Environment
Climate change
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions up for four years in a row
The increase, according to a government submission to the United Nations, is at odds with the country's Paris climate pledge.
- by Peter Hannam
Latest
Environmental protection
'Death blow': Corals, algae don't acclimatise to more acidic seas
The new study's results suggest vulnerable reefs may not be able adapt fast enough to cope with climate change.
- by Peter Hannam
United Nations
Stop new coal plants by 2020 and taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels, UN chief says
"Taxpayer money should not be used to boost hurricanes, spread drought and heatwaves, melt glaciers, and bleach corals," Antonio Guterres says.
- by Peter Hannam
Protest
Protesters scale Sydney Harbour Bridge to declare 'climate emergency'
Thirteen people have been arrested after environmental group Greenpeace called on PM Scott Morrison to "declare a climate emergency" by protesting on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Australia votes
Labor's $1.5b plan to 'unlock' gas would create more emissions than Adani coal mine, experts say
The proposal would make it much tougher for a Shorten government to meet the nation's Paris climate goals, analysts said.
- by Peter Hannam and Cole Latimer
Climate policy
Key climate ruling against coal mine stands after miner declines to appeal
Gloucester Resources has dropped plans to appeal against a court decision that blocked its planned mine in part because of its climate change impacts.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Global warming
Come senators, MPs, there's a climate emergency raging
They're calling this the climate election but both sides are failing to rise to the scale of the challenge, writes a former Liberal leader.
- by John Hewson
Extreme weather
'Amazing archive': Novel study reveals recent shift in El Ninos events
El Ninos are becoming more common in the central Pacific but also developing into more extreme events in the ocean's east.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Global warming
Our carbon budget is all but spent, but who in Canberra is counting?
Australia will burn its remaining fair share of global emissions in just three years.Two top climate scientists write that Canberra is ignoring this emergency.
- by Penny Sackett and Will Steffen
Extreme weather
Climate change link to global droughts goes back a century, study finds
Humans have contributed to increased global risks of drought for more than a century, scientists say, in findings that also point to "severe" consequences with ongoing climate change.
- by Peter Hannam
Electric cars
'Very close': cost of some electric cars to match petrol ones by 2020
EVs have been a point of difference between the Coalition and Labor during the election campaign after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten set a goal of half of new cars sales being electric by 2030.
- by Peter Hannam