Climate policy
Crunch time looming for Morrison on climate as the world looks to Australia to act
The need for China, India and other big emitters in the developing world to ramp up their ambition explains why the US and Britain are so exercised about Australia’s 2030 target.
- by Marian Wilkinson
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Renewables
Rooftop solar still booming but big renewable projects dropping
Australians’ embrace of rooftop solar energy continues to rise, with the total capacity of new panels jumping by almost a third last financial year even as the outlook for utility-scale wind and solar farms dims.
- by Peter Hannam
Big $300m battery to be built without government aid in market first
Australia will get its first grid-scale battery built without government support by the end of 2022, marking what its proponent says is a tipping point in the electricity sector as storage prices tumble.Â
- by Peter Hannam
‘Window is closing’: Climate policy uncertainty a risk to investment
Australia’s climate policy uncertainty may place local companies behind the pack as global investments rise to tap strong international emissions targets.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Bushfires, heatwaves storms and floods: climate change report’s dire predictions
Today on Please Explain, environment editor Peter Hannam joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub’s damning report and what it means.
- by Nathanael Cooper
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Extreme weather
From drying rainforests to heavier downpours, Australia’s climate is changing
A major research group rounds up its work on Australia’s shifting climate and identifies many emerging perils as it prepares to hand over to its successor.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Political leadership
Barnaby Joyce may be sandbagging Nationals seats, but his gasbagging could cost Morrison government
The Deputy Prime Minister may well save some Queensland seats for the Nationals but the sting could be the loss of critical Liberal seats - and government.
- by John Hewson
‘Hazards are many’: Millions found to be at risk from sea level rise
Indonesia has been identified as the country with the most land at risk to sea level rise, adding to the threats climate change will pose to Australia’s populous northern neighbour.
- by Peter Hannam
Failure to model costs of climate change to coal, gas ‘beggars belief’
A major federal report has not modeled the cost of climate change despite the forecast of significant impacts to fossil fuel exports from global climate action.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
‘Wasted so much time’: New global panel to say carbon must be pulled from atmosphere
Governments will need to resort to extracting carbon from the atmosphere to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to the only Australian-based researcher of a new international scientific group.
- by Peter Hannam
Opinion
Renewables
The National Party’s allergy to net zero - by a worried Liberal
A veteran Liberal asks who Nationals think they’re supporting with their aversion to a strong emissions target: their farming constituencies or mining and gas executives?
- by Warren Entsch