Howard-era Coalition frontbencher Robert Hill and prominent Labor figure and Midnight Oil singer Peter Garrett are among several former environment ministers who have signed on to a campaign to ban native forest logging across Australia, spearheaded by independent MP Sophie Scamps.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island country of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement the ability to resettle in Australia. The agreement comes as Tuvalu's viability is threatened by rising sea levels caused by escalating climate change, with...

National Australia Bank is putting its big emissions customers on notice that they will need to have climate transition plans in place in two years' time. NAB will initially focus on major customers in the fossil fuel sector seeking new or renewed corporate lending or project finance.

The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and...

Australian and international scientists have warned ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef will not recover from the effects of climate change unless fossil fuels are reduced within the next decade. The Climate Council on Wednesday released its first oceans report, which said the rate of climate...

Westpac has become the first big Australian bank to set a zero-deforestation target for loans to beef, dairy and sheep farmers with a commitment to no further conversion of natural forests to agricultural use from the end of 2025. The bank’s climate report also says it will no longer directly...

A wave of political rhetoric and alleged misinformation around the impacts of offshore wind farms on whales has led to fears that a potential wind energy industry off the coast of the Illawarra and Hunter regions could be derailed before it properly begins. Greenpeace says that exploration for and...

Right now, there’s something big spinning off the coast from Sydney – a giant rotating vortex of sea water, powerful enough to dominate the ocean currents off south-eastern Australia. If a 400km-wide ocean vortex moves close to shore, water temperatures could spike – putting species at risk.

A new report has found that heat was by far the leading cause of weather-related injury for every state and territory except Tasmania across the past decade. This finding has added to the urgent need for climate action to help protect the most vulnerable Australians in the face of increasingly...