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Canada has emerged as a leader among its G20 peers in terms of green fiscal stimulus spending and policies.
Simple economic modelling shows the mining industry would benefit from a carbon tax.
The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
Human behaviors shift. Policies change. New technology arrives and evolves. All those changes and more are hard to predict, and they affect tomorrow’s costs.
After being ousted as Conservative leader, Erin O'Toole warned the country faced a dire moment of division. At the moment, however, it’s the party he attempted to lead that’s bitterly divided.
Clean energy innovation, giving up coal, cutting methane and getting China and India on board for net-zero can deliver progress at COP26.
President Joe Biden needed a Plan B, one that Congress could approve, to take to the UN climate conference. But his new strategy is unlikely to meet the country’s emissions reduction goals for 2030.
What research shows is important to win support for bold decarbonisation measures.
Australia’s top economists say Australia can’t “free-ride”, allowing others to cut emissions while it gets the benefits.
If shipping were a country, it would rank between Japan and Germany as the sixth-largest contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions.
Conditional commitments are promises to raise emissions reduction efforts, depending on what others do. It could be a big incentive for Australia.
In setting new tax on the carbon emissions of goods being imported into the bloc, there are two potential disasters for EU to avoid.
In its decision, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the gravity of climate change and upheld the idea that Parliament has the authority to act on matters of “peace, order and good government.”
Both sides can make a case, but they might not get the chance.
An economist and an environmental law expert explain why a tax is more palatable to the industry and better for the public than regulation.
The former Federal Reserve chair has the experience and broad respect to get businesses to move on climate change and to lay the foundation for real and lasting progress.
California’s proposition to halt the sale of gasoline-powered engines may be extreme. But could it work?
None of Canada’s past climate targets or plans has been credible. But the math on the latest plan, which relies on a steadily increasing carbon price, could have Canada meet its 2030 goal.
If Canada began to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by about four per cent per year, we could still meet our 2030 climate targets.
Top contributors
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Research Fellow in the politics of industrial decarbonisation policy, University of Sussex
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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 Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct professor, Monash University
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Research Fellow at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor ANU College of Law and Associate Director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Climate and Environmental Law, University of Sydney
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Senior Visiting Fellow in Energy Systems, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
