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US companies tout climate policies but fund sceptics

8 Sep 2016

US companies that have expressed the most fervent public support for President Barack Obama’s environmental agenda are also funding its biggest enemies.

We're on the wrong tack in Pacific, says report

7 Sep 2016

New Zealand’s policy of helping Pacific nations to prepare for the impacts of climate change by financing renewable energy projects is under fire.

Sydney to dump $500m in fossil fuels investment

7 Sep 2016

The City of Sydney council has unanimously passed a motion calling for a policy that would remove more than $500m from banks that invest in fossil fuels.

Dissenting academics write own climate report

7 Sep 2016

The Climate Change Authority’s latest report on Australia’s climate goals has divided its membership – so much so that two authority members have divorce themselves from the report and written their own version.

Paris pact signing could be only weeks away

6 Sep 2016

New Zealand is likely to ratify the Paris Agreement in the next couple of months, the Government says.

Leaders stand firm, but dodge climate deadlines

6 Sep 2016

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies reaffirmed their commitment to tackling climate change as the G20 summit came to a close in Hangzhou yesterday.

G20 mocks urgency of fossil fuel subsidy cuts

6 Sep 2016

Hopes that this would be the year the G20 finally got serious on climate change were well and truly dashed yesterday, as the world’s most powerful countries failed to set an end date for fossil fuel subsidies.

Oceans pose 'greatest hidden challenge of our generation'

6 Sep 2016

The soaring temperature of the oceans is the “greatest hidden challenge of our generation” that is altering the make-up of marine species, shrinking fishing areas and starting to spread disease to humans, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet of ocean warming.

Hurricanes cut swathe through US politics

6 Sep 2016

Whether US citizens believe that hurricanes are getting more violent and more destructive depends on whether they have been in one lately – and also whether they are female, and vote Democrat.

Power prices need to rise to tackle climate change

6 Sep 2016

It's time for the Australian government to acknowledge the obvious: electricity prices will have to rise if the counry is to meaningfully reduce carbon emissions.

Cook Islands quietly does the climate business

5 Sep 2016

Three countries have just ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change – China, the United States and the Cook Islands.

It's a deal ... Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping

China, US show the way but others must follow

5 Sep 2016

The decision by China and the US, the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, to ratify the landmark Paris accord on climate change heralds a new era of global cooperation on limiting emissions.

Ratification good news for carbon markets

5 Sep 2016

Ratification of the Paris Agreement by China and the United States is good news for the development of carbon markets, says the International Emissions Trading Association.

UN chief tolls bell for climate change sceptics

5 Sep 2016

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that climate change scepticism is over, the day after the United States joined China to ratify the Paris agreement to curb climate-warming emissions.

Islands fail to agree on plan to protect tuna

5 Sep 2016

Pacific island states have failed to strike a deal to protect shrinking supplies of tuna and adopt cutbacks following a regional conference, officials said, sparking condemnation from conservationists.

Why Direct Action didn't work for big emitters

2 Sep 2016

Australia’s largest carbon intensive companies say management lost focus on carbon matters, abandoned energy projects and didn’t have the commercial imperative to produce long-term strategic action on reducing emissions after the carbon tax was repealed, new research finds.

G20 talks climate while Australia cuts energy funding

2 Sep 2016

Australia’s climate bona fides will be exposed again as the prime minister sits with G20 leaders to discuss green investment while stripping more than $1bn from renewable funding at home.

Climate Change Authority gambles on political pragmatism

2 Sep 2016

The Climate Change Authority¡¯s latest report outlining a recommended climate policy ¡°toolkit¡± is a reflection of what is seen by many as politically feasible in Australia now.

Pope urges Christians to save the planet from greed

2 Sep 2016

Pope Francis has called for concerted action against environmental degradation and climate change, renewing a fierce attack on consumerism and financial greed which, he said, were threatening the planet.

Mexico does carbon deal with Canadians

2 Sep 2016

Mexico and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec have agreed to work together on developing carbon markets to curb greenhouse gases.

CAPITAL CASE: Strong policies will attract investment

1 Sep 2016

Capital will flow to clean investments when strong policies tell them to, says a group representing more than $1 trillion worth of investment in Australia and New Zealand.

