Climate
Colombia announces fossil fuel phase-out summit to be held in 2026
It comes after years of research and evidence that shows the best way to limit the devastating impact of climate change is to phase out the burning of fossil fuels.
Save Tuvalu, Save the World
This original documentary from The Australia Institute takes viewers to the front line of the destruction that climate change is causing.
Labor’s 62-70 per cent climate target labelled “non-ambitious”
The target does not align with the science, and can only be met by phasing out fossil fuels - which they won't commit to.
Senate Inquiry told “terrifying” climate report could be worse than first thought
Senior public servants and experts have faced questions by senators in an inquiry into Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment.
The juxtaposition of Labor's climate policies is staggering – so absurd it almost defies belief
Think about this when climate change minister Chris Bowen announces Labor’s “ambitious” targets for reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions soon.
Former Kiribati president Anote Tong says North West Shelf extension “not consistent” with Australia’s rhetoric on climate change
The former president of the Republic of Kiribati, Anote Tong, has added his voice to the growing chorus of criticism of the Federal Government’s decision to extend Woodside’s highly polluting North West Shelf project in Western Australia.
Grim Climate Risk Assessment prompts calls to scale back fossil fuel exports
The Federal Government has released its long-awaited National Climate Risk Assessment – and it makes for grim reading.
What Australia does matters, and nowhere more so than on climate
The Australian Government’s decision to approve Woodside’s NWS export project is a disaster.
Polluter-pays system could help struggling councils and homeowners: new research
The soaring cost of repairing roads, drains, parks and other public facilities after floods, fires and storms is drifting out of reach of local councils, according to new research.
20-year gas leak branded “a national scandal”
A methane gas leak, which had been allowed to drag on for two decades at a Darwin gas terminal, has been branded a “national scandal”.
