Target of 5% not enough, based on warming ceiling of 2C and Australia’s ‘fair share’ of global carbon budget

What we desperately close our mind to is once again becoming pronounced ever more clearly: climate change is here; it is already bringing devastating extreme weather events; and it will become wors

A landmark report from the world's top climate scientists this week is likely to say with heightened certainty that humans are behind the planet's rising temperatures, and that surface temperatures

Government is desperate to keep bushfires and climate change apart for fear its emissions reduction policy will be found wanting

With habitat destruction trends and interaction with climate change, things are not looking good for the Amazon rainforest.

The historical ties between 28-member European Union and 49 least developed countries (LDCs) should be strengthened to achieve climate-smart development.

More than a quarter of a million Australian homes could be at risk from rising sea levels, according to a leaked IPCC draft document. Photo: Paul Harris

IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction.

IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction.