New Zealand is one of few countries to enshrine a zero-carbon goal in law, but current climate policies don't keep up with that ambition.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, seen here with Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during this month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, has moved climate change onto the new government’s priority list.
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As part of its 100-day priority plan, New Zealand's new government has pledged to set a target of carbon neutrality by 2050, which means phasing out fossil fuels and products that burn them.
This isn’t summer: Sydney broke the previous autumn warmth record by 10 days.
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The climate system is in a foul mood. From “angry summer” to “abnormal autumn” – we’re running out of words to describe the relentless extreme weather that Australia is experiencing as global temperatures…
Lack of information and advice on climate change isn’t the problem.
Steve Easterbrook
In closing the Climate Commission, and introducing legislation to abolish the Climate Change Authority, the government has said it can instead rely on information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology…
Firefighters battle a bushfire close to homes in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, in October this year.
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Australians have always had to live with bushfires - but climate change is driving that fire danger even higher. And we’re not talking about a distant threat to future generations. According to real observations…
Even when the Climate Commission was taxpayer funded it was good value.
The Climate Council
Many will be relieved at today’s announcement by board members of the Climate Commission that they will be continuing their work by setting up a community-funded Climate Council. Communicating climate…
Former Chief Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery with a solar array at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus in 2011.
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Liz Minchin, The Conversation and James Whitmore, The Conversation
The newly-formed Climate Council has been swamped with A$160,000 in donations and so many followers that its Twitter account…
An infographic accompanying the report showed how different parts of Australia would be affected by global warming-induced extreme weather events.
Climate Commission