Australia faces many security issues driven by climate change, including more international migration and an increase in defence personnel being sent on disaster relief missions, a Senate inquiry has found.
- Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
Over three-quarters of Australians now accept climate change is happening, according to a new survey from the Climate Institute.
Climate change has won and lost elections in the past, and there’s a distinct chill in the air this time around.
Energy companies are realising that, in light of the Paris climate deal, the economics are starting to line up in favour of climate action, not against it.
At the Paris climate talks, the world has signed up to the first truly global treaty to tackle global warming. Our experts react.
The global activist escapades that make up the Climate Games remind us that climate politics isn’t just confined to the United Nations summit in Paris.
A majority of countries want visionary action rather than pragmatism at the Paris climate talks, says the International Institute for Environment and Development’s Saleemul Huq.
Un nouveau groupe de pays particulièrement exposés aux effets du changement climatique fait entendre sa voix à la COP21 et engage à dépasser le clivage entre pays pauvres et pays riches.
India has emerged as one of the key, and most intriguing, voices at the COP21 talks in Paris. In the first three days of the conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has committed to playing a constructive…
A new bloc of ‘vulnerable’ countries has emerged at the Paris climate talks - perhaps heralding the end of the old rich-poor geopolitical divide.
It’s hard not to feel for France’s climate activists on the eve of the Paris climate talks. The Government’s decision to prevent large-scale climate marches and protests planned for the weekend preceding…
More than 60% of Australians support strong action on climate change, according to a survey by the Lowy Institute ahead of the Paris climate summit. With opposition leader Bill Shorten having added his…
The pressure the Abbott government faced over the Syrian refugee crisis hints at a broader trend. Global political dynamics are now exposing a credibility deficit in Australian foreign policy.
International and domestic forces appear to be conspiring to significantly ratchet up the pressure on Prime Minster Tony Abbott’s climate policy.
While Australia’s leaders express concern for the people of Vanuatu, the welfare of poor states is a commitment from which Australia is walking away.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott looks set to make a case for further sweeping national security changes in the wake of recent terrorist attacks and arrests. Speaking in advance of a statement to parliament…
Australia has announced that it will take its place among the US-led coalition of states in military operations against Islamic State in Iraq. Responding to a request from the US President, Australia has…
While the Abbott government’s first budget has been widely criticised for its aggressive cost-cutting measures, the largest single reduction – a A$7.6 billion cut to Australia’s Official Development Assistance…
The most recent IPCC report included a chapter on security – the first time this has happened. The report pointed to a range of security threats associated with climate change, including ill-health, food…
This week, the Australian Government announced that it would not send a minister to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations in Poland for the first time since 1997. This announcement…
Kevin Rudd once called climate change “the greatest moral, economic and social challenge of our time”. Despite the fiery rhetoric, support for climate change action declined during his tenure. So, how…
If climate change features prominently in the federal election campaign, it will almost certainly be driven by the Coalition. Under Tony Abbott, the Coalition has long smelled blood in the water on climate…
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