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As the world cooks, why have our political leaders gone cold on global warming?

Climate change has been all but ignored in the Australian election campaign, and world leaders are giving up on the cause, even as the heat rises.

  • Nick O'Malley

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Tony Blair attends the COP29 climate confernce in Azerbaijan in November.

A political tide is turning across Europe, and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight of harsh reality.

  • Rob Harris
Peter Malinauskas: “this is bigger than Ben Hur”. Pictured here with Clare O’Neil and Anthony Albanese.

If COP climate summit comes to Australia, this city would be the perfect host

As a centre with a story to tell in tackling the challenges of climate change, Adelaide is a prime contender to co-host the COP climate summit next year.

  • Nick O'Malley
Shadow Energy Spokesman Ted O’Brien debated Energy Minister Chris Bowen at the National Press Club on Thursday.

Will we always have Paris? Coalition forced to clarify climate commitment

Asked if the Coalition would leave the Paris Agreement, climate spokesman Ted O’Brien said: “I can commit that we will always act in the national interest.”

  • James Massola and Nick O'Malley
Jetstar’s new coat of paint.

Jetstar planes have just lost their shine. Here is why

The discount airline’s new craft are no longer being painted with erstwhile iconic silver mica. It’s not about how they look.

  • Chris Zappone
Just Stop Oil protesters threw tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s famous 1888 work Sunflowers, then glued themselves to the wall at the National Gallery in London in 2022.

After throwing soup at Van Gogh and painting Stonehenge, agents of chaos say they’re done

The group of protesters, which included women in their 80s, grabbed the headlines with disruptive stunts that saw them arrested 3300 times in three years.

  • Rob Harris
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Qantas flies away from its legal fight with regulator.

Net zero mandates could make airfares too expensive for most: Qantas boss

The higher costs of clean fuel could push up airfares and make flying “something for the privileged,” Vanessa Hudson says.

  • Christopher Jasper
Matt Kean in Berowra Valley National Park in northern Sydney: “We’ve got a chance to have some of the cheapest energy bills anywhere in the world.”

Death threats, 3am texts: Former Liberal MP Matt Kean on becoming a climate champion

His stance on global warming has earned him powerful enemies – but the Climate Change Authority chair believes the stakes are too high to beat about the bush.

  • Anne Hyland
Climate change report

Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record in the air and the oceans

Although warming around the world rose last year, the United Nations’ lead climate agency says there is still time to act.

  • Nick O'Malley
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese briefing media about Cyclone Alfred from the National Situation Room in Canberra.

‘More frequent, intense’: PM puts climate front and centre for election

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says global warming makes weather events more extreme and that not cutting emissions carries a significant cost.

  • Mike Foley

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