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Cutting wealth inequality could curb the super-rich’s disproportionate share of emissions.
Australia leads the world in rooftop solar per head. Can this small-scale power source be the secret weapon to fire up our struggling transition to net zero?
Any efforts to tackle methane emissions must first begin with measuring the intensity of those emissions.
The most comprehensive Australian carbon budget assessment completed to date shows the nation flip-flops from source to sink of carbon emissions, depending on the prevailing conditions.
Australia supported a phase-out of fossil fuels at the recent UN climate summit but is still expanding coal and gas production. It’s a contradiction that threatens the planet. There is a better way.
Is reaching net zero emissions by 2050 enough to halt warming? One leading scientist says no.
New Zealand’s new government has vowed to explore ‘blue carbon’ options for removing atmospheric CO₂ to meet net zero goals. But first we need a national strategy for this developing field of science.
As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen lands in Dubai for COP28, Australia has announced an extra A$150 in climate finance with a focus on the Pacific region.
The Sunnylands Statement has set a powerful signal for COP28, however, it also highlights that more must be done in Dubai to define what it means to achieve ‘net zero.’
Record emissions are fast shrinking the remaining amount of carbon dioxide we can emit if we are to limit global warming. At current rates, we’ll use up the budget for a 1.5°C outcome in seven years.
We can’t prevent continued global warming without reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions. New climate simulations show what might happen when we get there.
Australia’s latest climate change statement shows we have little hope of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. There’s good news on the 2030 target, but then what?
Australian governments have invested a lot of hope in hydrogen to help drive the net zero transition, but concrete policies are urgently needed or we will lose our hydrogen advantage to other nations.
Electric arc furnaces can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in emissions.
Industry is a leading climate polluter: Our road map shows what’s needed to cut industrial emissions in fast-growing countries.
Small modular reactors may hold the key to Canada’s net-zero energy future.
It’s still possible for Australia to cut emissions in line with holding climate change to 1.5°C. Here’s how.
The idea that harm done today can be offset in the future is based on a basic misunderstanding of the carbon cycle. Planting more trees is important – but it’s no substitute for cutting emissions.
For Australia to shift to a net zero economy, its big polluters need to cut emissions. A get-out clause buried in the policy makes it unlikely that they will, and the result will be devastating.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Executive Director, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Associate Dean (Education), University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor, Monash University
