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Dead zones are sapping the seas of oxygen

5 May 2016

Scientists in the US have identified a new hazard in a world in which the climates change and the oceans warm: measurable stretches of the seas could become sapped of oxygen.

There's more than one way to fund urban infrastructure

5 May 2016

With the Australian federal government aiming to kick-start investment in urban infrastructure, pledging $50 million of public money in the 2016 budget to look at alternative financing mechanisms, attention is turning to the idea of “land value capture” as a means to attract the necessary funds.

EU lawmakers want to increase free carbon credits

5 May 2016

The largest political group in the European Parliament says it wants a greater proportion of EU carbon permits to be handed out free to industry from 2020.

Germany wants EU minimum carbon price

5 May 2016

Germany is proposing a minimum price on European carbon emissions, according to a draft document outlining the nation’s energy and climate policy through to 2050.

Price water or prepare for poorer planet, says World Bank

5 May 2016

The future will be thirsty unless governments place a price on water. That’s the stark warning in a World Bank report urging lawmakers to make water conservation a national and international priority.

It's time to turn up the heat on those wrecking the planet

4 May 2016

An interesting question is, what are you waiting for? Global warming is the biggest problem we’ve ever faced as a civilisation — certainly you want to act to slow it down, but perhaps you’ve been waiting for just the right moment.

Resettling the first American climate refugees

4 May 2016

Facing the threat of climate-related flooding, residents of Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles received this year a first-of-its-kind $48 million grant from the federal government to resettle.

Mexican diplomat next UN climate chief

4 May 2016

The UN has selected Patricia Espinosa as the next head of its climate change body. Mexico’s ambassador to Germany, she will take over from Christiana Figueres when she leaves on July 6, after two terms leading the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Top 500 investors score zero in risk poll

3 May 2016

Almost half of the world’s top 500 investors are failing to act on climate change - an increase of 6 per cent from 236 in 2014, according to a new report.

Australia's renewable energy target in doubt

3 May 2016

Fresh doubts have been raised about Australia's ability to meet the 2020 renewable energy target after a new analysis found that $10 billion of extra investment is needed in a market where lenders are wary because of changing regulations.

Judge backs the kids and tells US state to take climate action

3 May 2016

A judge’s ruling in a lawsuit filed by eight kids forces the state of Washington to get dead-serious about the threat of climate change.

Why cities need to add up the economic value of trees

2 May 2016

Your parents were wrong: money does grow on trees. Cities routinely rake in tens of millions of dollars from their urban forests annually in ways that are not always obvious.

EU court overturns carbon market free quotas

2 May 2016

Europe’s highest court has ruled that the European Commission’s calculation for handing out free carbon permits to industries was flawed, raising the prospect of higher costs for big energy users.

Barrier Reef bleaching made more likely by humans

2 May 2016

The hot water temperature that drove the devastating bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef this year was made 175 times more likely by human-caused climate change, and could be normal in just 18 years, according to preliminary findings by leading climate and coral reef scientists.

Is carbon farming the answer for clapped-out Australia?

29 Apr 2016

Australia's Clean Energy Regulator this week will hold the third emissions reduction fund auction and farmers across the nation will move to the forefront of efforts to rescue a “clapped-out” country.

Labor’s climate policy puts it back in the game

28 Apr 2016

The Australian Labor Party has announced the climate policy it will take to the federal election, including a return to carbon pricing under an emissions trading scheme.

Policy sounds good to us, say investors

28 Apr 2016

The Australian Labor Party’s new climate change policy has many of the elements investors are looking for, including market-based carbon pricing, says the Investor Group on Climate Change.

France ready to go it alone on carbon price floor

28 Apr 2016

France is preparing to introduce a floor price for carbon emissions, even if the rest of Europe does not follow.

Chevron lobbied for controversial legal TTIP right

28 Apr 2016

Chevron lobbied the EU to give foreign investors the legal right to challenge government decisions in a major US-EU trade deal because it would act as a deterrent against laws such as fracking bans.

Warming ocean is frying the Great Barrier Reef

28 Apr 2016

The Great Barrier Reef’s coral is dying, and it may never be the same again. Last month, as historically high ocean temperatures bathed the waters around the reef, the Australian Government raised the coral bleaching threat to the highest level possible.

Stanford rejects students' call to divest

28 Apr 2016

Stanford University has rejected a bid backed by students, faculty and alumni to divest the school's $22.2 billion endowment from holdings in oil and gas companies.

Buffett faces pressure to invest for the climate

27 Apr 2016

Thousands of bankers, investors, business journalists and just plain fans will flock to Omaha this weekend in a yearly pilgrimage to glean insight from the world's most famous investor: Warren Buffett. What they are unlikely to get is any guiding wisdom on climate change, even though the world's most famous climate scientist, James Hansen, will be among the attendees pushing for it.

Drought forecasting isn’t just about water

27 Apr 2016

The Millennium Drought taught Australians many lessons about living under extremely dry conditions – not just about how to conserve water, but also about human suffering.

Labor promises emissions trading scheme

27 Apr 2016

A Labor government in Australia would slash carbon emissions by about 50 per cent more than the Turnbull-led Coalition by 2030, introduce a broad-based emissions trading scheme, and block states like NSW and Queensland from expanding land clearing.

