In an address to the National Press Club this month, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil expressed deep concern about the national security implications of climate change. ‘When Home Affairs was created, the discussion about climate change and …
Planet A Last week, at the 41st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, member states agreed on a ‘long-term global aspirational goal’ for aviation of net-zero emissions by 2050, despite opposition from …
In New York during United Nations climate week, Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen described the ‘enormous’ task Australia faced in moving industry towards decarbonisation. The new government’s proposed National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) is …
Despite the inevitably heavy redactions, the Department of Defence’s brief for the incoming government makes for interesting reading, including its section on climate change. The briefing, released under freedom of information laws, acknowledges that Defence’s …
One of the most important achievements of last year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow was the Global Methane Pledge, a commitment by more than 100 countries to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030. …