Luke Kemp, Australian National University and Frank Jotzo, Australian National University
Economic studies on the costs of climate action share a common message: action on climate change is cheap, and delaying it will be costly.
The Mountain Pygmy Possum, which is the only Australian mammal confined to the alpine zone of Australian Alps. is extremely vulnerable to climate change.
Matthew Pauza
Nearly half of 200 Australian species are threatened by climate change, according to new research, including the iconic mountain pygmy-possum.
Research by James Cook University was rapidly translated into policy that is helping to preserve Queensland’s regions against the effects of climate change.
Nathan Siemers/Flickr
Christian Holz, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
This month Canada revealed its post-2020 climate target as 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. But current policies make it unlikely Canada will achieve the target within the country.
The frontline of climate change.
Alba Martin-EspaÒol
Yet more doom and gloom from the bottom of the Earth.
Countries should make pledges to fund low-carbon research - such as developing solar technology - and development as part of global climate talks.
University of Salford Press Office/Flickr
Countries will take emissions reduction pledges to international climate talks in Paris at the end of this year. Those pledges should also include funds for low-carbon R&D.
The 34-storey timber tower planned for Stockholm.
Berg | C.F. møller Architects
There is a way for governments to find out the consensus on global issues such as climate change. But it involves painstaking, complex work, and an end to the adversarial clash of competing ideologies.
Australia needs a better guardrail to stop emissions increasing.
Erica Zabowski/Flickr
How realistic are expectations about Africa’s economic prospects? There are several reasons why we should be both optimistic and cautious about the continent’s future economic performance.
California has been inundated with stranded, hungry sea lion pups, a result of warm waters causing fish to move.
Michael Fiala/Reuters
The “warm blob” of remarkably warm water in the Pacific is changing weather patterns and impacting marine life, providing clues to how ecosystems may change in a warmer future.