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Bushfires could cost Australia more than $6 billion a year in warming climate

Bushfires could cost Australia more than $6 billion a year in warming climate

Researchers have put a figure on the growing toll of bushfires in Australia but say better preparation could prevent billions of dollars in losses.
“Overshoot is not surrender:” UN calls for urgent climate action as 1.5°C goal slips away

“Overshoot is not surrender:” UN calls for urgent climate action as 1.5°C goal slips away

Global temperatures are on track to rise by 2.8°C by the end of the century unless nations make deep emission cuts, including those from coal, oil and gas.
“Wandering towards dystopia”: CSIRO scientists want open discussion  of climate impacts before it’s too late

“Wandering towards dystopia”: CSIRO scientists want open discussion of climate impacts before it’s too late

Senior CSIRO scientists discussed how to have an “open conversation” about the rising threats from a warming world before “it’s too late”.
Pacific island needs “radical adaptation” to survive climate change, as leader calls out “brutal” COP commentary

Pacific island needs “radical adaptation” to survive climate change, as leader calls out “brutal” COP commentary

Pacific leader turned activist says his island nation urgently needs to start “radical adaptation measures” if it is to survive.
“Can’t wait for the next catastrophe:” State hazards research body faces funding cliff as giant El Niño looms

“Can’t wait for the next catastrophe:” State hazards research body faces funding cliff as giant El Niño looms

Australian research into how to cope with climate change impacts seems always to be facing funding cliffs, with a key NSW hazard agency just the latest example.
Australia’s quiet role in the electrification rallying cry for the COP we never got to host

Australia’s quiet role in the electrification rallying cry for the COP we never got to host

The “35 by 35” electrification goal has an Australian origin that the government seems to be coy about.
Rapid electrification is the best hope to meet ambitious 1.5°C climate target, new report says

Rapid electrification is the best hope to meet ambitious 1.5°C climate target, new report says

New report finds that electrification is the best hope for keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees – provided that power comes from clean technologies.
High Court rejects major coal mine extension in “landmark judgment” based on climate change impacts

High Court rejects major coal mine extension in “landmark judgment” based on climate change impacts

High Court reverses NSW approval for an extension of one of the country’s biggest coal mines because of its climate impacts, a verdict environmentalists say may overturn other mine approvals.