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climate change
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
National Affairs
A monster of a month
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
22 March 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| El Niño is only part of the explanation for a record-breaking February, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Books & Arts
One Sunday in March
Kerry Ryan
21 March 2016
Kerry Ryan
keeps his options open at WOMADelaide
National Affairs
CSIRO and climate: the devil in the detail
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
25 February 2016
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| Cutting funding at this stage of climate change research comes with enormous risks, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
International
After Paris: where now for carbon pricing?
Rebecca Pearse
21 December 2015
Carbon trading might have been given just a small part in the Paris agreement, writes
Rebecca Pearse
, but it was already time to move on
National Affairs
Climate claims a victory in the culture wars
John Quiggin
17 December 2015
By making climate science one of its chief targets, the right set itself up for failure, writes
John Quiggin
International
The road from Copenhagen
Giles Parkinson
14 December 2015
How did we get from there to here? In Paris
Giles Parkinson
looks at how the momentum built for climate action
International
Why the ratchet mechanism is (almost) everything in Paris
Fergus Green
11 December 2015
Without a credible mechanism for intensifying climate action over time, the Paris agreement will do nothing to bridge the chasm between what is possible now and what is needed in…
International
In Paris with the mayor of Byron
Giles Parkinson
8 December 2015
Cities, regions and states are setting the pace on climate adaptation, reports
Giles Parkinson
from Paris
National Affairs
Asking the right questions about extreme weather
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
24 November 2015
Diary of a Climate Scientist
| It’s not a simple case of cause and effect, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
National Affairs
When El Niño met the Indian Ocean Dipole
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
20 October 2015
Diary of a climate scientist
| This year’s El Niño could be a whopper, writes
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
, but we still don’t know exactly what…
National Affairs
How should we feel about climate change?
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
23 September 2015
Diary of a climate scientist
| Where do emotions fit into the work of scientists who study climate, asks
Sarah Perkins
International
How to annoy the neighbours
Nic Maclellan
28 August 2015
With the Pacific Islands Forum meeting soon in Port Moresby, many island leaders are expressing frustration at Australia’s climate policies, writes
Nic Maclellan
International
Wherever you are, heatwaves are getting relatively worse
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
25 August 2015
Diary of a climate scientist
| Even the “top of Europe” suffers in a heatwave, writes
Sarah Perkins
. And worldwide they’re becoming more frequent and more intense
International
Pope 1, Lomborg 0
Daniel Nethery
23 July 2015
A new website allows scientists around the world to assess the quality of media coverage of climate change, writes
Daniel Nethery
National Affairs
Will Bill Shorten understand the energy consumer must be king?
Giles Parkinson
23 July 2015
Labor’s new renewable energy target is achievable, writes
Giles Parkinson.
But powerful incumbents will need to be tackled
National Affairs
The name game
Peter Brent
16 July 2015
With the next election on the horizon, the pressure is on to give Labor’s carbon policy a name that sticks
International
The prospects for action on climate have never been better
John Quiggin
23 June 2015
A series of trends has combined to radically change policies among the largest emitters, writes
John Quiggin
International
When free-riding proves expensive
Michael Gill
17 June 2015
Economist William Nordhaus has come up with a new approach to reducing carbon emissions, writes
Michael Gill
. And Australia could benefit more than we expect
International
Preparing for cyclones Reuben, Solo, Tuni, Ula… and beyond
Nic Maclellan
19 March 2015
The devastation in Vanuatu underlines the importance of building community resilience before natural disasters, writes
Nic Maclellan
. Meanwhile, Australia is cutting its…
Books & Arts
Going with the floe
Susan Lever
12 March 2015
Books
|
Susan Lever
reviews James Bradley’s new novel about a future reshaped by a changing climate
International
Lima: the not-so-bad news
John Quiggin
20 December 2014
Depressing as the climate negotiations may look, progress is being made, writes
John Quiggin
National Affairs
Tell them they’re dreaming
John Quiggin
11 December 2014
Nuclear power might be worth considering as a reserve option, says
John Quiggin
, but experience overseas shows Australia’s carbon savings must be made elsewhere
National Affairs
Australia, China and the new carbon climate
Fergus Green
21 November 2014
As the dust settles after the US–China climate announcement and Australia’s G20 climate debacle,
Fergus Green
takes a closer look at the Abbott…
National Affairs
Climate change and the intellectual decline of the right
John Quiggin
18 August 2014
No arguments seem to sway right-wing politicians and commentators in the United States and Australia, says
John Quiggin
. Will we have to wait for demography to do its work?
National Affairs
Dancing in the dark
Peter Brent
3 July 2014
Both the major parties have made a habit of misinterpreting the polls on climate change. The latest results shouldn’t provide any comfort to the Coalition
Books & Arts
How it all went wrong
Andrew Dodd
28 May 2014
Philip Chubb’s insider account of the demise of Kevin Rudd’s climate scheme is essential reading, says
Andrew Dodd
Essays & Reportage
Climate change and equity
eBook
17 April 2014
This eBook features Tim Senior’s recently announced prize-winning entry in the Gavin Mooney Essay Prize for 2013, together with the four runners-up
National Affairs
Direct Action subsidies: wrong way, go back
Frank Jotzo and Paul Burke
17 March 2014
Nothing has happened since the election to challenge the view that the Coalition’s Direct Action plan for carbon reduction is vastly inferior to carbon pricing, write…
Essays & Reportage
Climate change and equity: whose language is it anyway?
Tim Senior
24 February 2014
In his winning entry for the Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition, Sydney GP
Tim Senior
argues that language, and different ways of knowing, have been getting in the…
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