Global warming nearly breached the 1.5 degrees limit

A report released by the EU climate monitor has found that global average temperatures from January through to September this year were 1.4 degrees higher than 1850-1900, flirting dangerously with breaching the 1.5 degrees global warming limit and making climate action more critical than ever before.

A landmark case alleging that gas giant Santos has misled its investors through its emissions reduction plans is now set to continue into next year under the watchful eye of investors, regulators and the gas industry, with the outcome set to guide future rulings on greenwashing and false promotions of sustainable products.

And the ABC has indicated it will defy a Western Australia Police order demanding their footage of a climate change protest outside Woodside CEO Meg O'Neill’s Perth home, with its Four Corners investigation into the furore between climate activists, the government and energy companies due to air tonight. 

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We're on The Verge of Breaching a Key Global Warming Limit
Last month was the hottest September on record by an "extraordinary" margin as the world dangerously flirts with breaching a key warming limit, says the EU climate monitor.

Santos in the dock over 'clean gas', net-zero plans
Allegations of "greenwashing" will hang over Santos until at least next year in a landmark case that questions the gas giant's claims of becoming carbon neutral by pumping emissions underground.

ABC set to withhold Four Corners material from WA police
The ABC looks set to defy an order from WA Police to hand over footage filmed for a Four Corners investigation into climate protesting and police tactics, due to air tonight.

Bureau of Meteorology researchers propose changes to El Niño and La Niña criteria
Researchers at the BOM are calling for the agency to change the way El Niño and La Niña are classified, to more accurately reflect how the major climate drivers behave.

Battery storage comes to the fore as solar power reaches new highs across Australia
The need for battery storage has been highlighted after renewable energy generation records were broken even as coal-fired power production plumbed new lows in recent weeks.

Bushfires one day, floods the next: why Australia can expect more ‘compound events’
Floods or fires are worrying enough, but as Gippsland has experienced this week, combined they are even more extreme, experts say.

How Australian households can go electric, cut emissions and save money
Ridding your home of fossil fuels doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. It just has to be part of your 10-year plan.

Tens of millions of children uprooted by climate disasters: UNICEF
Weather disasters fuelled by climate change sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children's Fund warned Thursday, slamming the lack of attention to victims.

‘The history of the climate movement is very white’: how youth campaigners took on a mining giant and won
Murrawah Johnson and Monique Jeffs have been awarded a Young Voltaire human rights award for their victory over Waratah Coal’s Galilee basin coal project.