Conservatives should want to act on climate change

Conservatives shouldn’t be prepared to see the homes and businesses Australians have worked hard for being lost to more intense droughts, bushfires or floods.

Australia can prosper by fighting climate change

If Australia is to realise its immense opportunity in a zero-carbon world, it will need a different policy framework. We can make a strong start even with the incomplete and weak policies and commitments we have today.

Saving the mountain pygmy-possum from climate change

Scientists have come up with a radical plan to save the critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum: take some from their alpine habitat and introduce them to a warmer, lowland rainforest environment.

The high climate cost of virgin forest destruction

The consequences of the hastening destruction of intact tropical forests is even more devastating on the climate than previously thought, according to University of Queensland-led research.

Extinction Rebellion: how to craft a protest brand

Branding is everything these days, and the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion has succeeded in gaining attention in part because of a unified marketing effort.

Climate threatens Australia’s national security

Climate change is already posing significant challenges to governance, our institutions and the fabric of our societies. It’s time we recognise the potential threats to security in our region as well.

Coral bleaching is caused by more than just heat

Analysis of reef damage in the Indo-Pacific during the 2016 El Nino reveals that several different stressors influence bleaching rather than just additional heat.

Morrison’s New York climate no-show

Despite being in the United States, and the massive climate protests on Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison won’t be going to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York next week.

Climate change drives global political and religious strife

Based on information obtained from National Centre for Climate Restoration in Melbourne, Alan Stevenson outlines the threat which climate change poses to vulnerable nations around the world, and its role as a catalyst in terrorism and political instability.

Land clearing is a major cause of climate change

Tackling the interlinked problems of land degradation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and food security can deliver win-wins for farmers, communities, governments, and ecosystems.

Protecting forests could save the world

Natural forest systems are far better at adapting to change conditions than young, degraded or plantation forests, and protecting wild forests is the best way to combat climate change.

Protecting the future from the past, not the past from the future

Human-induced climate change poses an existential threat to civilization that will render current political priorities irrelevant but our leaders still ignore the need for urgent action.