.
A study found $1.4 trillion in oil and gas industry assets would be at risk if governments follow through on their pledges to deal with climate change.
Anthony Albanese had expected the election might be a week earlier than it was, because last Saturday would bump up against Tuesday’s Quad meeting in Tokyo.
The Quad summit in Tokyo has praised Australia raising its ambition on climate change, after Anthony Albanese told fellow leaders his government would do more to assist Pacific countries address it.
Labor’s climate and energy policies provide an important foundation for progress. But the crossbenchers, whether they hold the balance of power or not, will demand far more.
The issues before us are too difficult, too important and too pressing to abandon them to political point-scoring or ideological zealotry.
If a minority government needs backing from the ‘teal’ independents and the Greens, it better be prepared to shift the needle on climate policy.
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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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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct professor, Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor in Organisation & Sustainability, University of Exeter
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Director of Workforce Development, Clean Energy Council, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Director of Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
