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Vanuatu’s climate case at the International Court of Justice poses a real challenge to Australia’s standing in the region.
The South African Reserve Bank’s mandate is price and financial stability. It has the tools to identify, analyse and manage these risks, including those linked to climate change.
Climate agreements are only looking at half of the problem – we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground.
The annual COP talks on climate are flawed, without a doubt. But they are also necessary. Here’s what changes a veteran of 25 COP talks wants to see
Expectations were low for the latest UN climate summit. But climate law expert Jacqueline Peel – who was at the talks – explains what progress was made.
The Hague Court of Appeal overturned a verdict ruled in 2021 which stated that Shell must reduce its CO₂ emissions by 45% by 2030.
As world leaders gather at COP29 to consider reducing emissions, the latest global carbon budget shows CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are still going up, not down, despite some promising signs.
Countries have promised to reduce their fossil fuel subsidies to fight climate change, but that’s harder to do than it sounds, as an energy law expert explains.
Fossil fuel exports are important to Australia. Now its neighbours are asking it to stop.
A cold winter in Europe and war in the Persian Gulf could send prices soaring.
As Australia’s domestic reliance on coal falls, our exports are bigger than ever – and new coal approvals suggest this won’t change soon.
Surpassing 1.5°C of warming can be undone at a later date – using tech, land and resources that don’t exist.
By reducing Russia’s revenues from the sale of fossil fuels, could the implementation of the EU’s Green Deal promoted contribute to the stabilisation of Europe? Game theory provides insight.
All of human civilisation emerged during unusually benign climate conditions. As temperature records fall and climate damage intensifies, we are beginning to see what happens when we leave it behind.
The UK has banned tobacco adverts at sports games since 2002. There is no equivalent for climate-wreckers.
China has spent ten times more on clean energy than either the US or Europe over the past five years.
Creating sustainable jobs that are regionally accessible, locally meaningful and economically desirable is the next big hurdle for Canadian policymakers aiming for a net-zero energy economy.
Pollution solutions start with public pressure, often in the face of industry pushback and slow-moving political responses.
The green jobs promised by government won’t come quickly enough for the workers at the Grangemouth refinery.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Chair, Mathematical Modelling of Climate, University of Exeter
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
