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Heat gives way to heavy rains
2 Aug 2016
The record-breaking worldwide heat of the first six months of 2016 has turned to abnormally severe flooding.
UN asked Australia to cover up Barrier Reef lobbying
2 Aug 2016
The UN asked the Australian government to cover up details of lobbying that lead to all mention of Australia being scrubbed from a major report on climate threats to world heritage sites.
Australians face loss of rooftop solar payments
2 Aug 2016
About 275,000 people across Australia will have their solar energy payments reduced by up to 80 per cent over the next six months.
Indonesia to tap rich blue carbon potential
1 Aug 2016
Inddonesia is set to take advantage of its blue carbon potential, estimated to be huge, as the country’s seagrass and mangroves account for 17 per cent of the world’s blue carbon reserves.
Why we should worry about Siberia's blazing forests
29 Jul 2016
The news recently followed 200 firefighters tackling a blaze in California, while this May the world watched the evacuation of more than 50,000 people from Fort McMurray in Canada.
30 YEARS ON: Chernobyl could be reborn with solar energy
29 Jul 2016
Thirty years after atomic fallout from the Chernobyl meltdown, Ukraine is seeking investors to develop solar power near the defunct Soviet reactors.
Rio Olympic medals are sustainable
29 Jul 2016
Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Mint have shown their commitment to the environment by using sustainable resources in the Olympic Games’ medals.
Trump v Clinton: Worlds apart on science
28 Jul 2016
Presidential candidates begin to make clear their stark differences on climate change, energy production and stem cell research.
Rising seas threaten to swamp military bases
28 Jul 2016
Military bases along the US East and Gulf coasts are at risk of losing large chunks of land as rising sea levels from climate change swamp installations from New Hampshire to Florida.
Frydenberg: Australia's use of coal is falling
28 Jul 2016
Australia’s new environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, says coal will be a declining part of Australia’s energy mix because of inexorable market forces – but he insists the Coalition’s much criticised Direct Action policy is up to the mark, and will allow Australia to meet its international emissions reduction targets.
Campaign reduces Amazon deforestation by 86%
28 Jul 2016
Amazon deforestation due to soy production has fallen 86 per cent in the last decade as a result of Greenpeace’s soy moratorium.
SPIRAL-TASTIC: Climate change in three animations
28 Jul 2016
Mesmerising new climate visuals tell the story of how emissions have stoked global warming since 1850.
Climate top priority, says Philippines leader
27 Jul 2016
Last week, he said he would not honour the Paris climate agreement. Yesterday, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte said global warming was a “top priority”.
Scientists call for more work on 1.5deg target
26 Jul 2016
More research is needed on the risks involved in even 1.5 degrees of warming, a Scientists call for new report shows.
Air-conditioning big and getting bigger
26 Jul 2016
Globally, 2016 is poised to be another record-breaking year for average temperatures. This means more air-conditioning. Much more.
Weather disasters can fuel war in volatile countries
26 Jul 2016
Climate scientists have reported that armed fighting is prone to follow droughts, heatwaves and other weather-related calamities in turbulent countries.
Huge Episcopal church backs climate action
26 Jul 2016
The Paris Agreement on climate change has the backing of America’s largest and oldest Black church.
Power price woes are more due to gas than wind
26 Jul 2016
The past few weeks have seen extraordinarily high wholesale electricity prices in South Australia, averaging A$321 per megawatt hour, compared with A$80 per MWh for July 2015.
Australia to build first hybrid wind-solar farm
26 Jul 2016
Australia’s first large-scale hybrid wind and solar farm is set to be built near Canberra.
Google and UN launch online climate platform
26 Jul 2016
The United Nations has unveiled new software, developed in partnership with Google, to help to tackle climate change, deforestation and food production issues.
Here's what Trump delegates think about climate change
25 Jul 2016
Delegates attending the Republican convention eerre asked if they agree with scientists that climate change is happening and whether people contribute to it.
HFCs critical piece of puzzle. says Kerry
25 Jul 2016
US Secretary of State John Kerry has told envoys at the Montreal Protocol talks in Vienna that their moment to contribute to a global warming solution has come.
Get set for the hottest year on record
22 Jul 2016
The world is on track for its hottest year on record and levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have reached new highs, further fuelling global warming, the World Meteorological Organisation says.
Climate change costs are still climbing
22 Jul 2016
The massive economic and health losses that climate change is already causing across the world are detailed in six scientific papers published today.
Trudeau ready to get tough with provinces
22 Jul 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will impose a "strong" price on carbon — and won't rule out a cap to ensure provinces meet a national standard.
UK appoints new climate change minister
22 Jul 2016
Nick Hurd, former head of Energy Africa initiative, has been handed the climate change portfolio in the UK's new department for business, energy and industrial strategy.
June marks 14th month of record temperatures
21 Jul 2016
As the string of record-breaking global temperatures continues unabated, June 2016 marks the 14th consecutive month of record-breaking heat.
Melbourne hosts 'Tesla Town'
21 Jul 2016
An Australian property group is building the world’s first “Tesla Town” in suburban Melbourne, with the first 60 homes to go on sale this week.
EU climate package ‘not in line with Paris goals’
21 Jul 2016
EU plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport, buildings and farming through to 2030 have landed.
Britain needs $39b to tackle climate change
21 Jul 2016
Britain’s ambition to virtually eliminate its greenhouse gas pollution will cost $39.4 billion more to achieve because the government abandoned plans to spur carbon capture and storage technology.
