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A scrapbook is a blank canvas upon which any activist can paint their story.
The dust has settled on COP26 and one of the summit’s few achievements looks decidedly less impressive.
Joining a protest doesn’t just help attract others to supporting important causes - it comes with personal and psychological benefits too.
A review of Australia’s illegal logging laws tests the Morrison government’s commitment to halting global forest loss.
In several countries, court rulings have forced governments to make stronger cuts to emissions. But New Zealand courts have so far stayed clear of imposing legal steps, calling for regulation instead.
Specialist reporters are important, but climate coverage can no longer be left to them. Here’s what New Zealand journalists say about why climate should be part of every newsroom and every beat.
Greg Hunt is best known as Australia’s health minister. But before that he spent years thinking about mechanisms to get emissions down – and if elected, Labor plans to road test the one he introduced.
Soaking up and storing CO₂ is not just a question of technology.
Labor’s 2030 emission reduction target of 43% is more ambitious than the Coalition, but still falls well below what the science says is needed.
Strengthen commitments to reduce emissions by 2030, redouble efforts to raise climate finance and junk fossil fuel subsidies.
By introducing tactics of direct action and digital mobilisation, Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion have renewed the climate movement and accelerated climate action.
COP26 saw progress and announcements, but the commitments made by states — in addition to having to pass the test of implementation —fall far short of what the science requires.
The goal of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, or GFANZ, is to bring together the financial sector to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. Here’s why it might actually work.
It’s hypocritical for retailers to make carbon pledges with one hand and continue pushing consumerism with the other.
The ocean has been buffering us from the impacts of climate change, but it is reaching the limit of this capacity. Integrating ocean and climate policy will be crucial.
New Zealand’s international pledges, domestic laws and carbon budgets run on different timelines. They could be better aligned to make sure everyone understands how Aotearoa plans to cut emissions.
Listen to the fifth and final episode of a series from The Anthill Podcast, reporting from what happened at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
The financial outcome of COP26 is a glass half full, but it’s not far from a failure.
For over a decade, the inclusion of oceans in climate talks has been piecemeal and inconsistent. And yet, the ocean is critical to help balance the conditions we need to survive.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Director of Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University
