Climate crisis
Worst G20 in years ends with a whimper as host cancels final press conference
“This G20 summit will go down in the history books,” one official told the Bloomberg news service. “But definitely not as a shining example.”
- by David Crowe
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Opinion
Global warming
How climate-denier Trump may leave China to save the planet
Xi Jinping will take great delight in showing the world how decadent the US becomes under Donald Trump when it comes to global warming. The planet may be the winner.
- by Ross Gittins
Analysis
Science
The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future
Wealthy countries, including Australia, seem to be charting a different course to less-well-off nations when it comes to climate emissions. Why?
- by Liam Mannix
Opinion
Opinion
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
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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
A Kennedy daughter offers a hand to Pacific nations threatened by climate change
In one of her last acts as US ambassador, Caroline Kennedy has sealed a deal to safeguard at-risk South Pacific cultural relics and artefacts.
- by Linda Morris
World’s biggest renewables hub planned for Australian desert
Donald Trump’s US election win is raising hopes for green investment growth in markets outside the US – and plans are afoot for Australia to capitalise.
- by Mike Foley
Trump day one: Drills, pardons and a certain ‘schedule F’
According to his own statements, the new US president has a lot to do on his first day back in the White House.
- by Colleen Long and Dan Merica
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
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Forestry
The government promised a koala national park. Then the loggers moved in
Forests on the North Coast are earmarked for a national park to protect “the best patch of koala habitat in the world”, but the area is still being logged in epic proportions.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘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.
- by Bianca Hall
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