Cruise liners are back and demand is reportedly strong. But given their environmental impact and relatively low economic benefit, how sustainable is this kind of tourism?
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If global health care was a country, it would be the world’s fifth largest emitter. There are simple ways health care can reduce its emissions, starting with scans and gases.
Labor won’t concede to the Greens’ core demands on the bill, but a climate “trigger” on new developments could ensure the bill has real force.
Peat is partially decomposed plant matter that has accumulated over thousands of years.
The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.
Policymakers, industry regulators and investors must team up to mandate that corporations provide CEOs with financial compensation for reducing carbon footprints.
Governments may be forced to put back deadlines to shift away from petrol and diesel.
Research shows large-scale reliance on carbon capture risks postponing climate action too far into the future.
For the NHS to achieve net zero, it needs to sort out its supply chains and prioritise community health.
A return of mega cruise liners would go against the government’s express desire to create a new, sustainable tourism model.
A period of high fossil fuel prices has mixed implications.
Indonesia has embarked on its carbon-pricing journey. However, many elements regarding the scheme remain unknown. Here’s what we need to know before the pilot project commenced.
Kampala’s current transport system is not working to the benefit of its users, its operators or the government. It is not providing a mobility service.
We know how to build a truly zero carbon house. So why are we not doing it, on a massive scale?
Emissions trading systems are supposed to speed up decarbonisation, but they are not yet capable of doing so in practice.
There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the future – but what if we got it right? Here’s the case for optimism.
For the UK to achieve its net zero targets, it needs to take action on its carbon-intensive, poorly regulated supply chains.
By measuring emissions in real time, cities can take stronger action against air pollution and global warming.
Greg Hunt is best known as Australia’s health minister. But before that he spent years thinking about mechanisms to get emissions down – and if elected, Labor plans to road test the one he introduced.
People in some areas are paying hundreds of pounds more to heat their homes every year.
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