Australia and Pacific nations won’t know until June next year if they’re hosting the COP31 climate talks. But with tens of thousands of people potentially coming, they need to start planning now.
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Expectations were low for the latest UN climate summit. But climate law expert Jacqueline Peel – who was at the talks – explains what progress was made.
Getting carbon credit regulations right has the potential to protect the climate, and the rights of the people whose livelihoods and lands are often directly affected by carbon offsets.
I’ve measured out my life in Cops – the old strategies of cultural engagement with the climate emergency peaked some time ago.
The real beneficiaries of climate finance for small island nations are private contractors brought in to build resilient infrastructure. There are now calls for a fairer money dispersal system.
Nature-based solutions are a cost-effective means of addressing climate instability, and governments already have all the tools they need to help get these projects off the ground.
The US and UK want to triple nuclear power capacity worldwide by 2050. But that leaves renewable rich ally Australia in a tricky situation
Good: the growth in fossil fuel emissions is slowing. Bad: almost everything else.
The answer will determine how hot the planet gets this century.
Loss and damage funding could preserve cultural heritage or soothe mental anguish post-disasters.
ExxonMobil’s CEO has warned Trump not to walk away from global climate treaties. But what’s his underlying aim?
Microsoft, Walmart and a few other high-profile companies made news for scaling back their public climate commitments. However, a closer look at the numbers shows commitments are still booming.
Net zero is not as simple as planting a tree. The first step is understanding that tackling climate change, and reaching true net zero, requires returning carbon to the ground.
The world’s most powerful country threatens to once again leave the Paris agreement on climate change.
COP29 shows how the climate fight depends on an interconnected ecosystem of governments and corporations.
The Albanese government has been put on the spot by a new agreement which it has declined to join – signed by the United Kingdom and the United States to speed up the deployment of nuclear technology.
The socio-political and legal push by small island developing states and youth activists at the UN climate summit reflects the motivation seen in the Moana films.
As the COP29 summit gets underway and zero-emissions goals seem further away than ever, video games could provide new pathways for people to imagine plausible low-carbon futures.
In our race to cool the planet, we must not compromise the ecosystems on which we depend.
So many complicated climate acronyms render meaningless to the general public – here’s a guide to some of the jargon.
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy, Political Studies, and Sociology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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