Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’
Tue 23 Sep 2025
New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023.
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With 2035 emissions targets set, what Australia does next will help shape global efforts to keep 1.5°C alive
Wed 24 Sep 2025
This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. He will bring something important: Australia’s new 2035 emission cut target of 62–70% on 2005 levels.
Govt has not set 2035 renewables target, downplays 90 per cent
Tue 23 Sep 2025
Chris Bowen has declined to offer a timeline for setting a 2035 renewables target, despite the Climate Change Authority's projection that more than 90 per cent renewables would be needed to achieve its recommended climate target.
Cut emissions 70% by 2035? There’s only one policy that can get us there
Mon 22 Sep 2025
To cut emissions fast, the Australian government will have to dial back its command-and-control approach – and put a price on carbon.
Australia's 2035 climate targets on path to net zero judged by the experts
Fri 19 Sep 2025
After much anticipation, Australia has set its new climate targets: a reduction of 62 to 70 per cent within the next 10 years.
Climate risk suburbs: The shocking truth about Aussie house prices
18 Sep 2025
Australia’s property market is hurtling towards a climate reckoning, with billions of dollars in potential losses looming.
Australia: Cost of years of inaction on climate change is now revealed
17 Sep 2025
OPINION: In recent weeks, alarming glimpses into the contents of the federal government’s National Climate Risk Assessment have leaked out.
Rising seas will threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050 – report
16 Sep 2025
One and a half million Australians living in coastal areas are at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, a landmark climate report has warned.
Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070 with ‘partial’ protection for Indigenous rock art
15 Sep 2025
Approval met with fury from conservation groups and the Greens, who called it a ‘betrayal’ of Australians who want climate action.
Australian Labor Party under internal pressure to commit to at least 70% emissions reduction by 2035
12 Sep 2025
The party’s grassroots campaigners have urged its leadership to ignore business warnings about the cost of setting an ‘ambitious’ target.
