- Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
For decades, we couldn’t trace the link between new fossil fuel projects and their damage to people and planet. But now we can.
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.
Pacific nations will want Albanese to address the world’s key security threat – climate change.
Pertemuan iklim di Santa Marta menunjukkan bahwa banyak negara ingin melanjutkan rencana untuk menghentikan penggunaan bahan bakar fosil, sekali dan untuk selamanya.
The Santa Marta climate talks showed many countries want to move ahead with plans to end the use of fossil fuels, once and for all.
Frustrations at slow global climate talks has led more than 50 nations to begin plans to phase out fossil fuels – even as oil shocks raise the stakes.
Yes, climate change is worsening and action is uneven. But the shift away from fossil fuels is beginning.
After a three-year push to host the 2026 climate talks with the Pacific, Australia has backed down. The news is disappointing – but there’s a small silver lining.
Pacific nations spend billions each year importing fossil fuels for electricity. Now the region’s leaders are aiming for energy independence.
Australia will go to the COP30 climate talks with better emissions targets and a desire to boost flagging action.
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
Australia and Turkey are locked in a contest to host the global COP31 climate summit. What could Albanese offer Australia’s rival to retire?
If Australia’s geo-strategic jostling in the Pacific is to work, we must show serious commitment to curbing global warming.
The landmark ruling means Australia must reduce emissions in line with the best science, and regulate the fossil fuel industry to prevent further harm.
The judge found Australia had not used the best available science to set emissions targets. The finding tightens the screws on Labor as it weighs our 2035 targets.
As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen tours the Pacific this week, nations’ legal obligations to phase out fossil fuels are becoming undeniable.
Under a Labor government, coal and gas have a fast-declining role to play in Australia’s energy mix – and nuclear has none at all.
As China seeks to expand its influence in our region, Pacific leaders have questioned Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s climate action stance.
Peter Dutton says co-hosting the 2026 UN climate summit is ‘madness’. But Australia would be mad to miss out on the benefits, including investment in renewables.
A gas reservation scheme could help to ease supply concerns in Australia, but expanding gas production is a folly.
Vanuatu’s climate case at the International Court of Justice poses a real challenge to Australia’s standing in the region.
Australia and Pacific nations won’t know until June next year if they’re hosting the COP31 climate talks. But with tens of thousands of people potentially coming, they need to start planning now.
Upaya untuk mengatasi krisis iklim secara global jauh lebih besar dari satu orang. Berikut sepuluh alasan agar kita tetap berharap.
Efforts to tackle the climate crisis – both in Australia and globally – are much bigger than one man. Here are ten reasons to remain hopeful.
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