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16 Aug 2016
From an outsider’s perspective, an international environmental negotiation might seem like one never-ending, incomprehensible acronym, but for Dr Luke Kemp, it...
9 Aug 2016
As the impacts of climate change become more apparent, the need to adapt to these changes within the agricultural sector is increasing.
8 Aug 2016
The Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project (DDPP) is a global initiative that aims to provide options for deep decarbonisation of our economy while still...
15 Jun 2016
Researchers have found large old trees need greater long-term protection from the threat climate change and logging if they are to be saved for future...
7 Jun 2016
The rate of rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs) since the Industrial Revolution is unprecedented in the past 65 million years, according to new...
6 Jun 2016
What does a Trump presidency mean for the Paris Climate Agreement? What can be done if a future US President withdraws or refuses to ratify the agreement?
19 Nov 2015
The book, co-authored by Andrew Glikson and Colin Groves, is concerned with the principal milestones in the evolution of the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere...
4 Nov 2015
The uncertainties related to climate science present some unique challenges for policymakers and researchers alike.
19 Oct 2015
For the first time, a new analysis shows an impact of climate change on human society long before we knew the climate was actually changing.
9 Oct 2015
Former CPAS PhD student Dr Maria Taylor has detailed the birth and decline of Australian climate policy from 1987 to the present in a new book based on her...
21 Sep 2015
Australia can make deep cuts to its carbon emissions and move to full renewable energy for its electricity supply at a relatively low cost, an ANU report has...
21 Sep 2015
A team of Australian, European and American early career scientists (including Dr. Chris Fulton and Dr Jennie Mallela from the ANU Climate Change Institute)...