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How governments can ensure phasing out oil and gas won’t do more damage.
Listen to the third episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
As climate change amplifies the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, evacuations are likely to become increasingly common and costly – in human and economic terms.
An engineered climate recovery needs to be taken seriously — in addition to cutting emissions.
We need to urgently address the gaps in Australia’s capacity to manage disasters that have widened since climate adaptation was relegated to the back burner.
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.
International cooperation is crucial if we are to have the best chance of limiting global warming. So who are the key players?
The Murdoch tabloids have just embarked on a bold new climate campaign, despite previously describing those who want action as ‘loons’.
African countries cannot be ignored, or just listened to. Their needs should shape the agenda.
Australia’s top economists say Australia can’t “free-ride”, allowing others to cut emissions while it gets the benefits.
Halving Australia’s 2030 target would see Australia become a valued and relevant party to negotiations at Glasgow, rather than a resented freeloader. Here’s how we could get there.
A new analysis shows almost all emissions reductions will be the result of state government policies, and will have virtually nothing to do with the federal government.
After some prevarication, the prime minister is heading for the COP 26 meeting, But first, he needs to sort out the position on climate within the coalition.
Click through a timeline to make sense of Australia’s long, tumultuous years of shifting climate policies ahead of next month’s international climate summit in Glasgow.
Major international donors, including the US and UK, are pledging to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas, but they aren’t making the equivalent cuts at home.
The United Nations climate summit in Glasgow next month is the first real test of whether the world can limit global warming below catastrophic levels.
Japan, South Korea and China are all moving away from overseas coal financing. For Australia, the writing is on the wall – the clean energy transition is inevitable.
The government is preparing to offer some kind of limited bailout to businesses that are struggling because of high electricity and gas prices.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
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Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, University of Oxford
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University