A former UN adviser explains what happens at climate summits like COP26 and why people fear this one won’t meet its goals.
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A growing number of countries and companies have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. But there’s a catch – they still plan to keep emitting greenhouse gases.
Energy and climate policies aren’t always headed in the same direction, but if they work together they can tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time.
The fact that nearly half the world’s population is still struggling to escape poverty while global temperatures hurtle upward is not a coincidence.
A report from top energy analysts warns that to meet the Paris climate agreement goals, investment in new unabated coal plant projects should stop now.
The lead author of a new UN report on methane explains the findings and how oil and gas companies could be making money and saving the climate at the same time.
Two energy and climate policy experts take a closer look at the Leaders Summit on Climate, the US pledge and today’s industrial reality.
The genius of the Paris climate agreement was getting major oil producing countries to agree to a target, but they still have widely different views of energy’s future.
By continuing to privilege economic growth over environmental and social sustainability, we are taking huge risks with our future.
The US is formally back in the Paris climate agreement as of today. As one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, it has a lot of work to do, with food security, health and safety at stake.
An appeals court described the EPA’s effort as ‘a series of tortured misreadings’ of US law.
Bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from all over the world. What’s not clear is how countries will meet them.
Over US$12 trillion of COVID-19 relief has been promised. If a small portion was put toward economy-boosting green investments, the world could get on track to avoid the worst of climate change.
A precedent set at the industry’s outset has dominated efforts to reform aviation.
From healthcare, to the environment, immigration and racial justice, which areas of Barack Obama’s legacy were the most vulnerable – and most resilient – during Donald Trump’s first term?
Social tipping interventions have the potential to pave the way for rapid change and avert climate change.
Blue carbon stored in coastal ecosystems is important, but it’s a poor fig leaf for Australia’s abysmal record on emissions.
How are oil companies positioning themselves for a post-carbon world? So far, cautiously.
Shipping companies are expected to halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Here’s how the coalition, Labor and the Greens stack up against the Paris targets.
Top contributors
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
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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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Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, University of Oxford
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, University of Staffordshire
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Director for Technology and Innovation at the International Renewable Energy Agency and Payne Institute Fellow, Colorado School of Mines
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Political Science, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sustainability, University of Dayton
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Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences