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Voting rights in Canada have changed over time to become more inclusive. Challenging age discrimination in Canada’s election system could be the next step in expanding and strengthening our democracy.
Electricity, not what the EU calls ‘renewable gases’, offer the fastest route to decarbonising heating.
Behaviour change would also help tackle the climate, nature, food and fuel emergencies.
How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences.
An author of the report explains the damaging effects climate change is already having and why adaptation is essential.
Behind the government’s net zero bluster there has been little progress in decarbonising the UK.
Regulators, banks and policy-makers use stress tests to uncover weak points in how financial institutions operate and identify changes that will help buffer them from harm.
Addressing urgent and complex problems such as climate change involves research across the full spectrum of society – and that includes Australia’s young people.
Faith leaders hold significant financial and political power - it’s their duty to use it to shape the future of our planet.
The goal of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, or GFANZ, is to bring together the financial sector to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. Here’s why it might actually work.
As well as helping to save the planet, climate action provides huge opportunities to enhance people’s health, security and economic prospects.
From weak 2030 targets to controversial rules around carbon trading, let’s take a look at the summit’s defining issues.
Some promising proposals have been put forward, but most suffer either from a lack of ambition or a lack of participation from key countries.
A new climate projection found Glasgow pledges leave the world off-track for limiting warming to 1.5°C. What needs to happen in the final days of frantic COP26 negotiations to close the ambition gap?
On climate change, and other sustainable development goals, there’s still a big gap between corporate talk and action.
The UN’s new Emissions Gap Report shows we’re on track to overshoot the Paris target of 1.5°C. If we don’t close this emissions gap, what will Australia, and the rest of world, be forced to endure?
What research shows is important to win support for bold decarbonisation measures.
University experts are well placed to equip students with holistic climate knowledge and help teachers cover a subject that’s neglected by the Australian Curriculum.
Canadians are faced with an unwanted election that’s placed climate progress at unnecessary risk.
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