Tony Abbott
Australia agrees to include climate change on G20 agenda
NEWS: Tony Abbott grudgingly inserts paragraph on climate change, in line with international demands
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
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
Abbott blow as Senate ally Palmer blocks Climate Change Authority axe
NEWS: Clive Palmer announces support for climate action after Al Gore meeting, but still backs Australian carbon tax repeal
Abbott declines invite to Ban Ki-moon climate summit
NEWS: Australian prime minister says he will not be among world leaders attending climate summit in New York
Australia’s climate policies on verge of meltdown
NEWS: Tony Abbott’s ‘direct action’ policy could fail to pass Senate, leaving country’s carbon cutting plans in limbo
Australia in 2013: hotter, drier and more fires
Australia almost a degree hotter than it was in 1910, says Bureau of Meteorology, as government tries to repeal climate laws
Australia climate cuts “insulting sovereignty of other countries”
Chair of UK Climate Change Committee says Australian climate change backtracking “lets down whole British tradition”
Australian cities already hotter than 2030 forecasts
In Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra, number of extremely hot days already exceed scientists’ projections for 2030
Australian MPs receive climate change-themed Valentine’s Day cards
Activists delivered roses and cards to the Australian Parliament this morning, asking MPs to “be the one” for climate action
Australia’s scorcher: why was 2013 so hot?
Last year was Australia’s hottest since records began. Graphs from the Bureau of Meteorology show how the temperature’s rising
Abbott urged to rethink climate policies after Australia’s hottest year
Friday’s top 5: Australian PM urged to keep carbon pricing, Chinese icebreaker struggles in Antarctic ice, and Ford displays new solar electric car
Tony Abbott could scrap Australia’s renewables target
Wednesday’s top 5: Australia says clean energy target could be scrapped, Chevron accused of breaking environmental laws, UK opened for fracking
Australia should adopt ‘25% emissions reduction target’
Report calls Australia’s 5% target inadequate but government has refused further funding to increase this
Dubai diversifies energy supply with first solar plant
Morning summary: Dubai switches on first solar plant; Tony Abbott has dig at UN climate chief; and Chinese city closes schools due to air pollution
Comment: IPCC will show Australia that physics trumps politics
IPCC won’t turn Abbott into an environmentalist, but its impact will endure beyond the Coalition, says Erwin Jackson of Australia’s Climate Institute
Australia Climate Commission starts fightback against Abbott cuts
Climate Commission is resurrected as independent body as Australian PM begins regressive action on climate change
Direct Action: should we give Tony Abbott’s climate plan a chance?
Anthony Hobley from Norton Rose Fulbright asks if the new Coalition’s Direct Action Plan is an end to Climate Action or simply a case of clever re-branding?