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26 Aug 2020
Alan Finkel’s support for an expanded role for gas-fired power is not consistent with a safe climate, 25 scientists say
26 Aug 2020
If gas-fired electricity emissions can be lower than that from coal-fired plants, should Australia expand its fossil gas industry as a means of combating...
26 Aug 2020
Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed. Today's climate models have yet to incorporate the steep rise in temperatures that have occurred...
25 Aug 2020
A group of leading Australian scientists has taken the unusual step of writing to the Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, saying his support for gas as an energy...
25 Aug 2020
Melting of the Antarctic icesheet could “conservatively” cause half a metre of sea-level rise in the coming century, a significant increase on some previous...
24 Aug 2020
Australia has always experienced natural booms and busts of droughts and floods, but these cycles are becoming increasingly unpredictable as the climate warms.
23 Aug 2020
With flights grounded, highways free of cars and animals taking back city streets it follows the pandemic should - environmentally - be a positive for the...
23 Aug 2020
Does carbon pricing work? It’s long been a contentious issue, but Australian researchers have crunched the data from 142 countries and now have what they...
20 Aug 2020
Requiem for a Reef is a collaborative and immersive work of advocacy for the endangered Great Barrier Reef by artist Ngaio Fitzpatrick, composer Alexander...
13 Aug 2020
Rebuilding bushfire-ravaged areas during a pandemic has been a huge challenge. One group of survivors is embracing the opportunity to roll out sustainable,...
13 Aug 2020
There have been recent media reports that the commission advising the Morrison government on its COVID recovery strategy has recommended that taxpayers provide...
12 Aug 2020
On 26 February 2020, the Centre for Climate and Energy Policy convened a discussion between experts and stakeholders on Australia’s national 2050 emissions...