New York island puts up climate defences
21 Jul 2016
Amid rising seas, a park on New York's Governor's Island uses Dutch ingenuity to protect itself while maintaining its beauty – with barely a seawall to be seen.
Somewhere, soon, it could be too hot to work
20 Jul 2016
Searing temperatures caused by climate change might cost global economies more than $2 trillion by 2030, restricting working hours in some of the poorest parts of the world, says the UN.
It's not easy being green when you're poor
20 Jul 2016
The transition to a clean-energy future is upon us, as shown by the huge uptake of solar panels and by the Turnbull government’s decision to set up a A$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund. But what about those people who are at risk of being left behind?
UN: Kenya, Bangladesh, Jordan ‘green finance leaders’
20 Jul 2016
Move over London, Shanghai and New York: Kenya, Bangladesh, Mongolia and Jordan have been named as rising green finance leaders in a report from the UN.
Victoria approves state's largest windfarm
20 Jul 2016
Victoria has approved a $650m, 96-turbine windfarm that will be the largest in the state as it bids to become Australia's renewable energy leader.
New climate minister believes in 'moral case' for coal
19 Jul 2016
A man who recently argued there is a strong moral case for Australia to build new coal mines and export the coal to India is now in charge of the country’s climate change policy.
Philippines turns back on Paris Agreement
19 Jul 2016
The Philippines will not honour commitments it made under the Paris climate change deal, says president Rodrigo Duterte.
Canada vows national carbon price this year
19 Jul 2016
Canada will have a national price on carbon emissions by the end of this year, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says.
Britain could warm by 4deg this century
19 Jul 2016
Scientific advisers warn that, by 2100, temperatures in Britain could rise by twice as much as the internationally agreed limit set at the Paris climate conference.
UK, Germany betraying Paris deal, says UN
19 Jul 2016
The UN's climate change envoy has accused the UK and Germany of backtracking on the spirit of the Paris climate deal by financing the fossil fuel industry through subsidies.
Multi-billion carbon market fraud run from Poland
19 Jul 2016
The founder of Poland’s biggest carbon quota brokerage firm, whose name appeared in connection with the Panama Papers, has been found guilty of VAT fraud and sentenced to jail in France.
Climate change is economic problem, says Carney
18 Jul 2016
Only about one-third of the world's 1000 largest companies provide effective disclosure of the risks they face due to climate change, says Bank of England Governor Mark Carney.
Trump's man a climate denier
18 Jul 2016
Donald Trump's choice for vice-president, the conservative governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, denies climate change and is an outspoken coal advocate.
Abolition of DECC major setback for Britain
18 Jul 2016
The abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change has been condemned by former ministers as a major setback to British efforts to combat global warming.
Can Nauru bounce back from mining boom and bust?
18 Jul 2016
When most of us hear of Nauru we tend to think of immigration detention, or perhaps of the environmentally ruinous legacy of the island nation’s ill-fated phosphate mining boom.
Warm oceans eating into Antarctica
18 Jul 2016
Scientists say it is actually warm ocean waters, not rising air temperatures, that are eating away at the ice along part of the Antarctic's western side.
PACIFIC PLEA: NZ should join island nations' fight
15 Jul 2016
New Zealand should join forces with its island neighbours preparing to take bold action against fossil fuel producers, says Labour’s Pacific climate change spokesman.
This time, can Turnbull do climate and energy?
15 Jul 2016
Australia’s re-elected Coalition government has the opportunity to revamp its policies on climate change.
Sustainable cities must beat the pain points
15 Jul 2016
Integrating energy, water, transport, security and waste will make cities more sustainable, an international forum has heard.
UK merges climate and business departments
15 Jul 2016
New British PM Theresa May has merged the climate and business departments in a move critics say will threaten investor confidence in the green sector.
Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the climate crisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis.
‘We make a lot of money’: Trump downplays rise in gas prices during Iran war
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the economic toll the war in Iran is taking on gas prices across the United States, writing on social media that “when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money”.
What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?
10 Mar 2026
China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction for the nation out to 2030, including support for clean energy and energy security.
Eight countries warn EU not to weaken carbon market
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Spain, the Netherlands and six other governments have urged the European Union not to dismantle or suspend the bloc's emissions trading system, its main climate change policy, as Brussels hunts for ways to curb energy prices.
UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low
9 Mar 2026
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in more than 150 years, according to new analysis.
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
17 Feb 2026
COMMENT: Mark Carney's time as prime minister has been defined in part by his decision to roll back Trudeau-era climate policies.
'The situation is dire': War on Iran squeezes India's cooking-gas supplies
Mon 16 Mar 2026
The shockwaves of a war being fought nearly 3,000km away are now reaching India's kitchens.
Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition
9 Mar 2026
The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on the climate crisis has caused cuts to the proposal but hasn’t entirely killed it, according to the tiny Pacific island country spearheading the effort.
Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula
24 Feb 2026
Keeping global warming to less than 2C above pre-industrial temperatures is “crucial” for limiting damage to the Antarctic Peninsula’s unique ecosystems, according to a new study.
'Blackwater' lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere
Mon 16 Mar 2026
Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be nearing a tipping point.
Companies – including Blackrock – retired 2 million carbon credits after Verra suspended project
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Verra suspended the Pacajai REDD project in Brazil in September 2023, pending an investigation into the project’s validity. That didn’t stop Mastercard, BlackRock, Philip Morris International from retiring carbon credits from the project to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.
Summit aims to revive stalled UN talks on phasing out fossil fuels
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Colombia and the Netherlands have set out three priorities for a conference on phasing out fossil fuels they will co-host in Colombia in April.
