Australia’s environmental movement is not united. The reasons for that go deep.
- Senior lecturer, Australian National University
Labor has ruled out banning new fossil fuel developments. Even so, there are many climate deals the government and the Greens could strike
For years, the ‘safeguard mechanism’ has been widely criticised for lacking teeth. Labor’s new reform doesn’t change that much.
The safeguard mechanism is supposed to stop Australia’s largest polluters from emitting over a certain threshold. It’s been widely criticised for lacking teeth, and is finally under review.
Environment groups are pushing the Greens to accept Labor’s emissions target. What do these tensions mean for climate action?
In the first major study of its kind, the authors travelled to where renewable energy is expanding in NSW to ask communities how they feel about the changes.
Labor is not due to announce its full climate plan until after international climate talks in Glasgow.
Labor continues to be hung up on a decade-old Greens’ decision to oppose an emissions trading scheme in 2009. But responsibility for Australia’s climate policy void lies elsewhere.
The federal government’s keenly awaited review of Australia’s climate policies continues a longstanding bipartisan traditional of weak policy development in this area.
The Paris Agreement will leave activists demanding direct action on fossil fuels and energy market reform.
The unambitious Clean Power Plan is too little, very late.
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