IPCC
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”.
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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.
- by Bianca Hall
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.
Analysis
Climate crisis
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.
- by Angus Dalton
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.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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.
- by Miki Perkins
Global warming to cost Australia up to $423 billion over 40 years
Soaring global temperatures will smash productivity and triple spending on natural disasters.
- by Shane Wright and Mike Foley
Exclusive
Climate policy
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.
- by Lisa Visentin
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.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Global warming
Scorched by burning questions, our answer should not be inaction
Whether it’s climate change or the Voice, we often forget the real human cost of doing nothing.
- by Sean Kelly
How Australian coral and an unremarkable lake will help usher in a new epoch
Scientists are on the verge of formally declaring a new geological epoch based on evidence from a remote body of water in Canada, and Flinders Reef in Queensland.
- by Angus Dalton
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change-1nsy