As One Nation and Pauline Hanson threaten to overtake the fractured Coalition as the nation’s leading conservative force,we test if the party’s policies make practical and economic sense.
The world is likely to miss the Paris Agreement goals to limit global heating to between 1.5 and 2 degrees above the pre-industrial average,making climate adaptation and “net negative” policies increasingly important.
Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change,but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out.
Former East Metropolitan Health Service chief executive Liz MacLeod has revealed a laundry list of issues with the department responsible for WA’s energy transition.
A state government agency has declared that NSW cannot meet its climate targets if it keeps approving new coal mine extensions.
Record output from renewable energy means emissions from coal plants are down as Australia’s greenhouse output has fallen for the first time in years.
The COP climate talks have slowed heating,but as Chris Bowen prepares to lead the next negotiations,they are becoming ever more brutal.
A senior Trump official branded it “shameful” that the meeting had forged ahead with a leaders’ declaration despite US opposition.
On Monday night in Brazil,the mood among the Australian contingent at the United Nations conference was high. Three days later,the nation’s hosting tilt was over.
Australia ditched its bid to host the United Nations COP global climate conference in the final days of a three-year effort,but the Albanese government is still claiming a win.