Bob Carr pens global letter that highlights government’s resistance to climate change
Australian political and business figures are beginning to speak out against Mathias Cormann’s bid to lead the OECD due to his record opposing climate change action.
‘Sacrificial canary’: Fiji warns Australia not to let Pacific sink
Fiji’s prime minister says Australia and other wealthy nations must act on climate change and cannot treat the Pacific like sacrificial canaries in a coal mine.
Power plays at work as Labor split over climate action
Even some coal miners in the heart of the Hunter Valley say the transition from fossil fuels is already happening. Politicians just need to catch up.
How Joe Biden and a global pandemic might overturn climate politics
Many reforms Biden proposes are not centred on climate change but on associated jobs, infrastructure and innovation support needed to confront the crisis.
Australians massively overestimate role of oil and gas in economy
Despite the impact of COVID-19, concern about climate change remains intense among Australians, who also overestimate the economic contribution of fossil fuels.
The world’s leading energy adviser has turned a shade green
This year, for the first time, the International Energy Agency has indicated how the daily habits of the world’s population might help fight climate change.
Biden’s radical climate change plan could overturn the world’s efforts
Once viewed with mistrust by climate change activists Joe Biden’s radical plan could supercharge global efforts to embrace serious emissions reduction.
UK conservatives’ action on climate change ‘stuff of dreams’, NSW Premier tells Theresa May
The UK Conservative Party’s unified and effective climate policy is an example to all centre-right governments, Gladys Berejiklian has told Theresa May.
Nation ‘woefully unprepared’ for climate change, business groups warn
A coalition of business, union, environmental and welfare groups believes that Australia is ill-prepared for climate change and needs a systematic national response
Tony Abbott’s climate denial prompted Barack Obama’s Brisbane barbs
The former White House chief of staff recalls Tony Abbott as the “Donald Trump” of his era and describes how his climate change denial frustrated Barack Obama.
