Environment
Climate change
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
Latest
The maps that show the tree-free heat islands in your city
Australia’s two largest capital cities have far too little tree canopy, which leads to increased rates of obesity, depression, anxiety and heatstroke.
- by Bianca Hall
Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, September 2024
One third of corals have died in a section of reef near Cooktown. SOURCE: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Opinion
Climate crisis
The climate killer we ignore: Women are losing babies. I call it ‘maternalcide’
Soaring heat and compounding natural disasters are triggering fatal heart-related illnesses, mosquito-borne viruses and other fetal abnormalities.
- by Nathalie Beasnael
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
Exclusive
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
Exclusive
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
Analysis
Electric vehicles
If cars become batteries on wheels, cities become power plants
Australia’s energy system now offers vehicle-to-grid charging, which will make the concept of traditional baseload power redundant.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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
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
Australia is already 1.5 degrees hotter
The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology have been mapping Australia’s changing climate for 14 years. Here’s what their latest snapshot tells us.
- by Bianca Hall
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