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Trump prioritises axing coal, oil and gas laws
23 Nov 2016
US president-elect Donald Trump says he will “cancel job-killing restrictions” on energy production, but keeps quiet on Paris Agreement.
Universities struggle to meet green goals
23 Nov 2016
UK universities are helping to lead the world on environmental research – but when it comes to their own back yard they appear to be falling behind.
NZ doctor gives Marrakech a message
22 Nov 2016
A New Zealand doctor told world leaders gathering in Marrakech that human rights must be protected as the world takes action on climate change.
Emissions to jump under NSW land-clearing laws
22 Nov 2016
Australia’s rising carbon emissions are expected to rise even further after the NSW government successfully passed controversial land-clearing legislation in state parliament.
Marrakech marks the start of a new era ... but going where?
21 Nov 2016
As dusk fell over Marrakech on Friday, a chill gripped the fast-emptying pavilions that housed the 2016 UN climate summit.
North Pole an insane 2.2deg warmer than normal
21 Nov 2016
As winter descends, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at a record low, and temperatures in the region are 2.2deg warmer that usual.
If Trump quits climate, California could go it alone
21 Nov 2016
If Donald Trump pulls the US out of the UN climate process in early 2017, California could try to go it alone.
Why global climate change hotspots matter
21 Nov 2016
The consequences of climate change are already being felt all over the globe. But some regions are particularly affected.
Musings from Marrakech ...
18 Nov 2016
Green Party MP Dr Kennedy Graham, a former diplomat and veteran of international climate change negotiations, reports from the latest round, in Marrakech.
Big business urges Trump to support climate deal
18 Nov 2016
Kelloggs, Mars and Levi Strauss have joined over 300 US businesses in writing an open letter to president-elect Donald Trump calling on him to support the green economy.
Three amigos launch beyond-Trump strategies
18 Nov 2016
The US, Canada and Mexico have joined Germany in releasing strategies for radically cutting their greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.
Australia ranked among worst for climate action
18 Nov 2016
Australia has been singled out as a climate laggard, being ranked fifth-worst for emissions and policies among developed countries and among the six worst countries in the G20 when it comes to climate action.
Climate-fighting donations surge post-election
18 Nov 2016
Groups such as the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund and Citizens' Climate Lobby have seen a surge in donations and interest after Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
Cities run ahead of targets to cut emissions
18 Nov 2016
Cities are home to over half the world’s population and produce around 75 per cent of its carbon emissions, but they’re leading the way in the global fight against climate change.
Tokelau comes under the Paris Agreement umbrella
17 Nov 2016
New Zealand is extending its ratification of the Paris Agreement to include Tokelau.
World needs major emissions cuts by 2020, says report
17 Nov 2016
All key sectors– including commercial agriculture – must have major emissions cuts under way by 2020 if the world is to keep global warming within the Paris Agreement’s 1.5deg limit, a new report says.
Military urges Trump to see climate as security threat
17 Nov 2016
A bipartisan group of defence experts and former military leaders sent Donald Trump’s transition team a briefing book urging the president-elect to consider climate change as a grave threat to national security.
Meet the man nobody wants at Marrakech
17 Nov 2016
An awful lot of people at the Marrakech climate talks would really like it if Benjamin Sporton went home and never came back.
Second-warmest October cements hottest year
17 Nov 2016
October was the second hottest on record for the planet, says NASA. The month was the latest in a string of record- and near record-warm months that will see 2016 easily take the title of hottest year in the books.
Canada gives $3b subsidies to fossil fuel producers
17 Nov 2016
Canada’s attempt to act on climate change is being undermined by $3.3b in government subsidies flowing to oil and gas producers in the country a year, a new report has warned.
MARRAKECH MESSAGE: We've got enough clean credits
16 Nov 2016
New Zealand is likely to use 38.1 million tonnes of its surplus carbon credits to meet its next emissions reduction target and will not need access to international markets, climate change talks in Morocco have heard.
NEW VIEW: Carbon is not the enemy
16 Nov 2016
World-renowned architect William McDonough says we should exploit carbon as an asset, not demonise it as a liability
Obama’s climate envoys fight back
16 Nov 2016
US climate negotiators emerged from their post-election silence in Marrakech with a bellicose message that their legacy was beyond reach of Donald Trump.
Marrakech officials want hope for coal miners
16 Nov 2016
If the shift away from fossil fuels is not carefully managed, it will create left-behind communities and resentment, officials warn at COP22 climate talks.
Natural disasters push millions into poverty each year
16 Nov 2016
Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and other extreme natural disasters push 26 million people into poverty each year and cost the global economy more than half a trillion dollars in lost consumption, the World Bank has said.
Sydney solar power project seeks public money
16 Nov 2016
The company responsible for Australia’s biggest CBD solar installation has invited public investment, making it the first community renewables project in Australia with a public share offering.
Africa suffers most from changing climate
16 Nov 2016
Africa has been the continent hardest hit by extreme weather events over the past 20 years, according to the latest Global Climate Risk Index.
Marrakech nations wield carrots, not sticks
15 Nov 2016
Across the UN climate talks in Marrakech, countries are emphasising the benefits to the US of staying in the Paris Agreement.
This year will be the hottest on record, UN says
15 Nov 2016
This year will very likely be the hottest on record and a new high for the third year in a row, according to the UN. It means 16 of the 17 hottest years on record will have been this century.
