New research finds about 20 groups dominate climate policy in Australia, from firms to industry advocates and NGOs to thinktanks.
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Getting to net zero relies on the bush. Rapid change can create tensions – but media framing and vested interests have inflamed the situation.
In a big-target strategy, characterised by a truck load of negativity, as well as laced with a dash of policy adventurism, Peter Dutton is taking the Liberals right back to Tony Abbott’s days.
Dutton on Tuesday reaffirmed the opposition was committed to the net zero by 2050 target but said they would only announce its medium term emission reduction targets after the next election.
In the absence of peace, efforts to address climate risks will be restrained, ineffective and counterproductive.
Words matter. It’s vital terms like ‘crisis’ and ‘calamity’ don’t become rhetorical devices devoid of real content as we argue about what climate action to take.
Renewed interest in nuclear energy will go nowhere unless we talk about carbon pricing. As energy minister Chris Bowen points out, nuclear is extremely expensive.
Who started the culture war on climate change? And are we nearing its demise? Our new research provides some clues.
Decades of research shows disasters are caused human vulnerabilities rather than the climate itself.
If the pandemic is a sort of climate ‘stress-test’, the world is failing it.
Climate change, pollution and illegal fishing by foreign boats is threatening the livelihoods of millions of people.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has abandoned the emissions-reduction component of his signature energy policy, in the latest chapter of a brutal decade-long saga for Australian climate policy.
The latest annual survey from the Lowy Institute shows that 59% of Australians support strong climate action, and 84% want the government to embrace renewable energy even if it’s more expensive.
Just as the government hopes it is making progress on the energy conundrum, it finds itself struggling on another front of deep public disgruntlement – the NBN. The rollout of what’s generally considered…
What future the Great Barrier Reef? What future energy policy? Two new publications on the ongoing battles of climate politics deserve close attention.
Politics podcast: Anna Krien on the climate wars
Anna Krien's latest Quarterly Essay explores the debates on climate change policy in Australia and the ecological effects of not acting.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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PhD Candidate and Lecturer in International Relations, University of Oxford
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The University of Queensland
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Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Sustainable Futures, University of St Andrews
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Professor, University of Queensland Business School, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor of Society & Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Energy Transitions, Deakin University
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Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland