The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “gasping for breath”, the UN secretary-general has said as he announced a “climate ambition summit” for September. António Guterres said the summit would challenge leaders of governments and businesses to come up with “new, tangible and credible...

The Albanese government’s legislation capping gas prices and funding consumer rebates to deliver power price relief has passed the Senate, despite the Coalition voting against the proposal during a special sitting of federal parliament. Greenpeace welcomes the energy reforms as a breath of fresh...

Australia’s major banks and superannuation funds are failing to properly assess the damage their investments and financial decisions do to nature or set targets to reverse that damage, according to new analysis. How businesses manage nature-related risk is one of the major items under negotiation...

Environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, is launching a Biodiversity Council, a scientist-led thinktank based at the University of Melbourne. Brendan Wintle, a professor in conservation science at the University of Melbourne, was the director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub, which gave frank...

Emails obtained by daily newspaper the Guardian show how NSW premier Dominic Perrottet’s advisers, along with several other ministers, sought to fast-track a bill targeting climate protests after media furore. It’s the bill that led to climate activist Violet Coco being jailed for 15 months. The...

IThe island nation Vanuatu and 17 other countries on Wednesday published a draft resolution asking the world's top court to clarify what responsibilities governments around the world have to protect future generations from climate change. The resolution, which the United Nations General Assembly is...

TagEnergy is set to build the first stage of the Golden Plains Wind Farm near Geelong in early 2023. This development will include 122 turbines, making it one of the largest wind farms in Australia. The farm is expected to start providing green electricity to households by 2025. Commonwealth Bank...

A United Nations-backed delegation has recommended the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a list of world heritage sites "in danger", citing serious risks from climate change and water quality. The long-awaited report on the 10-day mission that took place in March said climate change was presenting a...

As Australia’s climate sits just shy of 1.5 degrees of warming since records began in 1910, a new report from CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology has found flash flooding is emerging as a new climate threat. Cloudbursts of increasing intense rainfall are more likely as warming continues, since the...

Australia's capital is winning the clean transport race in the country, with the ACT a clear frontrunner in a new study by the Climate Council, followed by New South Wales. But three regions have been issued warnings to improve their policies, with Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern...