December 2024
Greta Thunberg is no longer Nobel Prize-winning material
Time magazine’s youngest-ever Person of the Year has entwined her climate views with extreme pro-Palestinian activism.
January 2024
Greta Thunberg takes aim at Macquarie-owned airport
Farnborough, a London airfield catering to private jets that Macquarie bought in 2019, wants to expand. The protest group Extinction Rebellion wants to stop it.
August 2023
This green city is trying a mini nuclear reactor. Why isn’t Australia?
In the first instalment of the Nuclear Option series, a small modular reactor in Canada’s Ontario could power 1.2 million homes by the end of the decade. Now it’s trying to convince Australians to try them too.
January 2023
What the Kardashians can teach climate activists
We need to remember human beings are apes, not angels. Our brains are wired for stories.
Climate wars return to Davos
The World Economic Forum began with cosy chats on the economy and tech. The climate issue has roared back, but businesses seem quietly positive and pragmatic.
Davos: a pointless elitist indulgence or inspirational agenda-setter?
The annual World Economic Forum meeting is about to get underway in Davos. European correspondent Hans van Leeuwen and special contributor Peter Holmes a Court go to head-to-head on whether the world should care.
Andrew Tate is not the only misogynist courting Australian teenagers
Parents should be aware that female hating content that targets teen boys is rife online, experts say.
December 2021
The 25 most influential women of 2021 worldwide
These are the females who have shaped this tumultuous year, say writers such as Jane Fraser, Christine Lagarde, Elizabeth Warren and Greta Thunberg.
November 2021
Greta Thunberg attacks CO2 offset projects as ‘greenwash’ at COP26
The Swedish environmentalist said that fossil fuel companies and banks are trying to “give polluters a free pass to keep polluting”.
October 2021
Bagpipes, soccer louts and zombies: all aboard the climate train
A rail trip from London to Glasgow for COP26 had a lot more colour than just green, as our correspondent inadvertently discovers.
July 2021
German disaster as floods kill 81, with hundreds missing
Entire villages were awash and some victims drowned in their basements as raging waters swamped at least four countries.
May 2021
Rich List renews and repurposes
Recycled, regenerated, renewable: this year’s Australian Financial Review Rich List shows Australia’s richest people are repurposing business for sustainability.
February 2021
Why Rihanna and Greta Thunberg are taking on India’s Modi
Global celebrities are helping Indians to fight their government’s crackdown on dissent.
India trolls Rihanna, other celebrities over support for farmers
A social media post from the singer prompted an uproar in India as pro-government supporters trolled her, accusing her of tweeting in exchange for money.
October 2020
Halloween has nothing on the never-ending political horror show
If you really want to scare the neighbourhood tonight, then try out these ideas.
April 2020
Will the pandemic stall action on climate change?
When the global shutdown eases and things return to "normal", business as usual may not be an option.
March 2020
Greta Thunberg against the world
How a 17-year-old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome, plaits and a homemade protest sign got under the skin of the US president.
February 2020
Can the world live without oil?
How the world can provide adequate energy supplies while dramatically reducing emissions has become one of the defining issues of our time.
Last chance for the climate transition
We must massively accelerate technological progress away from burning fossil fuels. We must move beyond them almost completely, warns Martin Wolf.
How the cruise industry is sailing towards a sustainable future
With a record number of new ships hitting our oceans each year, the tourism sector is finding new ways to sail ever more lightly on the planet.