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 PM is desperately trying to assure reluctant National Party members that most of what the Coalition has been saying on the cost of climate action for years is rubbish and that net zero by 2050 is actually a winner for the economy. With the clock rapidly ticking towards the Glasgow, the Morrison...

It’s Tuesday, and we still don’t have a net-zero target. We do, however, have details of the PM’s “net zero plan”, courtesy of The Australian, and it includes a projected increase in gas exports. A net-zero plan that involves extracting and exporting even more dangerous, climate-destroying fossil...

Thousands of students around the world, including in Australia, are taking the day off school to demand better climate policies from our leaders. The student-run initiative School Strike 4 Climate is holding more than 35 in-person and online events across regional areas and capital cities in...

State government emissions reductions commitments have put Australia within reach of meeting global expectations, but new analysis reveals it will fall short unless the Morrison government steps up. Speaking of state commitments, Tasmania has announced it will mandate a target for net zero...

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...

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.

There’s a whole lot of news today, even leaving aside the high drama of New South Wales state politics.First cab off the rank is the announcement that the UK, population 67 million, will be run on 100% renewable power by 2035, as Boris Johnson vows to get off the gas as prices surge.A new study has...