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We've been here before. In fact we've been going round in circles on climate policy for decades, while the temperature (of the debate, as well as the planet) climbs ever higher.
Environmental taxes encourage consumers to conserve energy or switch to less carbon-intensive fuels.
Labor has ditched its reliance on a single economy-wide climate policy, in favour of a range of different measures that will all help drive down emissions. But some crucial issues remain unaddressed.
States are folding the social and economic costs of burning fossil fuels into their electricity policies, giving utilities a financial incentive to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Scott Morrison's pledge to spend billions on a Climate Solutions Fund is a thinly veiled rehash of the widely criticised Emissions Reduction Fund, which had much of its work undone by fine print.
It's often more effective, cheaper and less controversial than other efforts to confront climate change.
These technologies could turn into a powerful tool for fighting global warming, and they have the potential to address historical climate injustices.
There are ways to reduce the risk of protests like France's yellow vests movement.
Canada's top-down approach to designing its climate policy has failed. It needs to find ways to engage with individuals.
An American coal company is suing the Canadian government over Alberta's plan to combat climate change.
An economist breaks down results on two key issues at the COP24 climate change meeting: getting all nations to use the same measuring and reporting rules, and linking policies across borders.
Trump and Bolsonaro may be against any action on climate change, but they are not the norm.
Ontario's new environment plan scores poorly on conservative ethos.
For decades, economists have pondered the 'social cost of carbon' - the price worth paying to avoid the future costs of greenhouse emissions. But a new analysis suggests this quest is impossibly complex.
Drivers buy less gas when filling the tank burns holes in their wallets.
Multiple studies have found the overall impact on labor markets to be minor, even if some workers will need new career paths.
The gilets jaunes protests show we need to fight inequality for a just transition to a low-carbon society.
George H.W. Bush, who has passed away aged 94, was US president when the world began grasping the climate issue in earnest. But he was pivotal in setting the US on a course of blocking climate action.
The Labor Party's newly announced energy policy could finally set Australia's electricity sector on the path to a renewables-driven future. But policies are still needed to cut emissions elsewhere.
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Researcher, University of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, University of Western Australia
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor in Organisation & Sustainability, University of Exeter
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Leader of ECI Climate Research Programme, University of Oxford
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Academic Convenor of the Australian-German Climate and Energy College and Science Coordinator of the Energy Transition Hub, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne
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Lynette Molyneaux is a Friend of The Conversation.
Researcher, Energy Economics and Management Group, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Peter C. Doherty is a Friend of The Conversation.
Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University
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Co-director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, UNSW
