Universities are vital hubs of research and teaching on climate change and, as big organisations, produce significant emissions themselves. They should therefore lead action to limit climate change.
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Auctions theory first revolutionised the sale of the mobile phone spectrum; now it is doing the same for the carbon market.
The coronavirus pandemic caused the UN’s annual climate conference to be postponed by a year, but it was also responsible for a drop in carbon emissions. Is it enough and will it last?
‘Carbon sinks’ like forests and the soil have already been factored into the carbon budget – they should not be double-counted.
Supercomputing, frequent flying and powering up observatories: astronomy has an enormous carbon footprint.
Study finds that Victoria Falls, a nature-based tourism resort town, is a significant contributor to carbon emissions throughout the tourism value chain in the area.
Our new research uncovered stark carbon inequality across the EU.
Using sustainable cement would shift Earth Overshoot Day back by 10 days.
Peatlands will become a major source of greenhouse gases as the permafrost thaws.
My research shows we’ll need transformative change not just temporary lockdowns for COVID-19 to make much difference to the climate.
Six hours of streaming video may be the equivalent of burning one litre of petrol.
Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica, at the edge of space
Can Europe’s response to the Covid-19 health crisis put its economy on a greener path? To help answer this question, the recent GEM Energy Barometer polled around 100 energy experts in France.
The oil and gas industry was in trouble before the pandemic hit, but now it faces potential collapse. A majority of Canadians want the federal government to invest in a ‘green recovery.’
Removing engine idling would be like removing up to 1.6 million cars from the road.
Despite clear air as a result of the pandemic reducing human activities, our emissions still soar.
We calculated what would happen if petrol cars were replaced overnight with Teslas and Nissan Leafs.
Massive study looked at more than half a million trees in 813 forests across the tropics.
Global quarantine is not a long-term solution – we still have a lot of work ahead.
Emissions from Australia’s electricity sector have dropped markedly during the pandemic.
But a recession could cloud the renewables outlook.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Climateworks Centre CEO, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra