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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

Essays & reportage Trouble in the city Peter Spearritt 22 October 2009 If you want to find out what’s happening in Australia’s cities today, don’t go to the glossy planning documents, writes Peter Spearritt National affairs Another day in the red Brett Evans 24 September 2009 A dusty day in Sydney wouldn’t have surprised Enrico Fermi, writes Brett Evans National affairs Kicking the petrol habit Rob Chalmers 25 August 2009 Massive public assistance is being given to a dying technology, writes Rob Chalmers, just when electric cars are showing enormous promise Essays & reportage Show day Ellie Rennie 20 August 2009 Angela Pamela and her political prizewinners took the Alice Springs show by storm, reports Ellie Rennie

National affairs An idea whose time never came Richard Denniss 25 February 2009 The federal government’s emissions trading scheme is in trouble. Richard Denniss looks at the alternative Essays & reportage We have still not lived long enough Tom Griffiths 16 February 2009 Testimony from the 1939 and 2009 fires reveals what we haven’t learnt from history National affairs Making life easier for emitters Richard Denniss 2 February 2009 It seems paradoxical, but the Rudd government’s emissions trading scheme will stop individuals and governments from acting to reduce emissions, writes Richard Denniss National affairs Malcolm in the middle Rob Chalmers 11 December 2008 With Malcolm Turnbull caught between his own party’s climate change sceptics and a popular government, don’t be surprised if Australia goes to the polls next year,…