Study warns universal reliance on hydrogen-based fuels could distract from main game of renewable electrification and lock in fossil fuel dependency.
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New Australian Climate Service to coordinate responses to climate disasters
A new $209m Australian Climate Service set to improve federal government responses to climate fuelled disasters.
APRA warns banks will face lawsuits if they fail to account for climate risks
Financial services regulator issues draft guidance on the financial risks of climate change, flagging increased prospects of threats of climate litigation.
Net zero emissions must be reached before 2030 for 2°C target, new analysis says
New analysis of climate projections finds carbon budgets are virtually meaningless, and the impacts of global warming have been underestimated.
Why is DFAT using US wind farm to promote Australia’s climate efforts?
Morrison government uses footage of a Californian wind and solar project while attempting to promote Australia’s climate efforts.
“We don’t have a credible climate policy:” Sport stars want stronger targets
Australia’s summer of sport under threat from more frequent heat waves and bushfires, sport stars issue a joint call for greater action on climate change.
How Coalition’s “brain trust” claimed zero emissions would lead to “humanitarian disaster”
Murdoch press and coalition backbenchers embrace lazy work from Liberal party aligned think tank, designed to scare regional communities over zero carbon targets.
Nationals ready to sell out farmers for coal in push for zero-carbon carve out
National party backbenchers set to sideline farmers in federal climate policies – a move key farming groups say is a huge mistake.
Australia faces $100b annual bill for climate-fuelled damage, Climate Council finds
Severe impacts of global warming are becoming unavoidable for Australia and have already cost tens of billions, a new Climate Council report says.
As Biden acts on climate, Morrison reactivates fossil rhetoric
Will Morrison take Biden’s lead on climate? The fact that he marked the moment of the US rejoining Paris with a whirlwind tour of oil and gas projects is not a good sign.
