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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Albanese flies to South America on trade rescue mission after Trump victory

The prime minister is seeking to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping within days to shore up a $327 billion economic relationship.

  • David Crowe

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The CFA has warned dry conditions in much of the state could pose a nasty bushfire risk this season.

‘Summer of grass fires’: Authorities warn of increased fire risk

A drier-than-average winter has left a build-up of vegetation fuel across Victoria.

  • Bianca Hall
Forests are crucial for curbing biodiversity loss. Orangutans are one species endangered by deforestation.

A ‘crazy’ new scheme to save world’s forests

What if stopping deforestation became a money spinner for developing countries?

  • Manuela Andreoni

‘Do you vacuum your lampshades?’ It was an idyllic town. Now it’s cursed by coal dust

A former local returns to the small NSW town of Muswellbrook, where he finds an expanded open-cut mining sector, a hollowed-out community and dust – everywhere.

  • Ryan Butta
The software underpinning Firestory was developed after the devastating 2019-2020 bushfire season.

‘They ain’t seen nothing yet’: UN boss names climate change impacts coming to Australia

Top UN climate official Simon Stiell says Australia will be “front and centre in resettling entire national populations” if climate targets are not met.

  • Nick O'Malley
Ceratoporella nicholsoni, a species of sea sponge that can live for centuries.

Did a sea sponge just blow up the Paris Agreement?

Australian-led research into Caribbean sea sponges indicates global warming had already smashed the 1.5 degree threshold by 2012. We’re now on the cusp of 2 degrees.

  • Angus Dalton
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Sam Murray on Yilka Country, in the Central Desert of WA.

Want to see what climate change does? I’ll show you my WA desert home

Few Australians know the Country I call home. Let me take you there through spinifex, mulga trees, red sand and open skies – and introduce you to my family.

  • Samantha Murray
Lunch with climate activist Anna Rose who is taking Coalition MPs to COP at Lucky Kwong in Eveleigh, Sydney on December 4, 2023. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Anna asked a climate sceptic for some advice. His words would reshape her career

Climate activist Anna Rose wanted to convince former Liberal senator Nick Minchin about climate change. Instead, the experience set her on a different path.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate.

Not even Trump can derail progress on climate, says John Kerry

The US climate envoy says there is a sense of urgency at COP28 that he hasn’t experienced at previous UN climate summits.

  • Lucy Cormack
COP28 began in Dubai last week, with more than 100,000 registered attendees.

No more Aussie dollars to fund overseas fossil fuel projects

Australia has taken a major step on the path towards the phase-out of fossil fuels, joining 39 nations in a commitment to end international finance for climate polluting projects.

  • Lucy Cormack

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/un-climate-conference