• Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
Tony Abbott has pledged to repeal the carbon tax, but it may be more difficult than he thinks. AAP/David Crosling

Tony Abbott cannot escape the international climate game

What’s in a name? Well, like “Montague” and “Capulet” in Shakespeare’s play, names matter quite a lot in the tribal world of Australian climate politics. The notion of a “carbon tax” has struck a raw nerve…
Rio looks set to be another face-off between the developing and developed worlds over who should take responsibility for this mess. Jane Rawson

Rio+20: a sustainable development conference that might forget the environment

Twenty years after the historic “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, the international community will again converge on the city this week to renew their commitments to sustainable development. However, the…

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