ACT government will commit to report annually on its emissions reduction progress to help build the first global account of greenhouse gas after signing two new international agreements, Environmen

New global pledges to cut greenhouse gases have delayed by just eight months the moment when the world is expected to breach a threshold that keeps global warming at safer levels, the world's leadi

Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe loaded five black rhinos onto a plane bound for Botswana on Wednesday, its first such exports since the 1990s, as part of conservation efforts amid an increase in poachi

Carbon emissions from Australia's main electricity network have jumped by an annual rate of 5.2 million tonnes since the Abbott government scrapped the carbon price in July last year, according to

A much discussed "slow down" in global warming did not actually happen and the heating up of the planet has continued apace since the turn of the century, a new assessment by the lead United States

Renewable energy's share of how much electricity is produced in Australia fell in 2014, but the number of businesses connecting to solar power is booming, according to the peak body for the clean e

Victoria's law to tackle climate change will be reviewed, including consideration of a new state target to cut emissions.

That cloud is methane escaping, said Philip Swanson, administrator of a United Nations-led industry partnership aimed at curbing leakage of the primary component of natural gas.

El Niños are well known for unleashing droughts, hotter-than-usual weather and paradoxically worse frosts in Australia, but they also drive remarkable - if temporary - changes to global sea levels.

Victoria's law to tackle climate change will be reviewed, including consideration of a new state target to cut emissions.

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