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Grattan and Martin on the year that was, in politics and economics
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Michelle Grattan sits down with The Conversation's economic editor Peter Martin for a chat about the year that was, and to answer readers' questions.
For crop farmers, the risk of low profit years has doubled.
Under the Paris Agreement, countries have registered plans to meet emissions reductions, but the current pledges, if fully realised, would take us to 2°C by the 2050s.
Global heating could reduce mountain glacier snow and ice by up to 80% by 2100, threatening major drinking water supplies.
New research is uncovering that whales have their own distinct microbiomes that may play important roles in animal health. But how do scientists study whale microbiomes?
Blue carbon stored in coastal ecosystems is important, but it’s a poor fig leaf for Australia’s abysmal record on emissions.
COP25 has come and gone, another missed opportunity to use women’s knowledge to mitigate climate change.
Real Christmas trees may be in short supply this year thanks to the 2008 economic downturn, climate change and insect infestations.
The science says that more or better climate education won’t convince sceptics. Here’s what we can do instead.
What is the climate emergency, and whose climate crisis is it anyway?
The European Commission will propose a wide-ranging ‘climate law’ in the next few months.
Areas of the UK may lose their topsoil in little over a century according to new research.
Earth has only a few chances to avert catastrophic climate change. At the COP25 in Madrid, we blew one of them.
Countries are not on track to meet Paris Agreement goals. A climate researcher argues that a range of technologies that take CO2 out of the air are needed.
Directly linking climate change with aggression and mass migration risks dehumanising those vulnerable to environmental stresses. Mufazzar’s story does the opposite.
Australians spent $400 million on unwanted Christmas gifts last year. There must be a better way.
Some have started to frame Thunberg’s activism in messianistic terms – and this can serve as fodder for climate deniers.
The fires are putting pressure on the government by elevating the climate issue and opening new division among Liberals.
The Indonesian government has been distributing funds for village development. In 2019, the money can also be used for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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