Extraordinary climate lawsuit awaits new president
15 Nov 2016
A sweeping climate change lawsuit filed against the Obama Administration will move forward, a judged ruled late last week, setting up an extraordinary legal battle between environmentalists and President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump presidency a disaster for the planet, say scientists
14 Nov 2016
The ripples from a new American president are far-reaching, but never before has the arrival of a White House administration placed the livability of Earth at stake.
Nations have one week to save Marrakech talks
14 Nov 2016
Climate diplomats in Marrakech are working furiously behind the scenes to send a message to Donald Trump that the world remains a place of pluralism and cooperation.
Trump’s climate contrarian takes on the EPA
14 Nov 2016
In looking for someone to follow through on his campaign vow to dismantle one of the Obama administration’s signature climate change policies, President-elect DonaldTrump probably could not have found a better candidate for the job than Myron Ebell.
Other nations might obstruct Paris climate deal
14 Nov 2016
Concerns are mounting that Donald Trump’s victory could embolden some fossil fuel-rich countries to try unpicking the historic Paris climate agreement, which came into force last week.
American Muslims ditch fossil fuels investments
14 Nov 2016
As representatives of many of the world’s main religions join financial leaders in calling for a switch of investment from polluting energy to renewables, a prominent Islamic organisation says it will do just that, in a landmark divestment commitment from a Muslim institution.
Germany to cut emissions by up to 95% by 2050
14 Nov 2016
Germany’s coalition government has reached an agreement on a climate change action plan which involves reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent to 95 per cent by 2050.
What Trump means for the future of energy and climate
11 Nov 2016
President … Donald … Trump. For those on both sides of the aisle who vowed “Never Trump!,” that’s going to take some getting used to.
Australia ratifies, under a large Trump-shaped shadow
11 Nov 2016
Australia has announced that it is to ratify the Paris climate agreement, which entered into force last Friday.
How trade could help to green the economy
11 Nov 2016
Governments should take a closer look at the ways in which trade can help to spread the use of green technologies to tackle climate change, says United Nations trade chief Dr Mukhisa Kituyi.
PLEASE EXPLAIN: NZ under scrutiny in Marrakech
10 Nov 2016
New Zealand's progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions will come under international scrutiny at climate talks in Marrakech on Monday.
Marrakech climate talks have no Plan B
10 Nov 2016
Delegates gathered at the COP22 United Nations climate conference in Morocco did not expect a United States election upset.
In Trump, US puts a climate denier in its highest office and all climate action in limbo
10 Nov 2016
Donald Trump's astonishing victory has turned the world of climate action upside down, setting back US environmental policy and threatening the international drive to cut carbon pollution and slow global warming.
Today's record heat will be normal by 2030
10 Nov 2016
Generation Y has grown up in a rapidly warming world. According to the US National Climate Data Centre, every month since February 1985 has seen above average global temperatures, compared with the 20th century.
Deforestation forces up Brazil’s carbon emissions
10 Nov 2016
In 2015, Brazil told the world it would make significant reductions in its emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas driving global warming. Its emissions are, however, heading in the opposite direction.
Churches call for fossil fuel funds divestments
9 Nov 2016
The world’s churches – including some in New Zealand – are calling on governments to get their countries’ pension funds out of fossil fuels.
Choice of president not the only critical vote today
9 Nov 2016
The odd and often bitter battle for the White House has for months overshadowed the fact that, today voters won’t just elect the next president -- they will also shape the Senate at a critical time for addressing climate change.
Aust industry finally sees potential in wind and solar
9 Nov 2016
It has taken years of fierce resistance and catastrophising about the supposed cost and economic impacts from the shift from fossil fuels, but it seems that Australian industry is finally waking up to the possibilities of wind and solar.
Global 'greening' has slowed rise of CO2 in atmosphere
9 Nov 2016
A global “greening” of the planet has significantly slowed the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the start of the century, according to new research.
Climate change momentum begins today with Marrakech
8 Nov 2016
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech has started - just three days after the Paris Agreement entered into force.
The day the world shut the door on disaster
8 Nov 2016
PATRICIA ESPINOSA, UNFCCC Executive Secretary and SALAHEDDINE MEZOUAR, President of COP22 and Morocco Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation look at the UN climate conference which opened today in Marrakech:
Battery subsidy scheme set for 'urgent' overhaul as costs run out of control
16 Dec 2025
Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced big changes to the government's battery subsidy scheme amid claims most of its $2.3 billion budget has been spent in just six months.
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
19 Dec 2025
EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages.
Verra cancels four tree planting projects in China. And starts reviews of 45 more projects
16 Dec 2025
“Multiple carbon projects in China are facing serious allegations regarding the authenticity of government approval documents."
France updates its 2050 carbon neutrality roadmap
17 Dec 2025
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, France released a revamped climate plan promising to phase out oil and gas and sharply increase electricity use.
Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator
15 Dec 2025
A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to modelling by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
The ecological havens flourishing beneath power lines
19 Dec 2025
Initiatives to foster native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs are turning utility corridors into wildlife corridors.
‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
12 Dec 2025
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’.
Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore and seabirds
19 Dec 2025
Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules.
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
18 Dec 2025
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say.
Are rainforests now a cause of, rather than the answer to, climate change?
15 Dec 2025
A new study finds that Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are beginning to generate carbon as the result of human activity.
Thousands of climate disasters are not included in official reports from Amazonian countries
12 Dec 2025
More than 12,500 extreme weather events impacted the Amazon and its population in 10 years, but countries have not generated enough information about it, according to a new scientific study.
UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says
11 Dec 2025
A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were unwilling to go along with the scientific findings, the co-chair has told the BBC.
