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
International
6 October 2010
European governments are considering a plan to cut carbon emissions irrespective of what other countries decide, writes Michael Jacobs
National affairs
23 September 2010
Although a price on carbon will mean real changes to parts of the Australian economy, write John Daley and Tristan Edis, its impact on most industries will be small
International
2 September 2010
In every generation one issue comes to symbolise the wider battle to protect the natural world. This could be it, writes Michael Jacobs
International
29 July 2010
Not quite, writes Michael Jacobs. But the battle will be a tough one
National affairs
8 July 2010
With the government and the opposition treading water, Brian Toohey looks at alternative ways forward
7 July 2010
New Zealand’s new emissions trading scheme is far from ideal, but at least it’s a first step, writes Norm Kelly
National affairs
7 May 2010
There are seven good reasons to suggest that the government’s backdown on emissions trading will have costs both in electoral and longer-term political terms, argues…
National affairs
28 April 2010
By focusing on negotiations with the Coalition, the government lost momentum and opportunities, writes Rob Chalmers
National affairs
1 April 2010
The Australian talks about climate change with (almost) one voice
International
8 March 2010
Regardless of claims by polluters and sceptics, the IPCC’s science is overwhelmingly sound, writes Melanie Fitzpatrick from the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington