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Australia’s clean energy transition cannot succeed unless the government opens debate and decision-making to many more voices.
Industry is a leading climate polluter: Our road map shows what’s needed to cut industrial emissions in fast-growing countries.
In what’s likely to be the hottest year on record, nations are gathering to try and hash out faster action on climate change. Here are the three main issues facing negotiators.
Negotiating global progress on climate change involves walking a fine line, as a former UN official explains.
Humanity’s ecological footprint takes many different and interconnected forms that are all getting worse.
Daily global temperature records keep breaking. It’s a sign we’re on a rapidly warming planet.
The forest fires of the summer of 2023 in Québec were devastating. It was the worst year in 50 years. But with climate change, the worst may be yet to come.
With many countries planning fossil fuel production increases and continuing subsidies, negotiators have their work cut out for them when the COP28 climate summit begins.
The clock could be ticking for the travel industry unless action is taken to change our travel habits.
For a two-in-three chance of staying within 1.5°C, the budget shrinks to one-and-a-half years.
The use of fossil fuels carries a much heavier greenhouse gas penalty.
By making individuals responsible for reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the oil industry is deflecting responsibility for making profound changes in their production practices.
Corporate supply chains are riddled with high, uncounted emissions, as Lego discovered. New regulations mean more companies will face tough, sometimes surprising, choices.
Farmers once held immense power in New Zealand, and the National Party was their natural home. But the old order has been under threat for some time, with this election making the fault lines clear.
The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and budget decisions. An example shows just how much is at stake.
A group of agricultural and soil scientists has serious concerns about the way credits are awarded for soil carbon sequestration in Australia.
New research reveals the environmental impact of keeping tropical fish as household pets – but there are ways to reduce it.
Despite the meteoric rise of wind and solar, fossil energy sources have met most new demand in fast-growing economies.
Our research shows the world is not on track to achieve any of the Sustainable Development Goals. But with decisive action, we can still achieve a fairer, more sustainable and prosperous future.
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Researcher, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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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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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham