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Ross Garnaut ... wants research council.

Garnaut about to tell it like it is

25 Feb 2011

The man who wants Australia to spend more than $3 billion a year on green technologies is about to tell his country how well it’s doing.

Green fraud grows worldwide, says report

25 Feb 2011

Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has issued an international warning about green fraud.

Ban Ki-moon ... we must reinvent what we mean by progress.

UN chief calls for a global revolution

18 Feb 2011

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a “revolution” in how the world defines prosperity and relates to nature.

Tim Flannery ... building the consensus.

Flannery to head Climate Commission

18 Feb 2011

Respected science communicator Professor Tim Flannery has been named head of an independent Climate Commission in Australia.

Report calls for new investment approach

18 Feb 2011

Uncertainty over climate policy could contribute as much as 10 per cent risk in overall investment portfolios, a new study warns.

US investors ask enviro questions

18 Feb 2011

American investors are asking coal, energy and oil companies about their exposure to risks from climate change – and want executive pay linked to environmental performance.

Australia puts millions into climate research

18 Feb 2011

The Australian Government this week announced funding for priority adaptation research into preparing Australia for the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

Fish scientists probe ocean temperatures

18 Feb 2011

Marine scientists in Australia are trialling the first near-shore water temperature forecasts to assist that country's aquaculture farm managers contending with rising ocean temperatures.

Greg Combet ... more needs to be done.

Combet: Australia must act to cut emissions

11 Feb 2011

Australia’s carbon emissions will rise steeply without decisive and effective new policy action, according to annual projections released this week by Climate Change Minister Greg Combet.

Prince Charles ... serious risk.

Public and private sectors must work together, says Charles

11 Feb 2011

The growing risks posed to long-term economic growth by climate change and over-exploitation of the planet’s natural resources have been highlighted by Prince Charles in a speech to European parliamentarians.

Swap old showerheads for new in Perth

4 Feb 2011

Perth residents can save water and money by swapping old showerheads for free new water saving showerheads under an Australian Government funded project launched this week.

Martin Ferguson ... ideas exchange.

Australia ratifies renewable energy law

28 Jan 2011

Australia has ratified the statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson announced this week.

Bill Shorten ... lots of feedback.

Australia eyes 50% tax cut on new fuels

28 Jan 2011

Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has released draft legislation for public consultation on the Australian Government's reform of the taxation of alternative fuels.

Dramatic emissions cuts possible, says UN

28 Jan 2011

Dramatic cuts in industrial emissions of greenhouse gas emissions are achievable in developed and developing countries at an acceptable cost, the United Nations says.

Go green or go broke, say business experts

21 Jan 2011

Companies must swiftly incorporate sustainability methods throughout their entire organisation or risk obsolescence, say sustainability experts at an international executive search firm.

PHEW! 2010 warmest year on record, says UN

21 Jan 2011

The year 2010 ranked as the warmest on record – together with 2005 and 1998 – according to the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

CANCUN: Climate agreements at a glance

17 Dec 2010

Most agree the UN climate summit in Mexico made some progress in the struggle to deal with climate change.

California set to sign up for cap-and-trade

17 Dec 2010

California today is expected to adopt the United States’ most comprehensive carbon trading regime, creating a market-based way to lower greenhouse gas emissions at a time when similar efforts have stalled in Congress.

Millions of lives at risk, says shock report

17 Dec 2010

Governments are gambling recklessly with human lives by wilfully underestimating the depth of the emission cuts they must make in the next 40 years, a new study has found.

Britons pay more under sweeping power reforms

17 Dec 2010

Long-term prices for low-carbon electricity generators will be guaranteed by the government as part of its package of sweeping reforms of Britain’s energy markets unveiled today.

Gillard’s clunkers come under microscope

17 Dec 2010

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's cash-for-clunkers proposal would cost 15 times more than an emissions trading scheme to reduce carbon pollution, according to experts.

Sarawak plans huge land-grab for oil palm

17 Dec 2010

Sarawak intends to convert one million hectares of land into oil palm plantations within the next 10 years.

Robert Zoellick ... climate change moving fast.

World Bank will help to finance carbon markets

10 Dec 2010

The World Bank will help developing countries to set up pollution credit markets to help to pay for clean development programmes.

New hub lists shipping pollution info

10 Dec 2010

Ratings on the greenhouse gas efficiency of more than 60,000 ships is now available free of charge on a new website.

Ship operators eye return to the days of sail

10 Dec 2010

Companies are looking to the sailing ships of the past for greener alternatives to today’s gas-guzzling vessels that transport the world's cargo.

Ban Ki-moon ... we're still not doing the job.

UN chief pleads for action at Cancun talks

10 Dec 2010

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made an impassioned plea for agreement at the climate summit in Cancún, saying further delay threatened the health of the planet, the global economy and the well-being of the human race.

Nicholas Stern ... good luck to China.

China will lead way in clean energy, says Stern

10 Dec 2010

China will have a cap-and-trade system to limit its emissions by about 2015, London School of Economics professor Nicholas Stern believes.

Steven Chu ... $90 billion invested.

US hopes technology will do the job

10 Dec 2010

The United States is betting on technological innovation to be able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in Cancun.

Richard Branston ... business has a role.

Multinationals pick up Gigaton awards

10 Dec 2010

Six international companies, including Nike and Vodafone, have been recognised for their work in implementing market-driven solutions to climate change.

Science millions back Aussie environment

10 Dec 2010

The Gillard Government has invested more than $68 million in five research hubs that will provide science that is seen as essential for sustainably managing Australia's biodiversity.

Western states eye US-wide carbon alliance

3 Dec 2010

California and New Mexico are considering developing a nationwide US carbon trading market by joining forces with states in the north-east.

