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Erosion due to wild weather at Wamberal Beach on the Central Coast of NSW in 2020.

‘Managed retreat’: Should Australians withdraw from our beloved coastlines?

Climate change is increasing the rate and severity of coastal erosion, leading some experts to call for a “managed retreat” from beachfront development.

  • Bianca Hall

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Peter Dutton and the price of nuclear power.

Before you swallow Dutton’s nukes, look at the evidence

So, Peter Dutton tells us that his nuclear policy will be cheaper than Labor’s renewables policy. I would recommend to readers the Climate Council’s myth-busting article “The seven ways the federal Coalition could cook the books on nuclear costings”.

Fiji residents are among our Pacific Island neighbours under threat from rising seas.

Pacific in peril: UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects

The United Nations issued a global SOS on Tuesday, releasing new data showing global sea-level rises have doubled since the 1990s.

  • Bianca Hall
Dutton nuclear

Reality stands in the way of Dutton’s naive nuclear quest

Economically, practically and politically, nuclear just does not stack up for Australia with its clear blue skies and plentiful winds.

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
Australia faces the prospect of more devastating climate-fuelled bushfires if global warming is not reined in.

Wong flags spring bushfire threat as UN head says ‘humanity has opened the gates of hell’

The foreign minister admits Australia needs to be better prepared for another dangerous bushfire season, as an early heatwave leaves parts of the country edging towards disaster.

  • Farrah Tomazin
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Flames burn a forest during wildfires near the village of Sykorrahi, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Advancing flames are devouring forests and homes in Greece as wildfires that have killed 20 people are raging.

As heat records tumble UN finds governments are missing climate targets

Governments worldwide are failing to cut global greenhouse emissions rapidly enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and avoid catastrophic climate change.

  • Miki Perkins
Australia faces the prospect of more devastating climate-fuelled bushfires if global warming is not reined in.

Global warming to cost Australia up to $423 billion over 40 years

Soaring global temperatures will smash productivity and triple spending on natural disasters.

  • Shane Wright and Mike Foley
Voters are less inclined than they were two years ago to support urgent action to tackle climate change if it comes with a personal cost, adding to pressure on Energy Minister Chris Bowen to drive down the country’s emissions in line with the federal government’s 2030 target.

Cost of living crisis drives slump in support for urgent climate action

Fewer than half of Australians believe climate change is an urgent problem that requires immediate action, a decline from a slim majority two years ago.

  • Lisa Visentin
Scientists fear the searing heat of the past month could surpass all records.

Record July heat prompts dire warning: Act now ‘or we all scorch and fry’

The warmest temperatures for tens of thousands of years are prompting yet more calls from experts for urgent action on climate.

  • Nick O'Malley

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