The Morrison Government actively lobbied for the rejection of findings outlining the need for rapid global coal phase out from the next major report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), revealed in documents leaked to Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative platform. This...

As Coalition infighting on climate commitments rages on, a new report from the Climate Council has ranked Australia dead last when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and moving beyond fossil fuels. 

The National Party, behaving more like a lobby group than a party of government, has set its terms for a net-zero target - no stronger 2030 emissions reduction target and for coal to continue into the 2050s. Any net-zero target set with these conditions would have exactly zero effect in tackling...

Seventy-five percent of Australians are concerned about the threat of climate change and almost seven in ten want the Morrison Government to commit to achieving net zero emissions, according to The Australia Institute’s latest annual survey of voter sentiment on climate. 

Prince Charles has lended his voice to the growing chorus calling on Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in a few weeks’ time. The Prince appeared taken aback when told that Morrison said he was unlikely to attend COP because he had already spent a...

A thought bubble by the Nats that would have taxpayers pouring $250 billion into the fossil fuel industry has been met with derision, including from within the Coalition, which called the proposal “completely crazy”.

As the Morrison Government has a messy public spat over whether to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, Australia’s Pacific neighbours have called for the government to at least halve emissions this decade to help prevent further climate chaos across the region.

A Senate oversight committee could dash the Morrison Government’s hopes to gifting more taxpayer money to the fossil fuel industry. The Liberal-controlled committee said that plans to allow the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to fund non-renewable technologies, including carbon capture and...

Emissions reduction and renewable energy targets set by the states and territories could lead to a 34 percent cut in national greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, surpassing the Morrison Government’s meagre target and piling pressure on the PM to do something to help prevent further climate chaos.

The pressure on the Morrison Government to bolster its 2030 emissions reduction target and commit to net zero has grown with the state Liberal government in NSW pledging to halve emissions this decade to address the climate crisis.