Stubborn Japan puts foot down at Cancun

3 Dec 2010

The delicately balanced global climate talks in Cancún were brought to the brink of a walk-out when Japan categorically stated its opposition to extending the Kyoto protocol.

Island states want climate insurance fund

3 Dec 2010

Small island states are calling for a “climate change insurance fund” to protect their people from “going extinct” as a new UN report warned sea level rise will make whole nations uninhabitable.

It’s not easy getting to the Moon …

3 Dec 2010

The Copenhagen climate talks were a nightmare, with thousands of people locked out of the conference halls in the snow. Cancún is shaping up just as badly.

It all comes down to income, says report

3 Dec 2010

Addressing poverty today is the single best way to help poor people in developing countries to achieve food security and adapt to climate change, according to a new report.

Greg Combet ... Australia doing more with 5 per cent.

Climate minister defends 5 per cent target

3 Dec 2010

The Australian Government has defended its target of a 5 per cent cut to greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying the country’s history of cheap, carbon-heavy coal electricity makes reducing emissions a tougher task than in other countries.

Solar scientists given $5m research boost

3 Dec 2010

The Australian Solar Institute has awarded $5.65 to the CSIRO to go toward three major solar research projects worth a total of $16 million.

Smith and Groser lead NZ team to Cancun

26 Nov 2010

New Zealand’s representatives at the Cancun climate change talks head off this weekend.

Pledges not enough to avoid global damage

26 Nov 2010

Promises made last year by 80 countries to reduce climate change emissions fall well short of what is needed to avoid the worst consequences of global warming, UN scientists say.

Connie Hedegaard ... perverse process.

EU plans to clamp down on fridge gas scam

26 Nov 2010

The European Commission is about to clamp down on a trading scam linked to the controversial greenhouse gas HFC-23, which is used in refrigerators.

Xie Zhenhua ... decisive action.

China’s Cancun promise: We’ll do our bit

26 Nov 2010

On the eve of the Cancun climate change summit, China has assured its critics that it will do its part in trying to control global warming.

Europe going too slowly, says climate report

26 Nov 2010

Europe’s leadership in climate change is being eroded by slow action and a lack of implementation of policy, says a WWF International report.

South Korea promises carbon capture by 2020

26 Nov 2010

South Korea, Asia's fourth-biggest polluter, has announced plans to begin the commercial operation of two carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants by 2020.

Richard Branston ... business must lead.

Macro companies vie for a mega Giga

26 Nov 2010

More than two dozen of the world's largest companies have made the shortlist for the first Gigaton Awards based on their leadership and efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Australia comes in at No2 in the dirty half-dozen

19 Nov 2010

The United Arab Emirates, Australia, USA, Canada, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia are the six nations with the worst performance in relation to CO2 pollution, a new survey shows.

Stephen Harper ... power in the senate.

Canadian Tories kill climate change bill

19 Nov 2010

A Canadian climate change bill calling for cuts in CO2 emissions has been defeated in the senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government.

Wayne Swan ... Australia needs to get started.

Aussies go shopping for carbon information

19 Nov 2010

New Zealand will be on the call list when Australia goes shopping world-wide soon for carbon trading information.

David Cameron ... US and China must do more.

Cancun talks just a staging post, says Britain

19 Nov 2010

Climate talks beginning in Mexico this month will only be a "staging post" en route to a globally binding deal, British Prime Minister David Cameron said this week.

Kenya ready to launch first carbon exchange

19 Nov 2010

Kenya is ready to introduce a climate exchange platform to facilitate the trading of carbon credits and help to tackle climate change.

South Korea sets carbon trading scheme rules

19 Nov 2010

South Korean has unveiled proposed legislation governing its carbon emissions trading scheme.

Australia
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

No room for the timid: setting Australia’s 2035 emissions target is a daring tightrope act

Today 11:00am

Any week now, Australia will set its 2035 emissions target. It must signal the nation’s strong ambition on climate action, to drive policy and investment. And it must avoid being seen as either unrealistic or too costly.

United States
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California is backsliding on climate progress. It’s (mostly) Gavin Newsom’s fault

Today 11:00am

The California Supreme Court just gave state officials a golden opportunity to revitalize the rooftop solar industry, helping millions of homes and businesses lower their electric bills and fight the climate crisis.

China
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Is historically arid Beijing ready for a wetter future?

Mon 25 Aug 2025

Beijing's mountainous northern Huairou district and neighbouring Miyun district received a year's worth of rain in a single week, triggering flash floods that devastated entire villages and killed 44 people in the deadliest flood since 2012.

Europe
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EU wildfires hit new record as flames scorch area larger than Cyprus

Mon 25 Aug 2025

The area burned this year has exceeded the 1 million hectare mark for the first time since records started in 2006.

United Kingdom
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What happens to net zero if the trees don’t survive?

Wed 20 Aug 2025

When climate change undermines the climate plan.

Canada
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Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump

29 Jul 2025

After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.

Asia
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India needs $467 billion climate finance by 2030 to decarbonise 4 key sectors

Mon 25 Aug 2025

India will need to mobilise USD $467 billion in climate finance by 2030 to put four of its most carbon-intensive sectors – power, steel, cement and transport – on a low-carbon pathway.

Pacific
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Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say

13 Aug 2025

Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms.

Antarctic/Arctic
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Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'

Fri 22 Aug 2025

Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.

Africa
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Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds

Fri 22 Aug 2025

African countries have made binding commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. To do this, they will need to shift to renewable energy and stop mining and using fossil fuels like oil and coal.

South America
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Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress

Fri 22 Aug 2025

Many Indigenous and environmental leaders doubt the election will bring progress in stopping deforestation, wildfires or pollution in the Amazon.

United Nations
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Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30

Wed 20 Aug 2025

Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.

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