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We hear a lot about the Morrison government ‘kicking the can down the road’ on emissions reduction. New research reveals the precise burden that forces onto young Australians.
Tackling climate change involves changes in behaviour that would significantly improve people’s general health — and save money.
New Zealand’s anti-smoking campaign used all levers, from taxation to advertising bans and smoke-free environments, to change behaviour. We need a similar approach to decarbonise transport.
As recent political history shows, emissions reduction targets must be legally binding if we’re to have any hope of reaching them.
A net-zero goal will provide clarity, ambition and focus. But Morrison must back the rhetoric with investment and policy commensurate with the task.
Machines using giant fans and filters can literally suck carbon dioxide out of the air. Sounds great – but the technology faces many challenges.
Of the five cuisines examined, packaging from burger meals was responsible for the most emissions.
Zero emission? Carbon neutral? Carbon negative? What does it mean to achieve ‘net-zero’ emissions?
Our new study shows that cutting emissions now will bring benefits sooner than expected.
It reveals in alarming detail how gas emissions are cancelling out the gains won by Australia’s renewables boom, and uncovers misleading claims underpinning our gas-led economic recovery.
The trial represents the chance to demonstrate an internationally proven technology on Australian soil - turning human waste into a carbon neutral energy source.
Victoria’s $800 million energy efficiency plan promises to lower power bills, make homes more comfortable and help meet our climate goals. It’s high time other states picked this low-hanging fruit.
It’s high time the international shipping industry radically curbed its emissions. The industry must set a net-zero target and adopt a realistic plan to meet it.
A precedent set at the industry’s outset has dominated efforts to reform aviation.
It remains to be seen whether China’s climate promise is genuine. But it puts pressure on many other nations – not least Australia – to follow.
Canada isn’t on track to meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target. We need a clear plan — and soon.
A federal government plan to increase soil carbon stores is a folly that misunderstands the technology.
This idea environmental regulation hurts the economy is deeply entrenched in pro-business discourse. Our analysis of 22 nations suggest, in the long term, the opposite is true.
Renewables technology already exists, it’s getting cheaper and we will never go to war over sunshine. If you need to be convinced of the potential of wind and solar, read this.
Top contributors
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University
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climate campaigner
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Fellow - Melbourne Law School; Senior Researcher - Climate Council; Associate - Australian-German Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Chief Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division and Professor of Climate Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Lecturer in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne