Over the past 12 months, the federal government has approved multiple fossil fuel projects and cut climate science funding.
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One way to guard against misinformation is to empower people to identify climate doom in the first place.
A hosepipe ban succeeds where abstract messaging often fails, because it turns a distant risk into a visible, felt experience.
Wildfire, drought and heat have made climate change impossible to avoid this northern summer. But will authorities tackle the cause – or the symptoms?
Taking small, personal actions doesn’t seem to stop people from seeing the big picture on climate change.
A new film about the climate emergency is designed to change behaviour. But there’s a risk that in-depth discussions replace action.
Climate action goes way beyond consumption. Find the most effective actions within your current roles, and overcome barriers for you and others to take them.
Removing the worst-case climate future for Earth isn’t failed science, as climate sceptic Donald Trump claims. It’s a sign climate action has made a difference.
Councils have no formal duties to reduce emissions, and there is a huge temptation for local politicians to look the other way.
Recognising the power and subjectivity of the lenses through which we observe and narrate the climate reveals new ways to make positive change.
Building broader support for climate action will require engaging people across political lines in ways that reduce, rather than heighten, partisan divisions.
If all glaciers melt, sea level will rise by about 24cm. If the polar ice sheets melt, sea level will rise by more than 65m; almost 300 times more.
Driven by state governments, Australia’s emissions fell even during the “lost decade” of climate wars at a federal level.
Carbon removal strategies may conflict with biodiversity conservation, but careful choices could bring benefits.
Many philosophers have noticed the similarities between environmental damage and the puzzle of the self-torturer.
Health and climate action can be designed together, supporting and reinforcing each other, instead of being treated as separate priorities.
Despite large pledges, Indonesia’s US$20 billion JETP has delivered little. Research shows funds are diverted to feasibility studies and donor interests rather than local green energy projects.
Researchers said they tried to manage how their activism was perceived by clarifying their expertise and acting alongside other scientists.
Australia cannot meet its 2035 climate target with existing policy settings: Stronger incentives are urgently needed.
In one of England’s most deprived cities with one of the most ambitious climate targets, research shows the huge influence that emotion has on sustainability goals.
Top contributors
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression, Toronto Metropolitan University; York University, Canada
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Senior Research Fellow in Climate Science Communication, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Chair of Energy and Climate Governance, University of Manchester
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Lecturer, Environmental Psychology, University of Bath
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Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology, UTAS, University of Tasmania
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Climateworks Centre CEO, Monash University
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Professor, Département de droit, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Marine Social Scientist, The University of Queensland