Bennett all ears as Canberra talks about Paris

1 Sep 2016

New Zealand climate change minister Paula Bennett was in Australia’s Parliament yesterday when the Paris Agreement on climate change was tabled.

Minister plays down climate watchdog calls

1 Sep 2016

Australia's energy and environment minister, Josh Frydenberg, has hit back at a report from the Climate Change Authority calling for the country to toughen its climate policies.

Tiny maps tell a graphic story of the changing climate

1 Sep 2016

Climate change just got another telling visual courtesy of the famed temperature spiral creator. But rather than a graph, it’s a series of 167 maps.

Africa builds ‘Great Green Wall’ against misery

1 Sep 2016

With food insecurity, terrorism and migration to Europe reaching unprecedented levels, Africa is hoping that a “wall of trees” can help to protect its people.

How NZ could plug loophole in climate refugee law

31 Aug 2016

New Zealand is being urged to form bilateral arrangements with its Pacific neighbours to take climate refugees until a hole in international law is plugged.

Earth warming at unprecedented pace, says Nasa

31 Aug 2016

The planet is warming at a pace not experienced within the past 1000 years, at least, making it “very unlikely” that the world will stay within a crucial temperature limit agreed by nations just last year, according to Nasa’s top climate scientist.

Victoria first state to ban fracking

31 Aug 2016

The state of Victoria has become the first Australian state to ban fracking and coal seam gas exploration.

COFFEE CRUNCH: There goes the morning latte

31 Aug 2016

Coffee production worldwide could decline by as much as 50 per cent in the next three decades thanks to climate change, according to a new report.

China's trans-Amazon railway stokes forest fears

31 Aug 2016

China's fast-rising population and its burgeoning economy make steep demands on natural resources, so steep that Beijing is searching constantly for supplies from overseas. And it wants to obtain them as cheaply as it can.

Obama creates largest marine protected area

31 Aug 2016

President Barack Obama hasexpanded the Papahânaumokuâkea Marine National Monument surrounding the north-west Hawaiian Islands, creating the world’s largest marine protected area.

Major nations not far off ratifying Paris pact

30 Aug 2016

The Bahamas is the latest country to ratify the Paris Agreement – and the United States, China and Brazil might not be far behind.

Spain's Gemasolar power plant spied from the historic Solar Impulse round-the-world flight in July

WHAT'S COOKING: Paris isn't the only game in town

30 Aug 2016

Luckily for the chances of avoiding global warming, the Paris climate deal isn’t the only game in town. Here’s a rundown of what else is cooking.

Climate sceptic to chair environment body

30 Aug 2016

Australian climate sceptic Liberal MP Craig Kelly has been appointed chairman of the backbench environment and energy committee.

So the Paris deal enters into force, then what?

29 Aug 2016

Excitement is building over the likely entry into force of the UN’s climate deal – but that will only be the start of a new set of tricky negotiations.

Paris check: Australia’s climate plans in focus

29 Aug 2016

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said tackling climate change “inspires and energises” him, but has he delivered?

Japan to make Olympic medals from electronic waste

29 Aug 2016

Japan is planning to make medals for the 2020 Olympic Games out of electronic waste and junked home appliances.

KILL KRILL: Climate could put tiny fish at risk

29 Aug 2016

As climate change warms the Southern Ocean and alters sea ice patterns, the area of Antarctic water suitable for krill to hatch and grow could drop sharply.

Experts demand Turnbull take climate action

26 Aug 2016

More than 150 Australian experts have signed on open letter to the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, demanding urgent action on climate change that matches the dire warnings coming from climate scientists.

CLIMATE CLUES: It all began a long, long time ago

26 Aug 2016

Continents and oceans in the northern hemisphere began to warm with industrial-era fossil fuel emissions nearly 200 years ago, pushing back the origins of human-induced climate change to the mid-19th century.

Let's give ecosystems a helping hand

26 Aug 2016

Australia’s ecosystems are already showing the signs of climate change, from the recent death of mangrove forests in northern Australia, to the decline in birds in eastern Australia, to the inability of mountain ash forests to recover from frequent fires.