Britain was among Europe’s most progressive voices on climate policy. Its imminent withdrawal leaves the European Union grappling with voices of dissent from member states such as Poland.
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The Greens have successfully cast themselves as the party of climate science. But to hit their climate goals they may need to become even more radical, by embracing technologies like nuclear power.
The broad principle of companies, government bodies and universities divesting from oil, gas and coal companies is sound. But its application needs more sophistication.
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising faster than at any point in the past 55 million years.
Feeding Melbourne generates over 900,000 tonnes of edible food waste every year, enough to feed more than 2 million people.
The city of Phalodi has set a temperature record for India, hitting 51°C. Until now, India’s smog problem has curbed extreme temperatures. But that could be about to change.
What gaps have the CSIRO cuts left in climate research?
The Coalition has asked CSIRO to develop a “roadmap” towards commercialised clean energy. It’s a good idea as long as the plan is clear, and there’s enough money behind it.
Labor’s shadow environment minister, Mark Butler, said Australia is now “pretty much the only major advanced economy where pollution levels are going up, not coming down.” Is that right?
The dairy industry faces a number of welfare issues, and is a major contributor to greenhouse gases.
To meet global climate change targets, agriculture needs an array of innovations and money to get farmers around the world to adopt new practices.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements at Tasmania’s Cape Grim and Antarctica’s Casy Station have now officially passed 400 parts per million and are likely to stay above that for decades to come.
Careful design can make sure we don’t see another failed clean development mechanism.
Half of the world’s vegetated land has got greener in the past 30 years, mostly driven by rising CO2.
Wildfire makes up about 4% of the greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year.
Global average sea level has risen by about 17 cm between 1900 and 2005, but we didn’t know how much of that was due to us, until now.
The granting of a mining lease to the Carmichael coal project, despite the huge potential greenhouse emissions, shows that ministers need to consider the wider consequences of their approvals.
A carbon tax on airline tickets might sound like a tricky sell, but many airlines already collect a similar levy to raise funds for developing world health initiatives.
Carbon dioxide is rising faster than any time in the past 66 million years. Rapid rises in the past have been linked to mass extinctions.
Australia still rests too heavily on its luck, and not enough on its brains.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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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 Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
