Do we need a climate treaty, or could a simple political deal based on national pledges work just as well? Conventional wisdom suggests that the only international climate deal worth having is one that…
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Today more than 120 world leaders are gathered in New York for the Climate Leaders’ Summit. With global emissions continuing to rise, it is easy to be pessimistic. But new research released today shows…
China’s use of coal for electricity could peak as early as next year, then decline until 2020 in a turnaround of “global importance”, according to economist Ross Garnaut in a lecture presented at the Melbourne…
Society generally has a clear idea of what constitutes a crime, and those in positions of power are usually held to very high standards. Politicians charged with making decisions on the needs of society…
At the recent midyear UN climate negotiations in Bonn, an unprecedented 60 countries (including Germany) called for a total phase-out of fossil fuels by 2050, as part of a global agreement on climate change…
Over the weekend the latest round of international climate negotiations concluded in Bonn, Germany. Offering some encouragement, the talks are inching towards a new global agreement in Paris 2015 for global…
If global aviation was a country, its emissions would be ranked about seventh in the world, between Germany and South Korea on CO2 emissions alone. Yet despite flying being a growing global contributor…
This week Tony Abbott confirmed that Australia will not increase its emission reduction target from 5% below 2000 levels unless other countries make serious commitments. In a subsequent interview, environment…
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Professor of International Politics, University of Leeds
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Public Policy Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Formerly Lecturer in Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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CEO, Climateworks Centre
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Ecologist, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Director of Food Innovation, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Academic position - Research Associate at the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Public Sector Management, Monash University
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Professor of Global Change, University of East Anglia
