Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.
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Australia has the technologies to meet and exceed its new emissions target. The work now is to ensure they’re deployed at scale.
Should Canada pull back on its EV ambitions, or double down to secure its position in the global market?
Research shows that climate change had a significant effect on voting choices in the 2016 and 2020 elections – and could also influence the 2024 presidential race.
Australia lags the US and Canada when it comes to involving Indigenous people in projects on their land. With the growth of renewable energy we have an opportunity to make a fresh start.
Where new early learning and child-care programs are located, how they are designed, built and resourced, and what they teach can either add to the problem of climate change or help mitigate it.
The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
A tax credit for companies that invest in carbon capture technology would divert financing away from cheaper and safer climate solutions.
Economic recovery and carbon neutrality are linked. Both depend on the ocean’s ability to continue to regulate climate.
Changing climatic conditions and ecological hazards are an important migration driver in sub-Saharan Africa.
The climate policy has become an article of faith within Labor, and among many supporters. It’s also a policy that in the election split voters Labor needed, attracting some but driving away others.
Opposition resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon has had his proposal to bring Labor’s climate change target into line with the government’s immediately torpedoed by the party’s climate spokesman Mark Butler.
Sometimes birthdays are best let pass quietly. The Liberals are finding the 75th anniversary of their founding another unfortunate occasion for the blood sport they thought they’d put behind them.
New Zealand is introducing new procurement rules to better link government spending with climate change policy. The first target is to reduce emissions profile of the government’s vehicle fleet.
In the end, climate policy didn’t swing the federal election, and for those on the losing side it can be tempting to play the blame game. But listening and respect are much better ways to move forward.
The G20’s power comes from its members, but also vital is its informal structure and close working relationship with other international organisations.
In order to address a warming planet over the medium and long-term, climate policy must be designed to be adaptable and indeed attractive to those across the political spectrum.
As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
The risk of urban flooding is rising. Overall, residents and municipalities are ill prepared, but there are steps homeowners can take to protect themselves.
Canada has made strides, but we’re still far from being a climate leader. Budgeting our emissions would help bring us to the front of the pack.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
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Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Management, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor emeritus, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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Adjunct Lecturer, PANGEA Research Centre, BEES, UNSW, UNSW
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School