Targets for reductions in methane and other greenhouse gases should be guided by science, and set in line with the Paris deal.
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Electric vehicle sales are booming and coal power is dwindling, but structural obstacles to net zero remain.
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison returns from the Glasgow climate summit, he must start a proper national conversation on net-zero.
Reach net zero requires policies spanning energy, industry, transport, agriculture, land use, even trade. Climate change is a whole-of-government issue. It’s every minister’s problem.
Wind turbines need building, heat pumps need installing – but Britain has a chronic skills shortage.
Restoring farmland is one of the best ways to tackle climate and environmental issues over the long-term. But this doesn’t appear to be part of the Nationals deal.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the climate plan and coal’s future
Keith Pitt is one of the governments loudest advocates for the coal industry. In the wake of the Nationals agreeing to net zero, he talks about the 2050 climate plan and the future of coal
Australia’s business sector has recognised the profits to be made in the hydrogen transition. Acting quickly, and powering the shift with renewable energy, is key.
Scott Morrison’s plan relies on many “heroic” assumptions which may or may not turn out to be reasonable.
Word from The Hill: Scott Morrison’s (thin) climate plan for Glasgow
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
Morrison has 35% emission reduction ‘projection’ in climate policy for Glasgow
Barnaby Joyce has delivered to Scott Morrison but fears the cost
Electricity should be a main focus, but big improvements are also needed in transport, industry, agriculture and buildings.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is poised to announce Australia will adopt a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But it’s too little, too late.
Nationals agree to net-zero and win extra cabinet spot in the negotiations
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bridget McKenzie on the need for the Nationals to be noisy
Michelle Grattan speaks with MP Bridget McKenzie about the Nationals, climate negotiations and her reflections on the sports rort affair
University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics
As the Liberal and National parties attempt to agree to net zero, Barnaby Joyce needs to find a way to sell a policy to his electorate that he doesn’t believe in
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending plans may thwart the government’s proposals for reach net zero.
Word from The Hill: Mustering the government’s rural rump into the 2050 tent
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
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Adjunct Professor of Transport, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Climateworks Centre Country Lead, Australia, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Property, The University of Melbourne
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James Martin Fellow, Oxford Martin School, Environmental Change Institute and Institute for Science Innovation and Society, University of Oxford
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Professor of Advanced Building Design, University of Hertfordshire
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Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
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