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A photograph of a tree going up in flames in a bushfire, with thick smoke billowing behind it.

17 Jun 2021

Governments must prepare public health systems to respond to the severe health effects of air pollution from bushfire smoke, according to a new report.

A photograph of a wind turbine in a field, with two other wind turbines in the background.

13 Jun 2021

The ACT should buy more renewable electricity than it needs, hold reverse auctions to upgrade household heating and offer substantial subsidies to accelerate...

An aerial photograph of trucks and diggers working in an open-cut mine.

11 Jun 2021

World leaders including Prime Minister Scott Morrison will gather in the UK this weekend for the G7 summit. In a speech on Wednesday ahead of the meeting,...

A photograph of a coal fired power station, with smoke billowing out of the chimneys.

11 Jun 2021

All G7 members have sharpened their climate and trade policies to consider the use of carbon border adjustments. Australia should lean in rather than push back...

A photograph of a snowman with sticks for arms, and tanbark for eyes and a mouth.

11 Jun 2021

Senator Matt Canavan sent many eyeballs rolling yesterday when he tweeted photos of snowy scenes in regional New South Wales with a sardonic two-word caption...

A photograph of a coal-fired power station in the distance, with the sun shining from behind, and smoke billowing out of the chimneys.

11 Jun 2021

New analysis by the Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program shows that the use of carbon border adjustment mechanisms, to be under discussion at the...

An artistic, colourful editing of a close-up photograph of a fancy car.

10 Jun 2021

In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry’s life support without blinking. The industry made light bulbs, of the traditional kind; so energy-inefficient...

An aerial photograph of cars parked next to a building with solar panels on its roof.

10 Jun 2021

Governments and car manufacturers are investing hundreds of billions of dollars on electric vehicles. But while the electric transport revolution is inevitable...

A photograph of Federal water minister Keith Pitt, speaking at a Murray Darling Basin Authority conference in Griffith.

9 Jun 2021

Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt says the government remains determined to build new dams in the Murray-Darling Basin, rejecting comments from a leading...

A photograph of ANU Vice-Chancellor Prof Brian Schmidt, wearing a suit and looking to the left of the camera.

9 Jun 2021

A group of Nobel laureates is calling on Australia and leaders of the G7 nations to use the best scientific minds on the planet to tackle climate change.

A photograph of Assoc Prof Kim Cunio, sitting behind a grand piano, smiling and looking towards the camera.

9 Jun 2021

The Canberra Symphony Orchestra will debut a thought-provoking new work by ANU School of Music head Kim Cunio about climate change at its coming Saturday...

Seeking business development specialist

4 Jun 2021

Apply your skills in business development, knowledge exchange, stakeholder engagement and project management across multiple dimensions of climate change

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