Bill Hare Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Ursula Fuentes Murdoch University. Photo Mick Tsikas/AAP. Every few years, the idea that gas will help Australia transition to a zero-emissions economy seems to re-emerge, as if no one had thought of it before. Federal energy minister Angus Taylor is the latest politician to jump on the […]
4 July 2020 Photo No new coal. John Enghart 2018. flickr cc. It’s not difficult knowing what to do to prevent an environmental and human catastrophe. What’s difficult is making it happen and starting it now, especially in Australia. These articles highlight some recommendations for governments. It’s difficult to turn (or click on) a page […]
Photo Thomas La Mela/Shutterstock. 4 June 2020. Glenn Banks Massey University. Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff, and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz. “Almost every threat to modern humanity […]
Photo Mick Tsikas/AAP. 4 June 2020. Frank Jotzo, Australian National University. The intricacies of climate change policy have not been front of mind for the Australian government this last half year, but the issue is now back on the agenda. Yesterday a review chaired by energy industry executive Grant King into new low-cost sources of […]
Photo Hornsdale (South Australia) windfarm in construction 2016. David Clark. flickr cc. 4 June 2020 The history of war tells us that such events are usually launched on doubtful and fabricated pretexts: The US war in Iraq, the German invasion in Europe at the start of WWII, all the way back to Julius Caesar’s invasion […]
Photo Public Housing Rubik’s cube minimalism. Mathew Perkins 2016, flickr cc. 4 June 2020. Greatly concerned about the social and economic consequences of the pandemic, significant voices are urging us to reshape public policies, and reset our compass towards a fair and sustainable economy. The Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe, in a speech on 21 […]
7 May 2020 On top of countless human tragedies, there will be many long-lasting social and economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Perhaps none will be more profound, though, than the death of free-market fundamentalism and the return of the State. Why now? After all, there have long been moral, social, and environmental risks posed […]
7 May 2020 By now, we’re all familiar with the rationale that we’re undergoing these Covid-19 limits to our personal freedoms and employment in order to ‘flatten the curve’, thereby saving lives and avoiding overwhelming our health system. Present indications suggest that we have succeeded in avoiding the worst outcomes, and talk is now turning […]
Natasha Chassagne University of Tasmania Every aspect of our lives has been affected by the coronavirus. The global economy has slowed, people have retreated to their homes and thousands have died or become seriously ill. At this frightening stage of the crisis, it’s difficult to focus on anything else. But as the International Agency has […]
Michael Mazengarb Posted 10 March 2020 Federal Labor’s renewed commitment to a net zero emissions target has ignited a new front in climate wars that have plagued Australian politics for more than a decade – but it has shown that the Morrison government now stands alone in opposing progress towards the decarbonisation of the Australian […]
Tony Wood Posted 10 March 2020 Opposition leader Anthony Albanese sought to claim the climate policy high ground last week with his commitment to a net-zero emissions target by 2050. But figures on Australia’s emissions from the Department of the Environment and Energy help frame the political debate, and put the policies of both Labor […]
