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Behind the government’s net zero bluster there has been little progress in decarbonising the UK.
Regulators, banks and policy-makers use stress tests to uncover weak points in how financial institutions operate and identify changes that will help buffer them from harm.
Addressing urgent and complex problems such as climate change involves research across the full spectrum of society – and that includes Australia’s young people.
Faith leaders hold significant financial and political power - it’s their duty to use it to shape the future of our planet.
The goal of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, or GFANZ, is to bring together the financial sector to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. Here’s why it might actually work.
As well as helping to save the planet, climate action provides huge opportunities to enhance people’s health, security and economic prospects.
From weak 2030 targets to controversial rules around carbon trading, let’s take a look at the summit’s defining issues.
Some promising proposals have been put forward, but most suffer either from a lack of ambition or a lack of participation from key countries.
A new climate projection found Glasgow pledges leave the world off-track for limiting warming to 1.5°C. What needs to happen in the final days of frantic COP26 negotiations to close the ambition gap?
On climate change, and other sustainable development goals, there’s still a big gap between corporate talk and action.
The UN’s new Emissions Gap Report shows we’re on track to overshoot the Paris target of 1.5°C. If we don’t close this emissions gap, what will Australia, and the rest of world, be forced to endure?
What research shows is important to win support for bold decarbonisation measures.
University experts are well placed to equip students with holistic climate knowledge and help teachers cover a subject that’s neglected by the Australian Curriculum.
Canadians are faced with an unwanted election that’s placed climate progress at unnecessary risk.
Last month’s dire report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have left you feeling overwhelmed. But small changes at the household level really can make a world of difference.
Understanding the moral dimensions of climate decisions could help promote fairer and more effective climate action
The world is acting on climate change – just not effectively.
We need specific action now to make net zero emissions by 2050 possible.
Research shows people don’t take politicians seriously on climate change if they don’t seem fully committed.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Research Fellow in Climate Change Communication, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania, and Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Research Fellow, Climate Leadership, Cardiff University
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Professor, at IMAS and Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of Environmental Governance Lab, University of Toronto
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
