Australia
Leading Australian pension fund ditches coal holdings
NEWS: LGS chief executive cites increased risks of fossil fuel assets as reason for divestment
Merkel advisor slams Australia’s coal-friendly energy plan
NEWS: Canberra’s climate approach branded “weak” and “risk” by influential German scientist
Australian and Indian businesses lead calls for greener energy
NEWS: Volatile fossil fuel prices are encouraging some businesses to source greener forms of power, says Grant Thornton report
How climate change affected the world’s weather in 2013
NEWS: Scientific review shows heatwaves in China, Japan, Korea and Australia were made more likely by global warming
New coal mines are financial “madness” – analysts
NEWS: Australia’s controversial Galilee Basin project will lose money as global demand flatlines, finds Carbon Tracker
Rising seas could sink Australian coastal cities – report
NEWS: Sydney Opera House at risk as rising sea levels sea levels linked to climate change threaten Australian coast
Australia urged to halve power sector emissions by 2030
NEWS: Never mind the 2020 renewable energy target, Australia must slash its power emissions long term, says think-tank
Why Australia PM Tony Abbott’s climate policy is toxic
COMMENT: Physical and mental health are at risk from climate change, warns professor in plea to Australian government
Australian opposition ‘unlikely’ to keep climate off G20 agenda
NEWS: Australia lacks gravitas to cast off climate talk, with US and China likely to put pressure on Tony Abbott
Australia wind and solar fears rise as Abbott reviews policy
NEWS: Renewable Energy Target could face scrapheap as Canberra takes fresh swipe at climate laws
Solomon Islands town to relocate as climate pressures mount
NEWS: Plans are afoot to move an entire town to the mainland as climate impacts threaten to wipe out Taro Island
US-Australia “meeting of minds” on climate – US official
NEWS: US and Australian government saw convergence on climate during annual meeting, despite polarised domestic policies
Put climate change on G20 agenda, medics tell Tony Abbott
BLOG: Medical scientists urge Australian prime minister Tony Abbott to put climate change on Brisbane G20 agenda
Australia coal faces new tax from India and South Korea
NEWS: Australia may have repealed its carbon tax, but the country’s biggest export markets are moving the other way
Australian droughts caused by manmade emissions
NEWS: Burning fossil fuels is drying out Australia, new research shows, as government axes carbon tax
Australia axes carbon tax – international reactions
NEWS: RTCC rounds up the world’s response to Australia’s repeal of its carbon tax
Global outrage as Australia cans carbon tax
NEWS: After a thwarted attempt last week, the Australian senate has now repealed a levy on climate polluters
Abbott blow as Senate votes to delay carbon tax axe
NEWS: Government accused of deceiving allies as vote to cut Australia’s main climate law ends in farce
Australia facing ‘unprecedented rise in climate denial’
NEWS: Head of independent Climate Council Tim Flannery says politicians and the media are complicit in spreading misinformation
Australian bishop accuses Tony Abbott of “denigrating” climate science
NEWS: Climate pressure ramped up on Prime Minister, as Anglican church backs moves to ditch oil, gas and coal holdings