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Changes to Australia’s emissions reduction policies may do little more than channel taxpayer money to industry.
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Pep Canadell , CSIRO ; Corinne Le Quéré , University of East Anglia ; Felix Creutzig , Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change ; Glen Peters , Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo ; Matthew William Jones , University of East Anglia ; Pierre Friedlingstein , University of Exeter ; Rob Jackson , Stanford University , and Yuli Shan , University of Groningen
New research reveals which sectors of the global economy fuelled the emissions decline during COVID-19. We have a narrow window of time to make the change permanent.
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The coronavirus slowdown provides an opportunity to reset the economy to address climate change.
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The lack of progress by governments in reducing global emissions means bold solutions across multiple fronts are now needed.
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The benefits of gas-fired power are badly overstated, and will take Australia further in the wrong direction on climate change.
Morrison has refused to meet calls for a national summit or a COAG meeting on the fire effort.
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The fires are putting pressure on the government by elevating the climate issue and opening new division among Liberals.
Winning sports teams have strong leaders. Governments need them too.
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Sport tips for the Ontario government on how to make good climate change policy.
This week’s climate conference in Madrid is key to getting global cooperation on climate change, the impacts of which are already being felt.
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Recent bushfires and extreme weather are just a small taste of what is to come if this week’s climate negotiations in Madrid fail to deliver.
Iron ore piles at Dampier, Western Australia. Australia could convert iron oxide to metal for export, producing it with no emissions.
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Eminent economist Ross Garnaut says if climate action fails, he fears the consequences ‘would be beyond contemporary Australia’. But zero-emissions iron and aluminium could be the way forward.
Indonesian residents wade through flood water near the Ciliwung river in Jakarta in February 2018. Our emissions in the near future will lock in sea level rise over centuries.
New research confirms that what the world pumps into the atmosphere today has grave long-term consequences. Governments - especially Australia’s - must urgently ramp up efforts to reduce emissions.
A seagrass meadow. For the first time, researchers have counted the greenhouse gases stored by and emitted from such ecosystems.
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In a world-first, scientists have counted the greenhouse gas absorbed and emitted by Australia’s mangroves, seagrass and other ocean ecosystems.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese, pictured at a cabinet meeting this month, says coal has a future under the renewables expansion.
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On the issue of a retreat from coal, Albanese is trying to walk both sides of the highway by wandering down the middle.
Huge crowds marched last week to demand progress towards net zero emissions – and companies are listening.
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Some of Australia’s biggest property companies are making ambitious emissions-reduction pledges – but how well are they really doing?
Aerial imagery revealing the extent of storm damage in Dee Why on Sydney’s Northern Beaches in 2016 following wild weather.
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The IPCC report says extreme sea level events that used to hit once a century will occur once a year in many places by 2050. This situation is inevitable, even if emissions are dramatically curbed.
Using blockchain to power Australia’s carbon market could deliver tangible results.
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Under the current rules, the federal government takes the most responsibility for buying carbon credits. A blockchain-driven market would be faster, smarter, and much more open.
Children play near a coal-fired power plant in the town of Obilic, Kosovo, in November 2018.
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Ahead of the UN climate summit, we take stock of the world’s best and worst performers on climate action - including some surprise success stories.
The Port Kembla industrial area in NSW. Industry emissions can be cut by improving efficiency, shifting to electricity and closing old plants.
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The UN has asked world leaders to bring concrete climate action plans to this week’s summit - and Australia is likely to cop heavy criticism.
The Opal nuclear research reactor at Lucas Heights in Sydney. It does not produce nuclear energy but is used to produce medical radioisotopes and for other purposes.
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The state of Australia’s energy and climate change policy is reason to despair. But there may be a nuclear solution that keeps both sides happy.
Energy minister Angus Taylor has a range of options when discussing complex emissions data.
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Australia’s new emissions data for the December 2018 quarter show a rise on the previous quarter, although the raw figures actually dropped. Here’s what that all means.
It’s not cows’ fault they fart, but the methane they produce is warming the planet.
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Removing human-related methane from the atmosphere could reduce global warming by 15%.