PARIS PACT: New Zealand's world, according to Bennett

26 Apr 2016

On Saturday in New York, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett signed the Paris Agreement on climate change on behalf of New Zealand.

PARIS PACT: What happens now

26 Apr 2016

The Paris Agreement enters into force 30 days after ratification by at least 55 countries and by countries representing at least 55 per cent of global emissions.

PARIS PACT: How should we compensate the poor countries?

26 Apr 2016

Written within the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is an article on “loss and damages,” the notion of providing aid to vulnerable countries that suffer damages from climate change.

Monsoon on the move brews trouble for tea

26 Apr 2016

Research in China shows that the changing monsoon pattern in East Asia and heavier rainfall is having a detrimental effect on the yield and quality of tea.

World Bank backs green energy in new climate plan

26 Apr 2016

The World Bank has unveiled its ambitious plan to support renewable energy development and fulfil its pledge under the Paris Agreement.

Exxon and allies invoke First Amendment

26 Apr 2016

Exxon, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and their allies are invoking free speech protections in a pugnacious pushback against subpoenas from attorneys general seeking decades of documents on climate change. Their argument is that the state-level investigations violate the First Amendment rights of those who question climate science. | Read more

Cool building ideas for hot cities of the future

22 Apr 2016

"Another hot and humid day in Sydney tomorrow with a maximum of 32 degrees in the city and 38 in the western suburbs." How many times have we heard that on TV or radio weather reports?

PARIS PACT: Look who will be the New York no-shows

22 Apr 2016

An unprecedented number of countries will be gathering in New York City this weekend to sign the Paris climate deal. But there are still some countries absent from the UN’s official list of attendees – including some pretty big emitters and fossil fuel producers.

How even a .5deg temperature rise could wreak havoc

22 Apr 2016

A difference of half a degree centigrade may be barely noticeable day to day, but the difference between 1.5C and 2C of global warming is a shift into a new, more dangerous climate regime.

Republicans warming up to renewable energy

22 Apr 2016

When world leaders gather in New York this weekend to sign the Paris climate accord, they will do so against a changing backdrop. As the cost of wind and solar power has plummeted, the solid consensus against alternative energy in the US Republican Party has begun to crack.

The Paris Accord is a $13 trillion opportunity

22 Apr 2016

Implementing the Paris Agreement will unlock at least $13.5 trillion of economic activity globally, according to a new analysis.

EU dropped climate policies after BP threat

22 Apr 2016

The EU abandoned or weakened key proposals for new environmental protections after receiving a letter from a top BP executive which warned of an exodus of the oil industry from Europe if the proposals went ahead.

Britain backs down on rule gagging scientists

22 Apr 2016

UK ministers have exempted thousands of scientists from a controversial “gagging clause” that would have prevented the academics from trying to influence government on public policy matters.

Key climate change pact dates for 2016

21 Apr 2016

The work of saving Earth's climate does not end with the pact to curb carbon emissions which countries adopted in Paris in December and will sign in New York this weekend. Here are key dates in 2016 toward the Paris agreement's ratification and implementation:

Nature is neglected in election at nation's peril

20 Apr 2016

Economic issues undoubtedly will dominate the looming Australian election, but are they highest priority on the political agenda?

US and China lead push to seal Paris deal

20 Apr 2016

The US and China are leading a push to bring the Paris climate accord into force much faster than even the most optimistic projections – aided by a typographical glitch in the text of the agreement.

ADB urges Asia-Pacific countries to cut emissions

20 Apr 2016

The Asian Development Bank has called on nations in the Asia-Pacific region to transition to low carbon energy systems to combat climate change.

Here's a six-point plan for getting Australia on track

19 Apr 2016

The past two years have been the hottest on record globally, yet Australian climate policy is frozen in the past.

How to have your spoon ... and eat it, too

19 Apr 2016

The spoon tastes like a cracker and its manufacturer hopes to expand into forks and chopsticks.

Will China’s fat wallet shape the planet?

19 Apr 2016

China’s overseas investments will increasingly shape the future nature of life on our planet, and nowhere more so than in the area of climate change.

Hot March smashes 100-year global record

18 Apr 2016

The global temperature in March has shattered a century-long record and by the greatest margin yet seen for any month.

Climate-threatened islands now facing the Big Dry

18 Apr 2016

Almost threequarters of a sample of island groups – atolls and archipelagos that are home to more than 18 million people − are expected to become increasingly more arid under a regime of climate change.

Apple takes business prize for best climate change policy

15 Apr 2016

Apple, the world’s most valuable company, boasts its most progressive climate policies, according to a study of 150 global firms.

North Korea set to sign Paris climate deal

15 Apr 2016

North Korea will be among 130 nations inking a new global warming pact next week, a UN spokesperson has confirmed.

Day of the industrials in next ERF auction

14 Apr 2016

Low-cost industrial projects are likely to out-bid many land-use projects in Australia’s next Emissions Reduction Fund auction, says analyst RepuTex.

Kids can sue over climate negligence, judge says

14 Apr 2016

A group of youngsters has won a major decision in their efforts to sue the US government over climate change. An Oregon judge ruled that their lawsuit, which alleges the government violated the constitutional rights of the next generation by allowing the pollution that has caused climate change, can go forward.