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Yes, climate change is worsening and action is uneven. But the shift away from fossil fuels is beginning.
The EPA is changing how it assesses proposed regulations by dropping the monetary value of health benefits from its cost-benefit analyses. That misses a big piece of the picture.
Mining and fossil fuel extraction both demand infrastructure that Greenland doesn’t have.
South Africa and Nigeria promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from oil and coal. But instead they’re planning to increase production of fossil fuels.
Most African climate-related financial policies remain voluntary, leaving climate risk as something to consider rather than a firm requirement.
At the same time, Americans have been facing worsening storms, wildfires and deadly heat waves.
While wind and solar energy led in investments globally, liquefied natural gas is also booming. A former climate envoy for Germany explains what’s coming and the countries to watch.
Seeing more clearly is the first step toward wiser action.
New research highlights the role of fossil-fuel industry propaganda and suggests strategies to tackle false narratives about fossil fuels.
Across the UK and Europe, campaign groups are pushing for limits on fossil-fuel ads in public spaces. But even counter-climate ads can trigger fatigue.
The warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this at their peril.
Calling Ksi Lisims a “nation-building” project masks unresolved questions about who benefits, who bears the risks and how the project fits into a rapidly changing global liquefied natural gas market.
To reduce emissions put into the atmosphere, Google is using carbon capture and sequestration. But not all CCS projects are the same.
The UN’s global climate summits have been accused of being slow, opaque and a magnet for fossil fuel lobbyists. A major overhaul is needed to make them relevant.
Decarbonisation is not just about changing fuels. It involves a change in our pace of living and adjusting expectations.
Saudi Arabia and Russia often veto COP agreements, but Colombia and The Netherlands are taking matters into their own hands.
Some African countries have consumer protection laws that they could use to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for pretending to be green.
Labor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge.
Expectations were extremely low ahead of this year’s UN climate talks. Remarkably, organisers in Brazil managed to secure real progress at COP30.
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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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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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