Climate risks are wake-up call for sovereign bonds
4 Mar 2022
THE government bond market needs to wake up to climate-related risks, according to a report calling for more countries to follow Chile’s lead in issuing debt linked to sustainability targets.
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Today 12:00pm
China’s carbon dioxide emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
COP 30 could be the ‘People’s COP’
Today 12:00pm
This year’s conference is an opportunity to be remembered not just for new pledges or targets but for rebooting the relationship between citizens and the climate regime.
Will EU's carbon border tax crash climate summit party?
Today 12:00pm
A flagship European environmental policy – dubbed a "carbon tax" on imports – is raising hackles abroad and is becoming a flashpoint at the UN's COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Today 12:00pm
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger.
Big tech and big carbon fueling COP30 misinformation, groups claim
Today 12:00pm
With the COP30 climate conference kicking off in Brazil this week, misinformation and disinformation are swirling.
Clean energy could become a huge political winner
Today 12:00pm
Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races – and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.
It’s been a dangerous decade since the Paris Climate Agreement, but there’s still reason for hope
Tue 11 Nov 2025
A decade ago, the world got together and decided to fix the climate crisis by adopting the Paris Agreement.
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says COP30 chief
Tue 11 Nov 2025
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins.
Forty per cent of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change, survey finds
Tue 11 Nov 2025
The survey, on attitudes about the impacts of global heating, also found that half of Australians were very or extremely concerned about climate change and two in five believed the climate would be “much hotter” in 2050.
Scotland's first wind farm 'supercharged' after upgrade
Tue 11 Nov 2025
Scotland's first commercial wind farm will be able to deliver five times more clean power than before after being upgraded.
