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climate change
National Affairs
Thinking creatively about phasing out coal
Fergus Green & Richard Denniss
19 December 2018
A new mechanism could fill a key gap in international climate agreements
National Affairs
Age of extremes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
10 December 2018
There’s no doubt that Australia is experiencing a rising number of severe weather events
National Affairs
Another Adani alarm
John Quiggin
30 November 2018
If this isn’t the latest in a series of false alarms, then Labor might finally be forced to disown the project
National Affairs
“We are not in the aviation business, we are in the mobility business”
Melissa Sweet
12 November 2018
Could there be such a thing as a healthy airport?
National Affairs
Margaret Thatcher’s message to the future
Mike Steketee
10 October 2018
The past is catching up with a climate-sceptical Australian government
International
Science under siege
Lesley Russell
5 October 2018
Donald Trump has launched an all-fronts attack on science and environmental protection
National Affairs
Climate-constrained healthcare
Melissa Sweet
5 September 2018
While the federal government plays politics with climate change, states and community groups are trying to head off a public health crisis
National Affairs
A party too divided to rule
Tim Colebatch
21 August 2018
The reckoning has arrived for a party — and its Coalition partner — long riven by cultural fixations
National Affairs
Déjà vu all over again
Michael Gill
16 August 2018
Electricity-hungry aluminium smelters continue to push for more coal-fired power stations
National Affairs
On the National Energy Guarantee, it’s Libs versus Libs (and Nats)
Tim Colebatch
6 August 2018
If the government offers Labor a deal it can accept, it will be rejected by the Coalition’s backbench. It’s hard to escape the obvious conclusion
National Affairs
A Macron moment
Natalie J. Doyle
3 May 2018
Macronmania came to Australia this week, but back in France the president might be facing his “Thatcher moment”
National Affairs
Will Batman’s voters take no for an answer?
Kerry Ryan
8 March 2018
The Sunshine State continues to make its mark in Melbourne’s closely watched federal by-election
National Affairs
Why 2017 was a good year for climate
John Quiggin
30 December 2017
Despite the US and Australian governments, attitudes and technology are driving change
National Affairs
A useful tool, but no guarantee
Tim Colebatch
18 October 2017
The Turnbull government’s pledge could leave Australia as one of the G20’s biggest per capita polluters — and with prices as high as ever
National Affairs
The devils in Finkel’s detail
Tim Colebatch
23 June 2017
What are the consequences of choosing a second-best scheme?
National Affairs
On climate, the consumer’s vote will be more important than the party room’s
Giles Parkinson
10 June 2017
The chief scientist’s energy report is a political document, which might, or might not, be its strength
National Affairs
Suddenly, the future doesn’t seem so far away
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
27 April 2017
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| What happens when a scientist is about to become a parent?
National Affairs
Despite the politics, good news on climate
John Quiggin
5 April 2017
It’s almost certainly too late for any leader to derail progress towards a decarbonised global economy
National Affairs
Energy security: a litmus test for the PM and his deputy
Tim Colebatch
17 February 2017
Malcolm Turnbull is staking his government on policies that are widely opposed and hard to defend
National Affairs
High energy prices? Blame fossil fuel generators, not renewables
Giles Parkinson
10 February 2017
The Coalition is chasing the wrong target, despite all the evidence
National Affairs
The lowdown on South Australia’s high-impact storm
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
6 October 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Assessing the contribution of climate change to the South Australian storms isn’t straightforward
National Affairs
In search of the “sensible centre”
Tim Colebatch
2 September 2016
What if we took the leaders at their word?
Tim Colebatch
looks at the initiatives that might result
National Affairs
Malcolm Roberts versus a century and a half of science
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
31 August 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| If the new One Nation senator wants empirical evidence, he can take his pick from 150 years of research, says
Sarah
Perkins-Kirkpatrick
National Affairs
Feeling the heat
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
4 August 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Record-breaking “heat index” scores highlight the growing impact of climate change, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
National Affairs
How hot was autumn?
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
3 June 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Autumn could scarcely have been hotter, says
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
in this overview of a record-breaking season
Essays & Reportage
Burying Margaret Mead
Felicity Wade
2 June 2016
Labor seemed the obvious place to mobilise broader support for strong climate change policies, writes former Wilderness Society staffer
Felicity Wade
National Affairs
Out of the campaign’s shadows, a hidden reality
Tim Colebatch
20 May 2016
The second week on the hustings revealed false conflicts and unspoken truths, says
Tim Colebatch
National Affairs
An early victory in the next carbon war
Peter Brent
28 April 2016
By taking the initiative on the dreaded three-letter word, Labor has scored an important win, argues
Peter Brent
National Affairs
Underwater extremes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
27 April 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| With much of the Earth covered by oceans, a different kind of heatwave is attracting attention, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Essays & Reportage
High pressure for low emissions: how civil society created the Paris climate agreement
Michael Jacobs
23 March 2016
A coalition of organisations forced the hands of the world’s major polluters
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