Nations meet to urge Australia to do its bit for the climate

In today’s news, the Morrison Government’s climate policy is so dangerously inadequate the threat it poses has become a force for unity. European, British and American diplomats have been meeting to discuss how to urge Australia to do its fair share and make the stronger emissions cuts the science demands.

Australia's second largest super fund has completely divested from thermal coal and ploughed $1 billion into renewable and low-emission technology.

And global heating has upped the temperature of waters in Canada’s normally frosty British Columbia so much that salmon are literally cooking before they get anywhere near a hot plate.

TODAY'S TOP CLIMATE NEWS

US, European and UK diplomats meet to encourage Australia to ramp up climate action

European, British and American diplomats have met up to three times in Canberra over recent months to discuss how to encourage Australia to consider stronger cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions.

Superannuation giant abandons coal, backs new tech and renewables

Australia's second largest superannuation fund has completely divested from thermal coal and ploughed $1 billion into renewable and low-emission technology in the year since it declared it would reshape its business in line with climate targets.

London judges backtrack to revive $9.43-billion Brazil dam lawsuit against mining giant BHP

London's Court of Appeal has made a U-turn by agreeing to reopen a 5 billion pound ($9.4 billion) lawsuit by 200,000 claimants against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP, reviving a case over a dam rupture behind Brazil's worst environmental disaster. 

Angus Taylor shows contempt for his constituents by refusing to answer questions

The president of a local community group active in Angus Taylor’s electorate has expressed disappointment that the emissions reduction minister has brushed off a series of questions related to his portfolio after saying publicly he was “always” happy to engage with constituents on policy.

Investor group signals Australia could be left behind in climate race

A new report from a global consulting giant commissioned by powerful super investors indicates that the cost to Australia’s economy and financial markets of not lowering carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 will outweigh the cost of investing in emission-reducing activities now.

TODAY'S TOP ENVIRONMENT NEWS

Video shows salmon injured by unlivable water temperatures after heatwave

Salmon in Canada’s Columbia River were exposed to unlivable water temperatures that caused them to break out in angry red lesions and white fungus during the Pacific north-west’s record-shattering heatwave, according to a conservation group that has documented the disturbing sight.

Dolphin rescuers take cues from whale stranding to move mother and calf to clear water

Tasmanian rescuers have used a "buddy system" to help save two dolphins stranded at Eaglehawk Neck in the state's south-east. The Marine Conservation Program was alerted on Monday morning to a large adult female bottlenose dolphin and her calf stranded on the beach at Pirates Bay.