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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.
Sanders calls for ban on fracking
14 Apr 2016
Bernie Sanders, campaigning across New York State, called for a nationwide ban on fracking.
Saudi creating $2tn wealth fund by selling oil assets
13 Apr 2016
Saudi Arabia will end its dependence on fossil fuels by creating the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund from selling shares in a state oil company.
China, Japan, US leading solar energy boom
13 Apr 2016
The boom in solar energy development across the United States in recent years is part of a worldwide phenomenon.
Global warming changing how Earth wobbles
13 Apr 2016
Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.
Could this be a fair dinkum climate policy for Australia?
12 Apr 2016
An Australian think-tank claims to have done the impossible – come up with an effective climate policy that both sides of the political divide can live with.
WANTED: Women in charge to take up climate issues
12 Apr 2016
Women working in financial services are opening a new front in the battle against climate change, with the launch of a UN-backed initiative to take global warming concerns into business boardrooms.
How insect farms could spawn a food revolution
12 Apr 2016
With meat prices expected to soar, agricultural entrepreneurs believe invertebrate livestock can provide the protein we need. But will the mainstream ever be ready to eat mealworms?
Ratification critical test for Paris climate deal
12 Apr 2016
The recent fuss over who will sign the UN’s new climate pact is a distraction. The real test will come when countries have to pass the deal into domestic law
Israel to slash emissions by 26%
12 Apr 2016
Israel has announced plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26 per cent.
To help to curb climate change, stop wasting food
12 Apr 2016
Reducing food waste around the world would help to curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather and rising seas, scientists said in a new study.
How big oil spends millions on obstructing climate change
11 Apr 2016
ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, and three oil-industry groups together spend $115 million a year on advocacy designed to “obstruct” climate change policy, according to new estimates released by Influence Map, a British nonprofit research organisation.
Clouds could mean climate crisis worse than we think
11 Apr 2016
Climate change projections have vastly underestimated the role that clouds play, meaning future warming could be far worse than is currently projected, according to new research.
Pressure builds in EU on climate disclosure for investors
11 Apr 2016
Pressure is building on global regulators and the European Commission to “stress-test” portfolios of large institutional investors against long-term objectives to reduce climate change, in a move that could shift billions in investment away from fossil fuels.
Banks pledge $7bn for clean-energy investment
11 Apr 2016
A group of eight banks and investors pledged $7 billion to join Bank of America Corp’s initiative that plans to raise at least $10 billion for investments in clean energy and sustainable development.
Renewables grew at record pace last year
11 Apr 2016
Installations of renewable power plants registered their biggest leap on record last year as costs tumbled, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
China green bonds market to reach $46bn in 2016
8 Apr 2016
China’s green bonds market will reach $46 billion)this year, according to one of the country’s leading economists.
Panasonic unveils ‘smart town’ plan in Japan
8 Apr 2016
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has launched the concept plans for a new ‘smart town’ that will be built in the city of Yokohama.
Kerry calls for climate action from private sector
8 Apr 2016
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on businesses to drop fossil fuels to combat climate change and boost global economic growth.
CSIRO cuts were about making money, emails show
7 Apr 2016
The CSIRO’s decision to sack about 120 climate scientists was motivated by an intention to move some of the organisation’s focus from science done in the public good, like climate change, toward science that makes money, internal emails suggest.
Weather men want to do CSIRO climate work
7 Apr 2016
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has offered to save climate research that CSIRO plans to axe under a plan that would see long-term programnes and dozens of jobs transfer between the two national science agencies.
Vancouver chases crown as world's greenest city crown
7 Apr 2016
Vancouver wants to be the greenest city in the world - and it’s given itself until 2020 to do it.
Belgium ends era with closure of last coal plant
7 Apr 2016
Belgium has losed its last coal power plant, marking the end of an era for a dirty fuel that accounted for 27 per cent of the country’s electricity generation in 1994. The EU country becomes the seventh to quit coal, joining Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta.
