Nick O'Malley
Nick O'Malley is National Environment and Climate Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He is also a senior writer and a former US correspondent.
As the world wobbles on climate, Australia doubles down
Rattled by Donald Trump’s victory and pushback against earlier commitments, the world’s climate diplomats have struggled to find common ground during COP29 talks.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Analysis
Paris Agreement
Proposal at UN climate talks to tax business-class flights, crypto and plastics
Climate leaders suggest new taxes on dirty old industries could help pay for the multitrillion-dollar cost of stabilising the climate.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Paris Agreement
NSW is set to miss all emissions targets until 2050. Here’s why
A report shows the state is not on track to meet its net zero target or interim reduction goals.
- by Nick O'Malley
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National parks
‘This activity is a real threat’: MPs piling on pressure over state’s koala park promise
Premier Chris Minns is being urged to immediately end logging inside the boundaries of the proposed Great Koala National Park.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Renewables
State government plans to slash big renewables planning process
Despite its lofty net zero goals, the NSW planning process has been a slow-moving morgue for big projects but that might now change.
- by Nick O'Malley
How Donald Trump just made Chris Bowen’s difficult job harder
Global climate talks begin in Azerbaijan this week, with Australia taking a central role even as the United States looks set to abandon the process.
- by Nick O'Malley
What does Donald Trump’s election mean for the rest of the world?
World leaders and institutions are bracing for a shake-up of the global order unlike any in modern history.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Global warming
Spanish floods yet another reminder of the climate battle we’re losing
Everyone knows both the solution to climate disasters and what’s causing them, but our leaders remain unwilling or unable to take corrective action.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘You couldn’t make this up’: Expert pans Ontario nuclear option
Peter Dutton has repeatedly embraced the Canadian province as a model for cheaper power prices.
- by Bianca Hall and Nick O'Malley
‘Being preyed on’: Musk, Trump and MAGA mislead the desperate in disaster zones
Outrageous claims and outright lies are making it harder for US authorities to help hurricane victims.
- by Nick O'Malley
Visual Story
Extreme weather
Anatomy of a monster: Inside the one-in-1000-year hurricane that smashed Florida
It began as a tropical disturbance, then transformed into a category 5 monster hurtling towards the US coast. Here is how Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction.
- by Nick O'Malley, Matthew Absalom-Wong and Tom McKendrick
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