Could future presidents unravel the commitments to cut emissions the US has made at the Paris climate summit?
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The Paris climate summit was historic as a political achievement but it’s not clear how and when the hard problems of emission cuts and climate finance get tackled.
Despite there being no reference to the words “market mechanism” or “carbon market” in the agreement, the agreement clearly establishes a new international carbon market mechanism.
The Paris Agreement is an extraordinary achievement. But there is much work to be done to ensure global warming does not exceed dangerous levels.
The Paris Agreement will leave activists demanding direct action on fossil fuels and energy market reform.
COP21 ended with an agreement that is at once both historic, important – and inadequate
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change finally came to an agreement. Here are the key points.
At the Paris climate talks, the world has signed up to the first truly global treaty to tackle global warming. Our experts react.
The Paris climate agreement doesn’t specifically address cutting down on coal, but the tide is turning against coal mining anyway.
Countries have signed up to the Paris climate deal, but they have not yet promised the necessary cuts to emissions.
How should we react to the likely outcome of the Paris climate conference? Unless something dramatic happens overnight it is very likely that the news media on Sunday morning will hail the Paris agreement…
Think Arctic, think stranded polar bears? There’s more to it than that.
The climate will change, no matter what’s agreed in Paris.
Exhausted negotiators are still working hard to land the Paris climate. They haven’t saved the climate yet, but a Copenhagen-style diplomatic disaster has been avoided.
Even oil companies have started asking for a price on carbon, not least because it could help them avoid other, stricter forms of regulation.
The country must protect its huge forests from fires and logging.
Developing countries need technical and financial aid to begin the transition to low-carbon energy now, not just pledges to invest in energy R&D with payoffs decades from now.
The business presence at COP21 may be on the sidelines but support for climate change is strong.
The US-China relationship is crucial to any global deal on climate change. How strong is their common commitment to working on climate change, and can it last?
The most surprising revelation here at the Paris climate conference has been the astonishing shift in the world of investors over the past 12 months. There is now unprecedented momentum towards participating…
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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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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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, Adelaide Law School, Adelaide University
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A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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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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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia