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Labor won’t concede to the Greens’ core demands on the bill, but a climate “trigger” on new developments could ensure the bill has real force.
Peat is partially decomposed plant matter that has accumulated over thousands of years.
The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.
Policymakers, industry regulators and investors must team up to mandate that corporations provide CEOs with financial compensation for reducing carbon footprints.
Governments may be forced to put back deadlines to shift away from petrol and diesel.
Research shows large-scale reliance on carbon capture risks postponing climate action too far into the future.
For the NHS to achieve net zero, it needs to sort out its supply chains and prioritise community health.
A return of mega cruise liners would go against the government’s express desire to create a new, sustainable tourism model.
A period of high fossil fuel prices has mixed implications.
Indonesia has embarked on its carbon-pricing journey. However, many elements regarding the scheme remain unknown. Here’s what we need to know before the pilot project commenced.
Kampala’s current transport system is not working to the benefit of its users, its operators or the government. It is not providing a mobility service.
We know how to build a truly zero carbon house. So why are we not doing it, on a massive scale?
Emissions trading systems are supposed to speed up decarbonisation, but they are not yet capable of doing so in practice.
There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the future – but what if we got it right? Here’s the case for optimism.
For the UK to achieve its net zero targets, it needs to take action on its carbon-intensive, poorly regulated supply chains.
By measuring emissions in real time, cities can take stronger action against air pollution and global warming.
Greg Hunt is best known as Australia’s health minister. But before that he spent years thinking about mechanisms to get emissions down – and if elected, Labor plans to road test the one he introduced.
People in some areas are paying hundreds of pounds more to heat their homes every year.
Details of the US$8.5billion funding South Africa is set to receive to support the move to a just transition and a climate resilient economy haven’t been made public yet. Here’s what’s clear so far.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; 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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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Research Fellow at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Departmental Visitor, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Director of Workforce Development, Clean Energy Council, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Director of the Climate Change Institute, Australian National University
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
