Exit from fossil fuels quickens after California, China signal shift
California’s plan to ban new sales of fossil-fuel cars and China’s first net-zero target show that climate action is beginning to accelerate, analysts say.
Warragamba wall-raising costs to ‘blow out’ after height level lifted
The Berejiklian government says forecast impacts of climate change have forced it to amend its plan to raise Warragamba Dam, lifting the project’s height by 17 metres rather than 14.
‘Nowhere to hide’: South Pole warms up with climate change a factor
The South Pole, the most remote part of the planet, has been warming at triple the global average, as natural variability joins with climate change to produce an abrupt shift in temperature trends.
Fire season extends by almost four months in parts of Australia
The fire season in parts of eastern Australia has lengthened almost four months since the 1950s, with climate change a prominent driver in the trend, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