Countries show how to grow GDP while cutting emissions
7 Apr 2016
Twenty-one counties have expanded their economies while slashing carbon emissions over the past 15 years. Nearly all are European, bar the United States and Uzbekistan.
Climate change threat to public health worse than polio
7 Apr 2016
Climate change poses a serious danger to public health – worse than polio in some respects – and will strike especially hard at pregnant women, children, low-income people and communities of color, an authoritative US government report warns.
Hyundai green cars to take on Toyota
6 Apr 2016
Hyundai Motor Group, which comprises Hyundai and Kia, believes that launching a blitz of 26 green models through 2020 could place the Korean automaker among the leaders in the segment. Only Toyota would be larger in the electrified vehicle market if Hyundai's plan works.
Carbon capture needs massive investment
6 Apr 2016
Combating climate change successfully will require massive investments in technologies to capture and store carbon dioxide, new research has found.
Burma finds cheap coal hard to ignore
6 Apr 2016
Burma's new government is set to mushroom coal’s share of its energy mix, despite manifesto pledges to boost clean energy and cut air pollution.
Labour MP: Leaving overstayers here will help sinking islands
5 Apr 2016
New Zealand should let overstayers from Pacific countries which are becoming uninhabitable stay here, says Labour’s Pacific climate change spokesperson.
Meet the top 10 cleantech innovators
5 Apr 2016
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has announced its selection of 10 leading companies for energy technology and business transformation.
Orders for Tesla 3 surpass $10 billion
5 Apr 2016
If Elon Musk was delighted by the 115,000 orders for his Tesla Model 3 at launch, he should be positively jubilant with the latest figures which break the $10 billion mark.
Big names call for British Museum to drop BP
5 Apr 2016
Almost 100 prominent figures from the arts, science and politics are calling on the new director of the British Museum to drop BP as a commercial sponsor.
Hawaii utility sets 100% renewable target
5 Apr 2016
Hawaiian Electric hopes to have the Big Island reaching 100 per cent renewable energy by the year 2040, 10 years behind Molokai and Lânai and five years ahead of the statewide goal of 2045.
VW to spend big on cleaner trucks
5 Apr 2016
Volkswagen’s truck division will spend about half a billion euros by the end of the decade to enhance digital features of heavy-goods vehicles as truckmakers increase their focus on automation in road haulage.
Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.
Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, is rallying against a coal export facility.
China's fossil-fuelled power extends rise in May on weak wind output
Today 11:30am
China's fossil-fuelled power generation, mostly from coal but with a small amount from natural gas, rose 2.1% in May from a year earlier, statistics bureau data showed on Tuesday, as lower wind speeds curbed renewable energy growth.
Steel and chemicals giants demand freeze to EU’s flagship climate policy
Wed 17 Jun 2026
The attack on the Emissions Trading System is among industry's most direct calls yet for the EU to change course on climate.
UK rivers face rising risk of climate 'whiplash'
Today 11:30am
Climate change could push UK rivers to dangerous extremes and bring more frequent rapid swings between wet and dry conditions – a phenomenon known as hydroclimatic whiplash – according to research.
Canada signs landmark LNG energy deal with Germany
29 May 2026
Canada has announced a landmark energy agreement with Germany that will see the first-ever long-term shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to Europe in the coming years.
Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Solar has overtaken gas power in Asia to become the continent’s third-largest source of electricity, according to new analysis by Carbon Brief.
The Pacific made history in the courts – now we must do it in the negotiations
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Legal clarity alone will not lead to reduced emissions, more finance or stronger national climate plans – political will is key to meeting states’ obligations.
Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average
Tue 16 Jun 2026
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’.
Aid cuts and climate change drive deadly malaria surge in Zimbabwe
29 May 2026
A surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe is exposing fragile health systems and growing treatment shortages in rural areas.
Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle
26 May 2026
Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?
Science ‘under attack’ from fossil fuel interests at UN climate talks
Today 11:30am
Dozens of countries have called out growing “coordinated attacks” by fossil fuel interests aimed at undermining the role of climate science in the UN negotiations at the mid-year talks in Bonn.
