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Australia

Australia: new climate policy, same old politics

Australia: new climate policy, same old politics

A major review of Australian climate policy has been compromised by the malignant politics that has sent Australia to the back of the international pack

Adani's Australian mine green light can't change economics of coal

Adani’s Australian mine green light can’t change economics of coal

The ‘final investment decision’ taken by Adani this week leaves many near and long term questions unanswered about the project’s viability

Fund considering Adani coal mine loan 'obsessed with secrecy'

Fund considering Adani coal mine loan ‘obsessed with secrecy’

Experts say $5bn Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s repeated rejection of requests for information on Adani coal project loan has no basis in law

Supreme Court loss creates new problem for Adani's Australian mine

Supreme Court loss creates new problem for Adani’s Australian mine

Indian ruling means Adani will be unable to manipulate price of coal overseas then seek escalations in cost of power back home

Adani coal would not cut emissions - IEA expert

Adani coal would not cut emissions – IEA expert

Australian ministers claim Carmichael mine would send cleaner coal to India than imports from elsewhere. This is false, says analyst from major global agency

Climate change made NSW's hottest summer 50 times more likely

Climate change made NSW’s hottest summer 50 times more likely

Researchers find strong climate signal behind the heatwaves and record average temperatures that beset Australia’s eastern states this summer

Australian Labor will not back 2030 renewable energy target

Australian Labor will not back 2030 renewable energy target

After political attacks, Labor says it will not legislate a renewable energy target, despite a policy promising to deliver a 50% share by 2030

Australia: Fires, floods, flying foxes and political farce

Australia: Fires, floods, flying foxes and political farce

On a weekend rural communities suffered dangerous weather events, the government doubled down on coal

Australian climate sceptics may form new party

Australian climate sceptics may form new party

A right wing government backbencher with ties to mining magnate Gina Rinehart has registered a website for a new political brand, Australian Majority

2016: the year climate change came home

2016: the year climate change came home

During the hottest year on record, Karl Mathiesen travelled to Tasmania and found his home irreparably changed

Full circle: 33 hours in Australian climate policy

Full circle: 33 hours in Australian climate policy

It took just over a day for the suggestion of a carbon price to be stamped out by right-wing MPs who hold the prime minister in their thrall

Fire bombs: Hobart lies in the path of climate disaster

Fire bombs: Hobart lies in the path of climate disaster

Around the world, communities are living obliviously close to climate-driven fire disaster. In the first in a series of reports, Karl Mathiesen visits Hobart, Tasmania

Australia is withholding carbon emissions data, says UN

Australia is withholding carbon emissions data, says UN

UNEP chief scientist says major report was unable to assess Australia’s progress towards its emissions targets because of a lack of information

Rich nations on course to miss 2020 climate finance goal

Rich nations on course to miss 2020 climate finance goal

Study by British and Australian administrations says wealthy nations likely to miss politically sensitive $100 billion goal, but flows will continue to rise

Ocean heatwave destroys Tasmania's unique underwater jungle

Ocean heatwave destroys Tasmania’s unique underwater jungle

The last giant kelp forest on the east coast of Tasmania has been lost, report divers and scientists

BP withdraws from Great Australian Bight oil race

BP withdraws from Great Australian Bight oil race

Conservationists claim victory for people power, but a depressed oil price was central to BP’s decision to end the controversial exploration project

Australia lags behind as Paris climate deal swings into action

Australia lags behind as Paris climate deal swings into action

At the first conference of the climate pact in Morocco next month, Australia will be in the laggards’ corner

When you're in a carbon hole, stop digging

When you’re in a carbon hole, stop digging

Coal mine expansion makes dirty fuel cheap and delays the transition to clean alternatives. A moratorium is in order, argues Richard Denniss

Coal mine judgment shows Australia's environment laws are flawed

Coal mine judgment shows Australia’s environment laws are flawed

The Australian Federal Court dismissed climate arguments against Adani’s massive Carmichael coal mine, which threatens the health of the Great Barrier Reef

G20 talks climate while Australia cuts renewables funding

G20 talks climate while Australia cuts renewables funding

Despite green energy finance topping the G20 climate agenda, Malcolm Turnbull’s government is planning a $1.4bn raid on its domestic budget

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