Large companies in New Zealand are increasingly being pushed to report their carbon emissions. But without a clear framework, businesses have been able to fudge (or hide) their results.
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The researchers found most emissions reduction relied on a mix of policies, rather than a single solution.
The proposed Middle Arm industrial hub opens the door to serious environmental damage, and suffering for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.
Scientists are nearly unanimous on climate change, but public opinion
Australia’s Chris Bowen was among a select group of ministers meeting in Wuhan, China this week to progress global climate negotiations. Here’s why China is taking climate so seriously.
Google, Microsoft and Meta have all reported significant emissions increases due to AI.
Some processes that support fusion energy fuel climate change and may harm the environment.
The Coalition’s pledge to build seven nuclear reactors poses serious questions about whether this nation can meet its international climate obligations.
Expanding the $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia program would enhance the country’s economic resilience and competitiveness.
Regulators, investors and climate advocates will be able to monitor what impact businesses are having on the environment under new accountability laws.
When it comes to storing carbon, alpine peatlands are powerhouses. But feral horse grazing and trampling tips the carbon balance in the other direction. We need to protect and restore our peatlands.
Business strategies to slash carbon emissions don’t just protect our environment but can help Australian companies attract global investment.
Organisms that produce synthetic fuel and suck carbon out of the air are just some of the possibilities of ‘engineering biology’ – if policymakers can shepherd the industry towards success.
For two years, Australia had a carbon price. Now we have a shadow price which won’t be paid by any emitter.
The sub-zero area of Antarctica has shrunk by over 100km since the 1950s.
Climate disclosure rules are meant to help investors understand their risks, but they come with costs for companies, as a finance scholar explains.
Underground thermal networks have the potential to revolutionize how Canadians heat their homes while helping to reduce carbon emissions.
To fight global warming we will soon have to try to remove carbon dioxide from the skies or find ways to reflect the Sun’s heat. Such radical paths must be examined, but risky experiments avoided.
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.
Carbon pricing can be a powerful tool to combat climate change and reduce emissions, but it needs to be accompanied by improved regulations, clean technology subsidies and financing mechanisms.
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; 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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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford 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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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
