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Canada wants to move towards a green economy and meet its Paris Agreement targets, but it has also just taken ownership of a pipeline. How can the federal government deal with this paradox?
Global warming will be most noticeable where the weather doesn't normally vary much, such as the tropics. But these places are also home to many of the world's poorest and least culpable nations.
Will the renewable energy transition end up creating yet more greenhouse emissions, as we ramp up the manufacture of wind turbines and solar cells? Not if their manufacture is itself powered by renewables.
A shipping industry summit is exploring routes to a greener future.
New Zealand has ruled out new permits for offshore oil and gas exploration as a step towards a transition to a carbon-neutral future.
After a long run of devastating typhoons, one country is holding the world's biggest corporations to account on climate change.
With the US announcement that it would withdrawl from the Paris Accord, several American states are mobilizing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Research can be spun, within hours, into a story of past failure. In fact, it's a case of continuous improvement.
Its plan to stop lending money for oil and gas projects embraces the spirit of the Paris agreement at a time when the U.S. is going in a different direction.
Canada's growing population and online shopping habits make meeting our emissions targets a challenge. With some targeted intervention, we can transform our economy, and society, for the better.
The federal government's keenly awaited review of Australia's climate policies continues a longstanding bipartisan traditional of weak policy development in this area.
New modelling suggests that Australia could use renewable energy to hit its 2030 emissions reduction targets, without it costing any more overall than maintaining the status quo.
The CO2 we produce when we put up buildings is large and virtually unregulated.
Do all fossil fuel workers want their current jobs protected? Research in the field suggests not.
And one thing that probably will, but won't make much difference.
Canada ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, but it hasn't yet filled the leadership void left by the United States. Time is running out.
Another round of UN climate negotiations kicks off in Bonn this month. With a Trump-shaped cloud hanging over the Paris Agreement, what approach can we expect Australia to adopt this time around?
The prospect of attempting to engineer the world's climate has become a lot more real since the Paris Agreement.
Green détente options could help South Korea ease the diplomatic tensions in the region.
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PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Director, Climate Analytics (Berlin), Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Lecturer in International Relations and Environmental Policy, Australian National University
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ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne
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Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Associate Professor, Asian Institute of Technology
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Melbourne
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Fellow and Higher Degree Research Convener, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne
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CSIRO Scientist, and Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, St Petersburg State University
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Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Professor and VC's Chair, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
