The federal government this week heralded Australia’s renewable energy performance. But the outlook leaves little cause for celebration.
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The use of fossil fuels has to end and be replaced by sustainable energy as quickly as possible. The Paris Agreement was a good start but states continuing to work together is key.
As a wealthy nation with global diplomatic and multilateral influence, Canada is among a small subset of nations uniquely positioned to act individually and collaboratively on climate change.
New Zealand is small and generates a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, but investment in cutting emissions is important and could influence other, larger countries.
A warming climate will affect the way waves hit over 50% of the world’s coastlines, increasing erosion and the risk of flooding.
We don’t know enough about the carbon footprint of vegan foods, and that needs to change.
The world has no hope of reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement without seriously reducing emissions from agriculture, forestry and land clearing.
Sydney has joined more than 600 local governments around the world – as well as the national governments of the UK and Canada – in putting the climate crisis at the heart of all policy decisions.
If the US military were a country, its carbon emissions would rank between that of Peru and Portugal.
The global focus on plastic pollution isn’t a distraction from other planetary issues.
Though they were against climate action, the neocons showed that diplomacy can successfully be ignored when facing a huge threat.
Mexico is a leader in climate change action in the developing world. But renewing its commitment to oil may stymie further progress.
Nation-wide climate legislation would not only help reduce our carbon emissions, but also boost economic growth.
Labor’s policies have to get a lot more ambitious if they want to see real reductions in emissions.
We’ve been here before. In fact we’ve been going round in circles on climate policy for decades, while the temperature (of the debate, as well as the planet) climbs ever higher.
The former prime minister has changed his mind yet again on the Paris targets, this time because he is under pressure in his seat of Warringah.
The original New Deal caused a “great acceleration” in carbon emissions. How will a Green New Deal forge its own legacy?
In the fight against climate change, cities are now seen as having a major role to play. An ongoing study examines the effectiveness of the adaptation and mitigation plans of 126 coastal cities.
These efforts should include trying to turn around the United States’ decision to leave the Paris agreement, Sharma told the Coalition for Conservation on Tuesday night.
Business leaders are beginning to take the global climate issue seriously by setting science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, University of Staffordshire
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston 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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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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climate campaigner
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Professor of Political Science, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge