Environment
Climate change
Inside the battle to save Tasmania’s giant kelp forests
Kelp forests along the state’s east coast were once so dense they were marked on shipping maps. But climate change has warmed the ocean, causing a 95 per cent decline.
- by Miki Perkins
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Gen Z
‘The media uses it to scare people’: Survey detects climate change scepticism in young people
While young people are overwhelmingly concerned about climate change, a report has detected an increase in doubt among teenagers.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Bitcoin’s dirty little secret: It’s not easy being green
Bitcoin provokes intense debate but one thing everyone agrees on is that it has become a staggering producer of climate wrecking carbon dioxide.
- by Nick O'Malley and Chris Zappone
Explainer
Emissions
It stores pollution 30 times faster than forest. What is blue carbon?
Shy dugongs, sea turtles and ancient microbes are all found among our seagrasses and mangroves. Why are politicians interested in these ocean meadows now?
- by Emma Young
Editorial
Emissions
Victoria has every reason to aim higher in tackling climate change
The Andrews government is looking to marry existing trends in technology with targeted incentives. Yet there remains a case for even greater ambition.
- The Age's View
State action alone could lead to nation meeting emissions targets
Even if the federal government takes no action, the states’ own efforts to reduce climate change would enable Australia to meet current emission reduction targets.
- by Nick O'Malley
There’s a key element missing from the debate about Australia’s journey to net-zero emissions
Everyday Australians are being left out of the conversation.
- by Lynne Gallagher
Analysis
Paris Agreement
Emissions targets could have been more ambitious but heading in right direction
While Victoria’s new climate goals are achievable are they in line with what’s needed to keep global warming under two degrees?
- by Miki Perkins
Victoria makes pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2030
All government operations – from schools to hospitals – will be powered by renewable energy within the next four years.
- by Miki Perkins and Nick Toscano
Where Australia stands as the world resets on climate change
What you need to know about the week that saw the US commit to nearly doubling its emissions reduction target and the world focus anew on the greatest threat to our planet.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘There are no jobs on a dead planet’, Sharan Burrow tells Biden’s summit
The former Australia trade union chief now a leader of the international union movement committed to supporting a just transition to clean jobs.
- by Nick O'Malley