Australia eyes carry-over credits, says expert
23 Nov 2015
Australia is likely to use carry-over credits from KP1 to cover an emissions blow-out, a commentator is predicting.
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Australia's battery subsidies spark rooftop solar resurgence
Tue 7 Jul 2026
The rooftop solar boom shows how countries stifled by transmission line logjams can continue reducing emissions, analysts say.
Australia opens first carbon refinery, making new products from captured CO2
24 Jun 2026
Australia’s first carbon refinery opened in New South Wales, capturing carbon dioxide from explosives giant Orica's ammonia-making operations on Kooragang Island and turning it into products such as concrete, paper and glass.
Burning forest ‘waste’ to make cement damages the climate
24 Jun 2026
The Australian government has agreed to invest almost $53 million in a north Tasmanian company that will upgrade its coal-fired kiln to burn wood “waste” and used tyres for cement manufacturing.
Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades
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.
Climate change has already made Australians in one state much poorer, and more’s to come
16 Jun 2026
The world’s hottest years over the past decade have coincided with stagnant economic productivity, rising prices and geopolitical instability.
Denial is back in vogue. As Australia leads climate talks, it’s beyond time we took the issue seriously
16 Jun 2026
COMMENT: Politics is disconnecting from long-held assumptions at historic speed and no one knows where the great unhinging will take us. On the climate crisis, denial is back in vogue – depending on what the algorithm feeds you.
Australia can switch from fossil fuel exports to renewables, says next Cop president
15 Jun 2026
Australia's climate minister Chris Bowen says the country must prepare for a changing world and can play a bigger role in reducing emissions.
Australian homes lead the world in solar. But businesses are falling behind
10 Jun 2026
Australia’s revolution in rooftop solar has left behind commercial and industrial buildings, where installations have lagged far behind homes, according to new analysis.
‘That’s a bad combination’: why Australia may be in for a slushy snow season
9 Jun 2026
Snow arrives in time for the start of ski season, but climate change and El Niño mean it may not stick around for long, experts say.
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions drop as renewable energy, batteries surge
8 Jun 2026
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions have dropped, showing signs of a turning point in the country's most polluting sectors.
