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
Essays & reportage
6 July 2011
Frequent flyer Robyn Williams takes a look at how aviation is dealing with its carbon footprint
Essays & reportage
24 June 2011
Mainstream economics is beginning to recognise the opportunities alongside the climate threat, writes Michael Jacobs
Essays & reportage
2 June 2011
The federal government is showing signs of getting back into the urban planning business, reports Margaret Simons
National affairs
31 May 2011
Political advertising isn’t new, but third-party ads are a relatively recent, unregulated and potentially influential feature of political debate in Australia, writes…
International
28 April 2011
China’s Five Year Plan could turn out to be a turning point for global climate policy, writes Michael Jacobs
National affairs
3 March 2011
The experience of the renewable energy target suggests that a carbon tax will work better than a market-based approach to climate change, writes Brian Toohey
International
2 March 2011
As policy in Australia begins to move, Michael Jacobs surveys the international climate landscape: the latest science, the emissions targets and what’s happening on…
National affairs
25 February 2011
Australian climate policy lacks a guiding philosophy
National affairs
11 February 2011
The findings of Ross Garnaut’s update reports increase the pressure for Australia to adopt a carbon price, writes Frank Jotzo
International
16 December 2010
Cancun will restore confidence among governments and business that action is going to occur, writes Michael Jacobs, and that makes progress more likely
International
9 November 2010
Almost a year later, it’s easier to judge what was and wasn’t achieved in the Danish capital, writes Michael Jacobs – and what it means for this…
National affairs
26 October 2010
Climate change efforts are becoming more decentralised, writes Stephen Howes, so we’ll need to make the most of a bottom-up approach
Essays & reportage
20 October 2010
Indonesia is at the sharp end of the debate about how to bring forests into a carbon trading system, writes Stephen Minas
Books & arts
7 October 2010
Peter Spearritt looks at how traffic engineers and apartment developers are degrading Australian cities