By continuing to privilege economic growth over environmental and social sustainability, we are taking huge risks with our future.
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The US is formally back in the Paris climate agreement as of today. As one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, it has a lot of work to do, with food security, health and safety at stake.
An appeals court described the EPA’s effort as ‘a series of tortured misreadings’ of US law.
Bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from all over the world. What’s not clear is how countries will meet them.
Over US$12 trillion of COVID-19 relief has been promised. If a small portion was put toward economy-boosting green investments, the world could get on track to avoid the worst of climate change.
A precedent set at the industry’s outset has dominated efforts to reform aviation.
From healthcare, to the environment, immigration and racial justice, which areas of Barack Obama’s legacy were the most vulnerable – and most resilient – during Donald Trump’s first term?
Social tipping interventions have the potential to pave the way for rapid change and avert climate change.
Blue carbon stored in coastal ecosystems is important, but it’s a poor fig leaf for Australia’s abysmal record on emissions.
How are oil companies positioning themselves for a post-carbon world? So far, cautiously.
Shipping companies are expected to halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Here’s how the coalition, Labor and the Greens stack up against the Paris targets.
Three years after the Paris Agreement, negotiators have finally agreed (most of) the rules for its implementation. But there is still no way to compel countries to deepen their climate ambitions.
Australia is falling behind on its Paris targets, but we have many options for improvement.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Mark Evans about the week in Australian politics.
If Australia is to meet its climate targets, radical measures could be required to reduce emissions in sectors such as aviation.
Delivering the Bob Carter Commemorative Lecture in Melbourne, Abbott said: “Withdrawing from the Paris agreement that is driving the NEG would be the best way to keep prices down and employment up”
Seven world leaders with axes to grind are preparing to sit round one table. Sparks will fly.
Not the sort of amount you’d want to lose down the back of the sofa.
Global warming will be most noticeable where the weather doesn’t normally vary much, such as the tropics. But these places are also home to many of the world’s poorest and least culpable nations.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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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 of Sustainability, University of Dayton
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Director for Technology and Innovation at the International Renewable Energy Agency and Payne Institute Fellow, Colorado School of Mines
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Dundee
