Peter Sainsbury. Does anyone really believe we’re going to avert a climate catastrophe?
1 December 2020. An energy transition is under way, but it is too slow to avert a climate catastrophe, and it ignores many other...
Frank Jotzo. ‘A dose of reality’: Morrison government’s new $1.9b techno-fix for climate change is a small step.
Frank Jotzo. The Morrison government on 17 September announced A$1.9 billion over ten years to develop clean technology in industry, agriculture and transport. In...
Richard Eckard. Australia’s farmers want climate action. And they’re starting in their own (huge) backyards.
Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne The National Farmer’s Federation says Australia needs a tougher policy on climate than exists today, calling on the Morrison...
Ian Bayly. 40 years of climate warnings ignored by Australian politicians.
Coronavirus will have a temporary effect on much of humanity, but global warming will have a permanent impact on the whole of humanity. Our...
Sue McIntyre ANU. Intensive farming is eating up the Australian continent. But there’s another way.
Recently we learned that woody vegetation in New South Wales is being cleared at more than double the rate of the previous decade –...
Ian Dunlop. The really big tough issue is the environment, says Ken Henry.
In the Sydney Morning Herald of 4 July, Jessica Irvine quizzed Ken Henry on his preferences for tax reform. He emphasised the critical importance...
Michael Mazengarb. A push towards zero emissions will create more than one million jobs in Australia, BZE says.
Beyond Zero Emissions has launched a new vision for an Australian economy embracing investments in zero emissions technologies which could create more than one...
Bill Hare & Ursula Fuentes. A single mega-project exposes the Morrison government’s gas plan as staggering folly.
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...
Peter Sainsbury. Time is short to prevent disastrous climate change.
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...
Glenn Banks. Climate explained: why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as on population growth.
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...
Frank Jotzo. Morrison government dangles new carrots for industry, but fails to fix bigger climate policy problem.
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...