National affairs
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
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
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
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
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
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…
International
22 November 2013
Australia’s performance at CHOGM and in Warsaw this month will accelerate the decline of its influence in the Pacific, writes Nic Maclellan
Essays & reportage
24 September 2013
Has the environment movement failed to frame the climate debate effectively?
International
16 September 2013
Like Australia, Germany has seen a shift in the political middle ground. But there, it’s ended up in an intriguing place, writes Klaus Neumann
National affairs
11 September 2013
Tony Abbott might have pledged in blood to repeal the Australian carbon pricing scheme, but what’s likely to happen once the obstacles are clear? Fergus Green…
National affairs
22 May 2013
Europe’s carbon pricing woes cast further doubt on the credibility of Australia’s scheme and on Treasury’s forecasts of the revenue it will reap for the budget
National affairs
16 May 2013
The electricity generation industry is waking up to the fact that its business model is broken, writes Giles Parkinson. With consumption down, can it refit for the green economy?
International
15 March 2013
If climate change hastens migration in the Pacific, two twentieth-century cases could be useful guides, writes Jane McAdam
National affairs
2 August 2012
Our policies have focused on the small portion of emissions that we account for within Australia. It’s time to start thinking about how we can influence emissions beyond our…
National affairs
19 July 2012
Tony Wood proposes an innovative solution to a hard climate policy problem
National affairs
14 June 2012
Amid tumbling international carbon markets and calls to weaken the carbon pricing scheme, Fergus Green makes the case for retaining an Australian carbon price floor
National affairs
30 April 2012
As politicians take the razor to state and federal “complementary” climate policies, Fergus Green examines their role with the federal carbon price looming
National affairs
6 March 2012
In the second of a two-part series examining the future of Australian climate policy, Fergus Green shows how Australia remains wedded to a model of international climate…
National affairs
2 February 2012
In the first of a two-part series examining the future of Australian climate policy, Fergus Green explains why the international policy consensus, on which Australia has…
Essays & reportage
9 January 2012
Václav Havel, who died in December, was Orwell’s true successor, writes Jane Goodall
National affairs
14 December 2011
Canada’s reversal on Kyoto won’t undermine the sense that the Durban climate conference achieved more than many expected, writes Michael Jacobs
National affairs
9 December 2011
Fergus Green outlines the next steps Australia must take
National affairs
4 December 2011
At the global climate negotiations in Durban, some island nations are discussing climate displacement. Nic Maclellan looks at the response from one Pacific government
International
29 November 2011
These two weeks might turn out to be more interesting than expected, writes Michael Jacobs. The stakes are certainly high enough
National affairs
20 October 2011
An Abbott government may well be able to repeal the carbon tax without paying compensation to the holders of carbon units. Fergus Green explains how
National affairs
3 October 2011
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, Fergus Green takes a trip down memory lane
International
1 August 2011
The world’s energy policy-makers are watching as the Merkel government takes the lead, writes Michael Jacobs
National affairs
13 July 2011
The speed of carbon reduction is hard to predict, writes Frank Jotzo, but we’ll certainly need to do some serious spending
National affairs
13 July 2011
Fergus Green unpacks the carbon pricing package to discover, at its core, a tension between fundamentally different visions for the future of Australia’s economy…
National affairs
12 July 2011
Peter Whiteford assesses the government’s package of compensation measures