Yesterday
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Morrison wants to manage climate change off the table
Just as with gay marriage, the conservatives are getting their say - and then bowing to the inevitable.
- Phillip Coorey
‘The ball’s in your court’: Nats give PM green wishlist
Most National MPs have backed a proposal for a regional economic package in return for their support for net zero emissions by 2050.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Boris Johnson is more honest on climate than Scott Morrison
The British PM’s boosterism is well known. But unlike his Australian counterpart, he has not hidden the cost of net zero emissions from the public.
- John Roskam
ANZ boss backs better climate disclosures to reduce greenwashing risk
Ahead of COP26, banks and investors say standardising climate-related disclosure is important, so lenders can assess transition risks.
- James Eyers
- Analysis
- US politics
Meet Joe Manchin, America’s Joel Fitzgibbon on steroids
Coming from coal country and sometimes a thorn in their parties’ sides, Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon and US Democrat Joe Manchin have a lot in common when it comes to climate change.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
- Exclusive
- Scott Morrison
‘No glass beads’: Nats want protection for net zero deal
The Nationals want regulatory changes as well as financial assistance in return for their support for net zero emissions by 2050.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Fiji’s PM: Go to Glasgow with commitments
Australia and Fiji share all the dangers of climate change in the Pacific. Canberra now needs to follow the Fijian path of firm commitments in law.
- Frank Bainimarama
This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rio highlights carbon hypocrisy
Rio Tinto says it will slash its emissions by 50pc by 2030. But it also says net zero by 2050 will require radical action never seen over the past 30 years.
- Tony Boyd
Sussan Ley cannot avoid duty to protect kids from climate change: SC
Environment Minister Sussan Ley is fighting to overturn a landmark decision finding that she had a duty of care to protect children from harm from climate change.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Opinion
In the developing world, the chat about climate change is different
No one can do much about climate change if they are trapped in poverty already. Australia can help to fix both challenges.
- Tanveer Ahmed
Britain courts green investment to fuel carbon-cutting plans
Boris Johnson also announces how Britain plans to reach net-zero in politically challenging sectors such as household energy use.
- Jill Lawless and Kelvin Chan
Prolonged talks expose net zero deal
The Nationals are handing over their climate demands but many senior members of their party and Liberals say the drawn-out negotiations will be damaging.
- Phillip Coorey
Johnson calls on nations to harden climate goals
While the UK expects to welcome about 120 world leaders to Glasgow, it’s contending with some key no-shows.
- Updated
- Emily Ashton
Mood shifts to net-zero deal within days
Barnaby Joyce has accepted Scott Morrison could forge ahead with a commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 without the imprimatur of the Nationals.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Scott Morrison
Politics is often counterintuitive, and climate action is no different
Barnaby Joyce looks every bit the man who knows he has to deliver something that every sinew of his body disagrees with.
- Phillip Coorey
PM pressures Nats on climate deal
Scott Morrison has added national security to the list of reasons why Australia must adopt a binding target of net zero emissions by 2050.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Politicians, not courts, should decide coal mine approvals’
Environment Minister Sussan Ley is fighting a finding that she has a duty to consider the harms climate change may cause children when approving a coal mine.
- Hannah Wootton
Coal exports will decline, but not because of net zero target: PM
Scott Morrison told Liberal Party colleagues on Monday morning that the Biden Administration was a “game changer” in terms of global pressure to act on emissions.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
When markets regulate the politicians
Hypocritical Nationals holdouts are exposing regional Australia to risk and robbing it of opportunity in the green industries that are coming.
- Craig Emerson
Nationals to get billions for net zero
Tens of billions of dollars for regional Australia could be the price to pay for Barnaby Joyce’s party supporting the emissions target by 2050.
- Phillip Coorey
