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The failure of “treaties, targets and trading” and the future of Australian climate policy
Fergus Green
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
“Preserved for the people for all time”
Cameron Muir
2 February 2012
Is “balanced” development really the best way to manage our inland rivers?
Cameron Muir
looks at the language that could save or condemn them
National Affairs
What Durban revealed about climate’s shifting allegiances
Michael Jacobs
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
International
Can Durban deliver?
Michael Jacobs
29 November 2011
These two weeks might turn out to be more interesting than expected, writes
Michael Jacobs
. The stakes are certainly high enough
Books & Arts
Olegas Truchanas’s Lake Pedder
Ian McShane
15 November 2011
Ian McShane
reviews Natasha Cica’s account of the life of wilderness photographer Olegas Truchanas and his role in the campaign to save Lake Pedder
Books & Arts
From the ashes
Tom Griffiths
12 October 2011
Books
| Despite the Black Saturday tragedy, attitudes and policies have moved far too slowly
National Affairs
Ghosts of politicians past
Fergus Green
3 October 2011
As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament,
Fergus Green
takes a trip down memory lane
National Affairs
Tax reform: a world of opportunity
Josh Dowse
28 September 2011
The Henry Report spelt out a series of tax reforms that would increase environmental and social sustainability, writes
Josh Dowse
. It’s great ammunition for a…
National Affairs
Living on luck
Michael Gilding
17 August 2011
Michael Gilding
reviews Paul Cleary’s analysis of the Australian mining industry
International
Can Germany go green?
Michael Jacobs
1 August 2011
The world’s energy policy-makers are watching as the Merkel government takes the lead, writes
Michael Jacobs
Essays & Reportage
Come fly with me
Robyn Williams
6 July 2011
Frequent flyer
Robyn Williams
takes a look at how aviation is dealing with its carbon footprint
National Affairs
The curious case of the environment law review
James Panichi
13 May 2011
James Panichi
updates his account of the reform of Australia’s federal environmental legislation
International
The China factor
Michael Jacobs
28 April 2011
China’s Five Year Plan could turn out to be a turning point for global climate policy, writes
Michael Jacobs
Essays & Reportage
Island on edge
Natasha Cica
28 April 2011
Tasmania’s feel-good mood has given way to a bittersweet fight over versions of the future, writes
Natasha Cica
International
How the Greens took Baden-Württemberg
Klaus Neumann
28 March 2011
Thirty-two years after Three Mile Island, an accident in a far-away nuclear facility has once again altered Germany’s political landscape.
Klaus Neumann
looks at…
Essays & Reportage
Death by a thousand cuts
James Panichi
25 March 2011
Despite the recommendations of an expert panel, changes to federal environmental legislation have stalled, writes
James Panichi
International
The end of Japan (as we knew it)?
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
18 March 2011
Japan can emerge from this disaster strengthened and more vigorous
International
Taking stock on climate
Michael Jacobs
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
Will the price be right?
Fergus Green
25 February 2011
With the date for a carbon price mechanism now set,
Fergus Green
goes in search of the missing philosophy behind Australian climate policy
National Affairs
Climate policy: a new momentum
Frank Jotzo
11 February 2011
The findings of Ross Garnaut’s update reports increase the pressure for Australia to adopt a carbon price, writes
Frank Jotzo
National Affairs
It never happens, but it did happen
Jane Goodall
16 January 2011
Unprecedented weather events are now to be expected, but we still don’t expect them, writes our correspondent in Toowoomba
International
Cancun: the glass half full
Michael Jacobs
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
Essays & Reportage
Designs on the landscape
Glenn Nicholls
20 November 2010
A return trip to East Germany’s Lusatia region, twenty years on, reveals an extraordinary transition away from coal mining and heavy industry, writes
Glenn Nicholls
Books & Arts
Lessons from Lanark
Cameron Muir
10 November 2010
John Fenton pioneered an innovative approach to ecological farming, writes
Cameron Muir
International
Copenhagen was not a (complete) failure
Michael Jacobs
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
Rethinking the Murray–Darling buybacks
Brian Toohey
3 November 2010
Buybacks aren’t the only way to reduce the amount of water being taken out of the system, argues
Brian Toohey
National Affairs
Climate change negotiations: unravelling or shifting gear?
Stephen Howes
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
Financing the forests
Stephen Minas
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
Retreat to the backyard
Peter Spearritt
7 October 2010
Peter Spearritt
looks at how traffic engineers and apartment developers are degrading Australian cities
International
Europe’s radical carbon choice
Michael Jacobs
6 October 2010
European governments are considering a plan to cut carbon emissions irrespective of what other countries decide, writes
Michael Jacobs
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