Australia must treble its emissions reduction targets and reach net-zero emissions by 2035. Without this and other radical global action, the chance to hold warming to well below 2℃ will pass us by.
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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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
The newly-formed Climate Council has been swamped with A$160,000 in donations and so many followers that its Twitter account…
Extreme weather caused by global warming poses a growing risk to Australia’s crop lands, cities and iconic sites like Kakadu…
Around the clock solar power could be a reality for Australians in the foreseeable future, but experts say a hostile state…
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Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professorial fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW
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Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
