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Reducing food waste by feeding hungry Canadians is a simplistic solution that is deeply problematic and morally distressing.
Shipping companies are expected to halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Investors are increasingly concerned about climate change, but for the markets to deploy their full capacities, the dominant principles that guide them need to be revised.
Don’t let stock markets reports convince you that when the markets are up, all is well in the world. When the market is up, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is up, and the global environment is down.
Vehicles in Canada are big, heavy and guzzle a lot of gasoline.
A ruling by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal recognizes the threat of climate change, but its approach is too narrow.
New research finds that farm ponds actually capture nitrous oxide; this finding can be useful in combatting climate change.
Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production in the vinyl era is not a patch on the equivalent from running giant servers today.
Environmental taxes encourage consumers to conserve energy or switch to less carbon-intensive fuels.
The Earth’s past shows the key role of CO₂ on climate for 4.45 billion years, and how human industrial activity has disrupted its cycle at an unprecedented rate over the past 160 years.
Gas mining is expanding across Australia, and has been touted as part of the answer to cutting emissions. But there is evidence that this rollout will pose significant health and environmental risks.
The original New Deal caused a “great acceleration” in carbon emissions. How will a Green New Deal forge its own legacy?
The Green New Deal has shifted the debate over what to do about climate change.
Reducing emissions doesn’t have to conflict with a growing economy, as these 18 developed nations show.
While countries recognise the urgent need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by favouring greener energies, the ever-increasing demand for electricity has led to rising coal consumption.
The climate issue cannot be considered less urgent than the social or economic crisis.
Whether to attending a conferences or giving in to a meeting, the global research community is keen on air travel. That’s a habit that needs to change.
Buildings are responsible for 40 per cent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. Efforts to reduce emissions should no longer be voluntary.
Australia’s government insists it is on track to surpass its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement. But while that may be true, it will only happen with some clever accounting.
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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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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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor and Climate Scientist, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
