Australia climate change debate

Reducing emissions is only part of the story. Australia must also plan for adapting to the impacts of climate change.

There are fears that a World Heritage in-danger listing would damage a tourism industry that revolves around the reef and employs more than 64,000 people.

It is critically important for citizens to be able to express their concern about the climate emergency in whatever peaceful way they would like to do so.

Canberra now seeks to play a leading diplomatic role in the global effort to cut carbon emissions, but actions are more important than words.

It is not just the Pacific region angered by Prime Minister Morrison’s unchanged coal-loving stance. Next month, he will have to answer to the Australian electorate on this critical issue.

Australia’s 2050 net zero pledge comes without specifics, relying on technology that hasn’t been invented yet and absent a 2030 emissions-reduction target.

There's a long way to go, but the Australian leader's pledge could reconfigure the public debate around climate issues.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison argued that technology – not carbon taxing – is the best way to achieve the climate target.

Renewable energy technologies have become better and cheaper, but Australia’s politics haven’t embraced the energy market’s transition.

How to reshape attitudes on issues ranging from the Asian haze to the Mekong River.

Water shortages, COVID-19, economic downturn and distrust in China are causing record-low pessimism among Australians.