Fossil fuel companies are winning the battle on how we talk about natural gas expansion by referring to it as a “bridge fuel” or an essential bridge to the net-zero energy system of the future.
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Liz Truss has appointed a loyal cabinet with varied environmental credentials. What will this mean for UK climate action?
Force oil and gas companies to dispose of a tonne of CO₂ for every one they emit.
More than 400 proposed fossil fuel extraction projects threaten to blow the world’s 1.5°C target.
Coal plants are exiting the grid faster than expected. We’ll need to redouble efforts to add flexibility into our energy systems and build renewables and storage.
As the climate crisis intensifies, New Zealand businesses of all kinds must face tougher scrutiny over their commitment to reducing carbon emissions.
Efforts to control the fossil fuel industry lobbying of the federal government must step up or we could face greater inequality and lessened democracy.
Scott Morrison secretly assumed control of the resources portfolio, among others. Now a gas company wants one of his captain’s calls to be scrapped.
Most claiming to be compatible with the climate agreement show a strong continuing reliance on natural gas and coal.
Almost 35 years after the US Senate was first warned about climate change, it has passed a bill. Here’s what it means for Australia.
While Congress considers new renewable energy incentives, Texas’ sprawling wind farms tell a story about renewable energy ownership in the US – and who benefits from subsidies.
The plastic industry uses powerful tactics to convince us it’s not that bad, but in reality many of their green solutions aren’t working.
Refinery closures in South Africa are shots fired in the long running contestation between the oil refiners and the government, which has been trying to introduce cleaner fuels.
An economist explains coal power’s rise and fall in charts.
A climate scientist looks at what works and some popular ideas that aren’t as cheap or effective as people hope.
Five essential reads on why South Africa is failing to keep the lights on.
Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.
A case brought to the European Court of Human Rights could pressure countries to leave.
Our research shows the best changes individuals can make to cut carbon emissions and reduce the effects of climate change.
Four months since the start of invasion, the European Union has already adopted six sanction packages. Room for manoeuvre is shrinking.
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Professor of Political Science, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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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 in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Chair, Mathematical Modelling of Climate, University of Exeter
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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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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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University