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Australia’s Chris Bowen was among a select group of ministers meeting in Wuhan, China this week to progress global climate negotiations. Here’s why China is taking climate so seriously.
The two superpowers – and super-emitters – recently put out a joint statement on climate change.
An analysis of past UN conference presidencies suggests the 2023 summit’s agenda would do more to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
Domestic political tensions is undermining the country’s ambitions to act as a global role model.
An author of the report explains the damaging effects climate change is already having and why adaptation is essential.
Plus how to interpret the outcome of the pre-COP26 summit.
Hamstrung by a Republican Senate, President-elect Biden will need to look abroad for collaborators on climate action.
The Trump presidency has been a godsend for an Australian government apparently uninterested in significant climate action. But with Trump well behind in the polls, that’s set to change.
Guterres wanted world leaders to tackle subsidies for fossil fuels, implement taxes on carbon, and end new coal power beyond 2020. None of this happened.
Nations are signed up to limit global heating to well below 2°C, and to aim for 1.5°C. Limiting warming to the latter matters - the future of humanity and the living world is at stake.
From eating less meat to foregoing flying, individual obligations make up our understanding of how to fight climate change, letting polluters off the hook and stifling real change.
New energy to advocate for planetary health could be unleashed through career guidance that prepares future generations for climate change while inspiring them to envision a meaningful future.
As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
Just like with Cold War-era red-baiting, there’s an apparent effort to discredit and undermine critics of the US government.
Its plan to stop lending money for oil and gas projects embraces the spirit of the Paris agreement at a time when the U.S. is going in a different direction.
The Montreal Protocol is finally closing the hole in the ozone layer.
As the US leaves the Paris accord, how much faith should we put in international treaties? States, cities and local movements are increasingly important players in the fight against climate change.
The US has made its formal submission of climate targets beyond 2020. But Australia continues to twiddle its thumbs.
The G20 summit in Brisbane has put the pressure on Australia to boost its action on climate change not just at home but also internationally through a new UN-backed fund. The summit yielded major pledges…
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Professor of International Politics, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor in International Development, University of Bath
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Public Policy Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Academic position - Research Associate at the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne
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Climateworks Centre CEO, Monash University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, 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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Formerly Lecturer in Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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Director, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer, Tilburg University
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies, Elon University