Integrating policy and climate action

State and Federal legislative obligations to integrate climate change into consideration of government decision-making could play an important role to help Australia achieve its international emission obligations.

The long road to net-zero

Australia will need to speed up and broaden its decarbonisation efforts to achieve net zero by 2050, according to the final report of the Net Zero Australia project.

Public fears grow over climate change

Two in three Australians are concerned about climate change’s long-term impact, significantly higher than two years ago according to a new Ipsos Climate Change Report. The Australians polled want action on renewable energy; and believe climate change is already causing more bushfires, storms and floods.

The Defence Strategic Review – A “Labor review” or just “Liberal light”?

Climate change is the far greater, existential, threat we all face, requiring unprecedented global co-operation, not conflict. Instead of focusing purely on the risk of military conflict, major diplomatic efforts must be initiated to restore some level of trust between the West, China and other nations to achieve rapid emission reduction.

Climate change and the precautionary principle

Why does the world continue to dither and debate rather than react and respond to the existential threat of climate change?

The carbon capture conundrum

Adding carbon capture and storage (CCS) to fossil-fired power plants may have unsustainable implications on electricity prices, with the public, businesses and governments likely to suffer the immense cost, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

The burning horizon

The challenges posed by climate change are significant, but we have the technology, knowledge and resources to address them. Governments, businesses and individuals can still work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to the changing climate and build more resilient communities.

Climate change is a security problem

While a feral Russia menaces Europe and China’s shadow falls over Asia, the looming threat of climate change imperils the whole world, and Australia must start viewing it as a national security issue.

The satellite data mapping Australia’s new climate extremes

New research is combining data from satellites to help us anticipate and adapt to climate change and extreme weather in Australia.

CSIRO assesses Australia’s carbon sequestration potential

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has published an assessment of twelve carbon sequestration technologies and the role they could play in helping Australia reach net zero emissions.

We can’t say we weren’t warned

Forty years ago, Australia’s national intelligence agency warned that carbon emissions would change the climate, and warned that Australia’s dependence on coal would be threatened. It’s a tragedy the politicians didn’t listen.

It’s not a fair COP

The climate negotiations at COP27 failed to produce the breakthroughs required to limit greenhouse emissions and climate change, with nations more interested in protecting their own interests than pursuing the global good.