8 Jan 2021

The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires are a "wake up call" demonstrating the extreme effects of climate change in Australia, according to a group of...

8 Jan 2021

Scientists highlight links to climate change, call for more research.

8 Jan 2021

Australia had its fourth-warmest year on record in 2020, according to climatologists at the Bureau of Meteorology.

8 Jan 2021

Despite La Niña bringing the rain and cool change, Australia endured the fourth-hottest year in history in 2020, raising the alarm for urgent action on...

7 Jan 2021

Last year's Black Summer bushfires were made worse by climate change, and future risks will likely rapidly intensify for south-eastern Australia without...

5 Jan 2021

Labor says the Coalition is isolated on climate change and needs to commit to net zero emissions by 2050.

4 Jan 2021

Australia has resubmitted its Paris climate goal and modified its target as "a floor" that can be met without using credits from the previous accord...

2 Jan 2021

One of Australia's most vulnerable bird species is under growing threat from development, partly because it's extremely picky about where it raises...

30 Dec 2020

As the Australian government faces international pressure to set stricter greenhouse gas emissions targets, it has been suggested the country is doing better...

26 Dec 2020

Australia's reputation took a significant hit with its main trading partners after the Black Summer fires owing in part to perceptions of climate policy,...

23 Dec 2020

Covid lockdowns initially saw greenhouse gas emissions from road transport plummet but by September it was back to business as usual.

22 Dec 2020

More light has been shed on the relationship between climate change and catastrophic bushfires by a group of experts from the Australian National University...