These Pacific meetings are a curtain raiser for the annual UN climate meetings in Turkey next month.
- Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Já não é mais possível limitar o aquecimento global a 1,5°C acima dos níveis pré-industriais, mas o jogo ainda não acabou
It’s no longer possible to hold climate change to 1.5°C. But it’s not game over – it’s game on.
Making sure big companies do their bit to reduce emissions is essential for Australia to meet its climate targets.
Labor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge.
Expectations were extremely low ahead of this year’s UN climate talks. Remarkably, organisers in Brazil managed to secure real progress at COP30.
As climate change worsens, some states are backsliding on climate action. Next week, negotiators will gather in Brazil to try to restore flagging energy.
Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found. Those who don’t could be legally liable.
As expectativas eram baixas para a última cúpula climática da ONU. Mas a especialista em direito climático Jacqueline Peel, que participou das negociações, explica o progresso que foi feito.
Expectations were low for the latest UN climate summit. But climate law expert Jacqueline Peel – who was at the talks – explains what progress was made.
New emissions projections bode well for Australia’s climate efforts – but our fossil fuel exports continue apace.
Australians are increasingly fighting climate change in court. With more than 127 cases in a new United Nations report, Australia comes second only to the United States for climate litigation.
The United Nations’ decision to ask the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on countries’ climate obligations has been hailed as a ‘turning point in climate justice’.
When it comes to loss and damage, COP27 negotiations seem likely to reach a dead end. But as we enter the final days of the summit, anything can happen.
Wealthy nations have been reluctant to put loss and damage on the COP27 agenda. If negotiations fail, they could ‘unravel the fragile hopes for climate solidarity’
Our ability to cool the planet takes humanity into uncharted territory. In a new paper published today, researchers discuss the big unknowns in a post net-zero world.
From Barbados to Finland, we’ve seen women’s leadership on climate bring fair, innovative and ambitious policies.
Green-lighting new gas projects is a code red for the Great Barrier Reef. But a new landmark federal court case may stop the Scarborough offshore gas project in its tracks.
Kita hanya memiliki satu kesempatan terakhir untuk meredam pemanasan bumi tak lebih dari 1.5°C.
Humanity is off track to keeping global warming to 1.5°C. But if we pull out all stops, we’ve still got a chance.
Environment minister Sussan Ley successfully argued that she doesn’t have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change. Here’s why the judges unanimously ruled in her favour.
To date, courts have often been reluctant to interfere in what is viewed as an issue best left to policymakers. These recent judgements, and others, suggest things are changing.
Climate-related financial risks have already entered the corporate boardroom. With this case, they’ve now come knocking at the government’s door.
The shareholder resolution on climate change at Rio Tinto’s AGM is another indication of how much investor culture is tilting towards demanding that companies take a responsible climate stance.
A new lawsuit against the CBA puts climate change in a new legal light: a financial hazard. The case opens up fresh lines of attack on institutions that contribute to climate change.
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